firefox extensions
Put an end to your ISP redirecting DNS errors
Many Internet Service Providers have begun to hijack failed domain name look-ups. Rather than seeing the typical page cannot be displayed in your browser you are instead redirected to page that contains search results for the website in question. On the surface that actually does sound somewhat handy and useful – perhaps you did key [...]
Getting rid of the New Tab button in Firefox
If you have a wide-screen monitor, and let’s be honest, most of us do, then this quick Firefox tip isn’t for you. However, if you are a minimalist, or more likely, a netbook user, then this tip could prove beneficial.
As a keyboard enthusiast, I tend to lean on all the known shortcuts in Windows and [...]
Prevent sites from appearing in Firefox Awesome Bar
The location bar in Firefox 3 brought about a whole slew of functionality enhancements which quickly caused it to be dubbed the Awesome Bar. From the Awesome Bar you are able to search your bookmarks and browsing history by keyword, as well as searching Google or of course, typing and visiting a URL directly like [...]
Checking Firefox bookmarks for dead links
The idea of having hundreds of bookmarks in your browser of choice is slowly fading away. Sites that I frequent often and therefor candidates for bookmarking are now read via an RSS subscription in Google Reader. However, there are still a sizeable portion of Internet users who rely exclusively on the browser bookmark system and [...]
Expand shortened URLs to the real address
URL shortening services became wildly popular a few years back. Users could take a long and complicated website link and pass it to a service like Tiny URL that would condense the link and essentially make it portable. The short address could then be passed more easily through email and forums where a longer address [...]
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