Firefox extension

I have been using PLURK for a while and surprisingly there are no good Firefox extensions available for it. Twitter has TwitterFox and many others extensions. This has largely to do with the fact that Plurk does not have an official API yet, unlike Twitter. I’ve taken the initiative to come up with a Firefox extension for [...]

All platforms with Firefox: Just posted an update to the Better Flickr Firefox extension, a long-neglected compilation of Flickr Greasemonkey user scripts. The new version 0.3 adds Firefox 3 support, and two user scripts, including Jason Rhyley’s Photo Page Enhancer and Thumbnail Page Enhancer. It’s also got a shiny new icon, and now runs the [...]

Del.icio.us finally has released their firefox 3 extension.They’ve incorporated many fixes and refinements into the final release, and they are planning to release more features on a regular basis.Here is the features of this del.icio.us firefox extension: Jump to Tag feature (press F2) allows you to quickly access tags and bookmarks using the keyboard New layout for saving bookmark

What it doesLong urls are bothersome. That's something we all know. Luckily we've got apps like Shrinkify which chop those winding urls down to size. Of course, you're probably thinking that you've seen this done a thousand and one times before. However, Shrinkify isn't your run of the mill url clipper. It's actually a Firefox [...]

News: 24-05-2008: Wot no guitarz!!! TableTools sorts, filters or copies any HTML table. Two filtering modes supported: select filtering (each column has one drop down menu allowing you to select a certain value); search filtering (each column has one search box allowing you to sort tables on web pages... how cool is that! This is a content summary only. Visit Truth In Shredding to find out more

Youtube Viewer is an add-on for Firefox that allows you to watch your favorite YouTube videos directly without going to YouTube site. The working is simple after installation; launch it by going to Tools – YouTube Viewer. Type the search terms in the “Search for” text field and press Search button. The list of matching videos will be populated in the list box on the left. Select a video and press ENTER or double click on it. The video is loaded in the Video panel. Even though this add-on is an experimental one, its working is fine.Installation:1. Download and save it on your computer.2. Start Firefox – select ‘File menu’ – select ‘Open File’ and open the saved Youtube Viewer fileA Software Installation dialog will appear. Select Install Now to start the installation.3. Th

Adsense Notifier displays your Adsense earnings on the Firefox statusbar and automates the login process to Google Adsense. It allows you to easily see your earnings at a glance instead of logging into the Adsense website multiple times a day. Adsense Notifier simply shows your adsense stats on the status bar and updates the stats automatically. To access your options, middle (or CTRL) click the

Flash Video Resources Downloader is an extension to Firefox like the old Video Downloader that allows you to download video that you’re watching. This utility Works with YouTube, AOL Video, DailyMotion, FileCabinet, Google Video MetaCafe, MySpaceTV and other 43 video sites.This extension adds to the status bar of Firefox a small blue icon. When you enter a video site like YouTube and want to download the video you are watching, simply click on the icon. A new tab opens in which you can view the URL of the video and a download button. Click the button "Get Video" to download.(source)

GridFox is a Firefox extension that overlays a grid on any website. The plugin is extremely simple to use. Once you have it installed, just right-click on any website and go the the the GridFox menu. From here you can display your current grid, or go to options to customize it to fit your website. Grid-based [...]

If you are a firefox extension developer or planning to be one, here's some good news for you. Mozilla has introduced a JavaScript Library to simplify many of your most common tasks. Named as 'FUEL' this JavaScript Library is designed to help developers build extensions using terminology and interfaces that are familiar to them. It is new in Firefox 3 and will be backported to Firefox 2 as well.To quote Mozilla Dev CenterFUEL is about making it easier for extension developers to be productive, by minimizing some of the XPCOM formality and adding some "modern" JavaScript ideas. We want to start with areas that will provide the most benefit.Find out more here ..

Until recently, I was not a big fan of Twitter as I found the idea of shouting tweets totally absurd. But soon I realized that Twitter is more than just a social friend activity notifier. It can get really addictive and is also very fun to use. First I started off using Twitter for Google Chat [...]

