Firefox 15, which has been released a few days ago, comes with some cool features disabled by default: native PDF viewer, preferences in tab and click-to-play plugins.
These features have been in testing for quite a while, but they are not 100% ready so they aren't enabled by default and there are no options in the Firefox preferences to enable them. But, if you don't mind an occasional glitch, you can enable them using the about:config tool.
For Example:
Firefox 15 comes with a native PDF reader that uses JavaScript (pdf.js) to open PDF files directly in the browser. This feature is disabled by default but it can be enabled by following these steps: open a new tab, type "about:config", search for "pdfjs.disabled" and set it to "false" (double click it).
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Note: after changing the native PDF reader and click-to-play plugins preferences
in about:config, you need to restart Firefox for the changes to take effect.
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Note: after changing the native PDF reader and click-to-play plugins preferences
in about:config, you need to restart Firefox for the changes to take effect.
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Books of Note -- Killer Drones, Tech Jobs and the Internet's
Birth on Labor Day 1969
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Summer’s not over until September 21st.
There’s still time for productive summer reading.
Here’s three new books, each with deep relevance to issues of our times.
From: http://www.forbes.com
Kill Decision, Daniel Suarez, Dutton Adult, 2012.
I've been wanting to RAVE about this writer and this BOOK for some time now.
A page-turner in every Good Sense of the word. The TECH details, if you're
like me, is something to drool over. It has so much interesting technology I Had to Take Notes,
so I could look it up later. Excellent. Wingman.
A page-turner in every Good Sense of the word. The TECH details, if you're
like me, is something to drool over. It has so much interesting technology I Had to Take Notes,
so I could look it up later. Excellent. Wingman.
Okay, start with this first because it’s the only work of fiction in this group of three, an SF thriller in Michael Crichton tradition. (BTW, Crichton’s posthumous Micro is worth the read too) Suarez’s story is about the immediate future. In fact, it’s barely science fiction since it pivots on technology readily available or emerging right now. The plot concerns autonomous drone swarms attacking Americans across the country and around the world, from an unknown enemy, in frighteningly efficient terrorist-like strikes. There’s a hero, a love story, etc. But the machines, and action sequences, are the compelling parts. As is the terrifying opening scene.
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The New Geography of Jobs, Enrico Moretti,
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
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Tubes, A Journey to the Center of the Internet,
Andrew Blum, Ecco, 2012.
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