Firefox and Thuderbird Add-ons

A couple of nice round-ups today ... one for Firefox and one for Thunderbird.

First, from Online Marketing Blog, some Firefox extensions for Web Analytics. 10 Firefox Extensions for Web Analytics.

For Thunderbird users, from makeuseof.com, 10 Great Thunderbird Add-ons You Must Have.

50 Best Firefox add-ons for Web Developers

From 1st Web Designer, a big round-up of FIrefox add-ons especially for web developers.

Mozilla Firefox is becoming more and more powerful tool in these days. Using right add-ons it will start to become a tool, You can`t live without as web-developer! Each of these plugins can make certain things easier and that`s especially important for web-developers, because searching for errors and optimizing your pages can be pretty painful and time-consuming process

The Best 50 Firefox add-ons for Web-developers!

10 Extensions That Make Firefox a Killer App

Performancing.com has a nice round-up of some of the best Firefox 3 Extensions that are worth browsing.

Everyone these days seems to have a particular application which they label their killer app. As I depend on FireFox more and more to get things done, I have come to rely upon a set of extensions which really enhance my productivity. Here are the extensions which I consider to be the ones that give FireFox the title as "Killer App".

10 Extensions That Make FireFox A Killer App.

Snapper Extension Updated for Firefox 3

I was always a fan of the Snapper Firefox extension for quickly grabbing bits of screens for use in blog posts. Sadly, it wasn't updated and I couldn't hack it to work with Firefox 3. Good news! The author has finally updated it.

The Snapper extension for Firefox 3 is available for now, from the Firefox Add-ons Sandbox (requires free registration to install). I've tried it and it works great, although, having used an alternative program the past while, I find I'm really missing knowing the dimensions of the screen bit I'm grabbing. Would be a nice add-on for this handy extension.

Snapper Firefox Add-on (Mozilla)

28 Coolest Firefox About:Config Tricks

Make Tech Easier has a nice list of 28 tweaks for Firefox, for those that just love to get under the hood and play.

28 Coolest Firefox About:Config Tricks

GridFox - The Grid Layout Firefox Extension

GridFox is an extension for Firefox that overlays a grid on any website to aid in grid-based layouts. It is easy to customize and allows you to create the exact grid you based your layout on.

GridFox: The Grid Layout Firefox Extension

Incredibe Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts

From JeetBlog, a nice list of Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts which you may not have known about. Be sure to read the comments to the post for even more tips for navigating Firefox quickly and easily.

Incredible Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts Which You Probably Don't Know About | Jeet Blog

Everything about Firebug

Firebug is a great Firefox extension for troubleshooting and debugging. Veanndesign Blog has a nice round-up of Firebug basics through tips, tricks and more. All things Firebug and a great list of resources for a great tool.

Everything about Firebug - 21 Great Resources (veanndesign.com)

A couple of good Firefox Extensions: Tabs Open Relative and CraigZilla

Tabs Open Relative Firefox Add-on makes all new tabs open to the right of the current tab, rather than at the far right of the tab bar.In the case where several new tabs are opened in a row without switching tabs, each subsequent tab will be opened to the right of the previous one, so as to keep them in order. For those who like to open a lot of tabs in Firefox (me!), this extension is a must-have.

Tabs Open Relative :: Firefox Add-ons

CraigZilla is a extension that integrates Craigslist into Firefox. If you are looking for something on Craigslist, this is what you need to get it quickly. On Craigslist, it is usually the first person who makes contact with the seller that wins the sale. CraigZilla gives you an advantage - allowing you to monitor any categories you want at a glance.
CraigZilla Firefox Add-on

Enhance your Web Development Using Web Developer Extension

For those who aren't familiar with the wonderful Web Developer Extension for Firefox, website sixrevisions.com has a great overview of how to use this extension in web development.

9 Practical Ways to Enhance your Web Development Using the Firefox Web Developer Extension.

Stick Google Calendar Into Your Firefox Sidebar

Website webware has a great little tip/hack for putting your Google Calendar in your Firefox sidebar. Quick easy and handy!

Stick Google Calendar into your Firefox sidebar | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone

Personas for Firefox: Theme Skins

Firefox users who are also early adopters, might like to take a look at the newest ways to add a theme to Firefox - not via a downloaded add-on but through an online service that will skin your Firefox.

Personas for Firefox are lightweight designs that skin the Firefox browser and are delivered to the user as a web service. For they reason, they have the ability (or will have) to be exceptionally dynamic, such as changing based on the time of day or delivering up time-related information from calendars etc.

You can read a great review of Personas here. Note from their review that once installed, you need to look in the bottom left corner of your browser for the icon to activate the personas.

Like other Firefox users, I think this is a very exciting idea with endless possibilities, bound to make the Firefox browser even better!

10 Firefox Extensions to Keep Your Browsing Private and Secure

Ten Firefox extensions to keep your browsing private and secure details 10 add-ons for the Firefox browser that aim to keep your browsing more private and more secure than the default browser.

Worth reading if you're concerned about these things.

Read it Later Firefox Add-on

From website IDEA SHOWER, a new Firefox add-on for those who like to save links to read later but don't want to clutter their bookmarks.

Read it Later - Firefox Extension BETA adds a "Read Later" option to browser, along with a "Reading List". When you come across something you want to read later, click to add it to your Reading List. Once you've returned to read the item, simply Mark As Read to remove the link from the reading list.

A handy bookmark that suits the way I browse, for sure!

Taboo Firefox Extension: The cure for tabitis

Taboo :: Firefox Add-ons is a new Firefox extension that is a fun combination of session saver and bookmarks. It's perfect for the way I tend to browse and works very well for a first release.

If you keep tons of tabs open because you want to continue reading them later, Taboo is for you. Taboo lets you save a page for later (taking a screenshot, and using the Session Saver code to remember scroll location and form fields). The cure for tabitis.

Linkwad Firefox Add-on: save and restore tabbed browsing sessions

Linkwad :: Firefox Add-ons is a Firefox extension that let's you save and restore tabbed browsing sessions called "wads". Wads can be shared and accessed from any computer.

With Linkwad you can open multiple tab sessions within a single browser window and open search results from Google and Yahoo in tabs with a single keystroke.

Linkwad requires a free account (no email activation required).

How to Reduce Memory Usage in Firefox

Comprehensive Guide on How to reduce the memory usage in Firefox is a nice checklist of things you can do to reduce your memory usage in Firefox.

Worth a read for any Firefox user.

5 Firefox Extensions Worth a Look

I just found myself browsing new Firefox Add-ons and there were a few I thought worthy of sharing. Here they are:

Temporary Inbox - generates random disposable email addresses from within the browser. Use the extension's toolbar or disable it and generate a disposable email address from the right-click context menu. Uses email addresses from site temporaryinbox.com.

CacheIt! - "displays an archived version of the web page you are viewing, or the link you are hovering. You can quickly view or copy the URL to the cache of the page. You can choose the default cache provider for the right-click menu, and if that provider doesn't have the cache you can go to the list and select another cache provider." Currently supports Google Cache, The Way-back Machine and Coral CDN.

NoSquint - allows you to adjust the default text zoom level, which is useful if you have a small display or run at a very high resolution. NoSquint also optionally remembers the zoom level per domain.

Addictive Typing Lessons - improve your touch typing skills by working through the lessons provided with the Addictive Typing Lessons Firefox Add-on.

Online Bookmark Manager - uses a 3rd party site startaid.com to store your browser bookmarks online, so that they are accessible form anywhere. No syncing necessary, as all the changes are done in real time. A handy add-on for anyone who uses multiple computers.

10 Reasons You Should Be Using Thunderbird

10 Reasons You Should be Using Thunderbird - a nice round-up of Thunderbird's finest features, that might encourage some to give it another look if they're not using it already.

I've been a Thunderbird user for a long time and consider it a great Mail app. If it ever gets a good, integrated calendar feature, I'll be able to dump Outlook for good.

FirePHP: Firefox extension for PHP development

FirePHP - Firefox Extension for PHP Development

FirePHP allows you to take a deeper look at all the work your PHP code does to generate that page you are currently looking at in your Firefox browser. Just install the FirePHP Firefox extension, PHP PEAR package and add a few lines of code to your PHP application to get started. You will see a "FirePHP" tab in your Firebug extension to bring your PHP backend logic to your fingertips!

A handy add-on for PHP developers or anyone who wants to know more about how PHP is working on their site.

Add Easy Whois to your Firefox Search Bar

easyWhois: Lookup Domain Whois Records and Research DNS Information and do it easily by adding it to your Firefox Search Box. Just visit the link and use the dropdown in your Firefox Search Bar to select "Add Easy Whois".

