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 themes, [...]
Social media maven, Corvida (who, by the way has a new URL: http://shegeeks.net/, learn why here) twittered to me today about gReader comments. I just had to laugh because I’ve had the exact page she referred me to open in my Firefox browser for days. That’s how I remember what I want to blog about. [...]
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. If [...]
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 can [...]
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 Google directly [...]
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 Bookmarks, [...]
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 if [...]
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 can [...]
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, and [...]
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