Tag: addons
1. Firefox Companion for eBay
The eBay Companion shows auctions in the sidebar and alerts you when anything happens, helping you to strike at the right moment.
2. Amazon Shopper
Amazon’s prices change from day to day, so tell this nifty plug-in what you’re willing to pay. When the price drops, it’ll let you know.
3. RetailMeNot
Discover whether discount codes are available for the site you’re visiting. RetailMeNot is a collaborative effort, so the more people that use it the more useful it gets.
4. Yapta
Flight finder Yapta includes the main European carriers, although it’s best for transatlantic or US travel. The tracking feature lets you know if any flights drop in price. Read More»
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1. Auto-complete websites
Go to the address bar (Control-L) and type the name of the site without the “www” or the “.com”. Press Control-Enter, and it will automatically fill in the “www” and the “.com” and take you there. For .net addresses, press Shift-Enter, and for .org addresses, press Control-Shift-Enter.
2. Turn your bookmarks into keywords
Right-click the bookmark and then select Properties. Put a short keyword in the keyword field, save it, and now you can type that keyword in the address bar and it will go to that bookmark.
3. Speed up your downloads
Download Manager Tweak Extension adds extra functionality to the existing Download Manager to help you download faster.
4. Search faster
To search with lightning speed just highlight the word or phrase with your mouse and drag the highlighted text into the search bar. Firefox will then automatically load up the search in a new tab, so you can stay informed faster. Read More»
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February 03, 2009 by
Jason 1. Upgrade Your RAM
Yeah, the most obvious tip but people hardly upgrade it. RAM these days is very cheap, especially if you buy it through Amazon or eBay. When I checked Amazon, the price of 1 GB RAM was around $20-$30.
2. Get Rid of Unneeded Software
Most PCs come shipped with unneeded software. Uninstall all of them. I’m sure there are better alternatives to those software. For example, my PC came shipped from hp with lots of bloatware such as HP Image Zone, Norton AntiVirus 2004, Record Now! CD & DVD Burning software etc. I uninstalled all of them and replaced them with better software like Picasa and Nero.
3. Keep Only One Browser
This is part of the getting rid of unneeded applications but I decided to separate it because so many people have 3, or even 4 browsers installed on their computer. I used to do this; I used to have Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, and Safari. Now I only have Mozilla Firefox. Yes, I even removed Internet Explorer! Read More»
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January 26, 2009 by
Jason If you are a Firefox user (and if not, why not…?) then here’s possibly one of the most useful add-ons ever well, for web users like me at any rate. It’s called UrlBarExt and it’s available in Windows, Mac and Linux versions. Here’s what it can do. A set of discrete icons appears at the end of the address box and from left to right they copy the current address or URL to the clipboard, shorten the displayed web address to a Tiny URL (or the web shortening service of your choice, Bit.Ly, cli.gs etc). It will search the currently displayed site using a keyword (right-click on the icon to open a search box), go up one level to the website’s root or home page, tag or bookmark the current page from a menu of popular tags, navigate through sequential pages (really handy when web pages are numbered, like those in my Boot Camp archives), and surf anonymously, using a proxy server. It’s highly configurable and like all the best things in life, completely free, so give it a spin, it’s really impressive once you get used to it.
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There are thousands of add-ons available for the Firefox web browser, many of which greatly enhance your daily activities while surfing the web. However, sometimes you just want to kick back and have some fun! Ranging from remakes of retro classics to tough brain teasers, these gaming extensions will help you do just that.
1. PONG! Multiplayer
PONG! Multiplayer, a variant of the “world’s first video game”, is a Firefox add-on which lets you play this golden oldie right in your browser window. You can play both 1 or 2 player modes as well as online multiplayer games with people all around the world, by using your keyboard and/or mouse to control your paddle. Read More»
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Here’s a good tip after a few days taking a much needed break. MSN Messenger is the best instant messenger service in my view, and is the only one I use daily.
If you want to make MSN Messenger even better then check out the free Messenger Plus Live addon. Messenger Plus Live adds the following useful features to MSN Messenger: Read More»
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Here are some miscellaneous tips for debugging HTML, CSS, and JavaScript in Mozilla Firefox.
They include references to Firefox extensions (plug-ins) that you will need or want, as well as tips for configuring Firefox, how to actually invoke the debugging procedures, and a few shortcuts to keep in mind. A number of landmines are also pointed out along the way. (Please avoid stepping on those, because it gets messy.) Read More»
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Firefox is a great browser which allows almost anyone with minimal coding experience to create plugins and addons to make Firefox even better.
However, sometimes letting someone with basic coding skills near your browser isn’t a good thing, and adding certain firefox addons can actually make the greatest browser worse.
Luckily Computer World have named and shamed some of the worst extensions, Read More»
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Although Internet Explorer 7 doesnt have as many plugins or addons as Firefox, there are addons for IE7 that will cover off most of the features that users will need covering. Over the last couple of months I have been using IE7 as my main browser, because its the only one I am allowed to use at work.
Martin from gHacks has put together a great list of some of the free plugins, which are all available in the Windows Marketplace. He is even located the Firefox equivalent if you Read More»
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February 01, 2007 by
Jason
Want to be cooler than your coworkers? We’d say the key is tricking out Firefox with envy-inspiring extensions—add-ons that tweak existing features or add new ones. Clever coders have churned out over a thousand of these handy little helpers, all of which are just as free to download as Firefox itself
An extension can be as simple as Auto Copy, which instantly copies selected text to the clipboard (not that hitting Ctrl-C takes so much time); as profound as UndoCloseTab, which reopens tabs you closed, saving a history until you exit Firefox (how cool is that?); or as specific as Book Burro, a pop-up window that automatically fetches prices from other stores when you shop online for books.
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