scholar @ jklmelton » browser http://scholar.jklmelton.net research technology teaching learning education e-learning Thu, 30 Jun 2011 04:41:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 PayPal: “Safari not safe” Huh? http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2008/02/29/paypal-safari-not-safe-huh/ http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2008/02/29/paypal-safari-not-safe-huh/#comments Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:00:05 +0000 Jay http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2008/02/29/paypal-safari-not-safe-huh/ MacWorld is reporting PayPal’s claim that Safari is not a “safe” browser. Sorry PayPal, the problem lies in how people deal with email, not with the browser. Anyone clicking on any link in an email message is asking for trouble. If you need that link, copy it, paste it, and then read the URL carefully. If you don’t recognize the domain or the directories after it, don’t use it. You can get to the site using your bookmarks to be safe.

I wrote an entry on identifying phishing last year (sorry, it looks like the quiz is gone; you may have to look elsewhere for more information). Be careful out there…

]]> http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2008/02/29/paypal-safari-not-safe-huh/feed/ 0 Learning Japanese? Using Firefox? Get This Extension Now! http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2005/12/16/learning-japanese-using-firefox-get-this-now/ http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2005/12/16/learning-japanese-using-firefox-get-this-now/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2005 02:53:12 +0000 Jay http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2005/12/16/learning-japanese-using-firefox-get-this-now/ The technology available to us just gets better and better. For those of you who are struggling with Japanese (or even if you’re on top of the language and just want to refine your knowledge), there’s an extension called Rikaichan available for Firefox which allows you to read Japanese in real time as you hover over text. My colleague, Rick Lavin, and I were passing around web pages on adding extensions to Firefox. You will also need EDICT and KANJIDIC in order for everything to work.

I like this setup so much, I save a template with html tags in which to copy and paste emailed memos. This allows me to have the same resources for reading email messages.

Enjoy!

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