I’ve had a few issues with my Firefox previously, but this time it somehow forgot all my saved passwords and stopped offering to remember new ones. This one was a quickie, but I’ll post it for later reference.
This problem can be fixed by removing the files key3.db and signons3.txt from your Firefox profile directory. On Unix, it’s usually a random generated directory under ~/.mozilla/firefox. Be aware that removing these files will remove any stored passwords – mine were already gone though.
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Amnesia, Desktop, Firefox
My Firefox recently suffered from aggressive dementia, and forgot all the tweaks and add-ons I had applied. Good plugins are hard to find, so here’s the list of the ones I use:
- Adblock Plus – no more ads
- iMacros – automate repetitive tasks in Firefox
- Firebug – website development tools (debugging etc.)
- Pixel Perfect – Firebug extension that helps you get your site pixel perfect
- Web Developer – offers all kinds of neat web developer tools (cookie management, cache on/off, CSS help etc.)
Enjoy 
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Firefox
Found this one over at michaelhoney.com – a bookmarklet that directs you to the root of whatever site you’re currently browsing. Just drag it to your bookmark bar:
Goto root
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Bookmarklet, Firefox
I rarely need a Java plugin for my 64-bit Firefox browser, but once in a rare while I need to use certain government services that require a digital signature and the original Sun Java plugin – OpenJDK just doesn’t cut it. Sun changed a couple of things recently, so many of the howto’s are outdated – this will work though:
Make sure you remove/disable OpenJDK:
$ rpm -e java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin
Get the latest Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) here. Make sure it’s the 64-bit non-RPM version. The RPM might work too, I just didn’t test it. We’ll assume it’s version 1.6.0-12. Execute the following commands to unpack it:
$ umask 022
$ chmod +x jre-6u12-linux-x64.bin
$ ./jre-6u12-linux-x64.bin
Accept the license agreement. The directory jre1.6.0_12 is created. Execute the following commands to move JRE and make a symbolic link to the plugin:
$ mv jre1.6.0_12 /opt
$ cd /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins
$ ln -s /opt/jre1.6.0_12/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so .
The new thing here is that they recently renamed the plugin from libjavaplugin_oji.so to libnpjp2.so – that set me off track for a while.
Restart Firefox and type in about:plugins and look for Java – if it’s there, you’re all set.
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64bit, Fedora, Fedora10, Firefox, Java, Sun
