Getting Started with Weave 1.0 for Firefox

Just read the Linux Magazine tweet about Weave 1.0 for Firefox and Fennec. Don't remember when I last tried weave firefox addon. So I quickly installed the addon and found the connect and sync weave menu options were disabled. Figured out this its not a bug but the weave is just not yet configured. Looks like there is usability bug here.

You can configure weave from Edit Menu > Preferences > Sync. Click on Create Mozilla Weave Account and provide new login information. The dialog warns about NoScript plugin but you can safely ignore that. Then you have CAPTHCA challenge and give a secret pass phrase. For now you can choose to sync everything or give custom settings.

Enjoy the joy of weave and leave a comment to share your experiences about weave.

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Daisy books on Linux

There is very little information on using DAISY : Digital Accessible Information SYstem ( DAISY ) digital talking books on linux operating system. In this post let me introduces two programs that allows linux users to read and produce DAISY digital talking books.

AnyDAISY DAISY Book Player for Firefox

You can read DAISY books with firefox web browser using AnyDAISY extension. Its been actively developed with the help of Benetech and Mozilla foundation.

odt2daisy DAISY Book Creator for OpenOffice

You can quick turn your documents into DAISY book by using odt2daisy extension. Download this extension and you can export your documents into DAISY format.

You can also use these extenstions on other operating system too. Please try them and report problems to the developers.

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AUS: Update XML File Malformed (200) Firefox Update Error

Recently one my blog reader was angry that I posted something related to Microsoft Windows ;). Why shouldn't I write about that it?. There whole lot of free software that runs on it, programming languages, Office tools, editors you name it. Mozilla Firefox is perhaps the most common one. This is post discusses this odd Firefox error message which is triggered when the browser try to check for latest updates.

This AUS Update XML File Malformed 200 error traps many issues, the simplest being unable to access the Internet. So, most of the time you can safely ignore this warning.

Test Case

1. File>Work Offline


2. Help>Check for Updates

Gnu/Linux users running firefox installed from the distribution package would find that Check for Updates feature is disabled.

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Download Sitepoint Firefox 3 Revealed ebook

Did you download the firefox3 on June 17 ? Did you like the robot's greeting "We have come to visit you in peace and with goodwill!" easter egg :). Sci-fi geeks will recognize the reference to nikto in the page title right away.

Here is something to add icing to the cake, Sitepoint released a Firefox 3 Revealed ebook to go with all the excitement. I hope this ebook will guide you in master the new features of the firefox3 browser. Happy surfing !!!

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