Tag Archive for 'Firefox'

Firefox Extensions I Can’t Live Without

Mozilla FirefoxAdblock Plus

I think everyone has this on their list. Adblocking is a definite must-have.

Auto Copy

This copies selected text to the clipboard automatically, I’ve had this extension for so long I find it really annoying to use a Firefox install without this feature.

CustomizeGoogle

Removes Google ads and such-like but one of the coolest features of CustomizeGoogle is it allows you to stream search results, this means it will download a page of results, then as you scroll to the bottom it will download some more. So you just scroll till you find what you’re looking for. Genius..

Google Browser Sync

I have a few different machines and a whole bunch of bookmarks, settings and saved passwords etc. Google Browser Sync allows me to keep all my machines up to date with my latest bookmarks, very handy indeed.

Smart Bookmarks Bar

This extension removes the labels from the bookmarks on the bookmarks toolbar just leaving the favicons, this is mainly a space saver. I always move the bookmarks toolbar to the right of the File/Edit…/Help menus so having no labels next to the bookmarks there saves even more space and looks pretty neat too.

Fission

Another space saving extension, this time meaning you can remove the status bar at the bottom of the browser for that little bit extra screen real-estate. The address of a link and the loading bar appears within the address bar, similar to Safari.

Tab Clicking Options

This is another extension I’ve had for so long I can’t not have it now, I’ve got it set so that double-clicking on a tab closes it. I’ve just done it that way for years and I can’t browse without it.

Tabbrowser Preferences

Yet another too set in my ways to change. This extensions adds a bunch more options to the standard

Tabs Open Relative

This should be default behaviour in Firefox. This means when you open a new tab or middle-click a link within a page to open a new tab it opens to the right of the currently selected tab, as opposed to opening at the far right of the tab bar. I usually have quite a few tabs open and this extension means all the tabs from a particular activity are kept together, it makes browsing a lot easier.

Unfortunately because a couple of these aren’t yet supported for Firefox 3beta, I haven’t upgraded yet although Firefox 3 is looking very nice. I participated in a recent test day. They ask you to download the most recent nightly build and do a bunch of different things to test the browser, then you report back via a web page if everything happens the way it should or if you encounter errors. I didn’t have any issues with the tests I did - which is a good thing but as they say, a successful test is one that finds a fault.

Zemanta

Source: WikipediaI am writing this entry to test Zemanta - it’s an extension for WordPress and other blogging platforms which automagically suggests images (from Flickr) and links to related articles on whatever you’re writing about. Seems like pretty clever stuff to me. It’s a very simple install, no messing about with WordPress plugin installs, it’s just a Firefox extension.. So after writing 300 characters it goes and looks for suggestions or you can force it to look for suggestions. At the bottom it comes up with suggested links and tags, when I click “Apply All” it added links to Zemanta and WordPress above all by itself. That’s pretty neat. It has found some related articles, such as the one on Techcrunch from which I found Zemanta in the first place. Clicking it makes that “Related articles” box down there appear. And now let’s add an image. There it is over on the right, simple! This post is officially Zemified!!