Archive for November, 2007
· November 30, 2007 at 7:09 am · Firefox Usability
Listen here Private, I am going to not only give you some tools to get your RSS editing and reading done. I am going to give you the best tools you can load into that browser of yours. Are you ready? Well ten-hut - and sound off.
Alternative and Different RSS Readers
RSS Ticker - watch as your live bookmarks and scrolls their entries across your screen while you surf.
Simple RSS Reader - When you need to get the news fast, Simple RSS gets you there faster.
With only a few clicks you get your favorite news in your toolbar.
Feed Sidebar - The Feed Sidebar is an extension for the Mozilla Firefox Web browser that displays the new items from your Live Bookmarks in the sidebar. It works well - as long as you don’t have many feeds to get through.
InfoRSS - The extension installs a small icon (looks like an earth) in the status bar. The headlines are displayed in the beside this icon in the status bar or in a separate bar (top or bottom of the screen).
Editing RSS Tools and Addons
RSS Editor - Edit your own feed with this extension. It delivers a simple desktop RSS editor for casual editing of RSS 2.0 files.
RSS Validator - Once you open the RSS feed into the browser window, you can right click on the page or goto the Tools menu and validate the RSS feed.
Traditional RSS Reading in Firefox
Wizz RSS News Reader - At first I didn’t like Wizz much (fighting the urge to make a joke about “taking” this Wizz anywhere) but it has improved with time. It is fairly powerful, feature rich, well supported and has comprehensive online help for all.
Sage - The oldest and maybe the best of the built in Firefox feed reading clients. It delivers newspaper feed rendering customizable via style sheets. It also does a good job at integrating with with Firefox’s bookmark storage and live bookmarks.
Beatnik - Simple but elegant news reader for RSS and Atom feeds. It is simple. If your looking for neat features and a “wiz bang” interface, this isn’t the extension for you. If you need a feed reader for a dozen feeds or so and you want it built into your browser, you might want to give Beatnik a shot.
NewsFox - NewsFox is an RSS reader for folks who like Thunderbird’s built in RSS reader, but they don’t use that E-mail client.
RSS Reading on the Web (along with some cool tools)
Google Reader Notifier & Google Reader Watcher - Two grade A addons that give you a way to track when your Google Reader updates with new things to read. Pick which one does the best job for you and stick with it.
BlogRovr - It fetches posts from your favorite blogs about anything you’re browsing, and shows you summaries you can open read posts without leaving the web page you were on.
Tags: bootcamp, editing, feeds, guide, links, reading, rss
· November 29, 2007 at 6:52 am · Firefox Themes
The Extero theme for Firefox is something mixed between a stylish vibe and a familiar face.
TwisterMC is at it again with another off the wall - yet creatively inspiriting Firefox theme that I am sure more than a few of you will enjoy.
Here is how he describes the theme:
I tried to take a different avenue with extero and break away from the norm just a little bit. It’s not crazy different, but there are some oddities that make extero unique.
Overall yet another that deserves to be in anybody’s collection.
Tags: extero, firefox, Firefox-themes, simple, twistermc
· November 27, 2007 at 5:00 am · Firefox Usability
Having a hard time finding yourself around? Locator might be the Firefox extension you have been looking for. What makes it so special? Just simply select the address, right click with mouse, “Locate on Google Map” and your place will be located on the map.
Highlight, Right Click and Hold On!
It all reminds me of that time I went on a cross country trip with a midget named Sam and $20 in my pocket. From the Golden Gate Bridge all the way to White House - we never knew exactly where we were or how to find the next place we wanted to go.
Now if we had this baby loaded up in Firefox - finding our way would have been a piece of cake.
Ok, well maybe there wasn’t a midget named Sam. Maybe it wasn’t even $20 I had in my pocket. That doesn’t change the fact that Locator makes navigation an easier task for all.
Tags: directions, extensions, find, google maps, help, locator
· November 26, 2007 at 5:00 am · Resources
Time to take a look at what some of you might have missed over the weekend with your favorite orange and blue browser.
