Category Archives: FireFox

Firefox working okay for me now

I remember complaining about frequent Firefox crashes back when I started this site. In particular, I was blaming the problem on FireFTP, as I recall.
I still haven’t re-installed FireFTP, since I’m still happy with Filezilla when I need ftp, but I can report that on the new Vista machine we have in our office, Firefox […]

Filezilla will be my primary ftp client for the foreseeable future

If you’re maintaining websites and haven’t already tried Filezilla, download it now!
There are some great commercial products out there, such as WS_FTP Home and WS_FTP Pro. In fact, so far as I know, these are the gold standards for ftp client software. I’ve used them both and highly recommend them to anyone who has $39.95 […]

Problems with newer versions of FireFTP and FireFox 2.x?

I’ve always been very happy with FireFTP, the ftp and website-management software that installs as an extension to Firefox. It’s completely intuitive, does what I need to do, and works as advertised.
Until recently.
I don’t know if the problem is that my Firefox installation has become bloated with all the new stuff I’ve downloaded for clipping […]

Welcome to Web Developer’s Notebook

Life, John Lennon said, is what happens while you’re making plans.
Well, I’ve been planning a website (Techismo) and have been working on it in various capacities for over a year now. I’ve done design work—including coding the usual infuriating hacks and workarounds, because I just cannot accept that it’s gonna look different in IE and […]