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Firefox Optimization Add-Ons
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 8:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Firefox | Comments: 0
Here is a list of Firefox extensions that answers a reader's email about optimizing web page load times.
I recently received an email asking me how to display the load time of web pages in Firefox similar to what Opera displays.
After reading the email, I decided to dig a little into the Firefox add-ons to locate the extensions that assist web designers in optimizing their web sites.
Fireday Review: ReminderFox
Friday, January 18, 2008 6:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Firefox | Comments: 0
An excellent extension for keeping track of date-related appointments and to-do's including birthdays and anniversaries.
If you're time is valuable, check out this week's review of ReminderFox.
Top 10 Firefox Business Extensions
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 6:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Firefox | Comments: 0
The techies of the world aren't the only people who use Firefox. It can even be adapted to the executives.
How can executives use Firefox? Easy! Download these top business extensions and you'll turn your Firefox into a business dashboard.
- Meebo (Review)
One problem everyone has is the ability to consolidate all of their Instant Messaging accounts into one. If one client is using their favorite IM, you can't talk to them because you use brand x. Meebo is "IM glue" that holds all of your accounts together in one location: your browser. You sign in once and you are logged into all of your IM accounts immediately. - LinkedIn Companion (Review)
If you're a professional networker, you already know about LinkedIn. But for those who don't know what LinkedIn is, LinkedIn is like the six degrees of Kevin Bacon and mySpace (for businesses) thrown together. The extension provides useful shortcuts to the site and allows you to search for people looking for employment, look for jobs (freelance or otherwise), or...just people to network with. - ReminderFox (Review)
An exceptional utility that keeps a list of reminders for you. You can create your own categories, search through lists, and set priority to each tasks. Great for those busy executives who forget anniversaries and birthdays. :-) - Peekko (Review)
Peekko is a unique extension that allows users to congregate on a particular web page and chat. For freelancers, I could definitely see this as a absolute-must utility for showing progress of web sites to clients while working remotely. - FingerAuth Password Manager (Review)
It seems security is a big thing nowadays and Firefox is doing all it can to help, but there is one extension that is taking it to the next level. The FingerAuth Password Manager extension works with a biometric fingerprint reader for secure web pages. When you arrive at a login page, you can press your finger to the biometric reader, it verifies who you are, and promptly allows you into your secured area. - FireShot (Review)
It never fails. A programmer completes a new enhancement and then the boss uses it. Guess what? It breaks, but you need a way to capture the screen to show the programmer the error. FireShot will capture the browser screen and let you annotate your questions right on the image. Then you can send the screenshot to the programmer for fixing. It may not be business-related, but it definitely helps the programmer or project manager. - eBay Companion for Firefox (Review)
You laugh, but more and more businesses are buying hardware through eBay and the merchandise is cheaper than buying new. Just make sure you are buying from a reputable "business." The eBay companion centralizes all of your bids and watched auctions in a sidebar, so you can monitor your business merchandise. - Zotero (Review)
Zotero is absolutely fantastic for research users and provides a complete streamlined workflow that allows executives to become organized packrats. Use Zotero to gather the research to make proper business decisions based on industry trends. Take that research and provide that data to the project manager and/or programmers to create one heck of a product. - GTDInbox
Everyone needs organized and business executives and freelancers are no exception to the rule. David Allen's best selling book, Getting Things Done, is applied to this Firefox extension to turn your GMail account into a Getting Things Done Inbox. Very useful and well written.
- DataAnalytics (Review)
Take a web page full of data and have someone try to include that in a spreadsheet (Google docs or Excel). Things may get messy...unless you have DataAnalytics. DataAnalytics extracts the data and allows you perform all types of sorting and filtering on your data to make your executive decisions.
, is applied to this Firefox extension to turn your GMail account into a Getting Things Done Inbox. Very useful and well written.New: Five-Fox Award for Firefox extensions
Thursday, January 03, 2008 9:00 PM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Firefox | Comments: 0
Introducing the Five-Fox Award for exceptional Firefox extensions.
With all of the extensions I've reviewed in the last two years (and the future extensions I will review), I feel the authors of those extensions deserve some recognition and what better way than to present them with an award.
The Five-Fox Award is presented to authors of extensions I've reviewed that have received a 5 out of 5 for their outstanding extension.
End of Year, End of Netscape
Monday, December 31, 2007 5:30 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Firefox | Comments: 0
AOL is finally letting Netscape go.
According to Propeller news, AOL has stopped supporting Netscape.
In their FAQ, they talk about what to do since Netscape isn't supported anymore.
How to create a more secure Firefox with FireCAT
Tuesday, October 02, 2007 11:30 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Firefox | Comments: 0
Firefox's extension architecture is definitely something to admire, especially when it comes to security.
One of the greatest things about using Firefox is the extension architecture and the impact the Firefox community has in building brand new extensions every single day.
Along with the extension architecture, Firefox has security measures built in to assist users in detecting when trouble is afoot! Security has always been an issue with browsing on the Internet, whether it's Opera, Internet Explorer 6, 7, or even Firefox.
Should Dell pre-install Firefox on their machines?
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 4:30 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Firefox | Comments: 0
Dell may pre-install Firefox on their machines. Would this be a blessing or a curse?
