Learn How to Develop Extensions for Firefox 1.5 and Later; Participate in FireFox Extension Development ContestNovember 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.
How To Easily Switch Proxies in FirefoxJune 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.
How to Backup an Entire Browsing Session in Firefox and Re-build it as Installable FileJanuary 5th, 2009 Just to give you the poor man's Weave experience, here is a pretty useful add-on for Firefox 3, FEBE (Firefox Environment Backup Extension). It allows you to quickly and easily backup your Firefox extensions.
Beware of Firefox TabMix .2 ExtensionMay 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.
Google Takes First Step, Makes Chrome CustomizableDecember 1st, 2008 If you have read our article battle of browsers, I guess you know by now that Google Chrome is fast coming up to be in the front line of popularity amongst broswers. They have taken another step towards achieving it by making Google Chrome customizable.
How to: Customize Right Click Menu and Main Menu Bar in FirefoxJanuary 16th, 2009 The more add-ons you use in Firefox, the better and more convenient it is to you. But there is one point which will bother you constantly.
Google Goodies for Firefox UsersJuly 11th, 2005 Assorted list of latest products from Google targeted at Firefox users.
Java EE 6 HighlightsMay 6th, 2008 The key features of Java EE 6 (Java Enterprise Edition version 6) are:
Modular Platform - Java EE 6 introduces profiles targeted for particular segment of users like web developers or mobile developers. Java Profiles allows you to select Java EE 6 features to be included in a profile.
Share Firefox and Be Immortalized in Firefox 2July 17th, 2006 Share Firefox with a friend. If your friend downloads Firefox before September 15, you’ll both be immortalized in Firefox 2.
about:me, Next Gen Firefox Add-on launchedJune 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.
Firefox Productivity TipsJanuary 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.
Firefox Woes: Memory Leaking, Hanging, Incorrect Rendering etc.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.
Killer Plugins for FirefoxApril 11th, 2005 Few killer plugins which will provide you key functionalities you enjoyed with IE and then add some great functionalities for Firefox. The best productivity boosters for Firefox I have seen and tested.
5 Must-Have Firefox Add-ons for Web Development & QAJune 24th, 2008 These add-ons are so useful that I cannot work for a single day without them and so I would suspect most web developers and QA Engineers. These plugins / add-ons makes Firefox a formidable web development and testing platform.
Firefox 1.5 ReleasedNovember 30th, 2005 Firefox 1.5 has finally been released with tons of new features. Here's what's new in Firefox 1.5:
* Automated update to streamline product upgrades.