Weve put together a list of 30+ must-have Firefox 3 extensions that we know youll enjoy, whether youve upgraded to Firefox 3 and are looking for something new to add to your browser, or have yet to make the upgrade and are looking for a reason.
Update Notifier - You’ve been adding all these extensions, but it’s easy to forget to check to see when they’ve been updated. This puts the notifications out front where it’s easy to keep track of them.
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When Mozilla vice president of engineering Mike Schroepfer visited us in May, he addressed the critical balance between a fast and light browser and a slow but feature-rich one by claiming Firefox 3s extension system enabled his team to take a hands-off approach.
One of Firefox’s most unique and powerful assets is its ability to install third-party add-ons. When Mozilla vice president of engineering Mike Schroepfer visited us in May, he addressed the critical balance between a fast and…
Beta version of PDF import extension for OpenOffice.org is now available online. Fully functional version, special features like importing layout of LaTeX PDF or import of complex vector graphics, will appear later. The preliminary version of this extension allows to open and edit PDF documents up to version 1.4.
OpenOffice.org developers claim that next releases of the PDF import extension will focus mainly on edit capatibilities, and less on layout. This will allow to open and edit PDF documents using Writer. This is probably good idea. There are other…
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Firefox can be extended to do just about anything you want, so why not have it help you with your web development and design? Weve got a dozen suggestions to get you started down the road of turning Firefox into a powerful design and development tool in your arsenal.
SEOforFriefox - Adds information to your Yahoo and Google searches giving you instant knowledge of the site’s standings with various ranking services for easy reference as you check out your competition.
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Firefox has recently released a campus edition of its popular open source software that school and lab administrators can install on their computers.
Managing time is a big deal when you’re a college student with a million things to do, so take advantage of these time saving and productivity boosting extensions.
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Here is a short list of top scripts to help you keep safe while browsing the web. Some of these may exchange usability for security, so see what works for you and go with it!
Why does this increase your security? Many malicious sites will use JavaScript or one of these types of programs as an attack vector. However, since these programs are so prevalent on the WWW these days, much functionality is lost by blocking…
A list of great resources for those who wants to learn more about Firebug.
“What is Firebug?” you may ask. Firebug is an excellent Firefox browser extension that is great for troubleshooting, editing, monitoring, and debugging. It is free and open source. It is one of my favorite web development tools.
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Nudge over Microsoft Office. Open Office 2.4 for both Windows and Linux will now have extensions in a similar manner to firefox.
The Sun Presentation Minimizer is used to reduce the file size of the current presentation. Images will be compressed, and data that is no longer needed will be removed. The Sun Presentation Minimizer can optimize the image quality size….
Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): Firefox extension Craigslist Image Preview adds a thumbnail of the image(s) within a listing on Craigslist without requiring you to click through to the actual page. Since most Craigslist ads live or die by the included image of what’s actually being sold, this extension saves a ton of time and is a must-have
-specialk by PillowFight at 07:07 PM on 03/24/08 Reply by Email * Oh God, I've been waiting for something like this! Yay! by Adam Pash at 07:43 PM on 03/24/08 Reply by Email * @sirfice: It might be worth trying the Greasemonkey script…
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Widgets are a handy, easy and simple way to add some flare to your blog. Whether youd like to display the number of currently online visitors to your site or simply the weather report for Los Angeles, you can do it with widgets.
Now Playing - if you got to share your current playlist contents with the world, Sigamp will do the trick. Works with most popular music players, including Foobar, Winamp, iTunes and others.
GTDInbox is an addon for Firefox that transforms Gmail into a powerhouse of productivity and manageability. GTDInbox gives you a better inbox.
Multi-task in Gmail by starting searches and looking up related items in a new window, e.g. to see historic dialogue with the sender of a recent email. Previewing emails from the Inbox is as simple as a right click. Or perhaps you'd like…
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If you've ever tried to create or edit a Web page, you know that getting the little details just right can sometimes take a long time. Here are a few Firefox extensions you can add to your toolbox that will help you measure images, align objects on your page, and capture colors quickly and easily.
By default, GridFox gives you only vertical grids. Go to Tools -> GridFox -> Options to get horizontal grids, change the background colors, change the thickness or color of the grids, and more. One drawback is that it's a…
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