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All listed Firefox Add-ons below that i found are to make your Browsing Experience Better. Such as find stuff you need faster on Google, Yahoo,MSN or learn words in any language while you surf the web. Check out some of the Cool Firefox Add-ons list to make your browsing a little better, Subscribe to The-Online-Quest for even more Cool Firefox Add-ons list.

Some Firefox Add-ons that REALLY make your Browsing Experience Better

1) Surf Canyon - Search Engine Assistant

Surf Canyon enables you to uncover relevant information that’s buried in the search results on Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft Live Search or Craigslist. Personalize your search in real-time.

2) Codetch 0.4.1rc1

Codetch lets you edit your documents right next to your web pages as you surf. Get the feel of Dreamweaver in a Firefox extension.

3) WordLearner

WordLearner toolbar allows you to learn words in any language while you surf the web.

4) Video DownloadHelper 3.4

Video DownloadHelper lets you to download and convert Web videos from hundreds of YouTube-like sites.

5) FoxyTunes 3.0.4

FoxyTunes lets you control almost any media player and find lyrics, covers, videos, bios and much more with a click right from your browser.

6) PhProxy - InBasic 3.0.3J

PhProxy lets you to achieve anonymity in surfing, using web-based proxy.

7) Secure Login 0.9.3

Secure Login is a login extension for Mozilla Firefox integrated password manager. Its main feature is similar to Opera’s (the browser) Wand login.

Glubble for Families 2.0.1.1

Glubble turns the Internet into a fun, educational, secure and social experience for the entire family. With this free add-on for Firefox your children can explore, play and enjoy thousands of fun games, color pages, interactive exercises, audio books and puzzles.

Stylish is a Firefox, Thunderbird, Flock, SeaMonkey, Mozilla Suite, and Songbird extension that allows easy management of user styles. User styles empower your browsing experience by letting you fix ugly sites, customize the look of your browser or mail client, or just have fun.

Installing scripts

Before you customize the look of your browser, you need to install the extension first. Click here to install.

Go to userstyles.org, search for script, load into the Stylish extension where you can preview and save it.

Take a look at 5 popular websites that you can customize.

1) Youtube - Stripped for your viewing pleasure

2) Gmail - Gmail Redesigned

Gmail Redesigned is a CSS Stylesheet for Google’s Gmail service. It is a single file which is loaded locally overtop of the Gmail website to change its look and feel.

3) Facebook - Dark Yellow 2008

This is a Black and yellow version of Facebook.

4) Google Web Search - Dark Gray Redesign

Dark gray/black color scheme for Google’s web search page.

5) Wikipedia - Dark gray with nicer search box

Firefox has tons of extensions that enhance the functionality of the browser. You can saves your time while you are surfing the net. The 11 Firefox Add-ons listed below is my recommendations to help you saves your time that will keep you focused on your time management.

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1. ObamaFox

Instant access to Barack Obama and US Election ‘08 news, blogs, and campaign updates in your browser. Just click the small Obama icon in the bottom right corner of your browser and get the latest Obama and Election ‘08 news from your favorite news sources. Choose from 18 sources, including the Obama HQ Blog, Google News, CNN, New York Times, Eyes On Obama, Digg, and Twitter. You will also get major campaign updates and action alerts automatically in your browser.

Install ObamaFox

2. URL Fixer

URL Fixer corrects typos in URLs that you enter in the address bar. For example, if you type google.con, it will correct it to google.com (asking first, if you enable confirmation).

It will correct common misspellings of .com, .net, .org, .edu, .gov, .mil, and all other mainstream TLDs, as well as the protocol (http:, https:).

Install URL Fixer

3. Adsense Notifier

Adsense Notifier displays your Adsense earnings on your Firefox status bar. It allows you to easily see your earnings at a glance instead of logging into the Adsense website multiple times a day.

Install Adsense Notifier

4. ForecastFox

Forecastfox is an extension that brings international weather to your Firefox web browser. You can use your US zip code or you can easily find your town or city by using the built in search tool. It is unobtrusive and lightweight, yet can be customized to display nearly as much data as the leading desktop weather programs.

Install Forecastfox

5. Paste and Go 3

Paste and Go 3 is a Firefox extension that gives you similar functionality in Firefox. It will save you time every day, just copy the link and paste and go immediately.

