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Better Tab Switching with FoxTab

Want a new way to quickly and elegantly switch between tabs in Firefox?  FoxTab is a new experimental add-on for Firefox, and it makes switching between tabs a very unique experience. 
You can view your tabs in a number of different ways:

Wall - like a TV store. select the desired tab (“TV screen”) from [...]

Interview With the Mind Behind NoScript

So what type of questions would you have for the mind behind NoScript?  I recently got to chat with Giorgio Maone, the creator of possibly the most popular security related extension for Firefox.
Why would the random Firefox user off the street be using NoScript?
Firefox is an extremely safe browser, because it can take advantage [...]

Badges for Favicons

Think of that wasted space in your tab bar.  You know, where the favicon for the web site your visiting rests.  Isn’t there enough room there to fit in a little more information about the web site you are visiting?

The new Firefox add-on Badges on Favicon takes advantage of that idea very well.  It allows [...]

HandyTags - Useful Tag Suggestions for Bookmarks

As another Extend Firefox 3 contest winner, HandyTag deserves a look.  This add-on for Firefox provides a complete set of the most relevant keywords when you bookmark a page.  Where do these keywords come from?  Many different sources from around the Web.
This comes in handy when you bookmark a page, and your not sure [...]

Add Tab Clicking Options

Need a few more options for your Firefox tabs?  Twanno’s Tab Clicking Options extension for Firefox should do the trick.  With the Tab Clicking Options extension it is possible to set various actions to different clicking events on the tab bar or a tab in the Firefox browser.
The events you can assign an action [...]

Tagmarks - Better Tagging Through Icons

Want to make tagging your bookmarks as easy as clicking an icon?  Tagmarks, the add-on for Firefox, hopes to do just that.  The idea here is to bring one-click bookmarking in Firefox together with the tagging power of the browser.
With Tagmarks, you have a lot of different icons that popup whenever you hover over [...]

Save Your Lost Tabs

What was that tab you closed about three tabs back again? Could it have been the fourth tab back, before you got your coffee? If you find yourself using the Ctrl + Shift + T keyboard combination to bring up lost tabs a lot, there is a better way to get the job done.  [...]

Fast Dial - Quick Check Your Favorite Sites

There are a number of add-ons for Firefox that clone Opera’s Speed Dial feature.  There is one add-on with a different twist.  Most open your tabs in this fashion, but Fast Dial does something different.

This extension will replace your “about:blank” page with a panel of thumbnails of your favorite web sites.  To add sites to [...]

Foxmarks Gets the Bookmark Syncing Right

It took me a long time to give Foxmarks a second shot.  All I remember from the first time around I used it was I didn’t like it.  Seems as if it bugged me a lot or didn’t want to work.
Having given it a round two now, I am happy to say I have done [...]

Add Bookmarks Here 2

Where exactly would you like to put that bookmark?  If you’re in a hurry, and currently in the folder you need to bookmark a link in - you can pickup the Add Bookmark Here 2 add-on for Firefox to get the job done.
This extension adds a new menu item when you right-click any of [...]

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