Firefox 4 will be a big change when it comes to how we all interact with the browser. One slight change that people either cheer or boo is adding tabs on top of Firefox, rather than the current position most of you use today.
Archive | June, 2010
Find Image Attributes With Image Spider
Want to know specific details about an image you are looking at? You can quickly find an image’s width and height with the Image Spider add-on for Firefox.
Now I can not see where this would be useful for your normal day to day Firefox users. I can see where it could serve as an important tool for web site designers. For any image on a website you can pull up details such as the width, height, natural width, natural height, and HTML elements such as the alt, title tag and border tags.
Redesign of Firefox Facts
Well, it has been over a year since I messed around with the design of FirefoxFacts.com, so I thought we were long overdue for a new look here. I have tried to both simplify things and make the layout and design more user friendly too.
Some of the most noticeable changes include:
- Bigger fonts/easier to read posts and pages
- Better search, dropped Google Site Search
- Simplified the navigation too, you can easily jump from categories to related "facts" to the next post in the archive all with one click
I really hope you enjoy the new look, and tell your friends to come visit too. Thanks for reading Firefox Facts, and there will be plenty more Firefox tips, themes, add-ons, tutorials and more in the future.
Anything else you’d like to see? Leave a comment and let me know!
Firefox 3.7 Beats IE, Chrome and Opera
Let us end this week with one more win in the Firefox column.
Over at Download Squad, they have been doing some really interesting browser testing. In a 4-way HTML5 speed test, Firefox 3.7 beat Internet Explorer 9, Opera and Chrome. The Video really speaks for itself, but if you want to learn more – be sure to check out this post over at DownloadSquad.com.
Hide the Firefox Titlebar for More Browsing Room
Find yourself looking for more browsing room in Firefox? Well the titlebar for the Firefox window does take up some space – so why not remove it? The Hide Caption Titlebar Plus is that add-on you need to make this happen.
Firefox Gives You Crash Protection
There has been a pretty cool update to Firefox in the past 24 hours. If a plugin crashes or freezes, it will no longer affect the rest of your browser. You will be able to reload the page, restart the plugin and try again.
Remapping Your Interests in Firefox
Need a good way to quickly reorganize the way content is seen on the web? That is what Pearltrees is trying to do, and it is getting a lot of good press in delivering one of the best representations of this age old idea. The idea of bookmarking pages is really outdated. Shouldn’t there be a better way by now to save, discover and share the stuff you like?
Personas Plus – Firefox Skin Manager
So, what happened to the Personas add-on for Firefox, now that Personas’s quick skinning abilities are built into the browser? Well, it has become Personas Plus. With this add-on installed, you get one-click access to the full Personas experience. You can quickly change between all the Personas out there and a few more neat things too.
Firefox Tabs on Top
Tired of seeing your tabs under your navigation or bookmark toolbars? Maybe you just want to see how Firefox would look with tabs on the top? With the Firefox extension, Tabs on Top – you can easily move your browser tabs to the top of the screen.
Firefox Movie Remake
Did you know there was a Firefox movie? Yes, there was – it was about jets and Clint Eastwood. What I want to know is when will we see a modern day remake about Mozilla?
I know I’d pay good money to see it. Maybe insert some covert Google Chrome or Microsoft spies into the mix? We have next summer’s blockbuster in the making.
