Oremj's Blog » Mozilla http://blog.mozilla.com/oremj Just another Blog.mozilla.com weblog Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:12:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Operations Status Dashboard http://blog.mozilla.com/oremj/2009/09/21/operations-status-dashboard/ http://blog.mozilla.com/oremj/2009/09/21/operations-status-dashboard/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:37:05 +0000 oremj http://blog.mozilla.com/oremj/?p=38 Often when we have an operational issue or outage confusion occurs. We are taking a step to resolve this confusion by creating a status dashboard similar to Google and Twitter. It is mostly a prototype at this point. How can we make this service more useful? Feedback is greatly appreciated.

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Here is a way to VACUUM your places database from within the browser.

  1. Go to Tools -> Error Console
  2. Paste the following in the “Code:” text-box: Components.classes["@mozilla.org/browser/nav-history-service;1"].getService(Components.interfaces.nsPIPlacesDatabase).DBConnection.executeSimpleSQL("VACUUM");
  3. Press Enter

Your UI will freeze for a bit while the vacuum runs.

Resources:

Cross post from my personal blog.

]]> http://blog.mozilla.com/oremj/2009/08/20/speedup-firefox-with-vacuum/feed/ 22 My Life is a Little Bit Easier Now http://blog.mozilla.com/oremj/2008/09/12/my-life-is-a-little-bit-easier-now/ http://blog.mozilla.com/oremj/2008/09/12/my-life-is-a-little-bit-easier-now/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:56:17 +0000 oremj http://blog.mozilla.com/oremj/?p=21 Lately, I’ve found the process of assigning a bug to myself slightly cumbersome and wanted to speed up the process. I happen to be a fan of Ubiquity, so I decided to write a command.

The command assigntome, by default, changes the assigned to field to your user. The whole process can be automated by tacking on the submit noun, which will simulate clicking the “Commit” button.

To install assigntome subscribe to my Ubiquity feed.

Cross-post from blog.oremj.com.

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