Daniel M. Hendricks » firefox

Folders for Gmail

Daniel — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:43:46 +0000

I’ve been using Gmail more and more for various reasons. Most significantly, Gmail offers IMAP for free, which allows me to check my mail in Thunderbird. Generally, I’ve preferred Yahoo as a free e-mail service. One of the things about Gmail that bugged me is the lack of support for folders (at least in the traditional sense, not labels). I found a cool GreaseMonkey script that uses some JavaScript trickery to convert labels to a folder-like treeview in Gmail. It only works in Firefox with GreaseMonkey installed, but it works pretty well.

Maybe now I finally have a good reason to move away from 1and1′s e-mail service. My only head-scratcher is that some of my mail being sent through Gmail’s SMTP is being marked as SPAM. I’ll have to look into that further – it may be because I’m using a different “reply-to” address through Gmail’s SMTP, which some SPAM filters may flag.

Folders4Gmail at userscripts.org

Mozilla Firefox 1.0 Released!

Daniel — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 14:16:23 +0000

The day is finally here – the long-awaited 1.0 release of Mozilla Firefox has arrived.

Firefox News

Daniel — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 14:10:19 +0000

Well, anyone who follows Slashdot already knows that Firefox RC1 was released today, although it still contains the Slashdot rendering bug. However, it is apparently not an actual release candidate as the version number suggests, but merely an interim version. While skimming the comments on Slashdot, I found a link to processor-specific optimized Firefox and Thunderbird builds. The trunk versions fix the Slashdot bug, but have the old Find (Control-F) design. It’s unfortunate I have to choose between my preferred Find method and proper rendering of Slashdot, but I guess you get what you pay for. Right now I’m running the MOOX M3 optimized build of RC1. Not too shabby.

New Releases from the Mozilla Foundation

Daniel — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 19:23:57 +0000

Firefox 0.9, Thunderbird 0.7, and Mozilla 1.7 have been released. Some changes I’ve noticed in Firefox: new theme and plugin system (old themes need to be ported), an “update” feature that acts like Windows Update for Firefox, and the new theme. I don’t really care for the new theme so much, but the old theme (called Qute) is available here for 0.9.

If only Thunderbird would support “posting” to a mailbox like Outlook/Evolution do. Overall, it’s an awesome product and it’s what I use as my e-mail client.

Web Developer Plugin for Firefox

Daniel — Fri, 09 Apr 2004 06:00:03 +0000

Wanda found a cool plugin for Firefox called Web Developer. It installs a toolbar in Firefox that allows you to alter all sorts of aspects of a web page, like dynamically modifying CSS, resizing, validation, and more. Very cool for the dedicated web developer.

Firefox Web Developer Extension Home Page

Firefox 0.8 and Thunderbird 0.5 Released

Daniel — Mon, 09 Feb 2004 17:44:10 +0000

Hot off the presses! Mozilla Firefox 0.8 (formerly Mozilla Firebird) and Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 have been released! If you haven’t tried Mozilla yet, you might check out this article for some good reasons to make the switch. If you’re ready to download, here are some good mirrors:

Overnet

Daniel — Thu, 02 Jan 2003 04:42:03 +0000

I just got done trying Overnet, which is a file sharing utility built on eDonkey technology. It seems to mix the best of Kazaa with the best of eDonkey. It’s not perfect, but it’s nice for find some videos. I’ve found some good Enterprise eps on it so far. Oh yeah, if you’re sick of popups, check out the Phoenix web browser, built on Mozilla.