Surf better with Firefox extensions!

What special about Firefox is that you can customize it to surf better, easier and faster on your own way! here I'll put the lights on some extensions I think they're important to install and they will help you surf more easier.

1- Fasterfox
Official webpage: http://fasterfox.mozdev.org/

Fasterfox is a popular extension that helps you surf more faster.

2- FireFTP
Official webpage: http://fireftp.mozdev.org/

It's a built-in FTP manager that helps you edit and upload files to your FTP servers easily.

3- Foxmarks
Official webpage: http://www.foxmarks.com/

Foxmarks is a Firefox add-on that synchronizes your bookmarks in Firefox with the its server so you can take your bookmarks anywhere you want by installing the add-on on your Firefox.

4- CustomizeGoogle
Official webpage: http://www.customizegoogle.com/

CustomizeGoogle helps you customize and improve your search results on Google, and it enables you to remove the ads from the search results.

5- Bandwidth Meter and Diagnostics
Official webpage: http://www.gotomyhelp.com/

This add-on enables you to make internet speed tests on your connection and when Firefox fails to load a page it shows you a diagnostics page that enables you to figure out the problem.

6- Ctrl Tab Preview
Official webpage: http://www.gotomyhelp.com/

This is an extension that replaces the behavior of Ctrl+Tab (Cmd + Option + Tab on Mac).
Instead of directly changing tab it works some thing like Alt+Tab on windows. It views preview of the tab and you can change directly to the tab you want to or just go through all tabs to see what you got in them.

7- Download Manager Tweak
Official webpage: http://dmextension.mozdev.org/

An add-on that put some modifications on Firefox default download manager, it makes it more easy to use.

8- FEBE (Firefox Environment Backup Extension)
Official webpage: http://customsoftwareconsult.com

FEBE is a extension that helps you backup your Firefox extensions and it enables bundle them in one package that it's easy to install, it makes a backup of your bookmarks, preferences and passwords if you want!

9- Find Toolbar Tweaks
Official webpage: http://homepage3.nifty.com

This is a Firefox extension to tweak features and display of the Find Toolbar.

10- Fire Encrypter
Official webpage: https://addons.mozilla.org/

FireEncrypter is an Firefox extension which gives you encryption/decryption and hashing functionalities right from your Firefox browser.

11- Flashgot
Official webpage: http://flashgot.net/

Flashgot is an extension that helps you integrate many download managers with Firefox, it helps you download single & massive downloads more easily.

12- Forecast
Official webpage: http://forecastfox.mozdev.org/

A great and handy extension that brings you international weather to your Firefox browser.

13- Gspace
Official webpage: http://www.getgspace.com/

This extension enables you to upload files and folders to your Gmail storage more easily.

14- GooglePreview
Official webpage: http://ackroyd.de/googlepreview/

This handy add-on shows a resized screenshot of the websites in Google/Yahoo! search results.

15- IE Tab
Official webpage: http://ietab.mozdev.org/

An extension that embeds Internet Explorer in Firefox tab, that enables you access and browse the sites that requires Internet Explorer.

16- MinimizeToTray
Official webpage: http://minimizetotray.mozdev.org/

A handy add-on that enables you to minimize Firefox to the tray by pressing Ctrl+Shift+M, or by right clicking on the minimize button in Firefox.

17- StumbleUpon
Official webpage: http://www.stumbleupon.com/

Channel surf the internet with the StumbleUpon toolbar to find great websites, videos, photos and more based on your interests. StumbleUpon learns what you like and makes better recommendations. With StumbleUpon you can also connect with friends and share your discoveries, meet people that have similar interests, and check out what other people are discovering.

18- PDF Download
Official webpage: http://www.pdfdownload.org/

PDF Download solves the problems everyone has about handling PDF files with Firefox. This extension, every time you click on a link, checks if the target is a pdf file and in this case let you choose what you want to do (open pdf file inside or outside Firefox, download it to the filesystem or view it as HTML). PDF Download is not a PDF plugin: you still need to have installed the Adobe or the FoxIt PDF plugin if you want to open a PDF inside Firefox.

19- Restart Firefox
Official webpage: https://addons.mozilla.org/

Restart Firefox with ease.

20- Screengrab!
Official webpage: http://www.screengrab.org/

a great and handy add-on that helps you save a webpage as an image (Take full screenshots of webpages).

21- ScribeFire
Official webpage: http://www.scribefire.com/

ScribeFire (previously Performancing for Firefox) is a full-featured blog editor that integrates with your browser and lets you easily post to your blog. You can drag and drop formatted text from pages you are browsing, take notes, and post to your blog.

22- Tab Mix Plus
Official webpage: http://tmp.garyr.net/

Tab Mix Plus enhances Firefox's tab browsing capabilities. It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus much more. It also includes a full-featured session manager with crash recovery that can save and restore combinations of opened tabs and windows.

23- Translator
Official webpage: https://addons.mozilla.org/

It's a handy tool that help you translate webpages easily with Firefox.

