Many people always look for images, free images, to publish on their website, use for publications, or simply to print them off and hang them somewhere. And many of these people have their favorite sites to check on, be it Flickr, Stock.xchng, Fotolia, etc. But many are the free services that allow you to search [...]
Safe mode is a great thing to use when your Windows OS is encountering problems or simply won’t run properly. It is simplified version of your operating system, that disable many function, letting you edit and adjust what is wrong. But did you know that Firefox has its own safe mode? This safe mode can [...]
Ever found yourself looking at a webpage, waiting for something to change? How frustrating is it to frenetically press the reload button over and over until something changes? Check4Change is a Firefox extension that lets you monitor any text until it updates, periodically, avoiding the need of reloading everytime. It is really simple to use: [...]
Yesterday I presented a cool extension that allowed you to immediately check your Gmail inbox on your Firefox status bar, but now you might be wondering: “what about Google Reader? Google Reader Notifier is a Firefox extension that easily enables you monitor all your unread feeds directly on your Firefox status bar. After you have [...]
If you visit many webpages that require you to login everytime, if you are no speed-typist and your email is very long, or if you simply don’t want to type it anytime, this add-on is what you are looking for today. Paste Email is a Firefox add-on that memorizes up to 16 email addresses, and [...]
I have been asked in comments to other articles, but also in person, whether it is possible to restore Firefox default settings: if you have tweaked your about:config page to speed your browser up, or simply installed an add-on that messed up your configuration, Firefox 3 has a simple method to restore all default settings [...]
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 [...]
One of the most common queries nowadays is “how to speed up your browser”. In fact, one of the top articles of Universe Firefox is called How To Speed Up Firefox 3, which covers only a few tips I’ve found around the web, and that I will maybe collect in one guide. But for now [...]
Obsessed with downloads and speed? Are you one of those who downloads a lot and wants to know how the files are coming down, how fast, and how much time is left, at a glance? Today I want to present you a very simple but very efficient extension, that lets you monitor your download activities [...]
Google’s web browser, one and maybe the only alternative to Firefox, Chrome, has been out for a while now and many have been the reactions to this: people will bet it’ll be the best browser ever developed, others believe it will never overcome Firefox… Personally I don’t know what will happen as newer versions are [...]