In the Beginning.. Over a year ago, I posted an article recommending over fifty “essential Firefox extensions.” Excited to have discovered the miraculous joys of extending Firefox with such amazing functionality, I loaded my primary copy of Firefox with just about every potentially useful extension that I could find. Several weeks were spent playing with new features, customizing preferences, and configuring options to gel together in an orchestrated chorus of blissful browser harmony. After experiencing the functional firepower of [...] • Read more »
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Absolutely Fabulous Browser Bookmarklet Things
..Or something. Frankly, I just needed an excuse to post these steaming little beauties online. Please note that I don’t lay claim 1 to most of these browser bookmarklet/favelet tricks, but I do find them extremely useful. They are posted here for the sake of convenience and for reference purposes, so use at your own risk (i.e., I am not responsible if they crash your browser). Although I use most of these bad boys with Firefox, I wouldn’t [...] • Read more »
Firefox CSS Magic
Consider this post an evolving receptacle for Firefox-specific CSS tricks. Change the color of highlighted text *::-moz-selection { background: #FF3C00; /* the background color of the highlight */ color: #FFF; /* the color of the text within the highlight */ } Change the opacity of an element div#division { /* choose either attribute */ -moz-opacity: 0.99; /* possible values: 0-1 */ -moz-opacity: 99%; /* possible values: 0%-99% */ } Control item selection of an element div#division { [...] • Read more »
Hacking Firefox Extensions
Firefox extensions enable users to customize Firefox with additional features. Generally, Firefox extensions are free, open-source, and easily downloaded as .xpi files. This article explains how to hack Firefox extensions of the .xpi variety. There are many reasons why someone would want to hack a Firefox extension — examples include: editing code, debugging errors, and learning extensions. This hack method requires a web browser, zip utility, and text editor. Step 1: Secure an extension By default, the [...] • Read more »
Essential Firefox Extensions
Firefox users, lend me your ears! As you know, Firefox is like the most excellent, versatile, reliable, and secure browser available today. Extensions are just one of the features that make Firefox so versatile and efficient. Extensions enable Fx users to customize their browsing experience by adding tools that help with security, searching, and multimedia. Here is a list of our favorite — nay, essential — Firefox extensions: Adblock Plus 0.7.1.2 All-In-One Sidebar 0.6.4 Bookmark Backup 0.4 [...] • Read more »