24- TrashMail.net
Official webpage: http://www.trashmail.net/

Create a new email address on trashmail.net. All mails to this address will be forwarded to your real email address for a number of times you can set up on the following form. When the limit is reached, the Trashmail.net email address will be automatically deleted. All following mails (like spam, newsletter, etc) will be rejected at Trashmail.net

25- Video DownloadHelper
Official webpage: http://www.downloadhelper.net/

The easy way to download Web videos from hundreds of YouTube-like sites. This works also for audio and picture galleries.

26- FoxyTunes
Official webpage: http://www.foxytunes.com/

Do you listen to Music while surfing the Web? FoxyTunes lets you control almost any media player and find lyrics, covers, videos, bio's and much more with a click right from your browser.

27- Facebook Toolbar
Official Webpage: Facebook.com

Integrate Facebook with your browser.

28- Twitbin
Official webpage: http://www.twitbin.com/

TwitBin is an extension for firefox that brings the power of twitter right in your browser.

29- Digg This!
Official webpage: https://addons.mozilla.org/

The Digg This! extension speeds up the process of submitting stories to the news website digg.com

30- Organize Status Bar
Official webpage: http://yellow5.us/firefox/osb/

Organize Status Bar helps your organizing your status bar on Firefox by rearranging or hiding icons in your status bar.

That was the extensions I guess that they can make browsing easier for everybody, Hope you enjoy them all. And I'll be back with a detailed review with some guides for every extension mentioned here and some more good ones.

Firefoxian

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Firefox: The Basics

Today I'm back with an introduction article about Firefox, I'm going to write a quick brief about Firefox history, the main features, and what's special about it..

Introduction

Mozilla Firefox is a free web-browser developed by Mozilla Corporation and a large network of contributers around the world, It's a cross-platform open source software which runs under many platforms Like Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Firefox is getting more popular & popular everyday, there are many running projects to spread the word of Firefox, I'd like to mention one of the main projects for spreading firefox it's spreadfirefox.com which was founded by Asa Dotzler & Blake Ross.


History of Firefox

Firefox was firstly developed by two guys who were working on Mozilla project, These two guys were Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross, Firefox has undergone several name changes, It was firstly titled as Phoenix, then it was replaced by Firebird, then it finally got the name "Firefox", trademark issues were behind the name changes of Firefox.

Firefox Features

Well! If we want to count the features of Firefox with its Add-ons, we'll get an unlimited number of features! But we'll be enough now with the basic features of Firefox, the browser without any add-on installed on it.

Tabbed-browsing

Firefox was the first browser with the built-in tabbed-browsing feature, as we all know that tabbed-browsing means that you can surf more than one website in the same window through tabs.

Live Bookmarks

Firefox also has a built-in Live bookmarks manager so you can easily add & manage RSS feeds through your browser.

Integrated Search

You can search with many search engines and websites through the built-in search feature that enables you to add different search engines to it, Google is enabled by default.

Built-in Anti-phishing System

Firefox let you surf more secure with the built-in anti-phishing system.
Spell Checking

Firefox has a built-in spell checker with English enabled by default, and you can install any other supported language through Mozilla Add-ons center.

Session Restore

Firefox enables you to get back to your last session just before a crash you faced in the browser or in your system.
Pop-up Blocking

Firefox let you surf more easily by blocking the annoying pop-ups, Firefox notifies you when blocking a pop-up window.

Automated Updates

Firefox keeps checking if you're running the latest version of the browser or the add-ons, and notifies you about the new versions once they're out!

Firefox enables you to personalize the browser your way by installing add-ons and adding more search engines or by changing the interface the way you love by installing themes!
At the end the great main feature of Firefox that it's an open-source software that's getting more secure by time and it's getting wider and more variable features by having new add-ons everyday, I once read something about Firefox that I didn't believe at first, but now I'm fully convinced with it, I read that Firefox is highly addictive, you'll love it after couple of days of using it, and you'll feel the passion of Firefox running in your blood after having a good experience with it, You may not believe this now! But with time you'll know that this speech is true, Get Firefox now and take back the web!

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Introduction..

Hi!

I'm gladly introducing my new blog.. Firefox As An OS is a blog covers and discusses topics about how to get the most from your browser! It will discuss features of Firefox, and it will discuss reviews about Web 2.0 API's! If you're asking why I chose Firefox as the browser! as we all know that Firefox has so many great features. It's safe, Fast, and the main feature that it's an open source browser.. Firefox also greatly meets the web standards .. So you can run many Web 2.0 websites perfectly on it.

The 2nd reason why I chose Firefox is that Firefox has many Add-ons that help you browse more easily, you can also integrate many Web 2.0 applications and websites with Firefox through the Add-ons related to their websites and applications.. For e.g you can integrate Twitter with Firefox through the Twitbin extension that helps you update your status on Twitter more easily.. another e.g you can integrate Facebook with Firefox by installing Facebook Toolbar for Firefox so you can be up-to-the-minute with your friends updates, you can also be notified about the new pokes, messages and friend request on your account..

There will be many interesting topics to talk about here! there will be topics about the basics of Firefox too! So the new people to Firefox will take the advantage and know the great features beyond Firefox..

Hope that I'll be able to deliver you knowledge about what's going on the web!

Yazan a.k.a Firefoxian

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