Firefox Link Roundup

Comments off · March 2, 2007 at 5:00 am · Weekly Top Five

Here are a few of the links from other resources that have gotten my attention over the past week.

If you ever notice any others, make sure you send them my way so I can share them with everybody.

• Open Diverted Links in a Background Tab
• Get Tabs for Your Tabs - Tab Groups
• Look Ahead at What is Coming in Firefox 3
• Use Clipmarks To Clip your Favorite Parts of the Web
• Firefox 3.0 opens door to Web apps, Mozilla says

There is your best of the best from other places around the Web.

Best News Reading Extensions

Comments (5) · January 26, 2007 at 8:25 am · Firefox Usability, Weekly Top Five

Has a week really passed us by since the last weekly top five? Well this week I figured I would help you stay on top of things with some really good news reading extensions. From the traditional RSS help to even a Digg tool from Netscape - we have a little ‘bit of everything.

• NewsFox - RSS Reader
• Google Reader Notifier
• Netscape’s Digg Tracker
• Sage - RSS Reader
• Page Update Checker

Have another you love? Drop in a comment and let me know about it.

Five More Firefox Resources and Blogs

Comments (1) · January 19, 2007 at 5:45 am · Weekly Top Five

Well it is time yet again for the weekly top five and this time around I am going to turn the attention away from myself and back towards all of you. When browsing around for sources I run into a lot of nice Firefox resources. Here are some of my favorites.

• The Firefox Extension Guru’s Blog
• Mozilla Links
• Spread Firefox
• Asa Dotzler’s Blog
• Blake Ross’s Blog

Have any that I might have missed? Drop in, give a comment and share it with the rest of your Firefox friends.

Customizing Firefox Tips

Comments (2) · January 12, 2007 at 5:20 am · Weekly Top Five

I have an handful of Firefox tips that have to do with customizing the browser. A few people have E-mailed me these in, so there are too many to thank right now. So let’s cut through the introductions and get right into the good stuff.

• Firefox Quick Find as it should (and used to) be
• Change the Firefox Progress Bar Color
• Move Firefox Sidebar to the Right
• Get a Lot More Via Firefox Facts’s “Hacks” Category!

Thanks goes out to MozillaLinks.org for the majority of this week’s top five!

There are only four this week - do you feel cheated? Well I left the last one off because I wanted you to fill it in! Have any more to share? Leave a comment and a link to share your favorite Firefox customization tips!

Top 5 Firefox Themes

Comments (6) · December 15, 2006 at 6:00 am · Firefox Themes, Weekly Top Five

Everybody has an opinion, and let me say this is mine and mine alone. Now that I have gotten that disclosure out of the way - I want to share with you the top five Firefox themes I have run across in the past few weeks.

1. Le Breeze
2. Whitehart
3. Macfox II Graphite
4. Mostly Crystal
5. Cylence Theme

Have an opinion to share? Did I miss one that you love? Leave a comment and let all of us know about it.

Top 5 Firefox Security Extensions

Comments (2) · December 8, 2006 at 5:30 am · Firefox Security, Weekly Top Five

It is time yet again for the weekly top five. Last week I just looked at the most popular posts of the week, but this week I wanted to do something a little more serious. I think we should all look long and hard and see how secure we really are. There are steps you can take to become more secure - and here are a few extensions that can help you do it.

1. NoScript
2. WOT
3. McAfee SiteAdvisor
4. FoxyProxy
5. Fire Encrypter

Have one that I might have missed or overlooked? Leave a comment and share it with the rest of the class.

Top 5 Firefox Posts of the Week

Comments off · December 1, 2006 at 4:47 pm · Weekly Top Five

I figured I would try something a little new and different this week. Since top five or top ten lists seem to be so popular when it comes to Firefox, here are your top 5 most popular posts of the week.

1. Redesign Google
2. Stay Away from Dangerous Content
3. Organize Your Tools Menu
4. Free Extension Writer’s Guide
5. Crop Circles on Google Earth

Have a favorite that I might have missed? Leave a comment and let me know about it.