Windows/Mac/Linux: Firefox is out with another beta of its
improved and redesigned Firefox 4. This second early release gives Macs the same tabs-on-top look as Windows, and adds an "App Tabs" mode for sites you want to keep an eye on.
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Unless you've been to the site before, Firefox won't automatically add .com, .net, or .org to the site you're typing in. Using your Control or Shift keys, or both together, you can quickly add the right domain ending to a site.
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Windows standalone or Firefox/Chrome/IE: If you're looking for a snappy screenshot tool, LightShot is lightweight, fast, feature packed, and available as a stand alone application or a browser add-on.
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Windows only: If you want a no-fuss way to increase web browser security, Dell KACE Secure Browser is a sandboxed version of Firefox 3.6 that comes bundled with Adobe Reader and Flash plug-ins already installed.
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#Firefox 4.0 tip If you don't like the multiple taskbar tab preview featured in the beta, you can disable it by going to about:config, typing browser.taskbar.previews and changing the value to false. Thanks to [webtrickz.com]
Scroz
This FF extension could be a help to some. It brings a search result to center-screen, instead of the normal behavior which is to show the result at the bottom and have you scroll or look down to see it. Essentially, it scrolls the result up for you. Do an F3 or ctrl+g and other results will get the same treatment. More »
Prairie Moon
In Firefox 4, the beta that is, you can bookmark the Addons Manager and while you're at it, you can give it a keyword to get to it faster next time, and times after that. I like to make lots of changes to (mostly) extensions, so I did the following ... More »
Prairie Moon
iPhone/iPod Touch: Firefox Home brings easy syncing of your Firefox bookmarks, browser history, and open tabs to your iPhone so even when you're away from your desk your favorite and current links are close at hand.
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Firefox: If you've found the built-in find function in Firefox to be a bit lacking Find All offers more thorough text search with multi-instance highlighting.
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Quick browser tip: Everybody knows middle-clicking links in modern browsers will open the link in a new tab. Reader
Landon Roberts points out that the same middle-click works on your forward and back buttons (and more).
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I got Download Sort working in FF 4.0b1. It was no big feat of coding. But here it is if anyone wants to try it. More »
Prairie Moon
I went to portableapps.com and installed Mozilla Firefox Portable Edition in my DropBox folder. I ran Firefox, and when I closed down I was presented with the option to remember my windows and tabs the next time I ran the program. I ticked the box marked "Do not ask next time". The entire Portable Firefox folder immediately synchronized with the DropBox server on the 'net and then to my other computers. Now when I go online on any of my systems, I can pick up right where I left off; windows, tabs, scroll positions, etc. More »
Simon_Haddad
Firefox: Firefox's
Personas feature is a great way to give your browser a new look, but has some annoying quirks, like theme limits and permissions issues. Free extension Personas Interactive fixes these annoyances, while adding a few new useful preferences.
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Firefox: If you feel like you've accumulated so many virtual inboxes—email, social networks, media sites—that you're never able to keep on top of them, Poyozo aims to help you collect and organize the various data streams from your virtual life.
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The Firefox 4 beta has a
new look, with tabs on top and reduced browser chrome space (on Windows only, for now). If you'd like an even more minimalist, Chrome-like toolbar, you can get it with a CSS tweak.
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The latest Firefox beta is
rather awesome, with tabs on top, and a new menu that looks like an awful lot like Opera. It's very slick, until you try installing extensions that haven't updated yet. Here's how to force them to work.
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Android (2.2) with Chrome/Firefox: For certain web searches, your desktop is better than Android, but you still want that data on your phone. Install Chrome to Phone and you can shoot links, Maps, and copied text directly to your Android phone.
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We ran our own
Mac-based performance tests last week with Firefox's pre-beta release candidate, and found Firefox 4 an improvement, but not quite catching up to other browsers in raw speed. Web Worker Daily
did its own MacBook Pro tests, and found that Firefox 4 was, at best, on par with Opera 10.6 on Mozilla's Dromaeo testing suite (they ran the combined "Recommended Tests," whereas we broke the results into JavaScript and CSS). Pure speed isn't everything, of course, and the new Firefox has a
lot to recommend. Have you found Firefox 4 to be faster, or comparable to other browsers? [
Web Worker Daily]
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Firefox with Greasemonkey: If you like seeing just your Google Calendar without all the sidebar clutter and widgets this simple Greasemonkey script puts a persistently maximized calendar interface a single button press away.
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