Tag: FIREFOX-ADD-ON

Up until today I've been using a dark Firefox theme. It looked quite pretty, but eventually I got tired of not being able to read the black text on some of the dialogs (yes, I've tried tweaking userchrome.css -- multiple times). So I've set out in search of a lighter theme which would still be nice and minimalistic. Operetta Advance seems to fit the bill perfectly. It's called "Advance" ...

Dissociated Press turned me onto It's all text!, a nice Firefox add-on that allows you to edit text on web pages using your text editor of choice. This comes in handy when you want to leave comments or post something in forums and then, say, your browser crashes or you mistakenly press the backspace key outside the text area. We've all been there - all your snark work is erased! The extension ...

We've covered Invisible Hand, the discreet shopping comparison add on for Firefox, which displays prices on items you are searching on the web. Just in time for Black Friday, the hand has trotted out a new add on which along with other improvements, incorporates Google search results. Now, you can get your price results in real time so you know you're getting the best deal. My test drive of ...

A lot of web sites (like Download Squad, for instance) have search boxes that make it easy to find content no matter where it's hiding on the site. Some don't. Fortunately Google indexes most sites on the web, making it easy to search any web page by adding something like "site:www.example.com" into Google after your search query. Or if you're using Firefox, you can install the Search Site ...

Your new tab page is obviously a pretty important part of the Firefox experience. Both Mozilla and Google have pretty slick options you can plug in, but you may not have heard of New Tab King yet. Like other options, NTK taps into your recent usage to display frequently visited sites and recently closed tabs. You can toggle the display of your used sites to include either all browsing or only ...

Search Cloudlet is a plugin for Firefox that adds relevant tag clouds to searches you conduct using Yahoo! or Google. We first looked at the program a few months ago and were impressed with the way it helps refine your searches. Now there's a new version of Search Cloudlet that works with Twitter search as well. When you conduct a search using Twitter, a tag cloud will pop up with relevant ...

When you run across a Quicktime, MP3, Real Media, or other media link on a web site, Firefox typically offers to download the file, open it in an external player, or opens a new tab and starts playing it if you have the proper plugins installed. But what if you like to open all of your files using Windows Media Player or VLC, so that you can close Firefox without interrupting playback? Media ...

It may be several years late, but Microsoft has finally decided to acknowledge two things. First, that Firefox does, in fact, exist. Second, that not having an official Live Search plugin for it was just plain stupid. Just days ago, the addon appeared on the Mozilla repository. With all the talk recently about the strained relationship between between Mozilla and Google since Chrome's release, the ...

Firefox has an annoying habit of asking you whether you want to update your browser plugins when new versions are released. I mean sure, it's nice to have the latest version of any add-on, complete with new features or bug fixes. But because Firefox won't boot until you either click a button to apply the updates or to skip the process, this little feature can unnecessarily slow you down. ...

Plenty of software exists to help us sort our files once they've been downloaded, but why not head 'em off at the pass and organize them while they're downloading? Automatic Save Folder is a Firefox Extension that allows you to create rules for your downloads based on their filename or the host domain. Regular expressions are supported, so you can get as complex as you like with your rules. I'm ...

CheckBoxMate is a Firefox add-on that can save you a ton of time if you frequently need to select multiple check boxes when doing things like cleaning your email inbox or responding to surveys. The utility is considered an experimental Firefox plugin, but all that means is that you need to sign up for a free Mozilla account and login before downloading CheckBoxMate from the Firefox add-ons ...

While Adobe may have been the driving force behind the PDF, Adobe Acrobat Reader has grown to be a bloated application which can take an excruciatingly long time to load. One of my favorite alternatives is Foxit Reader, which can open most PDF files in just a second or two, while providing many of the same features you'd expect from Adobe Acrobat Reader, like the ability to fill in text boxes or ...

GCal Popup is a Firefox extension for Google Calendar users too lazy to open a new tab when they want to enter a new appointment or check their calendar. Once the plugin is installed, you'll see a little calendar icon in your status bar. Click it and your Google Calendar will pop up, over the top of whatever page you happen to be visiting. Click the close button and it will go away. If you're ...

Read it Later, a bookmarking plugin for Firefox that we first covered last year is now Firefox 3 compatible. The new version also adds a handful of new features that make it even more useful. What makes Read it Later different from other bookmarking tools like the del.icio.us plugin for Firefox is the fact that Read it Later makes it easy to bookmark pages, but makes it just as easy to delete ...

If you're the sort of person who likes to purchase domain names as a hobby, you really need a life. But while you're working on that, you might want to check out Domain Lookup for Firefox. It's a Firefox add-on that could save you valuable seconds. Domain Lookup lets you highlight text on any web site, hit the right-click button on your mouse, and check to see if the domain is available for ...