Archive for October, 2007
Been a good week for those of us who like to tweak and edit our favorite Firefox browser. Here are just a few links that have made their way to my saved list.
Another Gmail Apple Theme?
Tip: Pause/Restrict/Disable Animated GIFs
Automatically translate RSS feeds with Google Reader and Firefox
Best Firefox Feed Readers
Auto-Hide Your Firefox Bookmarks Toolbar
Get More from Google Notebook Guide (some Firefox goodies)
Spooked yet? Ok, so not many of those were all that scary – but they were useful! [...]
Want to make sure that login process your going through is a little more secure?
The Secure Login extension does the trick. So I bet your asking, “well, how do I login then?”. It uses the built-in password manager, but deactivates the pre-filling of login forms. You are now able to login with one click or a keyboard shortcut (ALT+N – changeable via settings). Just add the Secure Login tool bar button to your tool [...]
I have been getting several e-mails in this month wanting to know my suggestions and tips on what the best way is to backup your Firefox install.
FEBE (Firefox Environment Backup Extension)
Well my number one tip would be to use one extension that will make the job of backing up or syncing Firefox between two machines a lot easier. FEBE (Firefox Environment Backup Extension) allows you to quickly and easily backup your Firefox extensions and settings. It will actually [...]
You owe a lot to your tabs in Firefox. Without them you would have a desktop filled with clutter. So why not do something nice for your tabs and give them a few tweaks?
Coloring Your Tabs
ChromaTabs – A neat addition that will tints browser tabs with a color specific to the website loaded.
Aging Tabs – The tabs will change colors with this extension depending on how long it has been since you last looked at them.
ColorfulTabs – [...]
/ October 25, 2007 -
News
Want to help spread the word about Firefox using huge stickers? Well yes, it might sound a little odd but this is Mozilla’s newest marketing tool for our favorite browser.
You’ve been drafted to be a part of Operation Firefox.
Are you ready to infiltrate society and spread Firefox one sticker at a time? Operation Firefox is currently recruiting agents to place huge 3.5’ Firefox stickers where the world will see them. In addition to worldwide notoriety, you might [...]
It seems like every time I see somebody’s browser, they have their links organized in a new way. Some people don’t even bother removing the default bookmark links that came with the browser. Others don’t use bookmarks at all. How do you roll? I figured I’d go over some of the techniques that are out there.
Basic Old School Organization
This one is probably the most widely use way of doing things. Keep all your bookmarks in folders, [...]
It looks like Meebo’s Firefox extension has gained a lot of popularity and praise since its debut. Mashable is even reporting that “Meebo has already gained 12,000 users in under a week”. If you are familiar with Meebo – the Firefox extension should seem very similar in nature.
Get a sidebar with all of your buddies visible while you’re browsing. Get visual notifications when your friends IM you. Drag and drop links and images from web pages [...]
Who doesn’t like Facebook? I’ve got a profile there and I am sure you do too. While looking for ways to make my facebooking just a little ‘bit better I ran into these user styles created to work with the Stylish Firefox extension.
De-MySpacify – Tired of all the user applications on Facebook? Say goodbye to them with this user style. The name of this tweak does speak volumes to some.
Facebook Green – Yes, everything you can [...]
This theme is much more than a unique pink blissful experience of browsing and hotness. PinkHope was created to spread awareness for breast cancer.
Here are some words from the TwistedMc behind it.
I’ve been talking about making PinkHope into it’s own unique theme for a while now and I finally did it. It now sports a pink background behind the tool, address, status and tab bars. Even the background of the address and search bars is now pink.
Need [...]
/ October 20, 2007 -
News
What, you didn’t know that Firefox had more than a few branches off from it’s Mozilla base? To keep things simple, we can think of them as cousins (just hope they don’t start kissing). Both the Webrunner and Instantbird projects show a lot of promise and might just be the next big thing for the Mozilla team.
Webrunner – WebRunner is based on a concept called Site Specific Browsers (SSB). The idea behind Webrunner is to make a [...]
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