E-Mail Updates
Enter your e-mail address:
Firefox Facts

Archive for October, 2008

Mashup Gmail with Google Calendar

GmailAgenda is an awesome new experimental add-on for Firefox that will integrate Google Calendar into your Gmail account.  No mater if your using a regular Gmail account or a Google Apps account – this should work for either one.
As far as customization goes, you can change the embed width.  The Google Calendar embed can also be expanded and collapsed as needed.  Also, You can choose which calendars are shown/hidden for each Gmail account.
The last thing worth mentioning is there [...]

Halloween Themes for Firefox

Halloween is on Friday, is your browser ready?  There are not many scary themes out there ready for my favorite holiday of the year.  Here are a few extra spooky ones though to get you through ol’ hallow’s eve.  Curl up with your favorite scary movie and enjoy!

Need a few more dark and stylish themes?

Darkest Popular Themes for Firefox 3
Ten Firefox Themes as Dark as Your Soul

If you know of anymore spooky Halloween-ish themes, be sure to comment and [...]

Want to Create a Firefox 3 Theme?

Some time ago, I told you about my favorite tutorial for people wanting to know how to build their own Firefox theme.  I am happy to say that the twisted-one himself, TwisterMc has updated his digital class in Firefox design to cover Firefox 3.
There are a few requirements, such as getting your own unique UUID, giving TwisterMc some credit, and coming up with something original – but those are easily done in exchange for the knowledge you will be receiving.
[...]

Google Cache Checker

Ever wanted to check to see if a page is cached by Google yet or not?

Now you could search Google for cache:yourdomain.com or you could use an extension to get this ability added to your status bar.  Google Cache Checker, currently an experimental add-on for Firefox, displays a checkmark icon if the current page is Google cached. If it is not, the extension displays a red X.
The result is immediately shown conveniently in the browser status bar.  Where would [...]

Fennec, Ubiquity Tweaks and Minefield Gets Faster

Time to check out some of the other Firefox sites and stories that are making news…
Mozilla Minefield: Yes, It’s Fast. Really Fast.
There’s been some talk around the blogosphere about Mozilla Minefield, the superfast and super cool-sounding browser by the folks who bring us Firefox. I decided to give it a whirl and see what it was really about.
Drag & DropZones Turns Right-Clicks into Gestures
Drag & DropZones is a clever interface tweak that allows you to perform nearly any action or [...]

25 More Tweaks for Your Firefox Status Bar

Seems like a few people thought I forgot a few favorite extensions with the 25 Tweaks for Your Firefox Status Bar.  So, I thought why not revisit the idea and toss in some of the suggestions I received from all of you.
Flagfox – displays a country flag depicting the location of the current web site’s server
PingPong – start up a game of pong, anytime you feel the urge
FoxyMeter – how far have you surfed?

GA? – Is Google Analytics Installed [...]

6 PDF Power Tools for Firefox

With the economy taking a nose dive, people are looking for a way to save cash where ever they can find it.  One good way would be to save on ink and paper for your printer by instead printing to PDF.  That is only the start of it though.  Here are six PDF power tools for the Firefox browser:
PDF Download – The most powerful of the bunch, PDF Download allows you to do just about anything imaginable.  View PDFs [...]

Inquisitor Comes to Firefox

There has been a lot of buzz around Inquisitor, the new search engine plugin for Firefox from Yahoo.  It promises to “speed up your searches like no other”.  Does it deliver? 
The idea here is to search right from the search box, rather than be taken to a new page to view your search results.  Inquisitor, over time, will learn to understand you better and tailor your results to suit your needs. 
Keyboard shortcuts, that you can add yourself [...]

Lightest Popular Themes for Firefox 3

Light is a word of many meanings.  It could be the lightest in color or the lightest in its impact on the interface of your browser.  I have done my best to find the lightest popular Firefox 3 themes that would fit into either dictionary definition.
Whitehart – I never did use this theme until I was looking for a simple one for my Kubuntu install of Firefox on my laptop.  Haven’t looked back since!  Very sleek, light and simple.

Chromiefox – [...]

How to Backup Firefox Bookmarks

Backing up your bookmarks is one of those chores you have on your to-do list but never get around to it.  Then when they are lost, you say – I wish I would have.  Here are a few Firefox bookmark backup techniques to help you out.
How to Backup Your Bookmarks Manually
From the Firefox menu bar go to Bookmarks >  Organize Bookmarks to bring up your bookmarks manager.  Now you want to click the top button that says Import and Backup.
[...]

Mitch Keeler © 2009 - Sitemap | Privacy Policy
Dedicated Server Hosting provided by Layered Tech

Go to Top of Page