Your Questions

I finally finished a couple large project with more to come. I can now spend more time on Vista 366.com and Vista Is Here To Stay.

This Tuesday I will recording Vista Is Here To Stay. If you have any questions or comments about windows Vista leave them here. I will answer them in and podcast and here in this following week.

Firefox 3 - Password Manager

I have always love the password management system in Firefox. Since Firefox 3 the password management has gotten less intrusive.

When you type a log in and password for a particular website, and bar will drop down on to the top of the webpage you are currently visiting. Off to the right is three buttons.

When you left click on the far left button, Firefox remembers your password and log in for that website you are currently visiting. This is great because so many website have forum, buying information that you have to log in to retrieve.

The middle button tells Firefox to Never remember information that you type into this website. I don't about you my banking information is not trusted to a web browser. I have a special encrypted password manager for that kind of information.

The far right button reads, Not Now. This button is for logging in to a website when you are not sure about the log in or the password. You could also use this button if you know you will be changing the password after you log in.

Firefox 3 - Address bar

Yes, Firefox has even expanded the amount of information that is in the address bar. You not only get the url, (Uniform Resource Locator) but the title to the website, along with the favion or mini logo.

This is great if you are like some people who know the website's name but can not remember the its' url.

Like with other web browsers, now days, you do not have to type in http://www. before the name of the website. All you have to do is type in the address bar the first few letter, and Firefox will fill in the rest. If you want to go to EFCussins.com and you have been to the website before, start typing ef.... and Firefox will show you the options. This could also be the different pages visited on the website.

Firefox 3 - Download Window

Firefox has improved on the amount of information that you will get from the download window.

As you can see in the right window you can see my last download was a compressed file. The file name, the files size, and from the website I downloaded it. Off to the far right you see the time I downloaded it. Looking below you will see the previous week days that I downloaded other files.

Some may consider this to much information about a file that has been downloaded. That is okay. As I get older, I would prefer to have available as much information as I can.

Firefox 3 - Intro

There is more people who use Firefox, than Microsoft would like to admit. There is no doubt Firefox is the number one alternative web browser.

Last week, I downloaded Firefox 3 on my Vista work computer. Since then I have been very happy. It does not use as much memory (over a period of time) like previous versions of Firefox. Along with the under the hood changes, Firefox has some neat user interface changes. That is what I will be taking this week to go through. There are a few negatives, but I figure they will fixed in updates, within the next month or two.

One of the reasons why I like using Windows is the customization. I like to have my own themes. I like to have add-ons that make my work easier.

When I installed Firefox 3, I lost my themes It does not give me the option to add. It is not enough for me to quite using Firefox, but it is one of those nice things I like.

For more technical detail about Firefox 3 click here

Extras for Internet Explorer

On last visit to the add-on's for Internet Explorer before we move on to other subjects. Today, I want to share with you Microsoft's recommended add-on's for you web browser.

• Silverlight -Microsoft's lastest release to help you experience media. If you want to know more; click here.
• Surfulator - This add-on allows you to surf the internet and save text, images, and complete webpages. Surfulator can be called an information tool for you web surfers. read more
• RoboForm - I have wrote about this program before. It is by and large on of the most favorite password and personal information program.
  
• Bloglines Browser Plug-In - If you use Bloglines RSS feed reader. Here is a neat little tool for you get the RSS feeds you want. More details
• Me.dium - I wrote about this instant message client. I still have not used it sucessfully. If you like it post you comments. More details
  
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Computer Users Bill of Rights

Everyone who sits down behind a computer has certain expectations. Some are realized others are met with anger over the results. This has lead to a wide variety of people with a wide variety of experiences and attitudes when it comes to computers.

In my weekly podcast, I talked about the following, "Computer Users Bill of Rights". I hope to hear your comments about these.

• It Turn On and ready to use in 2 minutes.
• My Computer Will Not Crash After Installing A Program or Update from Apple or Microsoft, or Linux.
• My Computer Is Secure from Viruses’, Spyware, or any other malicious attack with normal use.
• My computer should run reasonable fast and responsive.
• There should be an easy efficient means to back up all my files.
• Tech support should be by people who speak my language and have good communication skills.
• When I get an error message it should be relatively to understand.