Wisdom by Homer ... not the Greek

"Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is never try" -- Homer Simpson in "Burns' Heir" (1F16)

Back to the Future: Firefox's Download Manager

Another unwanted, unrequested change in Firefox, was the change of the download manager in Firefox 20. All of a sudden, the downloads immediately stops if the internet connection stops, and of course cannot be resumed properly after the connection has been restored .. thanks for nothing. To get back the old UI and behaviour, change the configuration in Firefox (about:config):

• browser.download.useToolkitUI = true

Restart Firefox afterwards and you're good to go.

And of course I am still unhappy about the UI changes and the frequency of the updates, but that's another story.

Interview with Richard Branson

Richard Branson - Chairman of the Virgin Group:

I particularly liked the statement by Branson, that they offer more than the people expect them to do. That's the way to distinguish oneself from the competition.