December, 2005 - Archive

Request Access – Firefox Extension

Sometimes we encounter "Firewall - Access denied for the web site you requested!" message while surfing from a corporate network. Unfortunately, firewalls sometimes rate a good valid site as blacklisted site. In that case we use to request our system administrator to whitelist that site. This tool comes in handy for this purpose. Once you encounter this message, you have to just click "Request Access!" menu in Tools menu of firefox. Now your mail requesting administrator to unblock the site is r...

Complex script font rendering in SimplyMEPIS 3.4-1 (RC1)

I have installed SimplyMEPIS 3.4-1 (RC1) in my nx6120 HP Laptop. Hardware detection is simply superb. Almost all the hardware are working out of the box without any configuration. This is the first Linux desktop I have seen working most of the hardware without going and tweaking in command shell. OS Centre tool is doing wonder. But I had a issue of not able to see the complex script fonts like my mother tongue, Tamil in Firefox (It works with Konqueror). Complex script is enabled in firefox wit...