Over at SpreadFirefox, Johnny K posted a message about Dell possibly pre-installing Firefox on their machines when sent to businesses and consumers.
I replied with a couple good reasons why Dell should pre-install Firefox. Make sure you post your comments as well. There are other people who have made the transition to Firefox who were die-hard MS folks as well.
Latest Firefox 2.0.0.6 fixes protocol handlers
Tuesday, July 31, 2007 4:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Firefox | Comments: 0
New version released today after 10 days of 2.0.0.5
The Mozilla Foundation has released the latest version of Firefox.
The biggest fix in this version is the protocol handler issue as mentioned earlier and doesn't seem to be fixed in 2.0.0.5, but should be fixed in this version.
Top 10 Firefox Web 2.0 Add-Ons
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 5:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Firefox | Comments: 0
Read/Write Web has a great list of add-ons for the Web 2.0 space.
As Web 2.0 continues to move forward, Firefox authors continue to create exceptional add-ons as well.
Read/Write Web posted an article about the Top 10 Firefox Web 2.0 add-ons.
How to Deploy Firefox within the Enterprise
Monday, June 04, 2007 3:00 PM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Firefox | Comments: 0
Michael Kaply describes how to deploy Firefox to the company masses in his 6-part series.
For those Internet Explorer "dis-likers," Firefox is fast becoming the most adaptive and flexible browser out there.
Most companies using Firefox aren't even interested in going back to Internet Explorer, but if you're making it a corporate policy to roll out Firefox to every PC in the company, you may want to jump over to Michael Kaply's site.
Firefox Issues: Where do I go?
Monday, November 27, 2006 11:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Firefox | Comments: 0
If you're receiving an error in Firefox, where do you go for assistance? Mozilla Knowledge Base!
I'm sure everyone has a problem with Firefox crashing once in a while. Hey, it's not perfect, but it's pretty close. :-)
The whole idea behind Firefox is that you have a community who help one another to make the open source browser the best that it can be.
Firefox and IE Tip: Mouse Scroll to make your text larger
Monday, November 13, 2006 9:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Firefox | Comments: 0
Quick tip to make your text larger on the screen without any of the fancy "make my text bigger" JavaScript.
For those who incorporate a small, medium, large JavaScript technique on their site, you only have a limited number of choices on the screen.
To make the text on your site bigger, hold down the CTRL key and use the middle mouse (scroller) to scroll...slowly!
Firefox 2.0 parties are forming as we speak!
Friday, October 13, 2006 6:20 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Firefox | Comments: 0
Let's party like it's 1999!
Everyone likes to party, right?
The Mozilla Foundation is coordinating parties all over the world for the release of Firefox 2.0 in 14 days. Let the Firefox 2.0 countdown begin at FirefoxParty.com.
Firefox 1.5.0.7 and Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 updates
Friday, September 15, 2006 6:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Firefox | Comments: 0
Firefox and Thunderbird updates were just released last night.
Last night, I'm was writing the latest Fireday and the first notification I get was my Thunderbird needed updated.
Then, I get a Firefox notification. Wow. Two in one night. :-)
Top 10 Firefox Super Extensions
Friday, August 04, 2006 4:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Firefox | Comments: 12
Everyone uses Firefox extensions, but sometimes you need super extensions.
Everyone uses Firefox extensions, but sometimes you need super extensions. Super extensions are extensions that could be considered standalone applications, but instead integrate seamlessly into Firefox, showing the extendability and strength of the Firefox's extension architecture.
Check out these top extensions that could be their own application.
UPDATE: Firefox 1.5.0.5
Thursday, August 03, 2006 4:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Firefox | Comments: 0
Firefox 1.5.0.5 has been released.
A new version of Firefox has been released. This version of Firefox is a security/stability release and I believe it may be the last 1.x.x.x version before 2.0 is released, provided no other security issues pop up.
Some of the issues addressed in this release include:
Firefox 2 takes on IE7
Wednesday, July 19, 2006 6:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Firefox | Comments: 0
Can IE7 hold up to Firefox 2 when its released?
InformationWeek has the article that most of us has been waiting for, Review: Firefox 2 takes on IE7.
After reading through the article, there were three features covered:
Fix "Unresponsive Script" errors in Firefox
Monday, July 10, 2006 4:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Firefox | Comments: 1
You may need to read this if you have Firefox script problems.
For those who have Firefox (and cherish it dearly), most of you have encountered the dreaded "Unresponsive Scripts" dialog box. Do you want to stop the script or continue?
Well, Dans.Blog has the post on how to fix Firefox "unresponsive script" warnings and make this annoying dialog box go away. Thank goodness!
Firefox Toolbar Tutorial
Monday, June 05, 2006 7:23 PM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Firefox | Comments: 0
Great detailed tutorial on how to create a custom Firefox Toolbar.
BornGeek.com has very elaborate tutorial on how to create your very own Firefox toolbar.
The article is broken into 8 parts:
Cleaning up your fox
Monday, May 22, 2006 9:27 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Firefox | Comments: 0
Got way too many extensions? Clean 'em up!
If you're like me, you have a lot of extensions installed in Firefox. I was going to write something like this, but again, someone beat me to the punch. :-)
FeedSquirrel.com posted this a while back and I thought it would be great to reference for later.
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