April 11th, 2008 |
by Sarah Perez |
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Firefox
Sometimes it’s the little things that make me happy - like the ability to skin my Firefox browser, for example. I’ve been enjoying the Personas for Firefox extension since it came out back in December of last year. The extension adds dynamic theming to Firefox, which lets you choose from a variety of built-in […]
March 12th, 2008 |
by Sarah Perez |
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Firefox, Twitter, Useful
A service called Awesome Highlighter lets you markup web sites by highlighting text on the pages. You can choose from four different highlighter colors: yellow, blue, green, or red. The highlighted pages can then be saved to your account or shared with friends using a TinyURL-like shortened URL. You can use the service by […]
February 26th, 2008 |
by Sarah Perez |
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Digg, Firefox
I just discovered the Digg Firefox extension today thanks to…well, thanks to a story on Digg! Since I’m all into Digg right now, I had to check it out. The extension lets you see whether or not the webpage you’re on has been submitted to Digg, and, if it hasn’t, you can submit it. […]
February 13th, 2008 |
by Sarah Perez |
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Firefox, Google, RSS
For fans of Google Reader, Lifehacker has introduced a Firefox extension you’re sure to love: Better GReader. The extension rolls up several Greasemonkey scripts that tweak the popular the online app into doing more. The extension offers adjustments like tweaking the max viewing area, skipping Google’s default subscribe mechanism, and adding keyboard shortcuts. You […]
February 1st, 2008 |
by Sarah Perez |
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Firefox, Google
gDocsBar is a sidebar extension for Firefox and a perfect companion for users of Google Docs. With gDocsBar, you can drag-and-drop multiple files into the sidebar to upload documents to the Google Docs service. You can also search your docs and filter them right from the sidebar. gDocsBar sends your Gmail credentials to […]
January 30th, 2008 |
by Sarah Perez |
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Bookmarking, Firefox
The Shareaholic Firefox add-on is an extension that adds a menu to Firefox that lets you submit web pages you find on the net to several different bookmarking sites or social networks with just a click or two. Some of the sites you can submit your link to include digg, del.icio.us, facebook, friendfeed, Google […]
January 23rd, 2008 |
by Sarah Perez |
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Firefox, Useful
OK, they probably aren’t secret, but when I saw this list I was really amazed. I thought to myself, how could I have used Firefox all these years and not known about all of these?!! I new the new tab and full screen shortcuts, but certainly not Ctrl + K. Anyway, I’m betting that […]
January 6th, 2008 |
by Sarah Perez |
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Firefox
Here’s another Firefox extension that bloggers are sure to love: the AutoCopy Firefox extension lets you select text and have it automatically copied to your clipboard, no Ctrl + C necessary. The option to “Paste on Middle Click” bypasses the Ctrl + V option, too. If you left-click on the Autocopy statusbar button, you […]
December 17th, 2007 |
by Sarah Perez |
published in
Firefox
This weekend, Mozilla Labs released a new Firefox extension, “Personas for Firefox.” This browser add-on gives you the ability to quickly apply different themes to your Firefox browser. Personas hopes to address several issues with the current process involved with theming your browser, including that fact that themes are too hard to find, install, […]
November 29th, 2007 |
by Sarah Perez |
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Firefox, Twitter
Yes, it’s another Twitter post. Couldn’t resist! (By the way, if you are in love with Twitter, too, I have a Twitter feed of all the Twitter news I read here).
Twitterbar: With the Twitterbar Firefox add-on, you can post to Twitter from your address bar. You just click the icon that sits to the […]