FxIF Firefox Add-on: View image EXIF data in image properties

A new Firefox Add-on FxIF allows you to view EXIF data in image properties. Just right click an image and select "Properties" to view EXIF data if available for that image. FxIF :: Firefox Add-ons

Firebug Tutorial: Loggin, Profiling and CommandLine

If you've been looking for a little direction to get started with (or make the most of) Firefox add-on Firebug, here's a nice tutorial. This is Part 1, so also watch for more to follow.

Firebug Tutorial - Logging, Profiling and CommandLine

CoScripter for Firefox: record and share web browser processes

CoScripter

"CoScripter is a system for recording, automating, and sharing processes performed in a web browser such as printing photos online, requesting a vacation hold for postal mail, or checking bank account information. Instructions for processes are recorded and stored in easy-to-read text here on the CoScripter web site, so anyone can make use of them. If you are having trouble with a web-based process, check to see if someone has written a CoScript for it!"

Interesting and lots of potential uses for this, I suspect.

Book Text Mark Firefox Add-on

Why bookmark a page when you can bookmark a particular spot on the page?

Book Text Mark :: Firefox Add-ons adds features to the context or Bookmark menu that will allow you to set a "Text Mark" on any spot on a page. Obviously, this is really useful for pages with long blocks of text or any time you think why you bookmarked a page might not be obvious later.

20 Firefox Plugins for Managing Email

I must confess, I've never moved beyond the Gmail Notifier Plugin for managing my email in Firefox, so I was particularly interested in the latest list from Mashable - 20 Firefox Plugins For Managing Email.

Who knew there were so many?!

How to Firefox 3 and Firefox 2 running at the same time

Curious about Firefox 3 but don't want to mess up your 2 install? Website Redemption in a Blog shows have you can have both running on the same machine at the same time. How to have Firefox 3 and Firefox 2 running at the same time.

Nice!

Stop (Music) Autoplay Firefox Add-on

Stop Autoplay Firefox Add-on, disables the autoplay of embedded music and movie.

The Stop Autoplay extension offers 2 modes, one that will disable only the autostart of embedded media, where the user can press the play button to play it. The other mode will block the media when loading a page. It will be replaced by a red frame that can be clicked to load the media and then play it.

A handy Firefox add-on for the ability to control autoplay media as well as the ability to control media loading.

Create the Ultimate Firefox Web Development Profile

Create the Ultimate Firefox Web Development Profile :: the How-To Geek

"When properly configured, Firefox can become the ultimate web development tool, giving you direct access to the page you are working on so you can style your page in real-time, debug javascript or even edit the html."

Set up a separate profile in Firefox just for Web Development, featuring the best web dev add-ons for Firefox.

myTimeZone for eBay Firefox Extension

myTimeZone for eBay :: Firefox Add-ons - this extension just does one thing - it converts dates/times in to your own timezone. "No more mental time conversions!"

A nice add-on for eBay users!

Shareaholic Firefox Extension

Shareaholic - Firefox extension makes it one-click easy to submit sites you're viewing to digg, del.icio.us, facebook, google bookmarks, reddit and stumbleupon. And if you participate in a number of social networking sites, you can appreciate how handy this extension is!

A "bonus feature", the Shareaholic extension displays real-time stats for digg and del.icio.us so you can check whether the page has already been dugg or how many times the sites has been saved on del.icio.us.

Dust-Me Firefox Extension find unused CSS selectors

Dust-Me Selectors is a Firefox extension (for v1.5 or later) that finds unused CSS selectors.

Simply load any site and the Dust-Me Extension will load a list of all of the CSS selectors for the site. As you navigate around the site, selectors will be crossed of the list as they are encountered. Once you have navigated through the site, you will be left with a list of any CSS selectors that weren't used anywhere and that, therefore, may be redundant.

CookieSwap Firefox Addon: swap cookies easily in Firefox

CookieSwap :: Firefox Add-ons "enables you to easily swap all your cookies so that you can be logged in to multiple web e-mail accounts (like Gmail and Yahoo! mail) at the same time and quickly switch between them."

This extension can also be used to for other purposes, such as by web designers to test a design based on different type of users (as determined by cookie) or to see what sites like Google or Amazon look like if your "personal" cookie is swapped out.

CookieSwap is in it's earliest days but looks very promising as a really handy Firefox add-on, particularly for multiple web mail accounts.

FireUploader: Universal uploader extension for Firefox

Fire Uploader is a Firefox Add-on that allows you to upload or download files to popular web services such as Flickr, Picasa and YouTube using a friendly interface.

FireUploader permits uploading of any number of files, has the ability to add multiple accounts and shows both the local and remote folders. And more.

Worth a look for anyone who does a lot of uploading.

40 Firefox Add-ons for High Speed Blogging

40 Firefox Add-ons for High Speed Blogging or how to use Firefox extensions to do things faster.

Worth a read for something that might be new to you in Firefox Add-ons.

10 Things you many not know about the Web Developer Toolbar

The Web Developer Toolbar is one of those must-have extensions for Firefox for any web developer and web design blog Smiley Cat has a list of features of the Toolbar that you may not be aware of or not making use of.

10 Things You May Not Know About the Web Developer Toolbar

Minimap Sidebar Extension for Firefox

Minimap Sidebar :: Firefox Add-ons brings a host of mapping tools to your Firefox Sidebar.

"The Minimap Addon gives you a suite of in-built maps and mapping tools for your web browser. Create and save a sidebar map using the addresses or address links you find on web pages (highlight then drag and drop), or by manually adding locations. View traffic Info, drag and drop kml files, local search, Google, Yahoo and Live Local directions, view in google earth, tagzania, platial, geourl and many more. Address/Location points are stored locally for later use."

Nice!

How to make your own Firefox Extensions

PC Magazine has a great how-to article - Make Your Own Firefox Extensions. This is something I've always wanted to learn to do and so I'm definitely going to give it a try. It would be nice not to wait for someone else to make the extension I'm looking for.

ThumbSTrips Firefox Add-on: Visual History via thumbnail strip

ThumbStrips
FIrefox Add-on lets you "Find what you seek -- visually."

"ThumbStrips is a Firefox extension that creates a filmstrip of thumbnails -- ThumbStrip, get it? -- so you can see your history, and stop guessing at page names in the history sidebar. You can even share your ThumbStrips! After you install it, a small icon will appear in your browser's toolbar. Click the icon to view your ThumbStrips at the bottom of the screen."

Features full scroll controls, search, edit and save sets.

Nice extension!

Track and time your online time in Firefox

MeeTimer Firefox add-on is just the thing for those of us who tend to spend more time browsing certain sites than getting things done.

"MeeTimer has a simple role: it records where you spend your time online.
It does it in a rather useful way, by allowing you to group websites into activities (e.g. Facebook = procrastination; Gmail = communication) so you can make sense of where your time is going. Finally, it accumulates time spent on a site over the course of a day, so when you think "just another 2 mins won't hurt" you realise that actually, yes, it will ;)"

Firefox Add-ons: All You Need To Know

Firefox Add-ons: All You Need To Know - a comprehensive primer article on Firefox Add-ons (formerly known as Extensions).

Worth a read for any Firefox user as there are a number of Add-ons highlighted so there is sure to be something new for everyone.

PicLens: Full-screen photo viewer

PicLens: Discover More "enables you to view photos in full screen with a single click, glide between photos from within full screen mode and play a slideshow of image search results and photo albums."

Currently supported sites include, Flickr, Facebook, Google Images, Yahoo Images and Media RSS. Download the Firefox Extension for WIndows or grab the Safari version for Mac.

20 Firefox Extensions that will save you money

20 Firefox Extensions That Will Save You Money is a great list of some probably lesser known Firefox extensions that in one way or another will help us save money.

Number 18 caught my eye as I had never heard of the Biet-o-zilla extension, which interacts with your eBay account and allows you to make last minute bids even if you're not on the eBay site.

FireTorrent: one-click torrent downloading in Firefox

The FireTorrent Firefox Extension "strives to offer the most user-friendly BitTorrent experience. We've integrated the torrents manager as a seperate tab in your browser's download manager, and torrents can be downloaded from any website with a single click. This results in a great user experience and should be attractive to both people that are new to downloading torrents and advanced users."

A long time coming but worth the wait. Nice!

Get control of your Firefox right click menu

If you have a number of Firefox add-ons, it's likely that your right click menu is getting really big! I know mine is. The Menu Editor Firefox Add-on is a great solution as it will allow for the removal and/or rearranging of menu items from the right-click context menu and the main menubar.

