Friday, August 25, 2006

Applications that don't work in Firefox?

You know how certain web applications don't work in Firefox because they use proprietary Internet Explorer technologies?

As it turns out, there's a free Firefox extension that lets you view IE-only sites in Firefox. It's called "IE Tab." It works well. Here it is:

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1419/

Monday, August 14, 2006

Writer Zone

WYSWYG Blog editor by Microsoft - seems to be MUCH better than Blogger. 

Real preview which previews your post in the blog (cool feature).  Easier to upload images (need to host it on Uthboy or Truthboy).  Still can edit in HTML.

I don't believe you need to install the Microsoft toolbar...although to get their Blog It button, you may need to install it.  If that is the case, install it without any of the buttons (that;s my rec - I installed the whole thing and then uninstalled the buttons).

Link to Writer Zone

Sunday, August 13, 2006

Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Did you know ...... that you can add functionality to MediaWiki yourself?MediaWiki has the option that you as a user can override the default settings and change the behavior, add functionality and the look of the wiki by editing your [[Special:Mypage/monobook.js]] and[[Special:Mypage/monobook.css]].There is a useful javascript extension called "popups". It has many functions. Highlights are; preview of the page where a hyperlink leads to. So you can check an edit done by an anonymous without the need to open that page. A "roll back" option like the sysops have to revert easy edits.See;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation_popups
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:POPFAQ