The new design of this button isn’t great either, It uses extra space and it is present in the [...]]]> I’m a massive fan of Firefox and have been for since version 1 back in 2004.  I’ve been using 4.0 in beta for what seems like ages.  Where’s the RSS web feeds subscription button gone?

The new design of this button isn’t great either, It uses extra space and it is present in the toolbar at all times. The button is black when an RSS feed is present and grey otherwise.  Ironic, since Firefox invented the orange icon!

How to add the button to the tool bar?

By default the new RSS web feeds subscription button is not even visible. To add this to the toolbar just right-click on the toolbar and select customize. In the customize tool bar window that appears, click and drag the “Subscribe” icon to the desired location. Done.

Firefox includes a built in spell checker. However, by default this does not check when  typing into a single line entry box (e.g. the comments box on Facebook or the Google search box).

Firefox Inline Spell checking example

How to make Firefox spellchecker check for spelling errors inline Open a Firefox window Type [...]]]>

Firefox includes a built in spell checker. However, by default this does not check when  typing into a single line entry box (e.g. the comments box on Facebook or the Google search box).

Firefox Inline Spell checking example

How to make Firefox spellchecker check for spelling errors inline

1. Open a Firefox window
2. Type about:config into the address bar and press enter:

   

3. Accept any warning to continue
   
4. On the next page
1. type the layout.spellcheckDefault in the filter field
2. Double click the integer value 1
3. Enter an integer value of 2 
4. Click OK to accept the new setting:

That’s all there is to it. Next time you run Firefox and begin typing into a single line form field (or multiline) spell checker will check your spelling for mistyping’s as you type.