Firefox Extenstion: Downloads in Tab

If you have ever tried the popular browser Opera, you have probably noticed it’s abundance of features. Probably one of the first ones you noticed was the download manager was in a tab. If you happened to like it, but don’t want to move away from firefox, there is a firefox extension which forces the Downloads window to display as a new tab. It saves space in your task bar, and lets you see more of your...

Firefox Script: Always Expand Facebook Apps

Since Facebook released the Developer’s API, you have probably been adding more and more applications to your Facebook account. With these new tools comes new annoyances that Facebook has yet to fix. One of them is that you can only put 6 apps above the fold on your left navigation menu. To access the rest, you must click on a little arrow at the bottom. There is no doubt that this makes Facebook more money, because it...

Firefox Tip: Launch Your Searches

Geoff, my fellow GearFire blogger, had a question about whether it was possible to quickly search websites in a similar manner to how I launch my bookmarks. The answer is yes. If you read my previous post on launching bookmarks, you’ll notice that Launchy also mentions the ability to index Firefox’s “quick searches.” So what are quick searches? It’s Firefox’s way of letting you use a...

Firefox Tip: Launch Your Bookmarks

Following up on my “Stop Mousing Around” article, I present a mouseless way of loading bookmarks. The key is to use Launchy. There have already been Gearfire posts outlining how to use Launchy to search your documents and launch your applications. Launchy also includes a built-in plugin called “Foxy” which indexes your Firefox bookmarks. Just make sure it’s checked (usually it’s by...

Firefox Tip: Stop [Mousing] Around

If you’re a Firefox user (I know you Intenet Explorer users see that banner on our homepage), I have a tip that can cut down your mouse usage, saving you time and potential RSI. Everyday, we enter our credentials into login forms, infomation into registrations, and queries into search boxes. Everyday, we pull our hand away from the keyboard, point our mouse to the textbox, only to return our hand to the keyboard having...

Firefox Trick: Open Links in Background Tabs

It is easy to feel overwhelmed if you are opening multiple links from a single page. Depending on your situation, you may be opening five or more links, and it is annoying to have to move back to your original tab each time you open a link. Luckily for you, there is a quick and easy about:config hack that can force links to open in background tabs, which means you won’t be disturbed from your browsing. In order to force...