Install Paste and Go 3

6. AutoCopy

Do you like the content area context menu item? Autocopy is the time saving way of cutting and pasting text from within Firefox, Mozilla, or Thunderbird. Then try the Autocopy Context Menu. Select some text and up pop ups the Autocopy Context Menu.

Install AutoCopy

7. ColorZilla

With ColorZilla you can get the color without having to guess or play around with an image editor to try to match the color, quickly adjust this color and paste it into another program. You can Zoom the page you are viewing and measure distances between any two points on the page. This is a good add-on if you are trying to build your own website and trying to blend the colors together.

Install ColorZilla

8. Clear Cache Button

Adds a clear cache toolbar button. After installing the extension, find the clear cache button in the toolbar customization panel.

Install Clear Cache Button

9. FEBE

FEBE allows you to quickly and easily backup your Firefox extensions. In fact, it goes beyondFEBE license plate just backing up — It will actually rebuild your extensions individually into installable .xpi files. Now you can easily synchronize your office and home browsers. FEBE backs up and restores your extensions, themes, and (optionally) your bookmarks, preferences, cookies.

Install FEBE

10. TinyUrl Creator

Easy shrink any long URL or link in the page to something you can email or Twitter using the TinyUrl service with a single click in your browser.

Install TinyUrl Creator

11. Clipboard-Save-As

This extension is useful when you have an URL in your clipboard pointing to a file (for example, a movie clip) you want to save to your hard drive. Many times, just pasting the URL in the address bar will lead to Firefox opening it instead of giving you the option to save it. With Clipboard-Save-As, an option is added to the Tools menu that allows you to save the file to your hard drive. Just make sure the URL to the file is in your clipboard and then select Save File from Clipboard.

Install Clipboard-Save-As

12. SwitchProxy Tool

SwitchProxy lets you manage and switch between multiple proxy configurations quickly and easily. You can also use it as an anonymizer to protect your computer from prying eyes.

Install SwitchProxy Tool

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A keyboard short cut is a key (or combination of keys) that performs a function within a software program I have come across some excellent keyboard shortcuts for Firefox. This is a list of keyboard shortcuts in Mozilla Firefox (Win/Mac/Linux) and don’t forget to Subscribe and receive more great updates.

Note:Some key uses the same shortcut for (Win/Mac/Linux)

List of shortcut keys for (Windows)

List of shortcut keys for (Mac)

List of shortcut keys for (Linux)

Note:Some key uses the same shortcut for (Win/Mac/Linux)

Shareaholic allows you to quickly share, bookmark, and e-mail web pages via a very wide array of your favorite web 2.0 social networking & bookmarking sites - such as Delicious, Digg, Facebook, Google Reader, MySpace, and StumbleUpon, without cluttering up your browser.

Shareaholic currently supports posting to: digg, delicious, facebook, foxiewire, friendfeed, google bookmarks, google reader, healthranker, kaboodle, magnolia, mixx, myspace, pownce, reddit, simpy, soup.io, stumbleupon, streakr, truemors, tumblr, twine, twitter, yahoo! buzz, ycombinator, bzzster, etc.

Shareaholic also lets you quickly evaluate web page popularity by telling you the number of times the web page you’re on has been dugg or saved to del.icio.us.

It will show you if the item is dugg, how many diggs, and number of comments, clicking on it will either submit a new item (if it is new) or bring you to the page that already exists.

Works with both Windows and Mac.

Download

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5457

Firefox 3 is finally here and some add-ons are not compatible with Firefox 3. And for those of you who are tired and boring of default plain gray theme of Firefox , there are a few things you can do to change the looks of your Firefox browser, making it more interesting.I’ve found some compatible themes that you could use.

Here are My Top 5 Firefox 3 Themes

Walnut - Why not give your Web browser a wood grain finish to feel like you widdled it yourself sitting out on the porch in your rocking chair.

Qute - Not a full theme, but instead an icon set of shiny, candy looking icons to switch out with the defaults in Firefox 3.

PitchDark - A dark, minimalistic theme with maximum screen real-estate and readability in mind.

Pink-Bee - Written in French, it’s still hard to pass up on this one if you’re looking for a pink theme.