Really handy for anyone who has an out of control context menu in Firefox.

Enable spell checking in Firefox text input fields

Enable spell checking in Firefox text input fields - a handy tip on how to easily change Firefox's config setting at about:config to enable spell check in text input fields. Works cross platform, just as Firefox does.

What's in store for Firefox 3

The User Interface of Firefox 3: Features takes a look at some of the new features of the currently in Alpha release Firefox 3.

An interesting read for the Firefox devotee and it certainly left me saying "I can't wait!".

Hacking Firefox: The secrets of about:config

Hacking Firefox: The secrets of about:config - a really great and detailed article about Firefox configuration utility. A must read for all Firefox readers who want more control over their browser.

Photo2Text: Convert an image to text

Photo2Text.com Convert an image and process to a text file of the original image. There is also a Firefox extension available.

Thumbstrips Firefox Extension: view your browsing history in a filmstrip.

Thumbstrips is a Firefox Extension (Add-on) that lets you view your history in the form of a filmstrip of screenshots.

The Thumbstrip can be toggled on and off with a toolbar button and recording of history can also be started and stopped.

Makes for a nice visual way to look for through sites recently visited.

TubeStop Firefox Extension

The TubeStop Firefox Extension will disable the autoplay on YouTube.com videos.

"This means that you can open multiple YouTube videos in tabs in the background without them all starting to play at once."

Currently the extension only works on YouTube.com and not on YouTube videos embedded on other sites.

A few noteworthy Firefox Extensions (Add-ons)

I've posted about this extension before but I think it deserves a second recommendation. This extension really does make Firefox's Live Bookmarks much more effecient. LiveClick :: Firefox Add-ons

Live Bookmarks are one of Firefox's best features, but they're missing a way to quickly access a Live Bookmark's home page without having to create an additional bookmark, go through lots of extra clicks, or type in the address manually. LiveClick fixes this oversight. All you have to do is specify a location in the Live Bookmark's properties. Then, whenever you click the livemark (or the 'Open Location' popup menu item), your livemark will behave like an actual, clickable bookmark.

Another enhancement to Firefox Live Bookmarks is offered by the Feed Sidebar Extension.

The Feed Sidebar is an extension for the Mozilla Firefox Web browser that displays the new items from your Live Bookmarks in the sidebar. It is intended to be a lightweight extension of the RSS capabilities already included in Firefox, not a completely new feed management system. The Feed Sidebar also features a handy "preview" window so you can see the first paragraph or so of the feed item before making the leap.

Finally, the wfx_Verions Firefox extension caught my eye. This extension will automatically check for software updates for you, saving lots of time.

"Every day I check on many different websites if there's a new version of my favorite programs available for download. So I decided to create this extension which groups the pages you want to monitor in Firefox"

Do you know these basic Firefox Tips?

Did you know these basic Firefox Tips?. I must confess, there were some in this list I didn't know and they are super handy. Worth a read!

10 Must Have Thunderbird Addons

10 must-have Thunderbird Addons plus a bonus of 25 more "runner-up" Thunderbird add-ons.

I must admit I haven't been as diligent tracking down useful Thunderbird addons as I have been with Firefox, so I enjoyed this list as a great head start in catching up.

Widefox Firefox optimised for widescreen users

"Increasingly webpages are portrait and screens are landscape!... also, you have many tabs, want to scroll less, or just want to save vertical real-estate?... Widefox - a widescreen optimised Firefox that also works on 4:3 screens."

Requires the installation of the TabMixPlus Firefox extension and a small addition to your Firefox userChrome.css file (instructions included). This will create a vertical tab bar on the right or left, with room for lots of tabs, which is nice for those who have lots of pages open at once.

Widefox

Firefox Tips and Tricks

A couple of showing how you can trick out your Firefox browser ...

15 Coolest Firefox Tricks Ever and Firefox Tips and Tricks.

Lots of great ideas in both these articles. There's bound to be something new for everyone!

8 Firefox Plugins for Twitter

8 Awesome Firefox Plugins for Twitter - you know, in case you are someone who likes to have a lot of choices.

TwitBin: brings twitter in to your Firefox browser

TwitBin - twitter your browser brings twitter in to your Firefox 2.0 browser, via a free, Firefox extension.

Firefox Extension: PostWisdom for Bloggers puts Writing Advice at your Fingertips

PostWisdom Firefox plugin provides you with a list of the best writing advice. "A list that will be there at the most important moment - when you are writing your blog post."

PostWisdom will help you remember and use the best writing techniques from sites like ProBlogger, CopyBlogger, Successful Blog and others every time you write a post.

Identities: Thunderbird's Most Underrated Feature

Productivity blog Web Worker Daily shines the spotlight on a feature of Thunderbird Mail that maybe isn't getting the love it deserves. Thunderbird's Most Underrated Feature: Identities - looks at how to set up different Identities in Thunderbird to more efficiently handle multiple email addresses.

Firefox Ebay companion beta

Firefox Companion for eBay has just rolled out as a public beta, promising a faster, safer online auction experience, integrated with Firefox browser.

The Firefox Ebay companion keeps you securely signed in, allows you to set up custom alerts and reminders.

If you're a Firefox and Ebay user and an early adopter, the Firefox Ebay Companion extension is worth a look.

How to Open Firefox Searches in a New Tab

If Firefox searches opening in the current tab has been bugging you, the How-To Geek has the solution for you.

Quick Tip: How to Open Firefox Searches in New Tab

Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin

Port 25 is offering up a Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin to bring nice integration between Firefox and Windows Media Player.

How to reduce the memory usage on Firefox

How to reduce the memory usage on Firefox? - a good, details how-to reduce the overall memory that Firefox uses.

A good read for anyone interested in running a lean and mean Firefox.

Foxie Wire

Foxie Wire: News site dedicated to everything Mozilla / a new, news site for Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird news, done digg-style with user submitted stories and voting. And it's easy on the eyes, too.

Fans of Mozilla will want to bookmark this one.

Fullerscreen: Firefox extension for a better full screen

Make Firefox full screen even better with Fullerscreen Extension is an extension that gives Web pages in Firefox the full run of your monitor for when you want the most screen and the least chrome clutter.

A handy add-on for a lot of applications.

FireGPG: Firefox extension using GPG

FireGPG - use GPG easily in Firefox !- brings an interface to crypt, decrypt, sign or verify the signature of a text in any web page, using GPG. FireGPG also with Gmail.

Grocery List Generator Firefox Extension

The Grocery List Generator Firefox extension brings grocery list generation to your Firefox browser and since many people plan meals or weekly menus through online recipe sites, having a running grocery list right inside Firefox just makes sense.

Some features of Grocery List Generator:

* Easy to maintain database with all your favorite dishes, and other items you often need.
* Items are all grouped by super market department type.
* Sort your list to your own super market's walking route.
* (Optionally) Keeps a running list of items selected, even after you restart Firefox.
* Directly print your list, or export it to disk/pda.

Works on Firefox 1.5 through 3.0 alpha versions.

Bill's Big List of Firefox 2.0 compatible extensions

Tired of searching through pages of extensions only to find that the one that interests you isn't compatible with Firefox 2.0? Extension Hunter - Bill's Big List of Firefox 2.0 Compatible Extensions puts an end to all that!

Bill's list can be sorted by category or total downloads or ratings or select from "user picks".

A really handy Firefox resource!

Some new (or at least new to me) Firefox Extensions

Offline Page Validator solves that web development problem of wanting to validate a page that is being developed offline or locally. Now updated for Firefox 2.0.

SIRIUS Player is a onvenient player for the SIRIUS Satellite Radio Internet Streaming service. This latest version features an updated interface and other refinements. Great add-on for SIRIUS subscribers.

Unplug is an extension that allows you to save video and audio which is embedded on a webpage. UnPlug scans web pages and tells you where media players are getting their data from, and displays it as a simple hyperlink which you can then follow the simple download link to save the media file.Unlike many other extensions, UnPlug scans the page, and if it doesn't know there the data comes from it can guess - correctly most of the time.

CSS Mate is a port of the fantastic EditCSS extension that has been re-written and refined. This is a brand new extension that may have some bugs but worth a try if you like to edit CSS files live. Also note that it will conflict with EditCSS so it would need to be uninstalled prior to trying this one.

Text Size Toolbar adds text sizing buttons to the toolbar, for quick and easy access to text sizing. Great for web page testing, those sites who still code text at 10px or anyone whose eyesight isn't as good as it used to be ;)

Validaty One Click Validator. Provides you a button to validate a page using a validator like validator.w3.org.

