How to clear your browser's JRE cache?

I was just testing a Java Applet on Firefox and noticed that either I had to reload the page a thousand times or restart the browser, obviously this results in wasting a big amount of precious time but fortunately there is an easy way to clear your browser's JRE cache:

1. Open the Java console -> Tools -> Web Developer -> Tools -> Java Console
2. Click on "x" to clear the classloader cache and you will get the following message:

"Clear classloader cache ... completed."

How to get rid of Internet Explorer

I am not a big fan of Microsoft products and using Internet Explorer is one of the most painful experiences I have to go through while testing a UI for a web development or just while browsing the intranet at work, but today I took a look at a Firefox addon that allows you to open an IE tab inside Firefox called (not surprisingly) IE Tab.

The best part of it is that I can add trusted sites just as in IE, something that is not available in the current version of FF, and this avoids having to enter my credentials every time I go to a different page in the intranet! The addon is not perfect, IE 8 sites don’t look exactly the same but still it helps a lot while testing previous versions.

That’s it for now ;)