Newgrounds Classic - Based off of the popular Newgrounds site, this theme is a mixture of black with very shiny yellow, complete with some animation.

Do you like to blog? Whether you are a professional or a newbie blogger. You are always to find new ideas and creativity to blog about. If you use firefox, i have a good news for people who love to blog.These firefox add-ons saves you time when you blog and you can post your article directly from Firefox

Here are Top 5 Firefox Add-ons for Blogging :

DashBlog 1.5
DashBlog lets you quickly collect videos, images, text/quotes, songs and screen-captures from any web page and publish them to your blog (word press, blogger/blogspot, tumblr) and/or twitter.

Works with: Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0.*

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7215

ScribeFire 2.2.7
ScribeFire is a full-featured blog editor that integrates with your browser and lets you easily post to your blog.

Works with: 2.0 – 3.0.*

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1730

MySpace Blog Editor 0.3
The MySpace Blog Editor allows you to post directly from within Firefox to your MySpace blog aswell as save notes, drag and drop formatted text from webpages, handle images and much more…

Works with: 1.0 – 3.0a1.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3229

Deepest Sender 0.9.0
Deepest Sender is a client that will allow you to post to blogs from directly within Firefox. It is primarily a LiveJournal client, although it supports Blogger (GData) and WordPress (metaWeblog) too.

Works with: 3.0 – 3.0.*

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1811

WordPress Post 0.17
This extension lets you post the text you select in your browser directly to your WordPress blog.

Works with: 1.5 – 3.0.*

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4900

Everybody was very excited (myself included) when the day Firefox 3 was released. Firefox has already reached 14,613,666 downloads. With more than 15,000 improvements, Firefox 3 is faster, safer and smarter than before.

So i decided to visit this link and download Firefox 3 and uninstall Firefox 2 without thinking much.

After the installation process was complete, i started my daily blogging routine. I clicked my bookmark Tab and wanted to visit my favorite site but…

I think you all know what happen right?. My old bookmarks was gone, my extensions and ect. All my data was gone. So i am here to write a post on how Transfer your old Firefox 2 data to Firefox 3. And don’t follow my stupid steps.

Ok, let’s get started.

Transfer your old Firefox 2 data to Firefox 3

Before you do anything to Firefox 2, you must backup your old data first. Mozilla Firefox stores all your personal settings, such as bookmarks, passwords and extensions, in a profile folder, which is stored on your computer. To back up your profile, restore it, or move it to a new location or computer, all you have to do is move or copy the profile folder.

In order to back up or restore your data, you need to know where Firefox stores the profile folder.

On Windows Vista

1. Click the Windows Start button, and type %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ in the Start Search box near the bottom of the Start menu, without pressing Enter. A list of profiles will appear in the top left of the Start menu.

2. Click on any of the profiles (e.g. xxxxxxxx.default) to open it with Windows Explorer.

On Windows 2000 and XP

1. Click the Windows Start button, and select Run….

2. Type in %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ then click OK.

3. Windows Explorer opens a folder containing your profiles.

4. Double-click the profile folder you wish to open (e.g. the xxxxxxxx.default folder).

Note: For Windows Vista/XP/2000 the location path is %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\

After you locate your profile folder, you need to backup it.

Backing up your profile

Backing up your profile folder in Firefox is easy. Just follow these steps:

1. From the menu at the top of the Firefox window, select File and then select the Exit menu item.

2. Locate your profile folder, as explained above.

3. Right-click on your profile folder, and select Copy.

4. Right-click the backup location (e.g. a USB-stick or a blank CD-RW disc), and select Paste.

After you have backup your profile in Firefox 2, you can continue uninstalling Firefox 2 and install Firefox 3.

After you have install Firefox 3, before you can transfer all your old data to the new Firefox 3 profile, you need to create new profile..BUT before you create it, you need to start your profile manager.

Starting the Profile Manager

On Windows Vista

1. Open the Windows Start menu. In the Start Search box in the bottom left, type firefox.exe -ProfileManager and press ENTER.

On Windows 98, ME, 2000, and XP

1. Select the START menu in the Windows Taskbar. Then, select Run.

2. In the Run dialog, type firefox.exe -ProfileManager and click OK.

After you start your profile manager, now you can create your profile in Firefox 3.

