firefox addons
Using Firefox Without a Mouse
No one would argue the huge importance around the introduction of the mouse and what it meant to interfaces of then and now. The mouse made the computer more approachable and less intimating to unfamiliar users. While I wouldn’t trade away a good set of keyboard shortcuts, I see the value the mouse offers to [...]
Userscripts Updater for Greasemonkey
Greasemonkey is easily one of the best Firefox extensions available and is often the one extension that keeps everyone coming back to Firefox, in my opinion. Greasemonkey provides a mechanism to customize, which usually entails added functionality, a website via javascript components. There are literally thousands of Greasemonkey scripts available that can all sorts of [...]
Add Wolfram Alpha to Firefox Search Box
A few days ago Wolfram|Alpha was finally unveiled to the public in the form of a functional alpha product. At first glance Wolfram Alpha appears to be just another ambitious search engine trying to gain traction from the behemoth Google. However, it becomes immediately clear upon your first search that the product isn’t a search [...]
Create Temporary Bookmarks in Firefox
I’m free to admit that the act of bookmarking websites in my browser in order to save them for future visits has died off significantly over the last few years. Most sites that I routinely visit offer a subscription service over RSS where new articles are pulled down automatically every few minutes to my RSS [...]
Show Passwords in Firefox Form Fields
How often are you typing in your password in a login box on the web with someone peering over your shoulder? I suspect not very often yet the notion of replacing your password with ***** (asterisks) is commonplace. Obviously the idea is for your own protection but for some it may be overkill. If you [...]