LeechBlock " is a simple productivity tool designed to block those time-wasting sites that can suck the life out of your working day. (You know: the ones that rhyme with 'Blue Cube', 'Hash Pot', 'Sticky Media', and the like.) All you need to do is specify which sites to block, between which time periods, and on which days of the week. You can specify up to four sets of sites to block, with different times and days for each set. You can even set a password for access to the extension options, just to slow you down in moments of weakness!"

Snipshot " Edit any picture on the web with one right-click. The picture will be brought into the online image editor Snipshot where you can crop, resize, rotate or recolor it, then save it into a variety of formats (JPG, GIF, PNG, PDF) or to Flickr or a free image host. For faster workflow, you can optionally enhance the image as it enters Snipshot or resize it to fit a set of custom dimensions."

Session Fix if you like the session restore feature of Firefox 2, but dont' always want to restore your previous session this extension may be the answer. It extends the warning dialog on quitting with a button, that lets you save the session only for this time.

Brief makes reading feeds in Firefox as easy as it gets. "It is designed to have the right set of features to be both powerful and simple. Brief stores feeds' content in a database and displays articles in a form of a sleek, interactive page."

InFormEnter adds a small, clickable icon next to every input field in a web form, from where you can select the item to be inserted - no typing required. You can configure it to display your frequently used information such as name, email, address and whatever else you want to be available from the form menu.

GroovyNotes allows you to send browser-to-browser instant messages and share pages with others by sending them directly from your browser to theirs.

Send 2 Cellphone Send2Cellphone provides a simple way to send images from web pages directly to mobile phones via free Send2Cellphone service. Simply right click any image on any web page and select "Send2Cellphone" from the context menu.

DeskCam - an easy webcam viewer.

Morning Coffee Firefox Extension

Morning Coffee | Firefox Add-ons keeps track of daily routine websites and opens them in tabs for you. But there's more. "This extension lets you organize websites by day and open them up simultaneously as part of your daily routine. This is really handy if you read sites that update on a regular schedule (like webcomics, weekly columns, etc.). "

Morning Coffee is best suited for including or excluding sites that update on a regular (predictable) schedule. Or perhaps you open a different set of tabs in the morning Monday-Friday (work related) than on the weekend. If you are someone who regularly reads sites like this, the Morning Coffee extension would be a very handy add-on.

Of course, if you (like me) just open the same 5 or 6 tabs first thing every morning, you can use Firefox to do this easily without any additional extensions. Here's how ...

1) Open up all the sites you'd like to open at once in your browser.
2) Right click on any tab and select "Bookmark All Tabs"
3) In the popup, give your new folder a name (I use "Start Up") and place it where you'd like to store it in the Bookmarks drop down (I put mine right on the Bookmarks Toolbar so I can easily drag and drop new links onto it that I might decide I want to check out every morning).
4) Once your "Start up" bookmark folder is set up, simply click on the folder and select "Open All in Tabs".

If you wanted to, you could extend this to make a bunch of folders to quickly open up a number of tabs for a variety of subjects. Then you could group all these "quick open" folders under one master folder on your bookmark toolbar or in your bookmarks.

AutoSlideshow Firefox Extension

AutoSlideshow | Firefox Add-ons | Mozilla Corporation "allows you to view slideshows of images of web pages or images linked to from web pages. This is mainly useful for viewing images of a page with no possibility for image browsing.
Beside the slideshow it is possible to browse the images one by one using back and forward buttons. Additionally you can save all detected images on disk."

Note that this only works with images or image links that are coded up with pure html. The extension offers special support for sites like flickr, wikipedia, google, facebook etc.

Window Resizer Firefox Extension

Window Resizer | Firefox Add-ons - resize your browser window to various standard sizes for web design testing. Supports sizing from 640x480 all the way through 1600x1200 via the context menu, tool menu or a toolbar button.

Comments indicate there may be a few bugs in the 1024x768 display but looks like a promising and handy tool for web designers.

Snapper Firefox Extension (Updated for Firefox 2.0): easily capture a portion of any page

Snapper is one of those "must-have" Firefox extensions, for me. It sits in the status bar and when clicked I can slice out any portion of any page that I want as an image. It's what I use for all the images on this site.

Note: The file below will not work with Firefox 3. My simple hack was not enough to get it to work in Firefox 3. Obviously something else has changed that is breaking it and I'm not familiar enough with the inner workings of extension to fix it. For Firefox 3 users, I suggest the Screengrab Firefox extension or the Dashblog Firefox Extension for similar functionality.

I was reminded tonight though, as I upgraded to Firefox 2.0.0.2 , that Snapper still hasn't been updated and is only compatible up to Firefox 1.5. So, since I hacked* the extension to work with Firefox 2.*, I thought I would share it for anyone else wanting to use it. Download Snapper for Firefox 2.0+ then install from within Firefox by selecting File menu > Open File and selecting the snapper xpi file you downloaded.

* I just upped the max version to 3.0. Tested and working fine in Firefox 2.0.0.2

New and improved del.icio.us extension for Firefox

The main complaint about the previous incarnation of the del.icio.us extension for Firefox was that to use it, users had to choose between Firefox bookmarks or del.icio.us bookmarks in their browser. This new version allows the user to keep both. This new version also promises some updates such as improved compatibility with Foxmarks. Looks like this could be the del.icio.us Firefox extension we've been waiting for!

"This is a major update that restores the Firefox Bookmarks and Toolbar to the del.icio.us extension. Compatibility with other extensions (such as Foxmarks) should be greatly improved, and users will now have the ability to show or hide the original Bookmarks menu and Bookmark toolbar."

del.icio.us Bookmarks | Firefox Add-ons | Mozilla Corporation

OpenSearchFox: Firefox add-on to easily add sites to Firefox Search Box

I think most Firefox users know that you can add search plugins to the Firefox browser's search dropdown through mycroft, specifically. Unfortunately, the mycroft site is often slow and difficult to get around. And then, maybe the site you want to add a search plugin for isn't there. Frustrating.

Enter OpenSearchFox | Firefox Add-ons a fabulous new Firefox extension that will add a search plugin for ANY site that has a search box. Here's how it works.

After you install the OpenSearchFox add-on, you visit a site that has a search box. Right click in the search textarea and you'll see "Add OpenSearch plugin" in your menu.

Select that option and then you'll be presented with a very simple details popup, where you can edit the name that appears in the search dropdown and the site description and then you're done. The site is now added to Firefox's search dropdown menu. How cool is that?!

One thing to note however is that OpenSearchFox will not work on search boxes that are enhanced with some ajaxy, scripty stuff (such as the search box at the top of THIS site). All is not lost here though as I have added OpenSearch functionality to this site myself. If you check the search drop down box in Firefox 2 or IE7, you will see "Add etc. quick links" there and you can hook up search for this site easily, to use even when you're not on my site.

If you want to do this for your own site, here are a couple of resources to get your started. You'll find instructions in the article "Add OpenSearch to your site in 5 minutes" that are quick and easy to follow and will set up a site search that uses Google to provide the site-specific search results. Just a quick note for anyone who tries the instructions in this article, when I tried it out, I had an issue with the quotation marks and line breaks as copied from the code samples provided. If the new xml file you create is throwing errors, try re-typing the quotation marks in the Url line and removing the line break in that line as well. Should work fine then.

If you use blog or other site software that has it's own search functionality, you might want to check out this article at Boagworld "Add your search engine to your browser", which shows how to add OpenSearch to a Movable Type powered blog, with suggestions on how to adapt for others. One note, this apparently doesn't work with WordPress due to how it's search works.

As I use Movable Type, I opted for the second option and my OpenSearch site search plugin will return search results with MT's search tool.

LiveClick Firefox Add-on: enhance your Live Bookmarks

LiveClick | Firefox Add-ons adds some great functionality to Firefox's Live Bookmarks.

First, it adds a couple of menu items to the Live Bookmark popout - Open Location (open the index page of the site), View Feed and Mark All Items Read.

Secondly, LiveClick allows you to mark Live Bookmark items as "Read".

Thirdly, it integrates a notification systems that will pop up alerts when a Live Bookmark feed gets a new item.

And more ... Use favicons in place of the default RSS icon and you can preview a site's feed by right-clicking the RSS icon in the address bar.

I've been using this for a couple of days and I can highly recommend this as an excellent add-on for anyone who is using Live Bookmarks.

Once installed,

Dugged Firefox Extension

Dugged | Firefox Add-ons - adds a duggmirror link to any website listed on digg.com. This saves having to type a duggmirror link for any website that is suffering from the digg effect.

