All Posts Tagged With: "Firefox"
Top 10 Firefox Extensions To Avoid
Firefox is a great browser which allows almost anyone with minimal coding experience to create plugins and addons to make Firefox even better.
However, sometimes letting someone with basic coding skills near your browser isn’t a good thing, and adding certain firefox addons can actually make the greatest browser worse.
FoxTorrent: Download Torrents From Within Firefox
Tech-buzz.net have just shared details of a new torrent extension for Firefox caled FoxTorrent, that has been leaked by Redswoosh. FoxTorrent does all the usual things we have come to expect from a torrent service. However it has one feauture that I think many people will find useful.
5Mar2007 | Tony Williams | 1 comment | Continued
How To Reduce Firefox Memory Usage
Although Firefox is a great internet browser, it does have its flaws. One major flaw is its use of memory and the way it can increase over a browsing session as a result of memory leaks. Firefox 2 did a good job of fixing the majority of these leaks but many still exist, [...]
26Feb2007 | Tony Williams | 2 comments | Continued
Great iTunes And iPod Plugins
Originally iTunes was used by most PC users because it came bundled with an iPod, but over the years its become a great application for playing mp3s. But, did you know you could make iTunes even better by adding plugins? Although there aren’t hundreds and hundreds like with Firefox, there are enough [...]
25Feb2007 | Tony Williams | 5 comments | Continued
Useful Gmail Tips And Hacks
Sometimes I worry about my reliance on Google for web apps, and I would like to introduce some variety, but Google’s services are just too good.
Take Gmail for instance - no other webmail app comes close in terms of functionality. And don’t get me started about the cool Mobile Java client, which is lightyears [...]
Reduce Your Bandwidth Bill
If you’re one of those poor internet users who have to pay by the Megabyte, or have a capped allowance then techbuzz have 5 good tips (and 1 silly tip) for reducing your bandwidth usage, so that you can surf more. I’ve never come across these applications before, because I have an unlimited pipe which [...]
9Jan2007 | Tony Williams | 0 comments | Continued
Great Firefox Extensions You’ve Never Heard Of Before
Everton over at Connected Internet who seems to keep a close eye on One Tip A Day, has updated his list of great Firefox extensions that most users don’t find because they don’t get promoted. There are some beauties in his list including WebmailCompose that ensures that any email links open in your chosen [...]
2Jan2007 | Tony Williams | 0 comments | Continued
Best Community Plugins For Firefox
One of Firefox’s best features is it’s customizabilty. I could never use another browser as I’ve spent so much time customizing Firefox that I find it hard to use other browsers as I’m always looking for buttons to click with my mouse that don’t exist!
I use a lot of Community/Social Bookmarking sites to keep [...]
30 Free Windows Applications
Windows Vista and Office 2007 are just over the horizon and are probably going to take a significant chunk out of most people’s bank balances. If after buying these apps you find yourself a bit short of cash, then you should check out some of the great free software available for Windows.
The Simple [...]
Install FaviconizeTab And Freeup Firefox Space
I’m obsessed with keeping my desktop and my browser nice and tidy so I love plugins like FaviconizeTab, which reduces the width of specified Firefox tabs to only its favicon to save space in the tab bar.
For sites where you only need to see the favicon to know what it is, then set those tabs [...]
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