Remember, send your link suggestions to me and I might have to toss them out to the rest of the Firefox Facts-a-maniacs out there.
Tags: Bookmark Help, favorites, firefox, Firefox-3, links, tips
· November 23, 2007 at 9:58 am · Firefox Security, Firefox Settings
If you follow any of my other side projects, you might have noticed I got a new PC the other day. One of the not-so-much-fun aspects of getting a new computer is getting Firefox back up and running on it and getting all your bookmarks, settings and passwords moved over. For the most part Google’s Browser Sync did a lot of the heavy lifting in that regard.
Where Did My Passwords Go?!
I screwed up somewhere though, and all my saved passwords were not there. Before I freaked out (ok, I might have freaked out just a little ‘bit) I remembered about the Password Exporter extension for Firefox.
Here is a little more information about it from the developer:
This extension allows you to export and import your saved passwords and rejected sites between computers. Your passwords will be exported to an XML or CSV file and can be encrypted.
Did Password Exporter Do the Job?
I installed it on both the old machine and the new machine - then moved the exported backup (simple .xml file) from the old PC to my new PC. It worked! My passwords were not lost and I didn’t have to spend hours trying to set that whole mess back up.
So if your in a pinch and you need your passwords backed up - give the Password Exporter extension a shot. Might also not hurt to have it up and running 24/7 - so you can make a backup of your password list and store it somewhere safe.
Tags: backup, export, extensions, import, passwords
· November 21, 2007 at 7:24 am · Firefox Security
You know that sick feeling you get in the pit of your stomach, the one that means either you forgot your mother’s birthday or even worse - your password for your favorite web site. Thankfully if Firefox has been remembering these passwords for you, recovering them in an easy task.
Recover Passwords in Firefox Options
For the “long way around” fix - go to:
Tools > Options > Security
Once you find yourself there in that popup options box, go down to where it says “Show Passwords…”. Click that button and a new popup box should appear listing all your web sites and login names. To show your passwords click on the “Show Passwords” button and click “Yes” through the warning it tosses at you.
Quicker JavaScript Fix
For those needing a quicker fix - you can use the Firefox Asterisk Revealer. It uses a line of javascript copied and pasted into the address bar to take a shorter route at getting this job done.
Forgotten Password User Scripts
For the Greasemonkey fans - there are a few more options to try:
Show Passwords - Yes, an Extension Too!
Unhide Passwords - Sure there is a time and place for security - but if you really need to see what is behind the asterisks, this extension shows the contents of password fields in clear text (instead of the asterisks), to make that process a bit easier. Have any other fixes?
Tags: firefox, forgot, login, password, recover, tips
· November 20, 2007 at 6:55 am · Firefox News
This is something everybody and their grandmother will be covering over the next few days, so I thought I should say something about it. Firefox 3 Beta 1 is now ready for testing. Still for “testing purposes only” this version promises to deliver…
- Improved security features such as: better presentation of website identity and security, malware protection, stricter SSL error pages, anti-virus integration in the download manager, and version checking for insecure plugins.
- Improved ease of use through: better password management, easier add-on installation, new download manager with resumable downloading, full page zoom, animated tab strip, and better integration with Windows Vista and Mac OS X.
- Richer personalization through: one-click bookmarking, smart search bookmark folders, direct typing in location bar searches your history and bookmarks for URLs and page titles, ability to register web applications as protocol handlers, and better customization of download actions for file types.
- Improved platform features such as: new graphics and font rendering architecture, major changes to the HTML rendering engine to provide better CSS, float-, and table layout support, native web page form controls, colour profile management, and offline application support.
- Performance improvements such as: better data reliability for user profiles, architectural improvements to speed up page rendering, over 300 memory leak fixes, and a new XPCOM cycle collector to reduce entire classes of leaks.
List of feature courtesy of developer.mozilla.org.
+ Download Firefox 3 Beta 1!
Tags: beta, firefox, Firefox News, Firefox-3, release, updates
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