Posts Tagged ‘firefox’

Shorten & Personalize Your Firefox Menu Toolbar

We mentioned a way to do this in the article, One Firefox Toolbar to Rule Them All, here at Lifehack, but this extension makes things a little simpler when it comes to just altering the menu bar.

The Personal Menu Firefox extension works in a similar manner to Tiny Menu, which puts all the menus [File, Edit Bookmarks etc] under one parent menu. However, Personal Menu has a few… » Continue

June 12 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: extension, extensions, firefox | 3 comments»

17 Firefox Extensions That Make Blogging Easy

The great thing about the Firefox browser is when you have a problem, there is usually a solution in the form of an extension. As a blog writer, I’ve been using a few that smooth out the experience and get rid of a few annoyances.

Here are a few suggestions.

Collecting

Google Notebook - Highlight the content you want to save, Note it with this extension. You can organize different… » Continue

June 1 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: blogging, extensions, firefox, writer | 115 comments»

One Firefox Toolbar to Rule Them All

If you’re like me, the first thing you started doing when you downloaded the Firefox browser was start customizing the look and feel to suit yourself.

Since then I have continually made changes, added new extensions and improvements that I thought would improve my productivity.

A goal early on was putting everything that I used into one toolbar so to maximize screen space. Here is what I’ve done so I only… » Continue

May 20 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: firefox | 14 comments»

15 Coolest Firefox Tricks Ever

Everybody’s favorite open-source browser, Firefox, is great right out of the box. And by adding some of the awesome extensions available out there, the browser just gets better and better.

But look under the hood, and there are a bunch of hidden (and some not-so-secret) tips and tricks available that will crank Firefox up and pimp your browser. Make it faster, cooler, more efficient. Get to be a Jedi master… » Continue

May 11 2007 | By Leo | Tagged: firefox, internet, online, shortcuts, Technology | 327 comments»

Firefox Extensions - Snap Links

If you’ve ever come to a page with a series of links you want to hit all at once, Snap Links is for you.

Just draw a box around the links you want, and Snap Links will open each one in a different tab. Simple and intuitive.

Snap Links Firefox Extensions is an Amazing Time Saver! - [CybernetNews]

Download - [Mozilla] Via - [Tweako]… » Continue

May 7 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: extension, extensions, firefox | 4 comments»

Digg Like A Pro with Firefox & Greasemonkey

The ‘democratic’ news site, Digg, is a great way to share interesting items as well as keeping track of what’s making waves around the net.

Naturally, once you get into the process - creating Diggs, digging Dugg stories etc - you want to make things easier and quicker. Here are a few Firefox extensions and Greasemonkey scripts that work well to do so.

Firefox Extensions

Netscape’s Digg Tracker -… » Continue

May 3 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: digg, firefox, greasemonkey | 1 comment»

Top 10 Firefox Extensions to Avoid

A few weeks ago we posted the top 10 Firefox extensions to improve your productivity. Today Computer World did a reverse post that lists ten Firefox extensions you should not use. I find the post interesting because it gives some extremely convincing arguments against many of the extensions that people commonly have on their top 10 Firefox extensions lists.

Popularity shouldn’t be the acid test to determine… » Continue

April 10 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: extensions, firefox, Technology | 10 comments»

Getting Free of Google’s Grip: The 10 Top Alternatives

Last week I wrote an apparently controversial article on how I do my work completely online and why the operating system I use is no longer relevant: Firefox OS: Why My Hard Drive and Software are Obsolete.

In the many comments that followed, I was accused of being a Google fanboy, because I use so many Google apps: Gmail, Gcal, Google Reader, Picasa, Google Homepage and more… » Continue

April 9 2007 | By Leo | Tagged: firefox, google, internet, online, Technology | 23 comments»

Firefox OS: Why My Hard Drive & Software are Obsolete

While the debate of Windows v. Mac v. Linux rages on, at times rising to a roar in certain circles, I meekly raise my hand and offer a newly emerging fourth choice: none of these operating systems really matter anymore.

Why not? Because for writers like me, and for many others, all the software and storage space you really need is now online. All that matters is that you have… » Continue

April 2 2007 | By Leo | Tagged: application, firefox, google, internet, Productivity | 239 comments»

Turn any web page into a white board with Firedoodle

Firedoodle is a Firefox extension that adds white board functionality to any website. Firedoodle is extremely versatile. Check out the description below and the Youtube video explaining and demonstrating how to use Firedoodle.

When you install Firedoodle, you add a whiteboard to every web page you visit using the Firefox Browser. This is great for reviews, jotting ideas, or just goofing off. You can also mark your… » Continue

March 22 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: extension, firedoodle, firefox, Technology | 2 comments»

Top 10 Greasemonkey scripts to improve your productivity

Two weeks ago we covered the top 10 Firefox extensions to improve your productivity. Similarly, the powerful Greasemonkey extension (with the help of Stylish) can do wonders for your productivity, as well. You can accomplish many of the tasks that the Greasemonkey scripts below can do with various Firefox extensions. However, if you prefer to keep your list of extensions short (and to help conserve… » Continue

March 21 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: extension, firefox, greasemonkey, script, software | 71 comments»

Top 10 Firefox Extensions to Improve your Productivity

Firefox is the browser of dreams for many people (myself included). One of the great perks of Firefox is that there are tons of extensions that enhance the functionality of the browser. With over 1500 extensions in existence, there are many that can be used to improve your productivity. The following is my take on the top 10 extensions that will keep you focused, reduce… » Continue

March 7 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: extension, firefox, software | 171 comments»

Search, Add & Organize with Firefox Smart Keywords

Firefox has a handy feature that allows you to use your address bar as a dialog box to a search. When you find yourself repeatedly searching a particular site you might as well just search in your address bar from any page, right?

For instance, by default, Firefox uses the address bar to search Google’s I Feel Lucky search, but you can create your own.

At a search dialog all you… » Continue

February 7 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: firefox, keywords, search | 5 comments»

Quick tip: Mouseless browsing in Firefox

In a follow up to his post yesterday about how to navigate Outlook without using the mouse, The Cranking Widgets Blog posted a list of useful keyboard shortcuts to browse the Web using Firefox without using the mouse. The following are the most useful and the most commonly used, in my opinion:

Put the Cursor in the Address Bar: Ctrl+L
Put the Cursor in the

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February 2 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: firefox, Productivity, shortcuts | 6 comments»

GTD for Firefox

ReminderFox is a Firefox extension that adds a scheduler and to-do list manager to Firefox. ReminderFox sits in the bottom corner of Firefox and lets you manage your to-do list, and it displays any reminders you set. Although it has an alarm and calendar built in, ReminderFox is not meant to replace your existing calendaring system. I find it very useful for giving yourself daily reminders… » Continue

January 17 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: firefox, reminder, software, todo | 2 comments»

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