Beware of SearchStatus Firefox Extension

April 30th, 2007 I am using a Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4 GHZ x 2), one of the best processor (review) in market today, with 2GHZ of DDR 2 667 RAM (read about my dream computer setup), and yet Firefox manages to hog 97% of the CPU in no time at all. I admit that I open too many windows but its is still extreme, don't you think? So I set upon to find a solution to the CPU hogging problem and you will be surprised to know that it is really very simple.

May 10th, 2005 It slowed my Firefox considerably. Whenever I opened a new tab, closed one there would be a delay of 10-12 seconds! It is that bad.

June 21st, 2006 Paul Adams explains how you can develop Firefox extensions using the handy Extension Developer's Extension. The example is easy enough but don't be fooled.

December 16th, 2005 Firefox has its own share of troubles. If I happen to open few sites with Flash advertisements on them and leave it open for some time, Firefox gobbles up most of the memory and becomes dog-slow.

May 14th, 2007 SessionSaver is a popular Firefox extension which allows you to seamlessly save existing session and restore it automatically at startup. You can also name the session and retrieve them anytime in future.

June 25th, 2006 There are two Firefox extensions depending on your need. If you need to switch between different proxies quickly then you can use the SwitchProxy extension for Firefox.

November 5th, 2005 Firefox 1.5 introduced two new features which drastically simplify extension development - the greatly simplified chrome registration scheme and reworked Extension Manager. Read this article to get started with extensions development.

August 31st, 2006 If you, like me, have lots of Firefox tab open at the same time then this extension is a must have. It allows you to easily view all your tabs with a simple key - F12.

December 10th, 2005 If you use Firefox AdBlock extension and you have upgraded to Firefox 1.5 you may notice that Flash is now disabled on your browser. This micro tutorial will show you how to enable Flash on your Firefox 1.5 browser.

June 15th, 2009 The next version of Firefox, better named as Firefox 3.6  comes with an interesting and handy feature called about: me. This is a especially designed web page that allows you to view your browsing habits profile highlighting the most visited sites, time of the day and days you navigate most, and how to access the sites.

January 3rd, 2006 Today we will discuss three productivity tips which has helped me most in Firefox last year. Location bar for "I'm Lucky" Google Search In the location bar (where you type in the URL) if you type in a word or phrase and hit [Enter] - the browser does a "I'm Lucky" Google search which effectively does the search and takes you to the first matching page.

June 17th, 2009 Now if there's an advanced feature in any web browser, no sooner that turns into Firefox extension. Imitating Opera's Speed Dial, Firefox got the Speed dial extension.

April 16th, 2006 The most annoying thing about web these days is the prevalence of Macromedia Flash based eye candies and advertisement. Not only they are an irritating visual distraction (in most cases), they also consume way too much CPU.

July 17th, 2006 Share Firefox with a friend. If your friend downloads Firefox before September 15, you’ll both be immortalized in Firefox 2.

July 13th, 2006 The key new features of Firefox 2.0 beta (with brief commentary) are: Integrated spell-checker - no more excuse for poor spelling in form data Bookmarked web site summary - small updated headlines that sites can create that display in the bookmark sidebar in Firefox Crashed session recovery - finally I can replace tab browser extension Re-open recently closed tabs - this one is a life-saver Anti-phishing warning popup - I hate popups but will let this one slide. Search suggestion - live dropdown of suggested terms while searching Tab close button on tabs - Personally I like ctrl-w better, a close button on every tab just makes it more crowded, not convenient RSS feed preview - provides information on an RSS feed when the user is subscribing to it You can download and test it here.