Show a Full Preview of the Link

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With PeekURL you can see a preview of a shortened website address.  This tool comes in handy because it can confirm that you are not being sent to a “bad” website.

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Search for Text in Links

Firefox has a lot of helpful features we don’t always use or know about.  One of these that gets overlooked a lot is the Quick Find feature.  If you want to simply find a phrase that appears in a link on the page you are viewing, follow these simple steps:

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Smooth Dark Theme for Firefox

Great Dark Theme for FirefoxThe theme, 8 Ultimo, is a smooth and dark theme for Firefox.  If the default tones of your web browser have got you a little down, you might give this sleek theme a shot.

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SmoothWheel

Smooth ScrollingSome people like to smoothly scroll down a webpage, but do not want to do this any other place on their computer. You can bring smooth mouse wheel scrolling to the browser with the SmoothWheel extension for Firefox. The purpose of this add-on is pretty simple, it lets you smoothly scroll down a webpage with your mouse wheel, rather than going down a few lines at a time.

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Reorganize or Remove Right-Click Menu Items

Menu Editor for FirefoxIs your right-click context menu in Firefox getting a little bloated? If you go through a lot of extensions for Firefox, you can sometimes end up with more items in the right-click menu than you want.  Then again, sometimes you might just want to move one option to the top while leaving lesser used options at the bottom.  The Menu Editor extension for Firefox will let you customize that right-click context menu.

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Uninstall Unwanted Toolbars in Firefox

Every so often, a program we install will substitute an unwanted toolbar or default search engine in Firefox and we do not want it there.  What is a Firefox user to do? All you need to do is follow a few simple steps and keep a few things in mind next time you install a third party program or visit an unfamiliar website.

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Make Firefox Look Like Maxthon 3

Would you like for Firefox to look a little more like Maxthon 3? Then look no further than the MX3 theme for Firefox.  This theme brings the look of the Maxthon browser to Mozilla.  I do have to say, although I have never really liked Maxthon for functionality – it does have  a pretty interface.

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Draw on Your Screen

Screen Draw for FirefoxI have found a way for you to get artistic on your screen with one simple extension for Firefox.  So put those magic markers away and pick up Screen Draw

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Don’t Load Tabs Until Selected

Don't Load TabsIs Firefox acting a little slow? There are several little tweaks and fixes you can do to speed the browser up or to change the behavior of the browser so things seem faster.  One of these that many people don’t know about is the option to not load up tabs until they are selected. 

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Full Screen Image Viewer

Full Screen ImagesNeed a better way to check out images from within Firefox? The Full Screen Image Viewer extension for the browser will give you a new and different way to check out a folder full of images.  This add-on turns any folder of images from any website into a very nice (yet simple) slideshow.

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