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FireFox 2.0

2006/10/26 filed under /software

Much have been said about the new FireFox version and I've decided to give it a go to (mostly because my gentoo `emerge` listed it as being available).

On thing that bugged me straight away was the close buttons on all the tabs. After some scanning I've noticed how to revert to the old situation though!

Open about.config and type closeButtons. You'll see a setting called browser.tabs.closeButtons. The value is an integer, so after some messing with it, I came to this conclusion:

Value and meaning:
  1. Somewhat new, only a button on the active tab.
  2. Default "new" setting. A close button on all the tabs.
  3. No close buttons at all
  4. "Old" setting! Only one button on the right of all the tabs.

I barely use the button (I usually hit CTRL+W), but every now and then, the one button next to the tabs is nice for rapid fire closing.

Ah, and I ran into another useless button that you can disable, being browser.urlbar.hideGoButton. I think I have never used that one.

After that, I had to alter a lot of extensions (the .xpi files are mere zip files. Unzip them, change the (usually 1.5+) value into something higher (found in install.rdf). Re-zip and install.

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Scarface

2006/10/22 filed under /personal

I'm not much of gamer, yet a few games I do like to extremes. After playing GTA San Andreas for way too many hours, I now am eagerly awaiting the next Grand Theft Auto release and am seriously thinking about buying an Xbox 360 for that.

Luckily, now there is Scarface - The world is yours for the Xbox to waste my time on untill the next GTA release! This game is nothing like the game The Godfather (awesome movie(s), bad game).

Unlike The Godfather, in Scarface you don't play along with the movie. The story takes off from where the movie ended, and allows you to roam around the city yourself, as well as following missions. Very similar to GTA.

The game contains a lot of swearing, violence, and drug abuse, so all the ingredients to make a game fun!

Seriously, if you like GTA, and you love Tony Montana, get this game!

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