You’ve probably heard of Ubiquity by now. It was causing quite a buzz a few days ago before Google Chrome came along and stole all of its thunder. Ubiquity is an experimental Firefox extension that bills itself as “a powerful new way to interact with the web.” One way to describe Ubiquity that gives…

Photo by Marloes Most people are unexceptional at following up: it sounds obvious, but it shouldn’t be this way, because followup (I spell it as a single word) is key to combining smaller achievements into bigger ones. Actively following up on conversation is also a trait of people who’re successful, focused, and relentless about living…

I’ve experienced 100s of Firefox add-ons, and have whittled them down to about two dozen I use on a regular basis — even out of these, I have favorites. Here are 4 I find both casually enjoyable and sheerly indispensable; I hope they add value to your browsing. Even if you’ve heard of them before…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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!

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…