Using what they call cutting-edge artificial intelligence, the Pluribo add-on of Firefox promises to deliver you instant summaries of any Amazon.com web page you are viewing on the Web. Why read the entire review, when you can get the proverbial cliff notes this way?
How does Pluribo: Instant Summeries work?
Well, essentially Pluribo does exactly what you’d do if you had the time: it reads every word, learns what people liked and disliked, and then figures out the key lessons. But, [...]
These guys need to at least win cheap web site plug of the year. Are you finding yourself too addicted to Firefox’s addons? The good Dr. Jenkins says he is here to help.
Firefox Addiction Recovery Center from Leeroy Jenkins on Vimeo.
Should be one to keep a place to keep an eye on. If you too need a fix for your addiction check out firefoxaddiction.com.
I have said it before, and I will probably say it again. The people that work behind the greatest themes and add-ons we all use day to day don’t get the spotlight they deserve. While browsing through some Firefox 3 ready themes I saw that one theme designer was hard at work getting his collection updated. Here is the amazing work of Aaron Spuler.
Omega
Rain
Pluto
Welcome to Mission Ctrl. The task at hand? Figure out what happens when you push “that button” along with the Ctrl key. The result? An awesome cheat sheet of keyboard shortcuts for you to use and enjoy.
Ctrl + 1 through 9 = Quick switch between 9 open tabs
Ctrl + Page Up = Move left through your open tabs
Ctrl + Page Down = Move right through your open tabs
Ctrl + P = Print Screen
Ctrl + O = Open File
Ctrl + [...]
/ June 25, 2008 -
News
Told you last week about Google’s plans to kill off the semi-popular Google Browser Sync extension. According to Ars Technica, while they were tossing the dirt in the hole – somebody decided to do this:
Google is distributing the Browser Sync source code under the BSD license and is making it available through a Subversion source control repository on the Google Code website.
Good news for those of us who really liked this add-on. The reason for its popularity is that [...]
I miss the playground. Getting to take a break from school, head outside and play various games that have probably sense been outlawed because one child tagging another is now seen as something "gang" related.
This Playground theme is a perfect fit if your seeking a Firefox 3 theme that looks a little more playful in nature. It is also very colorful and just fun to look at as well. Kind of reminds me of the Scribblies line of themes [...]
Need to access the Firefox 3 Library function without clicking on Bookmarks, then Organize Bookmarks? You could always go with the keyboard combination Ctrl+Shift+B. Want an easier one? Try typing this in your address bar:
chrome://browser/content/places/places.xul
This will open up your Firefox 3 Library inside of your main browsing window. Now you can have a little more screen real estate to edit and manage your favorite links. Bookmark it and get this "big view" at your fingertips anytime you need it with [...]
No doubt that Firefox 3 and the new places query syntax is going to lead into a lot of new and creative ways of managing the bookmarks saved on your machine. For those unsure what these are they would be your “Recently Bookmarked” or “Recent Tags” selections you see in your bookmarks menu now with Mozilla’s newest browser.
You can think of them as commands for how you wish to pull up your bookmarks.
When creating one, you do it the [...]
Gotten use to the AwesomeBar yet? This is the new stylish name for the Firefox 3 address bar. Any ol’ browser can have an “address bar” only one can be awesome though. Here are a few tips and tweaks you can do to make your awesome bar even more awesome…er?
oldbar – Oldbar makes the location (URL) bar look like Firefox 2. If you need another alternative to this, try out Old Location Bar. Why two add-ons that do the same [...]
/ June 20, 2008 -
News
Now it all makes more sense, Firefox 3 got the Colbert “bump” so that is why it did so well on Download Day. If anything, this just adds even a little ‘bit more to the Firefox “cool” factor…
Check out the full episode of The Colbert Report if you need more proof. Also got to send my personal thanks out to Stephen… call me!