Posted by Lim on Dec 20th, 08 | Filed under
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docx is Microsoft Office 2007 Word documents extension. Now, you can view docx files using Firefox by installing OpenXMLViewer, which is available for Windows, Mac and Linux users.
The picture above shows the architecture of OpenXML Viewer. After installing the Firefox plugin, you are able to open any docx files using Firefox.
It is an useful extension for users who haven’t upgrade to Microsoft Office 2007. Basically, the extension will convert docx documents into HTML format so that web browsers can render and display to users. So, the extension is not able to shows embedded objects.
Source: Digital Inspiration
Posted by Lim on Jul 9th, 08 | Filed under
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Do you think that it is possible to edit and modify website within your browser, just like editing a wiki website? Yes, it is possible!
Edit current website is a bookmarklet button. When you press the button, you can start edit the website, within install any other plugin or extension.
The modified website will stay until you press the refresh button. It is very useful when you want to take a print screen of certain website, but you want to modify the content. Instead of edit the content thrpugh image editing software, you can now do it within your browser.
In the example above, i had modified the radio button’s text to “Search this planet?“. Cool? So, how to add this bookmarklet to your browser? Simply drag this “Edit current website” and drop it to your browser’s toolbar.
Enjoy!
Bookmarklet: Edit current website
Posted by Lim on Jul 5th, 08 | Filed under
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RAMBack is a Firefox extension that can clear the internal cache memory for Firefox 3, release the unuse memory space for other applications.
A lot of Firefox 2 users complain the memory usage for Firefox 2 is too high, which cause other applications to run slowly. Although Firefox 3 seems to be load faster and consume less memory, but it still can’t fully release the unuse memory. For example, closing unwanted tabs doesn’t fully recover the memory.
So, we need extension which can clear those cache memory. After install the extension, you can press the “Clear Cacher” options from the “Tools” menu.
I wonder why Firefox developer don’t include this feature in Firefox 3? Although RAMBack extension does help us to free up the unuse menory, but we still need to manually press the “Clear Cache” button. I hope that the extension author can try to make this automatic clear the cache whenver any tab being closed.
RAMBack extension
Posted by Lim on Jun 23rd, 08 | Filed under
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Firefox 3 had been released at 17 June 2008. It include a lot of cool new festures. You can easily find and install new addons in Firefox 3.
I am sure most of the Firefox users will install some addons or themes. But, do you know that Firefox 3 allow users to search addons within the Addons Manager?
As you can see in the screenshot, You can browse to the Get Add-ons tab and Firefox will show some recommended addons. There is also a searchbox so that you can search your favorite addons. The searchbox allow you to search for both extensions and themes. I am not sure whether you can search plugins or not.
Posted by Lim on Jun 11th, 08 | Filed under
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Firefox will set around 3 seconds delay when you try to install any addons/plugin. It is to ensure users have enough time to read the information before install any addons. But this feature cause some users feel annoying.
So, we are going to remove this feature through about:config.
- Type about:config in your address bar.
- Type security.dialog_enable_delay in the filter text box.
- Change the value to 0.
- Restart Firefox.
You can now install any addons without waiting.
Source: Daily Gyan
Posted by Lim on Jun 5th, 08 | Filed under
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Hooeey is a personal web application which let you to manage and organize your internet activities, bookmarks, and lets you use them in a fun and productive way.
Few days ago, i talk about how to retrieve your Firefox bookmark from the Firefox’s daily backup folder. If you feel that it is troublesome, you can install Foxmarks, which will automatic synchronize your bookmarks with the web. Now, you have another choice – hooeey, which will record your internet activities and save them to your hooeey account.
Hooeey is more suitable for you if you are using more than one browser. You can share your hooey profile within IE or Firefox.
All your internet activities will be saved on the server, you can then access them through the toolbar. They provide a dashboard for you to manage your activities and account. You can share your links with other users. If you want to analyze your activities, you can use the charts and graphs provided by them.
Summary of hooeey main features
- records seamlessly
- tag, comment and rate any link browsed
- easy recall and retrieval of web pages seen previously
- analysis of browsing habits
- share information
hooeey
Posted by Lim on May 30th, 08 | Filed under
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Bookmarks are very important for everyone. We use it to store important URL and a lot of interesting websites. Without bookmark, i can’t imagine how we are going to remember the URLs.
So, what happen if our Firefox’s bookmarks suddenly disappear? One of my friend’s bookmarks suddenly disappear (i am not sure the actual reason, but i suspect is cause by improper PC shut down). So, how are we going to restore the bookmarks?
Firefox actually do the job for us. So, where are the backup bookmarks and how we restore them? Follow the steps below and you can easily retrieve them:
- Go to “C:\Documents and Settings\(your account)\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\”. Replace the bracket with your account name.
- You will see a folder with random name. Go inside the folder and you will see another folder “bookmarkbackups“. Here is the place Firefox store your previous bookmarks.
- Pick the latest bookmarks, copy it.
- Go up one level, paste the bookmarks that you just copied.
- Rename the file to “bookmarks.html”.
- Done. Now your bookmarks should be restored.
Posted by Lim on May 22nd, 08 | Filed under
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ReadBag is a useful service which similar with Firefox’s Read It later plugin. You can save any stories and read them when you are free.
ReadBag runs on the new Google apps engine, so you just need an Google account in order to use this service. It provides user a javascript bookmarklet button so that users can add new stories quickly and easily.
To save a story, simply provide the title and URL. You can turn on the “auto archive” function, so that all stories read will automatic go to the archive folder.
There are some other features such as mobile access and API. Furthermore, Firefox users can direct posting or access ReadBag through extension, while Google Reader’s users can add stories in ReadBag by using greasemonkey script.
Another similar service is Instapaper, which is much straight forward than ReadBag. If you need extra features, i would recommend ReadBag, else go for Instapaper.
ReadBag
Posted by Lim on May 19th, 08 | Filed under
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Secure Login is a Firefox extension which similar to Opera’s Wand login. It use the built-in password manager and provide extra security features for users.
After install Secure Login, you are able to use the status bar icon or shortcut key ( alt + N) to perform automatic login. Before you click the Secure Login icon or press the shortcut key, Firefox won’t automatically fill the username. This will help to protect you from malicious Javascript code from stealing your login information.
If you have multiple accounts on the same URL, Secure Login will let you choose which account you want to use. You also have the option to play a sound when login data found on the current page. The screenshot below shows Firefox highlighted the username and password fields when Secure Login found login information:
When you see the highlighted fields, you can click the Secure Login icon at Firefox status bar to automatic login. To provide more security such as preventing cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, you can turn on “Activate JavaScript protection on login”.
If you use Firefox password manager very often and would like to protect your login information, i would recommend you in install this plugin.
download Secure Login extension
Posted by Lim on May 18th, 08 | Filed under
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Link Alert is a Firefox plugin which will change your mouse cursor when you point to a link, so that you will know what you are going to open/download after click the link.
This simple plugin will show you a small icon when you move the mouse over a link. Although Firefox will show the link details in status bar, but this plugin will let you know more details. For example, you will know the filetype that you are going to download.
You can also customize the link icons with image that you familiar, or add any specific file extensions. This lightweight plugin will not slow down your Firefox speed. I had tested it with my old PC and my Firefox speed remain the same before and after installation of this plugin.
download Link Alert
