Now that Firefox Personas are a bigger part of the Firefox skinning experience, I figured it was about time to start collecting my own lists of favorites. There is no doubt that I like to keep my browsing nice and simple – so the solid Personas for Firefox, are always going to be my favorite. Here are my ten favorite solid Firefox Personas.
Browsing space is important; especially for smaller netbook PCs out there. So, why have the menu bar, bookmark bar and navigation bar shown if you don’t need them? The Hide GUI bars extension for Firefox will let you hide all three, or bring them back with one single keyboard combination.
I have one more Firefox 3.6 about:config tip up my sleeve. By toggling one setting, you can go from having a drop down list of tabs to a thumb-nailed view of each tab that is open.
Here is how you too can enable this secret Firefox 3.6 feature.
Looking for a way to make the social networking web site, Facebook, even better? If some things annoy you about Facebook, or you are just an addict (don’t worry, your secret is safe with me) check out the Better Facebook add-on for Firefox.
From head to toe, this add-on for Firefox will give you a lot of new toys, options and more to play with on your Facebook account, to make the Facebook experience even better for you.
New to Firefox 3.6, when you are on a page, and you want to open a link in a new tab – rather than opening the link in the far right of the tab bar, Firefox will now open the link right next to the tab you are in. Now, while this might be convenient for some, it is a feature I don’t really need. So here is how you can disable the new “Insert Related Tab After Current” tweak in Firefox 3.6.
With Firefox 3.6’s release, we can all do a quick about:config tweak that will enable the prettier tab switching. By default, when you hit the keyboard keys Ctrl + Tab you just rotate through your tabs. By making some quick adjustments though, you can pull up the new tab switcher that you see in the picture above.
Firefox 3.6 Released!
The latest version of your favorite browser has been released. Firefox 3.6 is now available via Mozilla’s web site. The big update this time around is the built in support for Firefox Personas.
Need more? Here’s the full list of new features that Firefox 3.6 brings:
More Firefox 3.6 Tips, Tutorials and Help!
Overall, not a bad upgrade. If your Firefox has not updated it’s self yet, you can always pick up the update at Mozilla’s web site. What do you think of Firefox 3.6? Love it? Hate it? More interested in Firefox 4? Leave you feedback in the comments!
Are you one of those who can hardly wait for the newest version of Firefox to be released? Well, I have found yet another theme that will at least help you pretend you are using it.
Give the experimental theme, Fx4 a shot. It will transform your browser to what has been pitched as the new look and feel for Firefox 4.
Think that Firefox’s internal download manager might need a few more bells and whistles? Then you really need to check out FlashGot. This Firefox extension will let you download all the links, movies and audio clips on a web page with just one simple click of the mouse.
It is known as one of the most popular, lightweight and reliable external download managers out there. The real benefit with the FlashGot add-on is being able to download multiple files from multiple links at the same time, all at once.
Do you like how Google’s suggest feature works in the Firefox search box? I do. I just wish my favorite online realtor, Amazon.com, provided the same functionality for it’s own search. You too? Well, you are in luck – because I just tracked down the tool for the job – Amazon Search Suggestions.
This is the best way to add Amazon search suggestions to the search box in your browser. Having the suggestions in hand, you will really be able to speed up your shopping. This is much better than the default Amazon search, for one obvious reason – the suggestions you get. Not only does this provide you with a quicker way to search. It also helps with catching spelling mistakes and saving keystrokes.
You can pick up this addition to the Firefox browser over at the Firefox Add-ons web site.
