I can tell some of you are just waiting for the Picks of Week post to try out Firefox Extensions. Here is this week’s load of extensions you might find useful or just fun to try. Stylish: Stylish is for CSS as GreaseMonkey is for JavaScript. Stylish is a user styles manager lets you customize […]
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Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 2007-08-29
It’s time to look at some of the new Firefox extensions making the rounds lately. Without further adieu, TubeStop: This extension for Mozilla based web browsers disables autoplay on YouTube videos. It lets you open multiple videos in multiple tabs without them all playing at once. It also works on YouTube videos embedded in non-YouTube […]
Mozilla’s Geode Brings GeoLocation to Firefox 3
With our recent iPhone 3g purchase, it has been awesome to use GPS based iPhone apps that can find your location and suggest things you are looking for around you. The variety of apps that make use of this feature is just mind boggling. I could look up movies, restaurants, stores, etc right from our […]
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 2008-12-03
Hope you had a good Thanksgiving holidays if you are in the US. We sure did. We had a great time with a bunch of friends and a lot of good food. Let’s look at a few Firefox extensions I came across since my last post. FireStatus: You can update your status messages in Twitter, […]
Foxmarks Bookmark Sync for IE & Safari
Foxmarks is one of the best Firefox extensions out there. Foxmarks lets you create a profile at Foxmarks.com and syncs your bookmarks across any number of Firefox browsers on various computers you use. This means you can seamlessly bookmark in one computer at work and come home to find it and go to the site […]
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 07-11-05
I have found a few great extensions in the last couple of weeks and here they are. For those new here, I d o a periodical ‘Picks of the Week’ post listing some great extensions that I come across. Some of the best ones, make it to my more extensive ‘Top Firefox Extensions‘ list. Now, […]
Show/Hide Firefox Address Bar Like Google Chrome
Google Chrome just introduced a cool feature which lets you maximize the browser space you have by letting you easily show/hide the address bar. Firefox is not be out done by Chrome for long. With the Firefox extension – LessChrome HD, you can get the same show/hide address bar feature in Firefox. Once installed (no […]
Best Minimalist Chrome Extensions
Most web apps attract us with their simplicity and minimalism in the interface. Take Gmail, Google Calendar, Facebook, etc. However, as time passes by most providers start adding features to the interface sometimes bordering on cluttered. How can you customize the interface so they are again simple to your liking? If you are in the […]
List of Slowest Firefox Extensions
Mozilla has pushed the envelope with the shutdown and startup times of its Firefox 4 browser. In fact, I am really thrilled to see it match the startup times of Google Chrome. However, there are still a few Firefox add-ons that could cause a slowdown. Mozilla has taken a step to push add-on developers to […]
Home Dash Rekindles My Love for Firefox
I have been an avid Firefox user for many many years. However, sometime over the last year I have started using Google Chrome as my main browser for Gmail, Google Reader, Facebook, etc. mainly for its speed. I still use Firefox for web development efforts. The Firefox extensions available for this is unmatched. With Firefox […]
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 09-12-01 Contest Edition
Firefox hosts a great contest with every major release of Firefox versions for extension developers. Now, Mozilla has announced the winners for the Extend Firefox 3.5 contest! Best New Add-on Grand Prize Winners (3) FireFound by Chris Finke Find lost or stolen laptops and phones with a simple and secure Firefox extension FireFound is an […]
Mozilla Announces Weave Sync 1.0 beta 1
It has been a while since I have covered Mozilla Labs. It is one of the cool places where some of the cutting edge web technologies like Prism, Personas, Ubiquity, Bespin, Snowl, Geode, etc. Mozilla Weave is one such technology out of Mozilla labs. Weave enables you to have incredibly rich, personalized experiences across the […]
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 09-10-09
It is some quiet time in the Firefox front but I still haven’t had problems finding new and exciting Firefox extensions to share with you. The Firefox extensions developer community is awesome and unstoppable! Here are this week’s picks. Feedly: If you read RSS feeds via feed readers like Google Reader, Netvibes, Bloglines, etc. – […]
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 09-08-28
Mozilla has released a security update for Firefox 3.5.3. Make sure you install it as soon as you can. Plus, Firefox 3.5.3 checks your current Adobe Flash Plugin version that will show you if it needs to be updated. With Firefox 3.6, you would be able to go a Plugin status page and see which […]
Notepad++ – A Great Open Source Code Editor
Ok. I have to apologize about this one. I just noticed today that I have never written about an excellent open source program I have been using even before I started this blog! Notepad++ is my choice source code editor anytime I am working on HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript etc. Notepad++ is a free open […]
