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 of an open and agile development process, a very security-minded core development team and a multi-vendor security coordination group, including people from major Linux distributions [...]
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 you to put a rounded badge over the tab favicon of some pages. Where does this come in handy? Well what if you could see [...]
After winning the Extend Firefox 3 contest, I thought it might be worth checking out Pencil to see what all the buzz was about. This add-on for Firefox is an open source tool for creating diagrams and GUI prototyping that everybody can use. As they put it, “With the power of the underlying Mozilla Gecko engine, Pencil turns your excellent Firefox 3 browser into a sketching tool with just a 400-kilobyte installation package”.
Some of the features included are:
Built-in stencils for [...]
These guys need to at least win cheap web site plug of the year. Are you finding yourself too addicted to Firefox’s addons? The good Dr. Jenkins says he is here to help.
Firefox Addiction Recovery Center from Leeroy Jenkins on Vimeo.
Should be one to keep a place to keep an eye on. If you too need a fix for your addiction check out firefoxaddiction.com.
I have said it before, and I will probably say it again. The people that work behind the greatest themes and add-ons we all use day to day don’t get the spotlight they deserve. While browsing through some Firefox 3 ready themes I saw that one theme designer was hard at work getting his collection updated. Here is the amazing work of Aaron Spuler.
Omega
Rain
Pluto
Gotten use to the AwesomeBar yet? This is the new stylish name for the Firefox 3 address bar. Any ol’ browser can have an “address bar” only one can be awesome though. Here are a few tips and tweaks you can do to make your awesome bar even more awesome…er?
oldbar – Oldbar makes the location (URL) bar look like Firefox 2. If you need another alternative to this, try out Old Location Bar. Why two add-ons that do the same [...]
/ June 15, 2008 -
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The Mozilla Add-ons site has finally given us the theme update we have been looking for. With the re-launch of the Firefox Add-ons site some were disappointed that themes went to the back burner. Well now they have a snazzy new interface to be browsed through:
Another new addition to the Firefox Add-ons site is the “Advanced” search tool that will let you pick out and search through the themes and extensions.
To learn more about the “behind the [...]
Today we are here to morn a great loss to the Firefox add-on world. Google Browser Sync was a good little extension. It kept my bookmarks and passwords synced between many a PC.
According to Lifehacker, it will continue to be supported for Firefox 2 through 2008 but there are no plans to bring it over to Firefox 3.
For those of you who want to continue to use Firefox 2, we’ll maintain support for old versions of Google Browser [...]
/ June 11, 2008 - Uncategorized
Need a Firefox add-on that may fuel your creative juices when it comes to blogging? I know you. You said you might almost want to try it again but you just don’t have the time – or you think it is too complicated.
DashBlog has high hopes to save the day for you and many other wanting the task of sharing things with friends a lot easier.
This extension lets you quickly gather and post videos, images, text/quotes, songs and [...]
Any Firefox user worth his weight in add-ons can block advertisements, using tools like AdBlock Plus but few can block the ads can replace them with something to give your Web browsing experience a little more class. How about replacing all those punch the monkey ads with art?
It this entices your cultural taste buds, then you might want to add the Add-Art extension to your own Firefox install. Add-Art replaces advertising images on web pages with contemporary art from a [...]