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Photo presentation in Firefox vs. Safari

I was shocked, shocked! to discover recently that my beloved Firefox appeared to be reinterpreting the color and exposure of my photos when I viewed them online. The strange thing was that I noticed the difference in Firefox only when viewing my own photos on Flickr, then on my website (this one you’re reading [...]

Google Desktop Search and using Firefox as your default browser

For the longest time Google Desktop Search always displayed my search results in Internet Explorer rather than Firefox, my default browser. Try as I might I could not make GDS understand that my default browser really is Firefox and not that blasted IE.
It turns out GDS looks for browser handling instructions in a dimly [...]

Amazon - Seattle Public Library Lookup Greasemonkey Script Updated

[Update 16 May 2007: there's an improved version that handles holds on Userscripts.org.]
I have updated my Amazon-to-Seattle Public Library lookup Greasemonkey script to work with Firefox 1.5 and Greasemonkey 0.6.4. Get it here.
It inserts a link under the book title indicating the book’s status at SPL.

Here’s the original post.

Firefox 1.5 and Greasemonkey

So you’ve likely already heard the news. Firefox 1.5 has been officially released. I love Firefox and the new version seems like a nice upgrade. Unfortunately, a number of my favorite extensions are as yet incompatible with 1.5. This includes Greasemonkey. The most recent version (0.6.3), quietly linked to on the Greasemonkey mailing list, still [...]

Firefox search plugin for the Seattle Public Library

When I found myself desirous of a Firefox search plugin that would let me query the Seattle Public Library (SPL) catalog from the toolbar, I was surprised to discover that I couldn’t find one. Alas, sometimes one is forced to do things for oneself. In an effort to promote literacy (and laziness), I offer my [...]

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