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Firebug can make Gmail slow
07 November 07 10:35 AM | urig | with no comments
If you have FireBug installed in FireFox and you've been experiencing slow response from Gmail lately, you might find the following interesting. I just fired up my FireFox first thing this morning, went to Gmail and got the following message in alarming red: I clicked the " Fix It " link and received detailed instructions on configuring FireBug not to "interfere" with Gmail, which I followed (just disabled FireBug for mail.google.com) Now that's good service!
FIX: Google Toolbar resets/breaks/messes up IE7 toolbars
11 April 07 02:43 PM | urig | with no comments
Ever since I've upgraded from IE6 to IE7, I've noticed that whenever I reopen my Internet Explorer, all my toolbars get messed up. It's as if they are reset to the original "factory" setting, regardless of how carefully I've tweaked them before previously closing IE7. Clearly something was wrong, but to my surprise the fault lay not with "Evil Microsoft" but with the "Benevolent Google"'s beloved Google Toolbar (!). I've learned here that the Google Toolbar uses some evil voodoo ("hijacks ITBarLayout...