Archive for the ‘Firefox’ Category

Firefox Add-on: Remember The Milk for Gmail

I’ve been playing with Remember the milk for some time now, I thought with my n800 it would be really useful…BUT… Actually I’ve found that the firefox extension they have released has really upped my usage, as soon as I can get my tasks synced with my n800 I’ll definitively be upgrading to their pro version.

I’ve recommended this plugin to a few friends and they love it, so if you’re looking for a new personal task managment solution then this is for you!

Firefox Extension - Flashblock

I’m not a great fan of flash, it seems to eat up bandwith, processor and memory very quickly.. not to mention the hassle of trying it working on a linux x86_64 machine ! I recently came across this great plug-in..

Flashblock :: Firefox Add-ons
Never be annoyed by a Flash animation again! Blocks Flash so it won’t get in your way, but if you want to see it, just click on…

The white-list functionality is nice… i.e block all except “blah”.. the option to run it in a black-list mode would be good for those who are only offended by flash on certain sites.

GPG For Firefox !

yay !

FireGPG - use GPG easily in Firefox !
FireGPG is a Firefox extension under GPL which brings an interface to encrypt, decrypt, sign or verify the signature of a text in any web page using GnuPG.

Gmail Notifier - Firefox Extension

Simple,effective and necessary…

Gmail Notifier :: Firefox Add-ons
A notifier for Gmail…

I’ve been using this for a while, and most firefox users probably have something in place already, so nothing new here, but I use my firefox page for prepping new installs, so perhaps this is more of a “post to self” ;)

Google Reader Notifier - Firefox Extension

This is one of those extensions I couldn’t live without !

Google Reader Notifier | Firefox Add-ons | Mozilla Corporation Google Reader Notifier by Mark D.B.D This firefox extension shows you how many unread items you have in your Google Reader account.

Colorful Tabs - Firefox Extension

Some times the simple solutions, make the biggest difference to a user experience….

Colorful Tabs | Firefox Add-ons | Mozilla Corporation
The most beautiful yet the simplest add-on that makes a strong colorful appeal. Colors every tab in a different color and makes them easy to distinguish while beautifying the overall appearance of the interface. An essential.

UPDATE: It seems that the Colorful Tabs authors homepage is down, as a result I appear to be getting hits from google and comments about features. I’d like to stress that I have nothing to do with the development of Colorful Tabs and you have my apologies if my post appeared that way. You have stumbled across a post from my firefox recommendations category where by I post links to firefox add-ons I like have installed and recommend to my friends.

Customize Google — Firefox Extension

An absolute must for anyone who uses a google service, best enhancement is adding https to things like, docs, gmail & calendar !

CustomizeGoogle: Improve Your Google Experience — Firefox Extension
CustomizeGoogle is a Firefox extension that enhances Google search results by adding extra information (like links to Yahoo, Ask.com, MSN etc) and removing unwanted information (like ads and spam).

Nagios Checker - Firefox Extension

Been looking for something like this for a while…..

Nagios Checker | Firefox Add-ons | Mozilla Corporation
The statusbar indicator of the events from the network monitoring system Nagios. Information is parsed from Nagios web interface. In the extension settings dialog simply fill the start page URL of your Nagios web interface, eg. http://www.yourfirm.com/nagios/ and let the button to locate status script url.

Gmail File Space Extension (gSpace)

For those who can’t wait for the fabled gdrive, this is worth a look, you get like an FTP style interface to gmail within firefox, I’ve found it useful for quick backups.

Gmail File Space
his extension allows you to use your Gmail Space (2 GB) for file storage. It acts as a remote machine. You can transfer files between your hard drive and gmail. This is similar to “Gmail Drive” on windows platform. Your gmail account looks like a FTP host and you can upload and download your files. After you install, you get an option called “GSpace” in your “tools” menu clicking on which opens the window for transfer of folders/files. Works great for photos and music files less than 14MB.

Download Statusbar :Firefox extension

This extension is probably more of a personal thing than actually useful, if you download a lot like me, then the download man ager can get in the way a bit, so this is a good alternative….

Download Statusbar
View and manage downloads from a tidy statusbar - without the download window getting in the way of your web browsing.

Google Bookmarks Button

This is a really cool extension, if you want centrally held bookmarks, but want them private, and don’t need the full google sync functionality then this is for you !

Download Google Bookmarks Button for Firefox

CoComment for Firefox

I’ve always advocated CoComment for my comment tracking needs, I recently decided to check their website only to find a new firefox extension - Brilliant ! Just what I’ve been waiting for !

Tab Mix Plus

Tab Mix Plus is a cool extension adding a shed load of features to firefox tabs.

The two I find most useful are, a close button on each tab and save state! - oh yes, if firefox crashes then now you can all your open tabs back :-)

Get it here from: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1122

Flash Got Download Manager Integration

If you do a lot of downloading, and firefox’s built in download manager isn’t for you then this extension probably is !
Available at flashgot.net this plug-in can send links to your fav’ manager, and allows that also useful download all option.

Delicious Tools

Available direct from the delicious website, this plug-in adds delicious features to firefox, such as bookmarking and tagging pages. Download Plug-in