Category Archives: Add-Ons

Switch Between Tabs With Visual Effects: Ctrl-Tab

Everybody loves cool visual effects, like the new Aero effects in Windows Vista that let you switch windows with a live preview, or Linux effects that let you change between your desktops as if they were standing on a 3D cube.
Wouldn’t it be good to add some effects in Firefox too?

Photo Credit: Kai Hendry
Ctrl-Tab is [...]

Backup Your Stuff In Firefox 3: FEBE 6

Today I decided to format my computer: after a while Windows machines tend to slow down having been loaded with lots of internal processes and full system registry. So I wanted to backup my Firefox 3 settings and extensions…But FEBE didn’t work anymore!

We have previously seen how you can backup almost anything with FEBE, so [...]

Last.fm Music Directly In Firefox: Fire.fm

Anyone of us loves music, specially during a working session, and you have probably used one of the many music streaming websites that allow you to discover new songs basing on your personal likings in a completely web based way, and one of these is indeed Last.fm.
But what if Last.fm could be completely integrated into [...]

Open And Edit Any Document Online: Open IT Online

How many times have you found yourself away from home, on someone else’s computer, needing to edit a document without saving it locally on the machine you are currently using? Wouldn’t it be better to use online services such as Google Docs or Zoho suite?

Photo Credit: Ijsendoorn - Edited by Nicolo’ Canali De Rossi
Open IT [...]

Email Selected Text Through Gmail Or Yahoo: Email This!

We have previously seen how to automatically copy a selected text so that you could redistribute it easily…But what if you wanted to make it even faster and email that text directly to someone?

Photo Credit: Rodolfo Clix - Edited by Nicolo’ Canali De Rossi
Email This! is a Firefox extension that you can use to email [...]

Enhance The Search Bar In Firefox: Peers

The Search Bar is a really great feature in Firefox, and we have already seen how to add more engines to it. Now, what if you wanted to make it even better by speeding it up?

Peers is a new Firefox extension that makes research experience better, by adding a results preview into the search bar.

Add Search Engines To Your Search Bar: Add To Search Bar

Everybody uses search engines nowadays: Google, MSN, Yahoo…you name it, but you always use one. And us, Firefox users, also know how helpful it is to have an integrated bar right into our browser that lets us search in multiple search engines from one single place.
You already know how to add a custom keyword [...]

Access The Web With Your Fingerprints: FingerAuth Password Manager

Do you have a lot of passwords for your online services and you are fed up of typing them every single time? Wish there was an easy but also secure way to save all of your login credentials and access them with a finger?

FingerAuth Password Manager is a Firefox extension that allows you to access [...]

Open RAR And ZIP Archives Without Downloading Them: ArchView

Sometimes it might have happened that you found yourself downloading a big ZIP or RAR archive, and realized it didn’t contain what you expected after you waited hours for it. Wouldn’t it be better to have a way to actually browse what’s inside an archive before downloading it?

Photo Credit: Rodolfo Clix - Edited by Nicolo’ [...]

Add Clocks To Your Firefox Status Bar: FoxClocks

Are you someone who travels a lot and needs to keep an eye on any nation’s time? Are you just curious to know what time is it where your friend or fiancee lives?

Photo Credit: Lars Brinkman - Edited by Nicolo’ Canali De Rossi
FoxClocks is a Firefox extension that adds regional clocks to your browser’s progress [...]

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