It's all good until it happens to you, right? ;)

It's all good until this happens with your must-have-or-die Firefox extension, right?

Well, something like that happened to me. More specifically, not only is the addon incompatible with Firefox 3, but the project seems to be d.e.a.d. - and that stinks... :(

So, without further ado, for all the users of Tabbrowser Preferences , this isn't Tabbrowser Preferences for Firefox 3, but it's a way to get to almost all of it's features even without it.

All you need to do is open this txt file , modify the values inside to your liking and then save it into your Firefox profile ( How to find your profile? ) and voila!
All of the settings are now saved in Firefox 3, even without Tabbrowser preferences! (OK, truth is I got a little carried away, since some of the settings were tied to Tabbrowser preferences and you'll see which ones I'm talking about because they are commented in the above txt file)

It's easy to modify the values. Just change the true/false or the integral value where it shows up.

You can help others and share this resource to the world using the self explaining button below.

UPDATE, June 20th :
If you came here without seeing what Lawrence Webb, a.k.a larryvgs on addons.mozilla.org suggested "For those who MUST HAVE their tabs on the bottom" , here's a solution for you:

Put the following in your userChrome.css file (it doesn't exist by default but it should be located in the sub-folder called chrome in your profile folder) or just open this userChrome.css and save it in your chrome folder.

/* Display the Tabbar at the bottom */
#content > tabbox {-moz-box-direction: reverse;}

The orginal instructions are supposedly at support.mozilla.com .

UPDATE, July 2nd :
There's now a new and still experimental addon Tab Focus for all of you who can't live without Tabbrowser Preferences' "Select tabs when the mouse is moved onto them" feature. Thanks TDM for letting us know!

It's great, you type a command and the results come up. You can even use cursor up and down for command history - I actually used to fool myself at times expecting normal Google search could do this, just like I expect almost any application now to have what Firefox refers to as "Search for text when I start typing" - even if I already know the application doesn't have this feature.

For anybody who's used to Unix style command line like I am, this is really fun to use.

Contrary to what you may think of command line if you're not used to it and never really tried it (and I can't speak for any other than Unix type) it actually beats using mouse on a graphical interface to accomplish some things. And I'm not even some command line "power user", just reap the benefits of it whenever I can. ;)

I'll give you an example for Goosh: in Google, when I search for something I scroll down through the results and if I wish to see another page, I have to point with my pointer on the page number or "Next", which, once you've tried it in command line (Goosh) becomes simply too slow. In command line you just type "m" and then Enter and voila! You're there already, on the next page.
(disclaimer: I use ThinkPad and a TrackPoint so my fingers are always on the keyboard and I feel the benefits of using keyboard shortcuts for those who know what I mean)

And I have to hand it to the man behind the Goosh, Stephen Grothkopp - Goosh is blazingly fast! I don't know how he accomplished that but it's like I'm executing commands on my own system! I know Google is fast as well but this really seems faster when searching, part of which I'm sure is due to showing only 4 results at time, but still gives a great impression.

I searched for the idiom 'get a grip' as I was corresponding with someone by e-mail and wanted to make sure I'm using it correctly...

Anyway, after I entered 'get a grip' in Firefox Search box and pressed Enter, I quickly went back to my e-mail to finish it.

I later got back to Firefox and had something to see:

I'm not implying anything, but what did you think that baby was holding at first?

P.S. This is my very first impulsive posting here! Hurraay!!

Isn't it a shame when you've got a great content on one side, and a "blog design" on the other side so terrible people have to look away.
I don't care what somebody says, but blue font on black background is not cool, it's just C-R-U-E-L to my eyes, nothing more.

This post has been written mainly out of frustration but I'll make it worthwhile to those who desperately need some guidance.

And if you know about a website, a page or even a small book (it would have to be free) that will benefit these unfortunate newborn bloggers to stop terrorizing people, please post a comment and I'll gladly update this post.

I, for one, often return to one source for usability guidelines over and over again: http://www.useit.com/papers/webwriting/ .
Definitely bookmark this one. Better yet, read it :)

P.S. This doesn't apply only to bloggers, sadly...

