Force Mozilla Firefox to save downloaded files to a folder of your choosing.
Many people are fine with Mozilla Firefox downloading files to the standard Downloads folder. However, if you grab many different types of files it may make things easier to save files in different places. Store downloaded DRM-free music in one folder, game demos in another, backups of work documents from Google Docs in yet another location, etc. Making this Firefox configuration change is easy.
1. Access the Firefox Options dialog box. You can either click the Firefox logo button and choose “Options” – “Options”, but I prefer just pressing ALT + T, then the letter O….
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Automatically open several webpages simultaneously when starting Mozilla Firefox.
Do you often open the same set of web pages every day when first starting Mozilla Firefox such as a search engine, your social networking sites, and your favorite computer tips site? <grin>
Instead of manually opening these pages, wish you could have them all visible every time you launch Firefox, each displayed in a separate tab? Here’s how!…
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Stop saving all files downloaded by Mozilla Firefox in the same folder.
Depending on your Mozilla Firefox configuration, when you download files from the Internet they may automatically be placed in a “Downloads” folder.
However, you might find it more convenient for Firefox to ask where to save each downloaded file so that you can place music in one folder, programs in another, and photos in yet another folder. …
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FirefoxDownloadsView shows additional details about the most recent files downloaded from the Firefox web browser.
FirefoxDownloadsView is a Windows utility from NirSoft that displays additional information about the latest files downloaded via Mozilla Firefox. Details include (when available) each filename, original file and referrer URLs, full path to the download, MIME type, downloaded and total bytes, start / end / duration times, and an estimate of the average download speed (note that the latter may be influenced by hard drive speed, compression, and by your antivirus software scanning downloads).
As with other NirSoft tools, details can be saved to text, CSV, XML, or HTML files, or HTML reports may be generated from the results. Other features include right-click shortcuts to open the selected URL or filename and a “Find” feature in case you are wading through hundreds or more downloads. The software can be run via a batch file, for example to generate automated HTML reports….
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Track Santa Claus using sophisticated equipment from NORAD.
Merry Christmas! A fun site for the young and young at heart, NORAD (the North American Aerospace Defense Command) has set up a worldwide Santa Claus tracker website. Powered by Google, you can view Santa’s location as he zips across the world in his reindeer sleigh delivering toys. Santa Cams are set up to record the visit, “ultra-cool, high-tech, high-speed digital cameras pre-positioned at many locations around the world only on December 24th”. You’ll also be able to see how many cookies Santa munches on.
As Santa has gone high-tech, you can also track him via the Google Earth application, allowing the young and old to do some learning as they follow his flight. You can also follow NORAD as they track Santa Claus via their Facebook, Twitter, and Picasa pages. Plus, his location is available on your mobile phone. And, there’s even a gadget for iGoogle….
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Cubeecraft offers free papercraft toys you can download and make without the need of tape or glue.
Looking to add a little bit of “truthiness” to your desk? Maybe you want the wisecracking Bender from “Futurama”? What about a truly silent “Silent Bob”? Or maybe you’re an iPod/iPhone game fan and would like Om Nom from the game “Cut the Rope”?
These and other papercraft toys can be downloaded from Cubeecraft. The site includes other fan art such as the Playstation, NES, and Dreamcast video game systems, plus superheroes including Spider-Man, Daredevil, and Batman. Westley, Buttercup, Inigo Montoya, and other characters from “The Princess Bride” are represented, as are cartoon characters currently or formerly featured on “Adult Swim” such as Frylock, Space Ghost, and Dr. Zoidberg. There’s even one of Craig Ferguson’s robot sidekick Geoff Peterson….
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