Tuesday, February 23, 2010

How To Spend (Waste) A Couple Of Hours Enjoyably

If you use Firefox 3.6, select a new persona for your browser chrome. Warning: there are only 30,000+ to choose from. At the moment, I'm using Cosmic Sunrise, but switching to new ones can be downright addictive...

Correction: Cosmic Sunset. You know how it is... sunrise, sunset, sunrise, sunset, swiftly flow the personas...

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  1. I haven't been upgraded yet, but probably won't change because I am too used to the way things are now. I'm text oriented, so graphics are wasted on me.

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  2. Bryan, there are all the usual security reasons for upgrading, and the whole "persona" thing is completely optional.

    Among the now 40,000+ personas, I expected to find one named "persona non grata," but I was disappointed. As little as I want to, I may have to remedy that deficiency.

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  3. if you make a persona non grata, let me know and i'll upgrade.

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  4. hipparchia, neither of us really wants a tiny image of Dick Cheney staring at us from our browser chrome...

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  5. srsly, hipparchia, you'd get into this quickly. Other than available personas, the interface changes to 3.6 are minimal indeed, and it's quick to install. One suggestion: if you're going to use personas, install the Persona Plus add-on before you select personas. It's an annoying little add-on, but it's what they offer. You can also use Tools|Personas if you don't mind being taken to the site to select every time, but THE TWO APPROACHES ARE NOT INTER-COMPATIBLE!

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  6. ouch. good point.

    although... since some of the cats help me with blogging by batting at things on the screen, i have to admit that the thought of giant cats taking swipes at a tiny dick cheney holds some appeal.

    ok, you talked me into it. i'll install it the next time that little popup box asks me if i want to upgrade.

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  7. hipparchia, there are lots of nice kitty personas...

    It's not that the two methods of selecting personas are truly incompatible; rather, the add-on acts as if it is totally unaware that you used Tools|Personas to choose a half dozen already. Annoyances aside (such as having to set up a Personas account), you're still more likely to change your persona occasionally with the add-on than without.

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