Archive for February, 2008
· February 29, 2008 at 7:30 am · Firefox Usability
Digging through my archived posts I knew I had written something about ScribeFire before, but could not find it. How could I overlook one of the best blogging tools for Firefox? ScribeFire, which used to be known as Performancing for Firefox) is the hands down best blog editor that turns Firefox into a publishing machine.
To get started, all you need to do is download the addon from the Mozilla web site, restart Firefox and then launch ScribeFire by clicking on the orange task bar icon or right clicking on any web site and selecting “blog this page” from the ScribeFire menu item.
For the best blog updater I often recommend people uses Windows Live Writer. If it isn’t your cup of tea though my number two choice would definitely be ScribeFire.
Tags: addon, blog, blogging, scribefire, update, writing
· February 28, 2008 at 7:45 am · Greasemonkey
In a cage match to the death, who would win between the best of the MySpace user scripts versus the Facebook user scripts? Load up Firefox, install Greasemonkey - and give some of these handy addons a try. I use both MySpace and Facebook so hard for me to decide. How about you?
In this corner… MySpace!
From parts unknown… Facebook!
Have any other favorite Greasemonkey scripts I might have overlooked?
Tags: edit, facebook, firefox, friends, MySpace, profiles, user-scripts
· February 27, 2008 at 7:37 am · Most Wanted
I got an e-mail from a Firefox Facts reader the other day that wanted to know if I knew of an easy way to add more of the iGoogle startpage tools in their sidebar. After seeing my other various Google sidebar tips and tricks.
Now we all know that iGoogle is probably not the best start page out there, but it does offer some unique plugins and tools that make it handy to have easily accessible. So what do you do, if you want to use iGoogle but perhaps you are a Netvibes fan?
The iGoogle Sidebar extension makes it to where you can enjoy the iGoogle experience in a side bar optimized to make it all look good.
Some of the features include:
- Un-squeezed modules - makes them fit in better to the sidebar
- Remove header, search box and footer; removed margins; (optional) reduced font size
It might also be worth making note of the fact that only the modules on the left side of your iGoogle page are visible in the sidebar. So you might have to do some customization and moving around before you use the iGoogle Sidebar extension.
Tags: addons, firefox, gadgets, help, igoogle, sidebar, tips
· February 26, 2008 at 1:08 pm · Firefox Settings, Firefox Usability
Not really a mail client, and not really a part of your browser either - Simple Mail wants to be the lightweight e-mail client you thought you always wanted but never thought you could have. The Simple Mail extension allows you to write, read and get notified about message from inside of Firefox.
Some of the features include:
- Color coded messages
- Search
- Can set to "download headers only"
- Delete messages from the server
- Address book
If you are used to using a heavy duty e-mail client, this might not be the addon for you. If mail management isn’t that important to your day to day life and you just need an easy way of checking it, then Simple Mail is the client for you.
Tags: client, E-mail, light, manage, message, simple mail
· February 26, 2008 at 12:57 pm · Firefox Usability
There are a lot of URL shortener services out there. They take that really super long URL from a place like Amazon.com and make it into something that is easy to cut and paste into a blog post or a Twitter even. Shrinkify is another awesome answer to this problem that gives you that ability to shrink URLs right from Firefox.
Here is a little more about the Shrinkify extension from the developers:
The Shinkify Firefox extension makes long, unwieldy URLs shorter with the Shrinkify.com web service. Using either a toolbar button, right-click menu item, or tools menu item, you can submit your current url to the Shrinkify web service. The shrinkified URL will then be copied into your clipboard.
Also might be worth noting that the Shrinkify extension came in 8th in this year’s extend Firefox competition. So if you are looking for a simple way to shrink your URLs built right into the browser, Shrinkify is your best solution.
Tags: address bar, extentions, firefox, shrink, Tweaks, URL
· February 26, 2008 at 7:59 am · Firefox Usability
If you have a hidden hate for your keyboard’s companion, you know that mouse sitting over there, mocking you with its two buttons and scroll wheel of humility then you might want to look into NumberFox. This addon for Firefox will allow you to navigate links, selections, search boxes and more by typing in the corresponding number.
When NumberFox is turned on, the page is filled with numbers corresponding with the links on the page. To choose a link, all you have to do is enter the number into the NumberFox box (in the picture, seen right above the Google logo) and your off to surfing through cyber space. You can also use the up and down keys to cycle through the available links for another way to navigate through your clicking choices.
If the mouse is on your bad list, or you need an alternative this extension is a good way to go.
Tags: addon, firefox, keyboard, mouseless, numberfox, numbers
· February 24, 2008 at 12:40 pm · Entertainment, Firefox News
Wow, Firefox hits another milestone with 500 million installs of Firefox. Of course this doesn’t mean each download is one single user - one user could have installed it hundreds of times. This is still saying something though for the ever growing Firefox movement.
This video I stole borrowed from Asa does a good job at telling the story.
Tags: 500 million, downloads, firefox, Firefox News, mozilla
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