How to Disable Firefox Extension Install Delay
by Haris on September 12, 2008
in Firefox, Tips and Tricks
After all the Chromey hype and tips, I finally got a chance to share a new Firefox tip with all my readers.
You must have noticed that whenever you install a Firefox extension, you get a four seconds delay before the Install button becomes active. Of course that won’t be a problem for most, but if you get annoyed with that you can follow the steps below to disable it.
Chromifox: Chrome Styled Theme for Firefox 3
Earlier today I wrote about a Firefox 3 styled theme for Google Chrome, for users who like Firefox 3 and also use Chrome.
I was quite bored with the default Firefox 3 theme now and was looking for a new one to give it a refreshing look when I came across Chromifox.
Best Firefox 3 Extensions Announced by Mozilla
Mozilla Labs recently announced the best Firefox extension winners in a contest held every year called Extend Firefox 3. In this contest, developers create extensions to extend the functionality of current features of Firefox.
This year’s Extend Firefox was launched back in March, and brought in over 100 entries. But only seven were chosen as the winners within three categories: Best New Add-on; Best Updated Add-on; Best Music Add-on.
View AdSense Earnings In Firefox Status Bar
by Haris on August 21, 2008
in Firefox, Tips and Tricks
Adsense Notifier is a Firefox extension that displays your Adsense earnings in the Firefox status bar and lets you check your earnings at a glance.
This Firefox addon is very simple and is recommended for those who check their Adsense earnings multiple times a day and instead of logging again and again, you can use this addon.
Mozilla Labs Introduces Snowl
Messaging has become one of the most popular online activities, thanks to all the online and desktop applications which enable it. Keeping this in mind, Mozilla Labs have come up with an interesting new concept of integrating all these messaging services in your favourite browser.
You no longer will have to wait for popup notifications to see who have messaged you. Mozilla Labs has introduced an experimental plugin for Firefox called Snowl that can change the way you browse the Web and participate in discussions from your web browser.
Digg Extension for Firefox 3 Released
Digg today released an official extension for Firefox 3 which adds a toolbar to your Firefox. It works pretty much like StumbleUpon toolbar. With this toolbar, you can know whether the page you are visiting is already submitted to Digg or not.
You can Digg new stories directly from this toolbar and if a story has already been stumbled, it will show you the Digg count and the number of comments on that story.
Firefox 3.1 Alpha 1 Available For Download
Firefox 3.1 Alpha 1 (Shiretoko) is already here and is now available for download. It looks like yesterday only Firefox 3 was released, and here we are today with the first alpha version of Firefox 3.1.
Firefox 3.1 is scheduled to release by the end of this year which will have a new visual tab switching feature that will work like the Alt + Tab switching feature in Windows.
How To Quickly Open A Firefox Tab
by Haris on July 30, 2008
in Firefox, Tips and Tricks
Today morning while browsing on Firefox, I found a new trick to quickly open new tabs. May be you would already be knowing about it, but for me it was new and I thought I would also share it with you in case you didn’t know about.
I accidently doubled clicked at the empty area in my tab bar (mostly its full), and suddenly a new tab opened. At first, I thought I must have used to key combination for that. But again when I double clicked in that area, another new tab opened. Till now I’ve using the Ctrl + T key combination to open new tabs, but I guess this new trick will help me open tabs more quickly!
How To View PDF Files As HTML In Firefox
by Haris on July 25, 2008
in Firefox, Tips and Tricks
Firefox 3 browser does not have any feature to view PDF files in it. In fact it downloads the PDF files and opens them in your Adobe Reader (Foxit Reader recommended), which is a double pain for most of us.
To directly view them in your browser, I use a Firefox extension called PDF Download. Using this addon, you can do whatever you like with the PDF files online. PDF Download by Nitro PDF Software is the leading tool for handling and viewing Web-based PDF files and is enjoyed by millions of Firefox users every day. The browser extension removes the pain often experience when encountering PDF files online, and now lets you quickly convert your Web pages into high-quality PDFs that are ideal for archiving, printing and sharing.
