last.fm update fixes annoying 'bug'

Eystein — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:15:42 +0000

I’m using last.fm fairly much, and like having the little last.fm app running in the background, which means the only visible sign of it on my desktop is tucked away in the menu bar.

But somewhere along the way an update forced me to having the audioscrobbler icon down in my dock. If you’re anal like me about what belongs and doesn’t belong in the dock you’d find this extremely annoying. I tried Dock Dodger, but it failed miserably. Probably something wrong with me. So I avoided using it, and/or tried to avoid getting annoyed about it while waiting for a new update which would hopefully bring the option to choose away showing the icon in the dock. And my patience worked! As you see from the screenshot under, the little checkbox is back and ready to be unchecked. Joy and bliss.

Interestingly this whole on/off thing with Last.fm has made me increase my use of last.fm, so perhaps the whole thing was a diabolical plan in order to increase traffic?

HTML tidy for Firefox

Eystein — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:05:01 +0000

The HTML Tidy plugin for Firefox is a great little tool when viewing other webpages’ source. It shows any errors, where they are, and what they are. It also has a clean-up function for those pesky unreadable CMS made html codes, making it easier for the human eyes and brain to read.

If you’re on Windows you’ll get HTML Validator off the Firefox add-ons page. For some reason Mac-users must do a slight detour, which I found after some googling. Go to the HTML validator sourceforge index page, and find the file called tidy_macintel_xxxx.xpi on the date of 26-Oct-2006. That’s spesificly for the new Intel-Macs, but you’ll find any other version you’re interested in on the same page.

It’s a great companion to the Web Developer Toolbar and Firebug.

Update: The Mac-file I’m referring too is for Intel Macintosh’s only! The filenames on the sourceforge page gives you a fairly straight forward clue to which OS and make it’s for, so remember to read before installing.

If you try to install the macintel on a G5 or earlier Mac it will cause Firefox to completely give up on you. The fix is then to export your bookmarks, delete Firefox, re-install. And then start adding all the extensions you’ve lost in the process.

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last.fm update fixes annoying 'bug'

HTML tidy for Firefox