Make Firefox More Than a Web Browser
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Make Firefox More Than a Web Browser
The reason Firefox is so popular is not because of its already good browsing capabilities, it is because of the add ons available for it, that make the browser an extension of you. Wow. That last sentence was awesome how I worded that, wasn't it? Like inspiring, or something... Anyway, these are the add ons that I felt amplified my browsing experience.
Let's Start Out With the Essentials, Shall We?
alright, as the title said, these are little add ons that anyone with firefox should have, no matter how unfun and uptight you are. These include: WOT (web of trust), Ad Block Plus, and... that's it.
WOT tells you how safe those sites you visit are. It takes up no room at all. It is a green circle at best, and the more unsafe a site is, the closer it goes to the color red. If a site is code red, it will warn you of this before you enter the site.
Ad Block Plus disables most ads, and if it misses any, all you have to do is right click the ad and select the Ad Block Plus and disable it forever!
WOT tells you how safe those sites you visit are. It takes up no room at all. It is a green circle at best, and the more unsafe a site is, the closer it goes to the color red. If a site is code red, it will warn you of this before you enter the site.
Ad Block Plus disables most ads, and if it misses any, all you have to do is right click the ad and select the Ad Block Plus and disable it forever!
Customize the LOOKS
Alright, this area of the tutorial tell you how to make your Firefox just snazzy (yes, I used the word snazzy). This Includes:
1. tab effect- this adds a nice effect to Firefox when it switches tabs. Not a necessity, but a cool thing to have.
2. Stylish- with scripts from stylish.com, make the internet world the way YOU want it! You just download styles from the website, and basically, the website is transformed! (do not worry, these changes are reversible).
3. Fierr- Well, when you find your browser cannot connect to a webpage, you are mad, right? Well, now with Fierr, you do it in style! this add on transforms the failure to connect page to a perdyer one.
1. tab effect- this adds a nice effect to Firefox when it switches tabs. Not a necessity, but a cool thing to have.
2. Stylish- with scripts from stylish.com, make the internet world the way YOU want it! You just download styles from the website, and basically, the website is transformed! (do not worry, these changes are reversible).
3. Fierr- Well, when you find your browser cannot connect to a webpage, you are mad, right? Well, now with Fierr, you do it in style! this add on transforms the failure to connect page to a perdyer one.
Just Plain Useful
first on the list of useful stuff is...
Speed Dial- this opens up a screen of your 9 most favorite websites and puts it as your home page. Click on any one to go there. Now you don't have to choose!
Greasemonkey- Look, I cannot explain this one... the possibilities are endless... you get a script, it does something. They make new ones about every day. They are mostly used to alter web pages to a more convenient after product.
Imacros- records actions such as logins or traveling to websites for you, so you never have to do
repetitive work ever again.
Stealther- use a library computer and don't want some librarian to look what you did? Use Stealther! It covers up what you did while you were on! (this is no doubt misused to look things up that you shouldn't be...)
Interclue- shows you a picture of the page you're going to so you don't waste your time!
Repagination- this makes all results on a search engine on one freakin' single page! FINALLY!
Screengrab- save a part of, or an entire page as an image.
All in one gestures- draw on your screen to make firefox do stuff such as saving webpages, going back in history, reloading a page, ect.
Hyperwords- gives definitions, translations, and a thesaurus for any word you highlight!
Forecast Fox- gives you a forecast (I would never have guessed!)
Cooliris- look for images and movies in 3d hyperspeed!
Speed Dial- this opens up a screen of your 9 most favorite websites and puts it as your home page. Click on any one to go there. Now you don't have to choose!
Greasemonkey- Look, I cannot explain this one... the possibilities are endless... you get a script, it does something. They make new ones about every day. They are mostly used to alter web pages to a more convenient after product.
Imacros- records actions such as logins or traveling to websites for you, so you never have to do
repetitive work ever again.
Stealther- use a library computer and don't want some librarian to look what you did? Use Stealther! It covers up what you did while you were on! (this is no doubt misused to look things up that you shouldn't be...)
Interclue- shows you a picture of the page you're going to so you don't waste your time!
Repagination- this makes all results on a search engine on one freakin' single page! FINALLY!
Screengrab- save a part of, or an entire page as an image.
All in one gestures- draw on your screen to make firefox do stuff such as saving webpages, going back in history, reloading a page, ect.
Hyperwords- gives definitions, translations, and a thesaurus for any word you highlight!
Forecast Fox- gives you a forecast (I would never have guessed!)
Cooliris- look for images and movies in 3d hyperspeed!
Last One
STUMBLE UPON! my favorite! look up random stuff. This thing give you a random page depending on interests you selected. You then say if you like the page or not, and it LEARNS what you like. Great for boredom. Do yourself a favor and select humor as a like!
Hope It Helped!
I will look for more add ons everyday, and if you find one, PM me!