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Use Firefox's Page Info to Recover Forgotten Passwords

GeekSugar — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:30:07 PDT

Do you chronically blank on your passwords? If so, I have a little tip that can make things much easier on you: you can recover saved passwords from any site in Firefox in five easy steps! Ready? Here we go:

Right click anywhere on the web page you need to sign in to.
Select "View Page Info"
Click on the "Security" tab in the menu.
Click on "View Saved Passwords"
Click on "Show Passwords"

You can then view all user names and saved passwords that have been stored by your Firefox cookies.

Is this tip helpful? Yes - I have forgotten many a password in my day and this would have saved me time and frustration. Is this tip dangerous? Possibly - if your computer isn't password protected and it just so happens to fall into the wrong hands, you could be setting yourself up for a problem. My solution would be to use this little tip when you need it, but remember to password protect your computer so it's safely locked when you aren't around!

Firefox 3 Makes It Into the Guinness Book of World Records

GeekSugar — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:00:00 PDT

Hoorah! It looks like with your ample help, Firefox 3 made it into the prestigious pages of The Guinness Book of World Records, as was their goal. Mozilla's achievement is in the most downloads on a 24-hour period: 8,002,530!

I know some fraction of those were geeksugar readers so pat yourselves on the back for helping make history!

I'm already getting used to Firefox 3 and experimenting with tricks for anything I don't like, but I couldn't be happier with it now, and I hope you'll join me in congratulating Mozilla and Firefox 3: High fives all around!

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If You're Finding Firefox 3's Awesome Bar Not So Awesome. . .

GeekSugar — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:30:50 PDT

I can't say enough good things about Firefox 3 - it's extremely fast, has an intuitive interface and uses much less memory than Firefox 2 (hence, fewer Firefox crashes). But, you knew it was coming, I cannot adjust to the "Smart Location Bar," or as others have been calling it, the "Awesome Bar." I don't want my location bar to suggest 12 bookmarks and URLs that resemble what I've previously visited when I type in a search - auto search is definitely not for me.

If you are feeling the same way as me, get your Firefox 3 location bar to look like Firefox 2 with a download called oldbar. Now when I type in geeksugar, it will take me to geeksugar.com and show me other geeksugar sites I've visited - the good old way - and not to some random other site!

Do you have a cool download like this one to share with geeksugar readers? To learn how to post your favorite sites to the Download of the Day group,

read more.
I know that this long list looks scary, but trust me, once you get the hang of it, it'll be a snap the second time around.

First of all, join the Download of the Day group
Click "Create and Share!" on the left hand side
Choose "Blog"
Give your photo a Title
Leave the category as "general"
Change the channel to "technology and gadgets"
Add keyword(s) (for example mine for this photo was "Download of the Day")
Click on the "Add Image" link below the "body" box
A popup window will happen - click on "Browse" to find your image on your computer
Once you have the image chosen, click "Submit"
The popup will show you your image, choose size: "normal" - if you want, you can give it a title (which will show up as a caption)
Click "Insert" and the popup will go away
Your "body" box will now have some text in it. Leave it as is. If you want to add some text before the picture telling me why you love the download, do it before the code that has appeared.
Click Submit

So join the Download of the Day group and share information about all your favorite downloads! Yours just might end up on the geeksugar homepage!

Did You Download Firefox 3 Yesterday?

GeekSugar — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:00:28 PDT

The newest version of Firefox was released yesterday, and Mozilla pushed to hit their Guinness World Record goal - so hard that they overloaded their servers in the morning, as some of you experienced when you tried to download it.

I'd been using the beta version of 3 for a while, and now that my essential add-ons work (trust me, once you get used to them, Colorful Tabs and FoxyTunes are necessities), I'm loving how quick it is.

So did you download it yesterday and contribute to the big, geeky goal?

The Week in Geek

GeekSugar — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 03:20:38 PDT

This week: Twitter turned 5, AT&T bought T-Mobile, and the Nintendo 3DS readied for launch. Check out these stories and more big news in this week's recap.

On Sunday, the news broke that AT&T bought T-Mobile, becoming the country's largest mobile provider. Details surrounding what this could mean for consumers are still unclear, so stay tuned for more information.
Twitter celebrated the fifth anniversary of the first tweet, sent by co-founder Jack Dorsey.
This week, Sprint became the first wireless carrier to allow customers to port their numbers to Google Voice without incurring the $20 fee.
In more mobile phone news, AT&T announced its first 3D phone, the LG Thrill 4G.
Also this week, Samsung announced two new Galaxy Tabs, an 8.9-inch model, and a 10.1-inch model. Expect them later this Summer.
In browser news, Firefox 4.0 is here, and comes complete with some awesome features.
New features from Facebook this week: Social Ads (which you may choose to keep your name out of) and Questions, which is now available to all users after a private testing phase.

Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding will be live streamed on Friday, April 29, and there are plenty of other geeky facts about the big event, including a ban on tweeting!

And, finally, don't forget: the Nintendo 3DS goes on sale this Sunday. Here's everything you need to know if you plan on picking one up.