My RSS feed reading application of choice is Google Reader. I have been using it for several years now, and it has never let me down. Now, that is not to say it could not be improved though. Here are a few ways you can make your RSS feed reading in Google Reader even better.
The Google Reader Watcher add-on is handy to have, because it will check your Google Reader for unread new posts. You can use this [...]
All in all, 2009 was a great year for Firefox. It grew by leaps and bounds, and continues to be the best alternative browser out there. Firefox Facts did pretty well in it’s own right too – surpassing the 7,000+ RSS subscriber mark. So with today being the last day of 2009, let us all sit back and revisit some of the best posts of the year.
Here are 10 of the most read stories, tips, tutorials and reviews I have [...]
Is it really the most wonderful time of the year? I think so. We have reached the time in the year where we all start pulling our Christmas trees down from the attic and hunting down the best Christmas-y theme you can find in this Firefox winter wonderland. Of course I am talking about the Tinseltown theme for Firefox.
This theme is decorated from head to toe with holiday joy.
When you name your add-on for Firefox Incredible Bookmarks, you know you are setting the bar pretty high, right from the introduction. Pitched to users as the greatest add-on suite for bookmark lovers, Incredible Bookmarks for Firefox does impress.
The features to love here are plentiful. You can dynamically, show bookmarks by using folder and search terms. Highlight the bookmarks in any color you would like, sort the bookmarks by name, visit time, last visited and most visited, and a [...]
If you do a lot of work online, being able to take notes as you work is definitely a good thing. Rather than scribbling on random sheets of paper or bouncing between Firefox and a notepad-like program, keep it all in Firefox with QuickFox Notes. This multi-tab note taking extension is awesome.
Some of the features include:
Simple & Multi tab
Auto save notes
Check spelling
Changeable font size
Changeable background color
Easy search tool
Various keyboard shortcuts
Another nice feature is that it saves your notes in the [...]
Do you remember Jetpack?
It is the Mozilla Labs project that makes the add-on building process easier, mixing elements of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Mozilla has released an awesome Jetpack Gallery, which serves as a community for Jetpack developers and add-on users.
You can “like” things on Facebook, so why can you not “dislike” things too? If you use Facebook, and you have Firefox – you can now add the feature some have really been wanting. You get the ability to dislike things that your friends have posted. These two add-ons (pick the one you like most) will get the job done.
Facebook Dislike – This is an extension for all the pro-dislike Facebook groups out there. After installing, you can [...]
Thanks to a popular Greasemonkey script turned Firefox add-on you can now rip videos from Facebook to watch whenever and where ever you want to. The simply named Facebook Video add-on for Firefox will help you get the job done.
How Does It Work?
This extension adds the functionality to download, convert or embed videos posted on Facebook. When you click the download video link, the video will open as a .mp4 file. You can then select, “Save Page As” from [...]
For those of you out there who love the FoxyProxy add-on for Firefox, you now have two different flavors to choose from. If you need just a simple on and off proxy switcher, Grab the new FoxyProxy Basic. If you would rather have all the bells and whistles, those are preserved in what is now being called FoxyProxy Standard.
First things first, what does this thing promise to do? FoxyProxy is a Firefox add-on which switches an internet connection automatically across [...]
Want to help your good friends at Mozilla do a little add-on testing?
It takes a lot of work to see if add-ons still work or not, so you can do your part by installing the Add-on Compatibility Reporter. Help the Firefox team make sure your favorite add-ons get updated for upcoming Firefox releases with this tool.
Here is a little more about the add-on from the Mozilla team:
After installing the Add-on Compatibility Reporter, your incompatible extensions will become [...]