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Fireday Review: CruiseControl Build Monitor
Friday, April 04, 2008 6:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Fireday | Comments: 0
This week's review is strictly for enterprise team developers.
If you work on a team in a company, you no doubt have heard of CruiseControl at one time or another. Most companies that are serious about team development use some type of source control system and CruiseControl.
This week, I found a cool extension that adds the full functionality of CruiseControl into a statusbar notifier.
Fireday Review: ColorZilla
Friday, March 21, 2008 9:30 PM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Fireday | Comments: 0
This weeks extension focuses on the designer's dream extension: ColorZilla.
This week, the designers take center stage with a helpful extension called ColorZilla.
The extension is small at 161k, but it packs a wallop with it's designer tools.
Fireday Review: Domain Lookup
Friday, March 14, 2008 6:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Fireday | Comments: 0
Want to quickly find out if that great domain is avaiilable? Check out this weeks Fireday review for your answer.
Check out this weeks review of Domain Lookup
Umm...it's a little addicting. I had to use it to review it, right?
Fireday Review: FEBE
Friday, March 07, 2008 9:30 PM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Fireday | Comments: 0
An exceptional Backup/Restore extension for Firefox users!
Moving from one computer to another has some disadvantages...like remembering all of your extensions that you use on a daily basis.
This week, I review FEBE, the Firefox Environment Backup Extension. And when I say backup, I mean, Back-Up!
Fireday Review: MenuEditor
Friday, February 29, 2008 6:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Fireday | Comments: 0
Do you use every single menu item on your Firefox pulldown menu?
As you start using Firefox more and more, you'll notice some of your commands aren't used as much or you resort to keyboard shortcuts.
So why keep some of the unused commands on your pulldown menu?
Fireday Review: FireFTP
Friday, February 22, 2008 6:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Fireday | Comments: 0
Use FireFTP to carry around a lighter FTP application...WITHIN Firefox.
After using an FTP client for a while, it just seems like another application that I didn't feel like carrying around on a USB drive.
However, at 135k, FireFTP provides all of the features of a fully loaded FTP client with a small file size.
Fireday Review: Read it Later!
Friday, February 15, 2008 6:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Fireday | Comments: 0
In Firefox, tabs get a little too unruly. Use this extension to keep a reading list of your favorite posts.
If you've always wanted a way to mark specific posts or articles for viewing later (when you have the time) instead of using tabs, this week's extension called Read It Later! has a lot of great features geared towards a blogger or professional surfer.
Fireday Review: gDocs Bar
Friday, February 08, 2008 2:00 PM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Fireday | Comments: 0
Looking for a way to take your existing MS Office documents and conveniently edit them online?
If you work with MS Office documents remotely, then Google Documents is probably on your list of frequently visited web sites.
Then, this week's Firefox extension review explains how the gDocs Bar can be right at your side...(actually, sidebar) while on the road.
Fireday Review: AdSense Preview
Friday, February 01, 2008 5:30 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Fireday | Comments: 0
SEO's and Webmasters will find this extension to be very helpful when analyzing ads on a web page.
The AdSense Preview extension allows webmasters and SEOs to actually see what results AdSense produces...without the fear of being banned by clicking on the ads.
Check out the AdSense Preview extension review here.
Fireday Review: Selenium IDE
Friday, January 25, 2008 5:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Fireday | Comments: 0
Realize the bugs in your web application with the Selenium IDE...within your browser.
Who would've thought that a full IDE could be hidden in an extension?
If you're into Quality Assurance when it comes to web applications, check out this week's Fireday extension review of the Selenium IDE.
Fireday Review: Book Burro
Friday, January 11, 2008 5:30 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Fireday | Comments: 1
One of my favorite money-saving extensions.
For those Bookworms out there and who want to save money while looking for the best books, check out my Fireday review of the Book Burro.
It won't disappoint!
Fireday - Firefox extension reviews for January 4, 2008
Friday, January 04, 2008 5:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Fireday | Comments: 0
This week: VRE Toolbar
VREToolbar
Rating: 4/5
Finding a niche on the Internet is becoming more of a chore if you're expanding your Internet empire.
Fireday - Firefox extension reviews for December 14, 2007
Friday, December 14, 2007 6:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Fireday | Comments: 0
This week: Get Company Info
Get Company Info
Rating: 2/5
Executives are always looking to be ahead of their competition all of the time...at least most of the time. This extension assists that obsessive executive always tracking their stock, the competition's company news, or even their stock price.
Fireday - Firefox extension reviews for December 7, 2007
Friday, December 07, 2007 9:00 PM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Fireday | Comments: 0
This week: DZone Voter
DZone Voter
Rating: 5/5
Developers just love to get new code tips and techniques, so when DZone appeared, I definitely ate this site up. Think of DZone as a Digg for developers.
Fireday - Firefox extension reviews for November 30, 2007
Friday, November 30, 2007 5:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Fireday | Comments: 0
This week: The OFFICIAL Ohio State Buckeye Football Newsreader for Coach Tressel.
Coach Tressel Newsreader Extension
Rating: 3/5
Since OSU is doing so well this year, I thought this would be a great time to grab an extension that really puts everyone in the mood (except Michigan) for some great college football.
Fireday - Firefox extension reviews for November 23, 2007
Friday, November 23, 2007 3:00 PM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Fireday | Comments: 4
This week: FireShot
FireShot
Rating: 4/5
It's amazing how when someone asks for a screen shot of what the error looks like from a web application, you notice that everyone hits the old Alt-PntScrn button and pastes it into an email and sends it on its way.
Fireday - Firefox extension reviews for November 16, 2007
Friday, November 16, 2007 5:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Fireday | Comments: 0
This week: Meebo
Meebo
Rating: 4/5
One of the big problems that Instant Messenging has is when you're on MSN Messenger, your other friend is on ICQ, and another on Yahoo! Messenger. But the problem is how to get everyone, as Dr. Evil would say, "sprechen the same lingity." (Translation: Have all of your IMs speak the same language).
Fireday - Firefox extension reviews for November 9, 2007
Friday, November 09, 2007 7:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Fireday | Comments: 0
This week: NoScript
NoScript
Rating: 5/5
If you're a JavaScript developer, you know all about XSS (Cross Site Scripting), but how do you protect yourself from it? I think we have a solution for you today.
Fireday - Firefox extension reviews for November 2, 2007
Friday, November 02, 2007 4:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Fireday | Comments: 0
This week: PriceDrop
PriceDrop
Rating: 3/5
Since Christmas is coming, I thought a shopping extension would help with the budget this season.
Fireday - Firefox extension reviews for October 26, 2007
Friday, October 26, 2007 5:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Fireday | Comments: 0
This week: Zotero
Zotero
Rating: 5/5
Keeping notes on how your research progresses is a chore in itself and if you use the Internet, you've got to have a place to keep your notes, thoughts, and ideas.
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