The Update Scanner Firefox extension monitors web sites and alerts you whenever the site updates its content. This tool is useful for sites that don't have RSS feeds. For example, many company job pages or pages on sites you'd like to know have changed for whatever reason (competitor's site, make sure no one is changing your site, etc...) You can adjust scanning intervals and "change thresholds" so insignificant changes are ignored. A free plug in from Firefox. Stacynu

Well seen as though we were talking about breaking passwords, here’s a tool for Firefox to help you manage your more secure passwords. Better security without bursting your brain Password Hasher is a Firefox security extension for generating site-specific strong passwords from one (or a few) master key(s). What good security practice demands: Strong passwords that are hard to guess. Different passwords at each site. Periodically changing existing passwords. Why you probably aren’t practicing good security: Strong passwords are difficult to remember. Juggling a multitude of passwords is a pain. Updating passwords compounds the memorization problem. How Password Hasher helps: Strong passwords are automatically generated.The same master key produces different passwords at many sites.

Suddenly i was browsing on Google Labs and found Google Browser Sync - a Firefox Extension. Got interest to try it out. Here is a little overview on Google Browser Sync.After clicking on the "browsersync.xpi" you will be redirected to Install the Firefox Extension from this Google Labs page. And after you are done installing the Browser will be restarted and will ask for your Google Account Information to Login and a Security PIN to choose for the 1st time ever you install in your any system.Google Browser Sync for Firefox could save Cookies, Saved Passwords, Bookmarks, History, Tabs and Windows with 2 options - Store and Encrypt.After configuring the Google Browser Sync of Firefox properly. If you close your Firefox browser and Restart again. Then you will face a prompt says whether you are interested to Restore the Last Session or not?And if you chose to Restore the pages then those selective pages are restored with their saved sessions and appears as below:Limitations:Google Browse

Do you spend too much time when you’re browsing? The Timetracker firefox extension can keep track of how much you browse. Features: - Tracks browsing time across sessions - Reset counter (new! right click on the clock and click Reset) - Pauses automatically when you stop browsing - Pause toggle (per Window) - List ‘work’ sites that should not count - Animated clock - Tooltip showing total time today, since last reset and since installing. Related Posts:Smart Digg Button (Firefox Extension) Firefox Extension to Download Files via Torrent The Site can Steal Your Browser History

click to enlargeThumbStrip, get it?Is A Firefox extension that creates a filmstrip of thumbnails so you can see your history, and stop guessing at page names in the history sidebar. You can even share your ThumbStrips! It installs like any other Firefox extension you only just need to accept the EULA first. (If you aren’t familiar with Firefox extensions, just click the link, then click “install now” when it appears. Installations take a few seconds, then restart Firefox to get going). System Requirements:Firefox 2.0 or later, PC or Mac. Download here Source & Image:innovation lab

Wyzo is a new company with two products. The Wyzo browser is built on the Firefox core and comes with a BitTorrent plug-in called FireTorrent built in. For those not interested in a separate browser, a standalone version of FireTorrent is available for Firefox. The primary target audience for Wyzo is people who don’t already use BitTorrent. The Wyzo team don’t anticipate that the product will be appealing to heavy BitTorrent users. Instead the company is focused on reaching out to those users that don’t know what BitTorrent is or how to install a Firefox extension by offering them a standalone browser where everything is already set up and working for them. (more…) Share This

Firefox Extension Backup Extension è un plugin per il browser Firefox che consente di poter effettuare il backup dei componenti aggiuntivi. A volte a causa di crash di sistema di possono verificare perdite di dati, che possono essere a volte normali, ma a volte critici, in questo caso sono frequenti le volte in cui è possibile perdere componenti importanti del nostro sistema. Grazie a Firefox Extension Backup Extension invece potrete effettuare il backup di qualsiasi cosa che è all’interno di firefox, come potete vedere dallo screenshot soprastante le opzioni di scelta sono davvero molte. A mio avviso è d’obbligo per chiunque usa Firefox. Technorati Tags: Browser, Firefox, Mozilla, Plugin, Addons, Backup