Lessons, as all Simpleology courses come in animated flash video for easy viewing online, in MP3 format for listening on the go and in PDF e-book for those who like to read (which also comes in handy if you want to search the content of the lessons):

1. What is a Blog?
2. Essential Parts of a Blog
3. Creating Your Blog
4. Choosing A Theme For Your Blog
5. General Writing Tips
6. Three Ways To Attract Traffic Part 1: Improving Your Posts
7. Three Ways To Attract Traffic Part 2: Search Engine Optimization
8. Three Ways To Attract Traffic Part 3: Linking With Other Blogs
9. More Strategies for Attracting Traffic
10. 6 Ways To Make Money From Your Blog
11. Advertising
12. Affiliate Programs
13. Getting Paid For Blogging
14. Why Small Business Owners Should Have A Blog
15. The Next 15 Days

(I emphasized the lessons I find particularly interesting to me)

You also get a handfull of interesting bonuses, all PDF e-books:

1. How To Create Interesting Titles
   Sounds very interesting for anybody with a website, with all the other information out there, this skill can help you get even more visitors. BlogRush member? That's exactly what you need.
2. How To Overcome Writer's Block
   This can happen to anyone. If it hasn't yet, you'll want to be prepared.
3. An Interview With Blogger Jason Cain
4. An Interview With Blogger Joel Comm
5. An Interview With Blogger Lynn Terry
6. An Interview With Blogger Priya Shah
7. Which Blog Software Is Right For You?

For a while, they're letting you snag it for free if you post about it on your blog.

It covers:

• The best blogging techniques.
• How to get traffic to your blog.
• How to turn your blog into money.

But what I really like is the opportunity for viral success here, just by giving something for free to your visitors.

The tricky part is that I can't say much more about it until I review it because I had to write about it first to get it... :)

But why did I do it then? Recommending something I haven't even seen...

Well, it's Mark Joyner - I know his work and stuff he makes so I'm pretty confident this will be worthy as well...

I'll let you know what I think once I've had a chance to check it out. Meanwhile, go grab yours while it's still free.

Even though it seemed like it took forever to join I have joined few days after the April Fools' Day. Had to use the backup ordering system for some reason, but that's OK since I'm in now!

Anyway, there's so much information in there that you can't possibly think you'll go through it all in the first 2 months in which you will have a free membership.

Going through the materials (reading, listening and watching) my mind is buzzing with ideas... Still waiting for the print newsletter and the CD set to come to my door...

The Plan

And even thought when I joined I decided to take at least one hour a day for implementation of everything I learned from Trafficology lessons, that's gonna be hard now considering that just recently I found out about my college Dean's decision to "raise the bar" for all the students this year and as I don't plan to drop another year in almost the same manner, I'll have to devote more of my time to college now. sigh!

How much time will there be to follow my initial plan with Trafficology, oh well, we'll see... I doubt I'll manage as much as I intended to but I'll be doing my best...

Will I be able to do it?

I'm not talking about the plan, I'm talking about increasing the web traffic to my websites.
We'll see, in two months time...
In first 8 months that this site was opened to public I have had a measly 3.32 unique visitors per day on average. And funny, I owe much to the crackers trying to crack into my site even for that measly average. On another site, that's 6.26 unique visitors per day on average but that site is more focused on one subject and I've had it for some 11 months now. And that's still not enough, far far from enough.

Best wishes,
Dom

P.S. OK, OK, I'll admit it: April Fools' Day "Crazy Offer" was a marketing trick I fell for because if you go to www.Trafficology.com right now, you'll get a popup allowing you to take the same crazy offer, which I strongly suggest to grab ASAP in case they decide not to offer it anymore!

Dearl Miller from Trafficology.com is giving away 2 Free Months of Trafficology today.

The reason he picked April Fools' Day to make this crazy offer is so he could work in the words "downright fool" into an email - like this:

"Dom, only a downright fool would
pass up 2 free month's of the amazing print
Trafficology newsletter and audio CD training!"

Hey, it's NO joke - for 24 hours today he's giving you:

- 2 print newsletters with the best traffic tips and training on the entire Internet

- 2 Companion audio CD's each month.

- Complete online access for 2 months to the Trafficology membership site, where you get access to 8 years worth of the best traffic training on the Internet.

- Instant access to the digital version of the current hit print issue called: "Top Traffic Tactics for 2007"

Funny guy... but I'm getting my 2 free months of Trafficology... and you can too if you go to:
http://www.trafficology.com/2monthsfree.html
right now.

P.S. I get nothing and I really mean nothing for presenting you this offer... the link above is NOT an affiliate link! Call me stupid but I don't care...
But hey, I won't be mad if somewhere in the process of joining you get a chance to tell them I referred you - and you do just that! ;)

UPDATE I: I'm having problems joining - I get "This Account has already been created!" . I'll see what this is about and I hope everybody else is having no problems. Please report if you do.

UPDATE II: I'm in! Read all about it in Update on Trafficology !