This week is Firefox week in xptricks.net. We will post many reviews and tips about Firefox and other browsers, so stay tuned. Here is the complete guide to this week’s posts. You might find it handy to bookmark us (Ctrl + D) or subscribe to our feed.
Lets start off with our review of Firefox 3.
Firefox 3 is the latest (and best) version of the worlds most popular browser. The Mozilla Team has managed to fix almost all of Firefox 2’s errors and problems and Firefox 3 is almost as good …

Have a dirty computer monitor? Here’s something that will keep your screen looking clean…
These cute, free screen savers are from the movie “Must Love Dogs” and I must say they’re a great idea.
There are four of them to choose from (Click the image to download):

If you get an error with the “flash.ocx” file, you need to configure your system to allow 3rd party screensavers.
Enjoy!

Tired of your XP? Want to buy Vista? Well, don’t. Vista is still full of bugs and not reliable yet. So what’s so good about it? Most people like the new and pretty looks.
It’s a great idea to mix together the good things from both Windows systems: the reliability of XP and looks of Vista. Lets go over this, step-by-step so you can easily follow.

1.Change the theme. This is probably the most important thing when trying to make your XP look like Vista. You will need a good Vista-ish …

Yahoo widgets is a nice little piece of freeware that will, if properly used, help you in making your XP look like Vista or Mac Os X, but even if you aren’t trying to fool your friends or yourself, it can change your desktop into something a lot more useful. From games to weather forecasts, there are literally thousands of free widgets available at the Widget Gallery.
Installing them is dead easy – you can do it from your browser. (You will need to have the main widget-handling software installed before, …

There are many ways to do download YouTube videos. You could install some software or use a website to download and convert videos, but the easiest way is to install the firefox plugin.
If you don’t use firefox (here’s why you should), then there are many sites out there that let you download YouTube videos. I recommend these:

http://javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php
http://www.downloadyoutubevideos.com/
http://www.downloader9.com/

As to software for downloading and converting .flv YouTube and Google videos, YouTube Downloader seems to be the best.
See for yourself which one of the methods you like best and happy downloading!
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