Firefox Add-on: Save Page as Image

Save As Image | Firefox Add-ons add the ability to save some or all of a page as an image.

Works with most pages, including those with frames but not with flash or shockwave content.

Handy add-on!

10 Useful Firefox Extensions that don't get glamorized

Update: 10 Useful Firefox Extensions That Don't Get Glamorised features some really great Firefox Add-ons that, in most cases, are the ones that do one simple thing to make our browsing life easier and more productive. Worth a read in case there's one in there you hadn't heard of!

Sxipper: Password Utility for Firefox

"Sxipper makes using the web more convenient and safe. A free Firefox plug-in, Sxipper saves you time by keeping track of all of your user IDs, passwords, and personal data. With a single click, Sxipper is trained to securely log you in."

If you're having trouble remembering all your site passwords, Sxipper looks like a very useful tool and with a Firefox plugin, even handier. Sxipper is OpenID ready and encrypts personal data and stores it on your own computer.

Sxipper: Sxipper

Google Reader Notifier Firefox Add-On

If you're a Google Reader user, there is a new Firefox extension you might be interested in. The Google Reader Notifier | Firefox Add-ons will popup "unread" Google Reader items from the statusbar, so you can keep on top of your feeds.

I have to admit that I thought twice before installing this - wondering whether I wanted to be reminded of what I hadn't read yet but concluded that if I could keep an eye on the unread feed count, I could try to get them read before the number became daunting when I wasn't looking!

Fission Firefox Add-on combines the address bar and progress bar

Fission | Firefox Add-on combines address bar and progress bar, making the progress bar more visible and allowing for a nice visual effect.

If you install Fission and want to tweak the styling, you can refer to this forum thread for information on how to do it.

FaviconizeTag: Firefox Add-on

FaviconizeTab | Firefox Add-ons "This extension adds a new "FaviconizeTab" option to the context menu of the tab. When it is clicked, The width of the tab becomes small up to the size of favicon. It returns to the former size when "FaviconizeTab" is clicked again."

The downside of this extension is that it will hose the close button on the tabs, which despite wondering why I needed it when I first saw it, I have come to use with great regularity! On the plus side though, minimizing the tab width should minimize the need for that tab scrolling thing, which I'm really not too sure I like.

Greasemonkey script will replace last.fm's pink with blue (mostly)

Userscripts.org: Last.fm Blue Theme will replace most of the last.fm and replace it with a nice blue. The script doesn't banish all the pink though. A bit will stick around on the home page and a few headlines here and there. But, if the pink is burning your eyes, you'll surely find this script a big help.

The Email This! Firefox Add-on adds the ability to quickly email any selected text.

Once installed, Email This! adds 3 buttons that can be added to your navigation toolbar - Gmail this! Yahoo this! and a generic Email this! Once you select some text on a page, clicking on the toolbar button will open up the respective email client, add the selected text to the body, insert the page url at the end of the text insert and add the page title as the email's subject.

Quick browser window size testing with Firefox bookmarks

Anyone who has ever designed a website has probably spent some time testing the design at different browser window sizes. There are a lot of tools out there to do this easily - resizing bookmarklets and the popular Web Developer Toolbar. These are both good options but I think there is an even easier way using the handy bookmark keywords in Firefox 2.0. Here's how to set it up.

Go to Firefox Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks > Select "New Bookmark" from the top menu.

Name the New Bookmark "Resize to 800 x 600"
In the Location box, enter javascript:resizeTo(800, 600);
In the Keyword box, enter 800
Give the bookmark a description if you like.

Now, to quickly and easily resize your browser window to 800 x 600, you simply need to type "800" (without the quotes, of course) in your browser address bar and hit enter (or Go button).

Repeat for other browser window sizes but simply changing the dimensions in the bit of javascript code for the location box and assigning a new corresponding keyword (such as 1024 for resizing to 1024 x 768).

It's worth noting of course, that none of these will work if you have set your advanced JavaScript properties in your Firefox Options to prevent scripts from moving or resizing the window.

Uppity: Firefox Add-on to easily navigate up one directory level

Way back in the early days of Firefox, there was an extension that featured the ability to click and navigate up a directory level from any page. I loved it. I find myself often wanting to navigate up from a page a land on, maybe just out of curiosity to see more of the site, or because the page I landed on wasn't what I was looking for. Unfortunately, that old extension (I've long since forgotten the name) was not updated as Firefox progressed and it fell by the wayside.

Enter Uppity | Firefox Add-ons. From any page, Uppity will navigate up one directory level, starting with removing a page anchor, if that's where you are, then will remove any querystring, then up again to the directory containing the file and then up to the next directory - with each click.

Note that once installed, you will need to manually add the Uppity button to your toolbar. Then just click to navigate up.

Googlepedia Firefox Add-on

Googlepedia | Firefox Add-ons shows you a relevant Wikipedia article alongside your Google search results. Clicking on links in the Wikipedia article will trigger new Google searches.

More features: Links images directly to their full-sized versions; removes Google AdWords; can be expanded to take the full width of the page; and a "hide" button to disable Googlepedia when you don't want it's functionality.

Gmail and Google Reader together on one page with Greasemonkey

A couple of weeks back, I posted a link to a Greasemonkey script that integrates Gmail and Google Reader. As exciting as the prospect of Gmail and Google Reader together was, the script was a bit lacking in the functionality that many were looking for. Enter a new contender The Next Phase - Greasemonkey Script: Gmail and Reader Integrator and I say, this one's got it right!

* Spilt-window view of Gmail and Reader on a single page
* Links to collapse|expand either Gmail or Reader
* Integrated Reader uses start-page as specified in Reader’s “Settings”
* Labels selector
* Key ‘v’ to open Reader links in a new Window
* Automatic resize of Gmail and Reader views

This is definitely worth a look if you're both a Gmail and Google Reader user. Be sure to disable the previous Greasemonkey script before trying this one though, if you have in enabled.

An easier way to use Google and Firefox to find music

Here's a nice tip on how to leverage the power of Firefox's Smart Keyword searches to find music through Google quickly and easily. Google Firefox = Free Music Downloads

How to disable 3rd party cookies in Firefox 2.0

Hmmm. Apparently Firefox 2.0 launched without the (visible) option to disable 3rd party cookies (previous versions of Firefox had this as an option in the cookie settings). If you'd like to disable 3rd party cookies in Firefox 2.0, here's how to do it ... How do i disable 3rd party cookies in firefox 2.0? - MozillaZine Forums

What do you want a Firefox Extension to do?

I want a Firefox Extension to ... 200 common problems solved - a whole bunch of Firefox extensions, organized by what you want to accomplish. Handy reference.

Codetech Firefox Addon: like having Dreamweaver right in your browser

Codetch | Firefox Add-ons | Mozilla Corporation - "Get the feel of Dreamweaver in a Firefox extension. Edit your documents right next to your web pages as you surf." Codetech features both WYSIWYG and code views and allows you to edit a page's code directly from the browser.

Updated and now compatible with Firefox 2.0.

Tabs Open Relative Firefox Add-on

I think the best Firefox extensions are those that fix the small things that tend to annoy on a daily basis. Tabs Open Relative | Firefox Add-ons | Mozilla Corporation is such a tool.

If you surf with lots of tabs open all the time and you've ever clicked on one or more links on a page, only to discover that you have to scroll all the way to the end of the tab bar (past all your other open tabs) to view it and this bugs you, then this extension is for you. Tabs Open Relative will open up those tabs right next to the current tab.

For example if you have three tabs open, {A}, {B} and {C}, where the current tab is {B}, and then you open three more tabs, {1}, {2} and {3}, you'll get:
{A} {B} {1} {2} {3} {C}

Now that's handy!

Getting started with user styles

If you're not yet familiar with user styles, you're really missing out on a great opportunity to have the web your way!

User styles can empower your browsing experience by letting you fix ugly sites, customize the look of your browser or mail client, or just have fun. If you use any Firefox, Flock or Thunderbird, you can get started with user styles in just 2 easy steps.

Step 1: Install the Stylish extension

Stylish extension (add-on) for Firefox and/or Thunderbird. Install and then restart Firefox.

Step 2: Head over to userstyles.org and behold the new power you have to have the web your way!

With the online repository of user styles at userstyles.org, you don't even need to know how to write styles yourself; just a couple clicks and any style you chose is applied. Most styles take effect immediately. Chose from Global Styles (apply to every page), App Styles (tweak Firefox and/or Thunderbird) or Site Styles (site-specific styles).

Want an idea of what you can do with user styles? Here are a few of the ones currently available, with more being added every day!

delicious

delicious vibes - bring the look of netvibes to delicious.

