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Quite some time I didn’t update my blog. Too many things happen recently. Now my blogging life should come back as normal, perhaps.

Google release a second beta of its toolbar software that copy Chrome browser interface for Firefox. In Chrome, when you open new tab, it show you “Most Visited” site with thumbnail for selection.

The new Google toolbar 5 (beta) make your Firefox do the same thing. Not only that, but also shows “Recent Bookmarks” and “Recent closed tabs” as screen shot below.

Eventually, this feature already available in Opera browser before Chrome. So it is not a new thing. (more…)

Fun with Personas

Personas for Firefox is an extension that adds lightweight theming to your firefox web browser. With this add on, you can swap your favourite browser themes instantly from the dynamic menu, without restart you firefox.

Personas is still in beta and it does not need to download, install or update for new theme release. The reason behind is Personas selector is dynamically loaded and populated from a JSON feed and all designs are loaded via URLs to remote resources. This mean all latest themes name are loaded automatically into your menu, and only download automatically when you acquire it!

How to use Personas?

Install Personas extension and do a restart for your firefox. You will see a Personas icon on your firefox status bar as below. Click on the Personas button and select your desire theme

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