Tag: firefox 3
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Firefox 3 Question Mark Diamond
On web pages with accented characters, such as on French language websites, Firefox 3 may show a diamond question mark symbol instead of the accented character. To fix this character set display problem in Firefox 3, change the Character Encoding under the Menu -> View -> Character Encoding from Unicode to Western ISO-8859-1 if you’re…
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Firefox 3 Keyword Tag Search with OpenDNS Not Working
Using keyword tag searching in Firefox 3 is broken and not working with OpenDNS.ย Keyword tag searching, i.e. typing the letter G for Google in the address bar, then typing the search words or terms, then hitting enter, should do a google search.ย If you’re using OpenDNS, Firefox 3’s keyword tag searching in the address…
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Firefox 3 Home page keyboard shortcut
With FireFox 3 some users have noticed that setting up custom keyboard shortcuts with Keyboard preferences pan no longer works.ย Most noticeably, you can’t create a keyboard shortcut for going to your Home page in Firefox 3. A remedy, although not a solution, is to use the built-in Home page keyboard shortcut for Firefox: alt…
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Firefox 3 for Speed
It’s early in the honeymoon phase with Firefox 3 or more accurately infatuation “I just met you” phase, but FF3 appears as fast (or faster) than both Safari and Camino.ย That’s fast.ย Ridiculously fast when you consider that it has the power of the largest Add-Ons base, plus the best overall standards support of any…