Delicious at Night - a light on dark view of delicious.

Stylish

Stylish Manager/Sidebar enabled/disabled icons - replace the default enabled checkmarks with better looking images. Clicking on the images toggles them between enabled/disabled. This has been updated to work in both the Manage Styles window, and in the Stylish Sidebar.

PDF
Red hand cursor for .pdf links - so you'll never accidentally open a pdf file!

Visited Links
Check marking visited links - on all pages, so you'll know if you've already visited any link.

Gmail

Gmail with different attachment icons - replace Gmail's default paperclip icon with the icon for the type of attachment it is (ie. zip, doc, gif etc)

Google

Dark Google - give google a dark background.

Google Reader

Google Reader for Hi-res monitors - increases only the entry's body text and leaves the rest of the UI unchanged.

Firefox:

Remove the "Go" button from Firefox 2.0 Url bar

Color the Active Tab in Firefox 2.0.

Slim Firefox GUI - this will reduce your GUI size for Firefox - (Small Statusbar is included) Easy to make your own changes to!

Combine the Reload and Stop Buttons - if the page is loading, the button is "stop", if it's fully loaded, the button displays "reload".

Display Favicons on Active Tab only - to control visual clutter, I assume.

Hide evil bad data clearing buttons - for anyone who has accidentally cleared their saved form information or passwords, this one's for you!

Move the Firefox Sidebar to the right side - in case you prefer it that way.

BoingBoing

Give BoingBoing a centered, uncluttered look.

Zotero: Citation Management Firefox Extensions

Zotero - The Next-Generation Research Tool for Firefox 2.0 only. Zotero enables automatic capture of citation information from web pages and runs right in your web browser.

Other features: flexible notetaking with autosave and playlist-like library organization, saved searches and tags.

Zotero is free and open source.

Bring killed tabs back from the dead in Firefox 2.0

Bring killed tabs back from the dead (Firefox 2.0) describes a handy keystroke command for restoring closed tabs in Firefox 2.0 (Shift+Ctrl+T on Windows)

For those that like to point and click, you can do the same anytime from History > Recently Closed Tabs where you'll get a list of recently closed tabs to chose from.

Firefox Tweak Guide

TweakGuides.com - Firefox Tweak Guide is a comprehensive guide to tweaking and customizing Firefox, from the basic, to the advanced, to the just plain cool, all up to and including the latest additions for Firefox 2.0.

An essential bookmark for anyone new to Firefox and a great read for anyone who uses it regularly, to fully understand the many ways that you can make Firefox your own.

Running Firefox 2.0 and 1.5 side by side

If you're looking for a quick and easy solution for running both Firefox 2.0 and 1.5, here's a great one - Run Firefox 2.0 and 1.5 side by side | Muffin Research Labs by Stuart Colville.

Adding New Feed Readers to Firefox 2

I've covered this topic before because I ran in to it when I starting running the earlier Firefox 2 builds, but since the feed handling in Firefox 2 is such a nice feature, I think it's worth noting again.

Adding feed readers to Firefox - straight from the Firefox folks. This article details how to add web-based and desktop feed readers and how to add a feed reader from a web application.

FireTune

FireTune is not a Firefox extension but rather a downloadable program that "tunes" Firefox depending on your computer/internet connection. You simply tell FireTune what your setup is ie: Fast Computer/Fast Connection and FireTune makes adjustments to your Firefox settings accordingly.

Note that FireTune doesn't change any core Firefox code. It works by making adjustments to browser settings - browser settings that you can view via about:config and could tweak yourself manually. FireTune just takes the best settings for different configurations and does the tweaking for you, all within a nice and user-friendly interface. Whatever adjustments are done by FireTune can be quickly and easily undone (reverts Firefox to back to default settings).

FireTune has just been updated to be fully compatible with the just released soon to be released Firefox v2.0.

Firefox 2.0 final released

Ok. Enough talk about IE7. Firefox 2.0 has gone final. Go get it! Index of /pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.

Bill's Big List of Firefox 2.0 Compatible Extensions

Word on the street is that Firefox 2.0 goes final tomorrow. I've been loving the changes to v2.0 ... except for the niggly extension compatibility issues. Bill Bercik's Directory of Firefox 2.0 Compatible Extensions puts all the v2.0 extensions in one place. Handy.

Drag de Go Firefox Extension

Drag de Go :: Firefox Extension is one of those extensions I didn't think I needed until I tried it and wondered how I surfed without it!

Simply put, once installed, Drag de Go sets up some (customizable) mouse gestures that will perform certain functions depending on the direction you click and drag and drop selected text, a link or an image.

For example, if you click, drag and drop a link in an upwards direction, it will perform a Google Search with that text. Drag down and a Save As option will appear. Drag and drop right and the Find Tool is activated with that text.

Treatment of links, text and images are each customizable with different actions. And there is more too. Too much to explain fully here!

If you love to surf with mouse gestures, this extension is definitely for you. Even if you're not sure, it's worth an install to play around with and see what it can do.

Drag de Go works with Firefox versions 1.5 - 3.0a1.

Add Digg to you Firefox Search bar

Mycroft Project: Sherlock & OpenSearch Search Engine Plugins - use the Mycroft search plugin to add Digg to your search box dropdown in Firefox.

Firefox's Memory Leak a Feature?

Debunking Another Myth: Firefox's Memory Leak Bug at Forever Geek - interesting read and some Firefox tweaks that offer the user some control over Firefox memory usage.

Gickr - make animated gifs from your Flickr photos

Gickr.com | Create animated Gifs online in seconds - a cool tool although there would be a certain amount of quality loss with the gif (I assume).

A trio of Firefox extensions worth a look

Firefox Showcase provides a new way to manage your Firefox tabs and windows by showing them as thumbnails in a single window, tab or sidebar. (Updated for Firefox 2.0)

Tidy Browser Button allows you to toggle the size of the Firefox browser between the two standard web page sizes on the internet (800 and 1024). This extension is intended to help the user keep their desktop area tidier and more productive - just with one click! This is not a webdev extension to test sites on various browser sizes. This extension is all about the workspace. (Firefox 1.5* or use Nightly Tester tools to make compatible if need be).

How'd I Get Here? I LOVE this extension! If you are a power-surfer and madly opening tabs from links by middle-clicking (guilty!), you'll soon find out that by doing so, you lose the ability to know where it was you came from. If you want to return to that page or want to know what page was the referrer, this extension is for you! Once installed, just click a button on the toolbar to go to the site that first referred you to the current site. (Firefox 1.5*)

A look at Firefox 2 (RC2)

A look at Firefox 2.0 RC2 is an in-depth look at the latest Firefox release candidate (2.0) and it's current features.

13 Firefox Extensions for Web Pros

Yet another, but not a bad list. Some good suggestions there. 33′ Rockers | 13 Great Firefox Extensions for Web Professionals

Total Validator Extension For Firefox

Total Valildator Firefox Extension is the first Firefox Extension I've been really excited about in a while. It is a great tool for designers, developers or anyone concerned about validation and accessibility issues.

Once installed, Total Validator adds an icon to your status bar. To use, simply click on the status bar icon for any page you want to check and you will be delivered a very complete report on your page, outlining html validation, broken links, compliance with accessibility guidelines and even screenshots in a wide variety of browsers.

Be sure to check the extensive checking options to set your parameters. Unfortunately, Mac OSX screenshots are only available with the Full Desktop (Paid) version, but screenshots are available for a nice selection of other browsers. About the only thing missing from this tool is CSS validation.

Total Validator is also available as a free desktop tool, for testing local pages as well as a full-featured (paid) desktop tool, which provides OSX screenshots and total site validation options.

I've installed Total Validator and taken it for a test drive. It's a great tool and a worthy install.

Fun and games Firefox Extensions

Firefox extensions aren't just about productivity and efficiency. They can be about fun and games as well! Free Software Magazine takes a look at some of the game extensions available for Firefox.

Firefox Extensions for Geeks

Macworld: Secrets: Firefox extensions for geeks is yet another list of suggested Firefox extensions, but imo, it's a pretty good one.

I learned about the Cacheout Firefox extension, described as ...
"How many times have you clicked on a link, only to find that the server was down, the page had been removed, or the site was responding too slowly? Cacheout can help you by locating a cached copy of that page (though it may be several days old). If a page doesn’t respond when you click on a link, control-click on it and select Cacheout from the contextual menu. The extension searches for and displays a cached copy of that page."

Check out the rest of the list for more suggestions.

