Firefox 3.0 is definitely a major enhancement & competition to Internet Explorer. However, with that comes new bug/ broken functionality.

One such issue that has recently reported by many by employees. In corporate environment, where normally proxies are implemented to limit access to internet, Firefox3 fails to browse internet while a previous version (Firefox2) worked just okay!

It seems the Proxy Auto-Config (.PAC) script doesn’t go well with Firefox3.0. Somehow, for reasons unknown to me, Firefox is not able to read the PAC scripts & thus get the proxy servers. An alternative to this, is to use proxy server names, if you know one.

Generally, if your compnay’s network department uses PAC scripts, you would not know the proxy server. There is a way though, to find proxy servers under the hood.

Solution- Pretty darn simple, I used “TCP Monitor” tool to see which server my Internet Explorer connects. Once I found the proxy server, I used in the Network connection settings in Firefox3. This works for me, hope it does for you as well.

Hotlinking (also called file leeching, remote linking, direct linking, bandwidth stealing or bandwidth banditism) is a term used for describing a situation when a web page of one domain owner is direct linking to images (or other multimedia files) on the web host of another domain owner, usually using an tag. If one’s domain is hotlinked, they may face the problem of exceeded bandwidth usage.  (source: ServerSea.com) .

Several web hosting providers provide way of  preventing your site from being hotlinked. Just specify file extensions  to protect from hotlink and you’re done. Two great web hosting provders protect you from hotlinking along with host  of other features. Click here to visit two great web hosting provider – http://www.startlogic.com and http://www.serversea.com (this site is hosted on serversea – please enter member id – 79673 when you register)

Have you seen something similar to Google personal pages? It allows you to have different piece of information from different web sites on net and that on a single page! Be it news, or weather information, just configure and you’ve a single page displaying all your stuff! Of course, you need to be connected to internet! Protopage is also something similar, but it’s worth giving it try.

The IITs have taken up an initiative of starting online teaching and thus have Started offering course materials online for every engineering stream. -Many professors from all the IITs have provided course materials for each chapter and each subject. -One has to register at the link provided below and can access the course material. -Every Chapter has been described with diagrams and charts. - Please spread this message to everyone, as many can benefit from this program taken up by the government and IIT. This is just a trial period going on and hence i request everyone to register at the link given.

1. Go to http://nptel.iitm.ac.in
2. Click on Courses
3. Sign up as a NEW USER or http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/courses/login.htm
4. And one can access any course material.

Please spread the word, so that this initiative benefits as many students as possible. Email this post to every friend.

Web developers! Beware! IE7 will soon be out and break many web applications. Find out how to make your site IE7 Compatible.

Simple piece of info for those who don’t know - a ‘Checking’ account is the one which is generally used to draw checks; like to pay bills or make purchase. Whereas, a ‘Savings’ account is the one which is generally used for your savings! Generally, you’ll get higher interest rates on your savings account, but today, both type of accounts have a thin line between them.

1. Open any website…..which contains images ( u can use ur company home page …)
2. Copy below given code and paste on the Address bar of the same browser window and press enter …………
3. All images will be start dancing ……

Code:

Want to have a free domain with web-space? I know you guys have heard “There’s no free lunch�. OK. I agree to it, but on this wild World Wide Web, there are many things that are just available for free. Only thing is, you’ll have to search for it. Read this article to get your own FREE web site - (domain + web space)

Recently, surfing on net, I read an interesting article on history of ‘Spam’, how spam got it’s name to be more precise. Be sure, I’m not spaming you Because ofcourse you are reading this on your own lol. So a spam is any unsolicited email/news/advert sent to you, for e.g. on your email. Download this pdf - “Why is a Spam called ‘Spam’?” by teasley.net

I came across a nice article that discusses what webmasters often miss when creating their site. Here’s an article - “Delivering Your Website’s Message” by Mark Daoust that highlights the points that you need to take care of when building that cool website.