Open Firefox in Chrome, IE8, Safari, and Avant

Google's Chrome opens sites faster than my default browser Firefox. For now I cannot leave Firefox for Chrome because of the availability of extensions (add-ons) for the former which the later lacks.

I only use Chrome when Firefox is having a noticeable difficulty loading pages. Although I have exported my Firefox bookmarks to Chrome, it is cumbersome to export them whenever a new site is bookmarked in Firefox.

I have discovered one way of viewing my Firefox bookmarks in Chrome: click and drag a bookmark into Chrome's page and the page will load in Chrome. A bookmark can be exported too into Chrome's bookmark toolbar by the click and drag method.

Likewise, the method above is possible if it is done the other way—from Chrome to Firefox. In fact, the exporting method can be done also from Firefox to IE 8 and vice versa but is not possible for the Opera browser.

Of course there are Chrome View and Safari View add-ons for Firefox but the fact that it can be done into IE8 (Avant and Safari, too) makes this method handy for those who uses more than one browser.

In Avant and Safari, bookmarks from Firefox can open into these two browsers but not the other way around.

A New Three-Column Blogger Denim Template

Tweaking the Denim Fantastic

Denim Template
Finally, a template for my blog that I can call my own! After countless nights searching the Internet for creating a three-column template, the long nights are over for tweaking this Denim template. It took me almost three weeks just to decide which is the better template—one week to choose between a Denim and Stretch Denim, another week to choose between a two-column and three-column template and yet another week to decide where to put the sidebars—at both sides, left side or right side.

HTML, XHTML, and Cascading Style Sheets
I had to review what I learned in HTML. My HTML is a bit rusty but it helped me understand the template’s code. Blogger uses strict-DTD type of XHTML which my old HTML book says that it is used for completely “clean” HTML documents—that means, the code must not contain deprecated elements. Can you see that red horizontal line crossing the post page under the date? It’s not a page border but a horizontal line. Some HTML attributes for creating horizontal rulers were deprecated. Using style sheets didn't do the trick. So I tried adding at least two deprecated elements in the HTML code and it worked on most browsers—Firefox, IE7, Opera, and especially the new versions of Chrome, Safari and Avant browsers.

A new three-column template how-to?
Anyway, I'm thinking of writing a tutorial on how to transform a Blogger’s template into a multi-column template. Hmmm, but who needs another boring template conversion how-to? Indeed, there are far too many how-tos available on the Internet. But it would be much better if the tutorial is educational and informative.

This template is not yet done but at least the final form is now apparent. What it needs are embellishments to make it decent and functional.

What Is The Best Browser?

Firefox. I have been using Firefox for three years now and I have no intention of defecting to another browser. What makes Firefox stands out from other browsers is the potential for user customization. I can select from many available themes and “skin” Firefox to an entirely different appearance. I can add extensions such as the Gmail Notifier to alert me of a new email from Gmail or—one of my favorites!—the Video DownloadHelper to download videos from supported sites so I could watch it at a later time. The choices are endless for add-ons that range from bookmarking to privacy and security, and from news feeds to search tools.

Even without the add-ons, the built-in features of a bare Firefox are awesome such as tabbed browsing—though browsers at present have this feature—and spell-checker for text boxes. It also allows users to run different profiles of Firefox and distinctively customize each of them.

The one great thing about Firefox is that it runs on several platforms. Since I have Windows and Ubuntu installed in my PC, I can also use Firefox as my personal browser in Ubuntu. And guess what? I was able to export my Firefox bookmarks in Windows to my Firefox in Ubuntu.

Thus, Firefox is the best browser because it enables users to have complete control of, well, his/her Firefox. For those interested in Firefox, click the Firefox button located at the sidebar and explore why Firefox should be your own personal browser.