Creating a profile

1. To start the Create Profile Wizard, click Create Profile… in the Profile Manager.

2. Click Next and enter the name of the profile. Use a profile name that is descriptive, such as your personal name. This name is not exposed on the Internet.

3. You can also choose where to store the profile, which is useful if you plan on exporting your data and settings to another computer or setup in the future. To choose its storage location on your system, click Choose Folder….

4. To create the new profile, click Finish.

Next step is how to transfer your old Firefox 2 profile data to Firefox 3 new Created Profile.

Transfer a profile backup to Firefox 3

1. From the menu at the top of the Firefox window, select File and then select the Exit menu item.

2. If your existing profile folder and profile backup folder have the same name, simply replace the existing profile folder with the profile backup, then start Firefox.

Important: The profile folder names must match exactly for this to work, including the random string of 8 characters. If the names do not match or if you are restoring a backup to a different location, follow the steps below.

If my help help won’t work, please visit http://support.mozilla.com for more informations.

Firekeeper is an intrusion detection and prevention add-on for Firefox that is adding another layer of security. The basic purpose of the Firefox add-on is to identify browser vulnerabilities and exploits that have not yet been patched in Firefox by scanning the data that is transferred between the client computer and the website. Both http and https connections are supported.

Possible threats are identified by a default rule set and additional custom rules that can be downloaded from the Internet or created by the user. If a threat or vulnerability has been identified the user is alerted about it before it is executed. The alert displays the url and type of threat and a list of references that explain the current alert in detail.

The user is prompted for action. This can mean to blacklist or whitelist the url permanently or to block or allow it once for the session. Instead of alerting the user Firekeeper can also block specific threats automatically without prompting for action. This behavior can be defined in the rules of the add-on.

Additional rules can be added by the user which unfortunately requires some knowledge of programming languages like Javascript. A blocklist can be downloaded from the Internet so that it can be used in Firekeeper.

One interesting aspect of Firekeeper is that it does not query a server on the Internet, everything is handled locally.

Credits to http://www.ghacks.net

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For those of you who are tired and boring of default plain gray theme of Firefox , there are a few things you can do to change the looks of your Firefox browser, making it more interesting. Just go to Firefox Add-on site, then look out for “themes” section. Themes are like new clothes for your Firefox. A theme can change only a few colors, or every piece of Firefox’s appearance. It’s another great way to personalize Firefox to your tastes.

I’ve installed all of them. When i got bored of current theme, I will change it to another. I usually stick with current theme only for a week, then I changed to a new one.

1) Aero Fox

This is a dark theme using Aero style buttons and icons. It is largely based on Aquatint Dark theme but uses some features from Abstract Classic and Cobalt Firefox.

2) Tinseltown

Tinseltown is a Christmas theme with holiday imagery including Christmas lights, snow, reindeer, presents and more. This theme is made eve better with great Christmas icons from Watiworks and a semi-transparent URL bar. Get in the holiday spirit!

Tinseltown, the holiday theme, works on Mac, Window and Linux for all to enjoy!

3) MidnightFox
MidnightFox is a dark theme with brightly colored buttons. The idea is to try and create a dark, yet usable, Firefox theme. This theme IS NOT finished. If you don’t like dark themes, don’t download.

4) SoccerFox SVG - A theme for Soccer/football fans.

5) ToonSkin - A violet and grey cartoon theme for your favorite browser.

6) TrafficFox - A Firefox theme with road signs.

7) iPox Aqua

Firefox theme with shinny blues and whites.

iPox Aqua is a spin off of iPox. This version includes bright blue buttons, background and other slight modifications to bring a big more to the original iPox theme.

PinkHope
PinkHope is a Firefox theme for Breast Cancer awareness. It’s very pink and is one way you can help spread awareness at home, school or work without saying a word. The bright colors and pink ribbon are enough to let anyone know the cause.

9) Vista-aero - The most IE7-like theme with Vista Aero style!

10) Blue Ice - A crisp, simple ice blue theme…

Actually there are a lot more. To view all available themes and which Firefox’s version the theme supported, visit Themes Section at Firefox Add-ons.

Credits to http://infoonnet.blogspot.com

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