Hacksar

With the recent release of Firefox v3.5, I’m sure many people have upgraded their old versions of Firefox to take advantage of some of the new features that were placed in this release. However, there also seemed to be some “downgrades” (or maybe just bugs) in the release that I’m surprised that the developers/testers didn’t catch. For example, if you click a link in an external program (like an IM client such as AIM for example), and you have Firefox set as your default browser, the link will open up in the last tab you have open (rather than opening a new tab). In older versions of Firefox, the setting under Tools -> Options -> Tabs -> “Open New Windows in a New Tab Instead” would allow you to open external links in new tabs. However, now, it does not. Thankfully, there is a simple fix for it – keep reading for the solution.

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If you are just going into college, you probably just received your college email account – and it most likely uses some ugly webmail based client. (This also applies to jobs, etc that supply you with email addresses.) You probably also have a Gmail account that you use (since Gmail is so awesome). If you don’t you can sign up for one at the Gmail website. If you absolutely hate your online web email account and yearn for the ability to send and receive your college emails to with your Gmail account, fret no more! There is a very simple and straightforward method of doing this. Keep reading for the step by step guide.

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