How to add additional feed readers to Firefox v2.0

I've really been liking Firefox v2.0. All my extensions are working properly, thanks to the Nightly Tester Tools extension. The only thing that was bugging me is the new feed subscription options. See, I use Newsgator Online and it wasn't one of the options for automatic feed subscription. I looked everywhere for some place to add it, with no luck. Annoying.

So today, I decided to look for a solution. And I found it! Here's a link to instructions on how to add addtional feed readers to Firefox 2.0's feed subscription dropdown. Firefox 2.0 Tutorial: Add New RSS Readers or Change the Default Feed Reader (See bottom part of the article for complete instructions).

Note also that once you've added your reader of choice, you can go in to Firefox options (Tools->Options and select Choose Feed Reader from the General tab) to have Firefox automatically subscribe in your new reader of choice.

Manage Feeds with Firefox Live Bookmarks

Manage Your Feeds With Firefox - walks through how to set up live bookmarks to manage RSS Feeds with Firefox.

DiggThumbs Firefox Extension

DiggThumbs - Adds Website Screenshot Thumbnails to every listing on digg.com, so you can see where your going before you click on it.

The screenshots are dynamically generated by WebShotsPro, so to prevent abuse, sign-up and a token are required to use. Sign-up and use are free.

GTDGmail Firefox Extension

GTDGmail - The Firefox Extension that Combines Gmail with Getting Things Done - "integrates the highly effective methodology of "Getting Things Done" into the popular email service Gmail."

If you're not familiar with "Getting Things Done", you can read more about it on their site.

TrackMeNot Firefox Extension

Hot on the heels of the AOL search history release, comes the TrackMeNot extension for Firefox.

This extension takes a very unique approach to hiding search history. Rather than encrypt or conceal it, TrackMeNot runs in the background sending randomized search queries to popular search engines. The idea is your actual searches get lost in the bunch of random ones. Hiding in plain view.

This extension is in alpha but if you are a Firefox user concerned about search privacy, I suppose might be worth a go. Seems a bit like killing an ant with a hammer though.

Update: see more info at BoingBoing as well, particularly their update.

10 Tabbed Browsing Firefox Extensions

CyberNotes: 10 Great Firefox Extensions For Tabbed Browsing - a really great list of Firefox Extensions to make the most of Firefox tabs. Personally, I especially love Colorful Tabs. They really spruce up the screen.

Firefox Extension to customize your google experience

"CustomizeGoogle is a Firefox extension that enhances Google search results by adding extra information (like links to Yahoo, Ask Jeeves, MSN etc) and removing unwanted information (like ads and spam)".

But the CustomizeGoogle Firefox extension does more than that! You can

• anonymize your Google userid, which is no small feature given the recent AOL search history debacle.

• add links from Google to your bookmark manager.

• use a fixed font for Gmail mail bodies.

• rewrite links to point straight to the images in Google Images.

• hide the Gmail spam counter.

... and more.

Certainly a useful extension for anyone, given that most web users have a lot of daily contact with Google products.

Firefox Crop Circle

Taking Firefox evangelism to a new level, check out the photos of the Firefox Crop Circle in from Amity, Oregon! - The Fox Tales - Blog Archive - All “signs” point to Firefox

FoxyProxy

"Can't get to MySpace from school? Can't use instant messenger at work? Shhhh, don't tell. Now you can with FoxyProxy: take back your privacy"

FoxyProxy is a full featured proxy management extension for Firefox, to help get around proxies of all sorts. Turn it on and off as needed.

Comparison of Browser Javascript Speed Tests

Javascript Speed Tests for the top browsers (IE6, FIrefox 1.5 and Opera 9), shows that Opera beats everyone else ... easily. Firefox finished at the back of the pack for javascript rendering speed.

I dont' have Opera installed (perhaps I should by the looks of these results) but my own tests on my machine for Firefox and IE6 are very similar to those in the article. Interesting!

Yet Another Top Firefox Extensions for Web Professionals List

13 Great Firefox Extensions for Web Professionals is a pretty good list. I learned about the Codetech Firefox Extension, which is a Dreamweaver-like coding app that will run right in Firefox.

Two Firefox extensions missing from this list though that I would consider essential for Web Professionals are ColorZilla color picker extension (I would be lost without that one!) and of course, the quintessential Web Developer Firefox Extension, which features so many tools in one extension!

Also, some worthy newcomers to consider -

The Total Validator Firefox Extension, with one click, it can validate the html, check accessibility validation, check for broken links, perform a spell check and take a screenshot of the page!

Snapper Firefox Extension adds the capability to take screen capture of just a part of a page and save the image file.

Dummy Lipsum Firefox Extension adds a button to quickly access some lipsum page filling text.

RSS Validator Extension for Firefox to quickly and regularly check that your RSS is valid.

Finally, the View Source Chart Firefox Extension, which allows you to view a page's source code in a color formatted and nested manner, making it really easy to debug or very useful as a learning too because it is so easy to read.

ShortShip Firefox Ebay Extensions

ShortShip - sort eBay search results by total cost Previews & Screenshots - a great Firefox extension add-on for regular ebay users.

ShortShip adds a couple of columns to your ebay display screen, showing totals, including shipping and features currency conversion and sorting by, as well.

Take a walk down Firefox memory lane

CyberNotes: A Look Back At Firefox (Phoenix) 0.1 takes a look back at Firefox's roots, as Phoenix.

I was there from Phoenix 0.1 (I was always an early adopter) and despite some early version wonkiness, I always stuck with it as it advanced through the versions. Yes, I hated IE that much :)

Digg This! Firefox Toolbar Extension

mThorN - The Digg This! Firefox Toolbar Extension - adds two buttons to your main Firefox toolbar and one menu. With the toolbar buttons you can quickly go to Digg or Digg the page you are viewing.

If you prefer a bookmarklet, with similar features, you can grab this Digg This Bookmarklet.

Have Firefox Your Way

All things Firefox all on one page!

Mozilla Firefox - Have it Your Way! - a comprehensive list of "best" extensions, addon Greasemonkey scripts, modifications to Firefox's interface through userChrome.css customizations, modifications to about:config and Firefox resource lists.

Make your extensions work with Firefox 2.0

Dying to try out Firefox 2.0 but worried that all your extensions will stop working? Me too! Worry no longer and try this quick and easy way to get 2.0 and keep all (most, at least) of your extensions working!

How to enable all extensions in Firefox 2.0 - gHacks tech news

Tweak Firefox 2.0 Beta

It's not even out yet and already tweaks. But tweaks are good and of course, the ability to do so is one of the things we love about Firefox!

How To Tweak Firefox 2.0 Beta 1

Firefox Extension to submit story to new Netscape

I'm really digging (pun intented) the 'new' Netscape. It feels like a more mature Digg, with less crap to weed through (with all due respect to Digg lovers, it just never really caught on with me personally :).

I went looking for a Firefox extension to use with the new Netscape and found this one - easy story submit with just a right click - stoph - Netscape ‘Submit Story’ extension

SEO for Firefox

SEO for Firefox - a new chapter every day for this online book on SEO tecnhiques using Firefox.

Make your first Firefox Extension

Have a Firefox itch you're waiting for some extension developer to scratch? Why not make the Firefox Extension yourself?! The Wemonkey shows you how!

Your First Firefox Extension

Firefox Cheatsheet

Mozilla Firefox Cheat Sheet - lists a bunch of handy keyboard shortcuts for common Firefox options, as well as a listing of where particular files are stored in Firefox and some tips and tricks. A worthy bookmark for any Firefox user.

Convert Firefox Extension for use in Flock

Techie buzz, know your technology head on - Use Firefox extensions in Flock Browser - a pretty easy how-to, if you'd like to give Flock a whirl but think you might miss all those handy extensions.

A couple of new Firefox Extensions for Backup

A while back I noticed my Firefox install getting a little buggy. Perhaps too many extensions installed/uninstalled or something. I thought about a fresh profile start but what a headache installing all the extensions I use regularly again. Enter FEBE - FEBE Firefox Extension and CLEO - offering to package up all my extensions (and preferences/bookmarks etc) for me in one neat little bunch. Time for a fresh Firefox profile!

Screen Grab Firefox Extensions

I've been waiting for this for a long time! A Screen Grab Firefox extension - perfect for keeping a file for inspirational designs etc., methinks.

Screen grab! Firefox Extension

Firefox Extension Round-up

So many Firefox Extensions, so little time to find them and figure out if they are the one you are looking for.
Enter I want a Firefox Extension to ... 200 common problems solved : eConsultant - which organizes extensions by what it is you want to do. Handy.

Copy as HTML Link Extension for Firefox

Copy as HTML Link for Firefox - Justinsomnia - a handy, dandy Firefox extension, especially for bloggers (of any flavour).

