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Creating Your Themes’ Identity & Install Files

  • 30 Apr, 2007

Creating your theme’s identity is probability the most important part of creating a Firefox theme. You need to ensure your theme doesn’t conflict with anyone else’s and, of course, give it a cool name. To do this, we’ll need to modify two files inside the iPox Remix Pieces folder; install.rdf and contents.rdf. Each file should […]

Packaging Firefox Themes

  • 27 Apr, 2007

One of the first things you need to understand about Firefox themes is how to package them. It’s really simple, so be prepared to have an easy first step. Firefox themes are just zip files, renamed to jar. So, if you can create a zip file, and rename a file, you’ll be done in no […]

iPox Remix – Modify or Create Your Own Theme

  • 24 Apr, 2007

Announcing iPox Remix. No, it’s not a new theme, it’s the iPox source for you to customize. iPox Remix is not only the files, it is going to also be a set of walkthroughs that help you better understand how to create a Firefox theme. They could be used to modify iPox as you wish, […]

Mailplane brings Gmail to the desktop.

  • 23 Apr, 2007

If you use Gmail and a Mac, Mailplane is a must have application. It’s really the first program I’ve seen that really takes a web based application to the desktop. At it’s core, it’s really just a webkit browser (or so I assume) that shows Gmail. But then there is so much more. It has […]

SEO with PHP Book Includes Me

  • 21 Apr, 2007

I read the SEO Egghead site and caught a post about a new book they were publishing titled Search Engine Optimization with PHP. Very interested in both topics, I got a copy of the book. While paging though it, I was shocked to see a page all about the Chicklet Creator WordPress plugin!! How exciting […]

Sync Google Calendar & Thunderbird

  • 19 Apr, 2007

If you’ve upgraded to Thunderbrid 2.0 you can now run the Provider extension that will sync Google Calendar and Thunderbird running the calendar extension. It’s very easy to setup thanks to bfish.xaedalus.net’s instructions. I tested it out this morning and it worked flawlessly. Ok, maybe one minor issue. It seems that it ‘automagically’ populated my […]

14 Super Simple Ways to Get Things Done GTD

  • 18 Apr, 2007

With everyone so obsessed with getting things done (GTD) I thought I’d share a few easy tips to get started on getting things done today. Stop Twittering. Only your stalkers need to know your every move. Turn of instant messaging. *bleep* Can you help me? *bleep* Can you fix this. *bleep* Are you ignoring me? […]

iPox Aqua – It’s all about the blue!

  • 16 Apr, 2007

iPox has spun off a new version with brighter blues and all new buttons. It’s called iPox Aqua and it’s for those that like iPox, but want just a bit more kick out of the theme. Thanks to BitBox for the base buttons that started this re-work and thanks to you all for making iPox […]

What’s the point of Google Desktop Mac?

  • 13 Apr, 2007

When I arrived home from vacation last week I saw the news that Google Desktop was released for the Mac. All excited, I downloaded it and installed it. However, it’s not really necessary on a Mac. When Google Desktop came out for Windows, it was great. The main reason was becasue it gave Windows a […]

Make Thunderbird’s Labels Stand Out

  • 10 Apr, 2007

I’m a big fan of Thunderbrid, however one of the things that bugs me is that the labels don’t stand out enough. I feel as if they kind of blend into the background. I did a bit of research and figured out how to style the labels to stand out a bit more. Check it […]