Technology, Books and Other Neat Stuff

One of the good things about Firefox is the ability to add new features through extensions. If there's something you've wanted a browser to do, then there's probably a Firefox extension already written to do it...

Here's my list of extensions (all working on Firefox 1.5). With links so you can install them too!

• Forecastfox - instant weather forecasts all the time!
• Google Toolbar for Firefox - it's the Google Toolbar. You need an explanation?
• PDF Download - manage whether PDF files are rendered in the browser (you can even view them as HTML), or if you'd rather download them for future reference.
• IE View - launches the page you're viewing in Internet Explorer - a useful tool for debugging pages, and testing code.
• BugMeNot - get past those pesky log ins for sites like the New York Times...
• FlickrFox - integrated Flickr browsing.
• Tabbrowser Preferences - I mainly use Firefox for the tabs. This extension makes using them a lot easier.
• Web Developer - see just how that page was put together - including DHTML and CSS features.
• Allow Right-Click - disable JavaScript right-click blockers, so you can get the URIs of images and print pages...
• Bookmarks Synchronizer - I can keep my bookmarks on a public web server, and make sure all three of my machines have the same bookmarks.
• del.icio.us - manage social bookmarks from inside the browser.
• Viamatic foXpose - see all your tabs - in one view. More useful than you might think at first...
• SessionSaver .2 - saves open tabs when you close the browser, so you come back to the pages you were at last time.
• Clip to OneNote - adds the selected content to a OneNote side note. Only useful if you use OneNote as your standard note taking application!
• Restart Firefox - one button restart for when you install a new extension or theme! With SessionSaver, you're back the way you were in seconds.
• DownThemAll! - download everything from a page, faster than using Firefox's own download tools.
• IE Tab - embeds IE in a Firefox tab, ideal for debugging web sites and working with IE only sites (Windows only).
• FireFTP - a full FTP client, right there in the browser.
• Colorful Tabs - colours tabs, making it easier to see the active tab, and switch between sites and pages.
• How'd I Get Here - takes you back to where you started to explore a site - even across tabs.
• Blogger Web Comments - keep an eye on what one small part of the web is saying about the page you're viewing.
• Spell Bound - form field spell checker.
• Fasterfox - network speed tweas for Firefox.

What are you using? And why?

Rumours are that Google will be buying 5% of AOL for one beeelion dollars...

(Will the Googleplex soon be full of jump-suited minions? Only Austin "Yahoo!" Powers can save us now...)