Firefox 3.5 made it’s way to our computers few days back. As I have been using the beta for a long time, I was just happy to move to the stable version. It definitely is much swifter than 3.0. Let’s look at a few good Firefox add-ons I have found recently. Firefox Extension Picks FoxyTunes […]

Ubiquity 0.5 Speaks More Languages, Naturally
on July 9, 2009 in Featured, Tech for Life
Ubiquity is one of those Firefox add-ons that makes my friends go wow when I show them what it can do. In fact, Ubiquity started as a Mozilla Labs project and is still an experimental add-on and hasn’t even reached version 1.0 yet. But, the promise it shows is unbelievable and you can read a […]

Weave: Firefox Bookmark & Passwords Sync Add-on
on July 1, 2009 in Featured, Tech for Life
I use Xmarks Firefox add-on (formerly Foxmarks) to keep my Firefox bookmarks, saved passwords, etc in sync between multiple computers. Xmarks works like a charm in doing this and I love it. What is Weave Sync? Weave Sync is a prototype from Mozilla that encrypts and securely synchronizes your ‘Firefox experience’ across multiple computers. The […]

Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 09-06-23 Collections Edition
on June 23, 2009 in Featured, ShanKri-la
Firefox extensions has been a core part of this blog and I have been doing the Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Weeks series for alomost 2 years now. I love finding and sharing good Firefox add-ons. Mozilla has just made this effort of mine and plenty of others who share their love for Firefox with […]

Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 09-05-20
on May 20, 2009 in Featured, Tech for Life
I can’t believe it’s been 20 days since the last Firefox picks post. I know you have been waiting for this one. So, here goes this weeks picks. Firefox Extension Picks of the Week Juice: If you are a power Internet surfer and do a lot of research, you might like this one. Juice intelligently […]

Mozilla Prism Renews Interest with 1.0 Beta
on May 14, 2009 in Featured, Tech for Life
Mozilla Prism brings web applications to your desktop blurring the lines between web apps and desktop apps. Prism is based on the same technology as Firefox browser but is designed to run your web applications just like its desktop counterparts. It gives you the best of both worlds letting you access apps from anywhere in […]

Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 09-04-30
on April 30, 2009 in Featured, Tech for Life
Firefox 3.5 beta 4 made its appearance this week along with the swine flu outbreak google maps mashups. Firefox 3.5 beta 4 introduced 2 cool new features – Private browsing mode and Undo closed window. Both work really nice. Let’s look at a few Firefox extensions this week OutWit Images: You can collect images from […]

How to Switch to Firefox 3.1 Beta 3?
on March 13, 2009 in Featured, ShanKri-la
Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 is out for download now! A word of caution: Firefox 3.1 beta 3 is meant for developers and early adopters who like not-so reliable software. If you don’t want to lose productivity with unexpected behavior, browser crashes, broken extensions, this article is not for you. If you are still reading, you […]

Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 09-03-03
on March 3, 2009 in Featured, Tech for Life
It looks like Firefox 3.1 is going to be delayed in it’s release until the second quarter of this year. We still have some exciting new Firefox extensions to look at this week. VideoSurf Videos at a Glance: As the name implies, this extension is a great one to have for those who watch a […]

CoolFlick Brings Your Flickr Pics to Life
on January 26, 2009 in Tech for Life
Cooliris is my favorite way to browse through Flickr Pics. Cooliris is a Firefox add-on that enables us to visualize pictures in a wall. You can scroll through the wall seamlessly and zoom into the ones you like. It’s hard to explain but kind of like Apple’s CoverFlow. You can flick with your mouse to […]

Import Google Notebook into Zoho
on January 21, 2009 in Tech for Life
Zoho Notebook offers an excellent alternative to Google Notebook. Even though I have proclaimed Evernote to be the best alternative to Google Notebook, Zoho sure beat Evernote to the race in providing an import tool to get your Google Notebook content across easily. I am sure Evernote will follow suit shortly. But, I was curious […]

Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 09-01-19
on January 19, 2009 in Tech for Life
I am ready to shrug off this cold spell engulfing the Midwest this past week. But, I have some sizzling new Firefox extensions installed in my browser and can’t wait to share them with you. Here we go, Fireclip: Fireclip is a cool tool to clip out portions of webpages and reload them later and […]

Google Notebook RIP – Best Alternative is Evernote
on January 16, 2009 in Tech for Life
I think the best Google Notebook alternative out there is Evernote. I even called it Google Notebook done better, way better back in April 2008

Snowl – Messaging in Firefox from Mozilla Labs
on January 15, 2009 in Tech for Life
It’s no secret that I am a fan of Mozilla Labs projects besides being a huge fan of Firefox. We have seen some successful and exciting projects from Mozilla Labs like Mozilla Prism – the technology that lets you run web applications like desktop applications away from your browser, Mozilla Geode – that can bring […]

Site Launcher – Launchy for Firefox
on January 7, 2009 in Tech for Life
I am going off the beaten path here today. Instead of listing my Firefox Extension picks this week, I am going to highlight one particular extension. Like the Gmail HTML Signature extension I featured earlier, this Firefox extension deserves special attention. Site Launcher is an experimental add-on that is going to change the way you […]
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