Archive | December, 2006

Netscape’s Digg Tracker

Dec/16 in Entertainment

Now I know this must sound like some match made in Web 2.0 hell, but stick with me because it really is a pretty nice tool if you enjoy the popular social news Web site, digg.com.

Netscape’s Digg Tracker extension helps you keep tabs on what stories your Digg friends are digging, submitting, and commenting on. A new toolbar button (shown in the preview image) features the Digg digger.

When there is new activity by your friends (i.e., a new comment or a new story submission), the button will be activated and the digger will be shown with his trusty shovel. Clicking on the activated button will open a list of your friends’ activity in the sidebar, allowing you to easily browse the stories they’ve submitted, commented on, and dugg.

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Top 5 Firefox Themes

Dec/15 in Best Themes

Everybody has an opinion, and let me say this is mine and mine alone. Now that I have gotten that disclosure out of the way – I want to share with you the top five Firefox themes I have run across in the past few weeks.

1. Le Breeze
2. Whitehart
3. Macfox II Graphite
4. Mostly Crystal
5. Cylence Theme

Have an opinion to share? Did I miss one that you love? Leave a comment and let all of us know about it.

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Better PDF Downloads in Firefox

Dec/15 in Usability

I hate it when a PDF opens up inside of my browser, no matter which one I am using. It wastes my time and I would rather not have Adobe get it’s mitts all over my beautiful Firefox interface. Now you can either poke it back with a stick – which is not the easiest thing to do Online – or you can pick up the PDF Download extension fore Firefox. This extension allows to choose if you want to view a PDF file inside the browser (as PDF or HTML), if you want to view it outside Firefox with your default or custom PDF reader, or if you want to download it!

+ Download and Install the PDF Download Extension for Firefox!

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PimpZilla Theme for Firefox

Dec/15 in Best Themes

PimpZillaPimpZilla is probably the best looking ugly theme I have ever seen created for Firefox. They have updated the style yet again – this time for Firefox 2. Oh yes, it is as unique as it has ever been.

Probably the most tacky & overdone piece of GUI design ever. Accept no less: Surf in style and browse like a king!

I would say that is an understatement for sure.

+ Download and Install the PimpZilla Theme for Firefox 2!

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Find Torrents on the Web

Dec/14 in Entertainment

Need help finding your torrent seeds via the Web? Now you can search for and wide. You can search every torrent search out there today. Frankly though, I doubt you will find what it is you are looking for. Why not try to search them all at once – and spend more time download and less time searching? That is what the Torrent Finder Toolbar delivers.

Torrent Finder Toolbar is a torrent search toolbar for Firefox, which enables users to search over 100 top torrent sites and trackers from their Firefox browser.

+ Download and Install the Torrent Finder Toolbar for Firefox!

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Interview With Asa Dotzler

Dec/14 in Firefox News

Asa is a very interesting guy. I have to thank him somewhat for the popularity of Firefox Facts and him making mention of it on his blog (as well as giving me feedback on the eBook). Check out this interview with him as he discusses the new commercials that Mozilla is going to be pushing out to a TV near you – sometime soon.

Later today Firefox will begin broadcasting, for the first time, four “fan-produced” commercials on prime time television. Initially the ads will only run in the San Francisco and Boston regions, but this will be expanded over time.

The 4 video ads are a sampling of approximately 300 clips which were submitted to Mozilla’s Firefox Flicks program. The theme of the ads is that Firefox is “the safest, fastest and most enjoyable way to experience the Web.” The ads are also partly sponsored by Firefox fans – and Mozilla will insert the names of those sponsors at the end of each commercial.

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Send a Link to Any PC Folder

Dec/13 in Usability

Now this extension delivers something I have never seen before. FavLoc allows you to set folders as “favorite locations” to which you can easily download. FavLoc menus will appear on the File menu (for saving pages), the context menu (for saving images and links), and on the download prompt. For those of you who have been needing a quick and easy way to send Web content to your PC in an organized way – this one is for you!

+ Learn More About and Install the FavLoc Extension for Firefox!

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iMacros for Firefox

Dec/13 in Usability

When it comes to doing little every day tasks via your browser, there really should be an easier way of getting things done. For managing all these smaller jobs, I would suggest you check out iMacros.

iMacros for Firefox relieves the repetition of checking on the same sites every day, remembering passwords and filling out web forms. Web professionals can use the add-on for functional and regression web testing of web applications.

+ Learn More About and Install the iMacros Extension for Firefox!

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Black OldFactory Theme for Firefox

Dec/13 in Best Themes

OldFactoryNow I am not going to call this theme ugly, I am instead going to use the word “unique”. It is very unique in the sense that I have yet to see another one like it. It is very different from the rest of the themes out there because it is very dark in nature. I also really enjoy the use of levers as buttons as well.

It might not be for everybody, but for those goth friends of yours – it might be right up their alley.

+ Download and Install the Black OldFactory Theme for Firefox!

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