Tag: FIREFOX-ADD-ONS

Today, Mozilla Weave took another step forward. The browser synchronization add-on is now at version 0.6 and better than ever. Apart from the old Weave sync kung fu - bookmarks, history, and passwords - the newest version can now keep your Personas up to date across multiple machines. Performance has gotten another boost, and there's a new about:weave page that allows for easier management of ...

Ghostery is a Firefox add-on that alerts you when there are scripts running on a web page that track your personal information. We first covered Ghostery earlier this year. At the time, all it did was pop up a window letting you know what scripts are running on a given page. But the developer plans to release a major update that adds script-blocking capabilities. Ghostery 2.0 won't exactly be an ...

Normally if you want to search Google, YouTube, Wikipedia, Flickr, or other web sites, you need to open a new browser window or tab or navigate away from whatever web page you're currently on. The KwiClick add-on for Firefox presents another way to search. It's not exactly "picture in picture" for your web browser, the way that Mozilla Links describes it. But it does let you conduct searches in ...

Desktop is a Firefox add-on that's based on the same concept as Speed Dial for the Opera web browser. Both tools let you create a series of thumbnail shortcuts for frequently visited web pages that will be available every time you open a new tab. But what makes Desktop different is that you can change the look and feel of the new tab page by dragging, dropping, and resizing thumbnails. In fact, ...

TabCloser is a Firefox add-on that lets you close all tabs that share a domain name. For example, if you've been searching for something and find you have 6 Google search tabs open, you can close them all with a single click. Or rather, a right click on one of the tabs and then a click on the "close all... tabs" option and then a third click to make sure you really do want to close those 6 tabs. ...

If you're the sort of person that likes to share links with friends over IM, email, or blog posts, have we got a Firefox extension for you. CopyAllUrls makes it easy to copy the URL and title of every web site you currently have open in a Firefox tab. Once you install the add-on, all you have to do is click on edit and pull up the CopyAllUrls menu. Clicking copy places a copy of all your current ...