Drag and Drop Upload Firefox Extension

Drag And Drop Upload field - this firefox extension gives drag and drop functionality to an upload filed. Useful for flickr, blogging programs and more!

50 Best Firefox Extensions for Power Surfing

Firefox.hk - Blog Archive - 50 Best Firefox Extensions for Power Surfing is a nice list and worth a look to see if there's anything we might be missing!

How to test Firefox nightlies without messing up your current install

What You Need To Know To Be A Firefox Nightly Tester - what to download and how to install it without affecting your current install. Timely info with Firefox 2.0 Alpha 2 just released!

Firefox 2 Alpha Review

a nice Firefox Alpha Review, including an interesting note that it is code-named after Bon Echo Provincial Park, right in my own backyard. Cool!

Looks like some nice features heading our way soon (or now if you're adventurous ;)

Firebug Firefox Extension

FireBug :: Extension for Firefox - "FireBug lets you explore the far corners of the DOM by keyboard or mouse. All of the tools you need to poke, prod, and monitor your JavaScript, CSS, HTML and Ajax are brought together into one seamless experience, including an error console, command line, and a variety of fun inspectors."

A valuable tool for web developers, for sure!

Greasemonkey Bloglines Fix

Greasemonkey Script to fix Atom display in Bloglines - gotta love the monkey.

Greasemonkey Google Dark

Google Dark - see the Google start page in fashionable black by using a greasemonkey script.

Optimizing Firefox

Optimizing Firefox - some good suggestions and ideas here.

Duplicating a Firefox Profile between computers.

Duplicating your Firefox profile at Forever Geek - as someone who uses firefox on 3 computers regularly, I'm grateful to find this how-to information.

Lightening Calendar Project for Thunderbird

The Lightning Project - Integrated Calendar for Thunderbird 1.5 releases it's first official version. I've already installed it and it looks great. Probably not quite ready for prime time so I won't be moving any thing really important in to it just yet, but looking forward to seeing it develop so I can ditch Outlook for good ;)

Greased Lightbox

greased lightbox / shifting pixel / joe lencioni - very cool and will convince you to install Greasemonkey, if you haven't done it yet!

Skatter Tech How To Block Fasterfox Requests - I remember the concern about bandwidth when the Fasterfox Firefox Extension was first released. Nice to see the developers have responded to this by allowing webmasters to block Fasterfox on a site-by-site/directory-by-directory way.

BugMeNot Firefox Extension Updated

roachfiend.com BugMeNot extension for Firefox has been updated and is now compatible with bugmenot.com.

MozBackup

MozBackup - A utility for creating backups of Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Suite and Netscape profiles. At last! No more copying profile files to a separate folder.

Removing Dotted Links in Firefox

SonSpring | Removing Dotted Links - this has bugged me for so long! The CSS tip is a good one, if you're not concerned with validation. At the very least, the simple hack to Firefox means you won't have to look at them anymore. I've made mine disappear.

Web Developer Extension Goes 1.0

Web Developer Extension - version 1.0 now available, with some nice additions. A must have extension.

Aardvark Firefox Extension

Aardvark Firefox Extension - a nice webdev add-on for Firefox as well as having a few extra goodies that might appeal to anyone. Remove unwanted page elements prior to printing, for example. Hover over page elements and Aardvark with show the relevant class/id or easily view the source code of the various elements. A worthy extension install!

IE Tab Extension for Firefox

IE Tab - extensions to switch to Internet Explorer from Firefox are not new but this one is different. IE Tab opens IE in a Firefox tab! Needless to say, this makes cross-browser testing a whole lot easier!

Stop Firefox Popups

Stop Firefox popups - a handy firefox tip, that I obviously missed back when it was first published. If you're having the odd pop-up in Firefox, this might be the way to stop it!

Colorful Tabs

Mozilla Update :: Extensions :: Colorful Tabs - Brighten up your Firefox!

Be a Firefox Power User

Macworld: Feature: The power user's guide to Firefox - how to text Firefox use to the next level.

Firefox Tweak Guide

TweakGuides.com - Firefox Tweak Guide - recently updated with the latest and greatest tweaks and tips for the Firefox browser.

Relocate your Firefox tabs

Move the tabbar (Firefox) - MozillaZine Knowledge Base - take your Firefox tabs and put them on the side or bottom of your screen.

ReminderFox

I've been waiting for this one! A simple Firefox add-on that reminds me to do things that I'm apt for have forgotten otherwise. Finally! ReminderFox Extension for Firefox.

IE Tab Extension

Embedded IE Tab Extension - replaces the IEview extension which would open a link in IE. This new one brings IE to Firefox! Cool!

Firefox Extensions

It's been a while since I've had to write a research paper, but if I had to, I'd be all over this extension! Research Buddy Firefox Extension.

Speaking of Firefox Extensions, here a a few of my current favourites:
Edit CSS - for Firefox and Thunderbird.
ColorZilla
Minimize to Tray
Forecast Fox (formerly WeatherFox)
Web Developer
Diggler
Foxylicious
LiveLines
Spellbound

One I'm going to try:
Bookmarks Home

Optimizing Mozilla Firebird

Geek Style: Optimizing Mozilla Firebird - nice performance boost by changing a few FB preferences.

A couple of nice new Firebird/Mozilla Extensions

Update 01 13 04: Charles has posted a nice write-up of getting the spellchecker working in Firebird here, so head on over there and install this. It's a great addition to Firebird! Thanks Charles.

The Firebird extension I've been waiting for! Spellchecker Extension. It's in early development but it works nicely. There is a thread at the Mozillazine Forums that you can refer to, or follow the link above for a good "how-to".

Spellchecker will work in any text entry box. Access via the right click context menu.

And via Mozillazine, the Launchy Extension, for Mozilla and Firebird, which also adds options to the right click context menu to open up links in a number of other applications.

Cute Menus for Firebird

The context menus in Firebird never bothered me . . . until I saw how they looked with Cute Menus! Now available in v0.2. Supports Firebird and I think Mozilla now, as well. The default install uses the Qute icons. There are a number of other people working on alternate themes. See this thread on Mozillazine Forums.

Introduction to Mozilla Firebird

Nidelven IT - Introduction to Mozilla Firebird, part 1 (installation). Two new parts added - Extensions and History.

Spoofing IE in Firebird

Things that make me go "HAH!" . . . Nothing drives me crazier than surfing along very happily with Firebird and then coming across a site that doesn't display properly in Firebird (a "made for IE" design). There are a couple of blogs that I read that are virtually unreadable in Firebird. Needless to say, I haven't actually "read" them in awhile. (Interestingly, both of them use Linkware templates, but don't get me started on "designers" that don't test cross-browser ;) In any event, today I found this thread on the Firebird forums. Note particularly the 11th entry in the thread from "Mike", who offers a link, bookmarklet code and instructions on how to Spoof IE in Firebird. Using FireBird on IE only sites?? - MozillaZine Forums. I've had a go with it and the aforementioned, formerly mangled blogs now display properly in Firebird with a simple click on the bookmarklet. HAH!


P.S. If I understand correctly how this works, it doesn't "fake" IE in Firebird (like User Agent Switching), it actually IS IE, just displayed within Firebird.


Added later: I just came across this new Extension for Mozilla/Firebird - "View in IE" which adds an item to the context menu to view the page in IE. This extension will actually fire up IE browser and display the current page in that browser as opposed to the first option which will display within Firebird.

Thundertray 0.6

Thundertray 0.6 Beta - "Thundertray is a tiny application that allows you to launch and minimize the Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail client from the Windows system tray." Handy. It would be nice to see this as a Thunderbird Extension.

Edit CSS for Mozilla Firebird

If you love the Edit Style Bookmarklet and you're a Mozilla Firebird user, then go grab the new Edit CSS Extension. Works just like the bookmarklet (which lets you modify the currently loaded page's styles), except the style sheet opens in a sidebar. Nice!

Thunderbird Mail Modified Theme

Modified Qute Theme for Mozilla Thunderbird - with instructions to do it in two minutes or less. And it's very nice!

The Extension Room

Extension Room :: Extensions - for Mozilla, Firebird and now Thunderbird!

Aggreg8

If you are a Mozilla/Phoenix user, you might be interested in Aggreg8. Just out as a .1 release, Aggreg8 is an RSS Aggregator that integrates into the Moz/Phoenix browser. While features are limited in this release, I love the idea of browser integration. Right now, the program features are limited. It only shows post excerpts right now but it does allow for subscriptions to be categorized. Even at .1, it's a handy way to check quickly on a number of reads without opening another program.

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