Finally, I no longer need an extension to turn on spell checking within the browser. Firefox 2 has an inline spell checker. My first problem with it was that by default it is turned on for text area fields only. To turn it on for input fields too, type about:config in the address bar, search for layout.spellcheckDefault, double click and set value to 2.
My second problem is with the Performancing extension – it doesn’t have spell check built in and surprisingly doesn’t use the Firefox spell check either.
See the about:config wiki page for more tweaks.
October 26th, 2006 | 
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Firefox 2 is out. First problem? My favorite extension, tab mix plus, stopped working. Even though the default Firefox tab behavior is much improved, it still can’t hold a candle to the level of customization I was used to. Fortunately there is a beta of TMP that you can download which works with Firefox 2.
Initial impressions: like the new default skin; like the suggest as you type feature for google search; like the improvements to the manage extensions (now called add-ons) area. Let’s see what else I discover.
October 25th, 2006 |
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Just started testing it – lets see if it’ll turn out to be good enough for me to give up my Flickr Pro membership.
July 12th, 2006 |
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This is what you’d get if Marie Barone ran the e-mail team.
April 10th, 2006 |
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My mom sent this along. It was too good not to share.
April 6th, 2006 |
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I kept meaning to to list them all but I’m too lazy. So here’s a screen grab of the extensions I can’t live without.
April 5th, 2006 |
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We did something stupid today.
April 3rd, 2006 |
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If you’re looking for the source code to Techno’s NetPopup you can find it here.
February 21st, 2006 |
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What is it with drivers in Seattle scooting around only one functional car headlight in the rain? Is this a deliberate trend? I see at least one car each night trying to impersonate a motor bike. Not all of them are old and beat up either. Considering that my commute is around 20 minutes long I wonder how many asymmetric cyclops are out there any given night.
Maybe everybody’s playing padiddle.
January 30th, 2006 |
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Yes, yes I know. I’ve been ignoring this blog for too long. I’m trying to fix that. One of my biggest peeves was the clunky and slow movabletype UI and posting system. It even refused to play nice with Performancing for Firefox. I finally got frustrated enough to migrate to WordPress 2.0. The installation was fabulously easy. Plus I’m very happy about being able to make changes / create plugins in PHP.
Back to your regularly scheduled programming (or lack thereof) now.
January 16th, 2006 |
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The Seattle Metro site always left a little to be desired. The point to point trip planner was hard to use and the bus route maps were barely legible. Chris Smoak’s busmonster site is an awesome use of the google maps API, showing bus stops, bus routes and Seattle traffic conditions.
July 5th, 2005 |
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My options for lunch are increasing nicely. Here are two places closeby in the ID (international district) in Seattle that I’d visit on a weekly basis:
Seven Stars Pepper (chinese cuisine).
Reviews. Map. Menu.
Try the Chong Gin hot chicken and beef in hot Peking sauce to start.
Tamarind Tree (vietnamese cuisine).
Review. Map. Food.
Try the chicken satay and duck salad.
April 22nd, 2005 |
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