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Three Best Firefox Extensions / Add-ons

Alex — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:25:45 +0000

I tried many other add-ons and extensions, but these are the ones I can’t live without:

Adblock Plus
No Script
Firebug (mostly for web development)

Bonus:

Backup your Firefox Passwords

Alex — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:57:19 +0000

There are only 2 files you need to backup:

signons.sqlite
key3.db

You can find those in your Firefox profile:

Linux

~/.mozilla/firefox/xxxxxxxx.default/

Windows

Click the Windows Start button, and select Run….
Type in %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ then click OK.

You can then copy those file to another computer in your Firefox profile to use them.

Zap bookmarklet

Alex — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:27:35 +0000

You can find many different bookmarklets to clean un-readable web pages at:
https://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/zap.html. They are all compatible with Firefox and most of them are compatible with Internet Explorer and Opera.

For example, you can remove java, flash, background music, third-party iframes, plugins, colors, cheap effects, event handlers, or timers.

Firefox: How to customize your UserAgent

Alex — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:32:41 +0000

Firefox: How to edit the User Agent string

To change the User Agent string, just enter about:config as an address in the address bar of FireFox, the location where you normally enter a URL (link). I recommend to preserve the original value, which you can get when you enter just about: in the address bar.

Now press the right mouse button to get the context menu and select “String” from the menu entry “New”. Enter the preference name “general.useragent.override”, without the quotes. Next, enter the new User Agent value you want Mozilla Firefox to use. I added my name and a link to my web site to the original value. You can also pick one from the list of User Agent strings. Check the new value by entering about: in the address bar.

Source: http://johnbokma.com/mexit/2004/04/24/changinguseragent.html

Free domain name and hosting

Alex — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:32:41 +0000

Microsoft Office Live Basics – Free domain name of your choice and free hosting

Weebly – Free hosting of your previously owned domain name (or buy one and they will host it for free)

Also check http://lifehacker.com/software/feature/host-your-domain-with-free-apps-331865.php