The process of installation of any Mozilla Firefox extension is very simple.There is no need for the user of Mozilla Firefox to perform the installation process of the Firefox extension manually after downloading the same. All one has to do is start the download of the Mozilla Firefox extension. Before the download process starts, the user will be asked whether he or she wants to go ahead with the installation of the Mozilla Firefox extension. Mozilla Firefox will also inform the user to ensure that the Mozilla Firefox extension is a safe one to use. Having given adequate warning to the user and sufficient opportunities to cancel the installation of a malicious Firefox extension on the computer, Mozilla Firefox goes ahead and installs the Firefox extension into the web browser. Once the download of the Mozilla Firefox extension is completed, it is automatically installed in the computer. Once the installation of the Mozilla Firefox extension is complete, all the user has to do is t

En Firefox cada extensión y tema tiene un GUID que lo identifica. Un GUID (Globally Unique Identifier) es un número seudo aleatorio en base a una formula que genera un número que es muy poco probable que se repita y es por ello que es utilizado en aplicaciones de software como identificador.Para el caso de desarrollar una extensión o tema para Firefox se necesita sí o sí generar un GUID. Para obtener uno existen varios generadores, de los cuales les dejo dos enlaces a continuación:Firefox Extension/Theme GUID GeneratorGUID Generator Web Service

At the outset, this may seem like a very stupid question. However, it is important to realize that there are many end users of the Firefox web browsing software who are amateur enough that they do not know the distinction between a Firefox theme and a Firefox extension. The reason why some end users of the Firefox web browsing software application do not know the distinction between Firefox themes and Firefox extensions is the fact that these end users have a preconceived notion that they will not succeed in undestanding what Firefox themes and Firefox extensions are all about.However, it is not for the Firefox community to judge the attitudes and perceptions of the end users of the Firefox web browsing software application. That is why given below are certain basic points distinctions between Firefox extensions and Firefox themes.The most important point of distinction between Firefox themes and Firefox extensions is their purpose. A Firefox theme is designed to alter the appearance o

The Greasemonkey Firefox extension is one of the most popular Firefox extensions of all times. However, there are many end users of the Firefox web browsing software application who find the Greasemonkey Firefox extension to be too complex for their requirements. That is not to say that the Grease monkey Firefox extension is not good. It is just that the requirements of some end users of the Firefox web browsing software application are so simple that the end users do not require Firefox extension as complex as the Greasemonkey Firefox extension.They are many end users of the Firefox web browsing software application who desire a Firefox extension that will help them alter the visual appearance of the web sites that they visit. Simply put, there are many end users of the Firefox web browsing software application who detest visiting some websites simply due to the fact that the web sites are so ugly to look at. There are many persons who are of the opinion that the homepage of the

The popularity enjoyed by the Firefox extension feature can be understood from the fact that there is an extension available on the internet today that performs the task of managing all the Firefox extensions installed into the Firefox web browsing software application. The fact that people have found the need to create a Firefox extension designed solely to manage all Firefox extension, themes, plug-ins and add-ons speaks volumes of the popularity of the feature with all the end users of the Firefox web browsing software application. Each and every aspect of the Firefox extension feature is simply perfect. However, many users have complained about the fact that they have to restart the Firefox web browsing software application after installing a Firefox extension. Just as other web browsing software applications that are integrated into the operating system require the end user to reboot the computer as a whole, the Firefox web browsing software application requires the restart of

There are various measures available on the internet that educate the end user of the Firefox web browsing software application and enable them to solve the problems resulting from the installation of an errant Firefox extension on their computer. If any end user discovers that the functioning of the Firefox web browsing software application had changed for the bad after the installation of a particular Firefox extension or a particular Firefox theme, the best option available to the end users was to do uninstall that particular Firefox extension or that particular Firefox theme.If the Firefox web browsing software applications starts despite the errant Firefox extension or Firefox theme, the whole process of getting the Firefox web browser software application back on track was very simple. The problem becomes complicated only when the Firefox web browsing software applications refuses to load. If the Firefox web browsing software application does not load despite repeated attempts

Lorelle on Wordpress has put together a meta-list. Instead of just listing her favorite Firefox extensions, she’s created a huge list of such lists. If you’re a Firefoxian like me, this could kill a bunch of your time.  I decided to point this out explicitly rather than just tag it for my linkblog (there’s new interesting stuff there pretty much daily… you are reading it, right?)