Hate those pages that automatically refresh every couple of minutes? We do too. If you are using IE, just head to Tools –> Options, go to the Security tab, click Custom Level, then find Allow META REFRESH and disable it.
Want the same thing in Firefox? Lifehacker has the answer: head into about:config and change accessibility.blockautorefresh to true.
Ever wanted a customized folder on your Firefox Bookmarks bar that just shows whatever bookmarks that match your search terms?
Open up the bookmark organizer (Ctrl+Shift+B), do a search through your bookmarks, click Save, give it a name, and then drag the new search bar (at the bottom of the Bookmarks Menu) over to the Bookmarks bar (or wherever else you want it).
If you want the Firefox Awesome Bar to give you search suggestions, act as a calculator, or add a spell-checker directly in the list without needing to waste time hitting the search results page, the CyberSearch extension is exactly what you need. Hit the download page for way more screenshots.
Got lots of sites that don’t have favicons? You can install a Firefox extension that automatically generates an icon for a site based on the IP address of said website. It’s silly and kinda pointless, but it makes the web a prettier place, so how can we argue with it?
The TrackMeNot extension for Firefox 3.5 offers an additional layer of privacy for the surfer. By periodically sending random search queries, TrackMeNot increases the difficulty of search data indentifying individual users. Another great tool to protect your online identity.
TACO sets opt-out cookies to minimize the chances of you being tracked all over the web. It’s really that simple. Installing this extension will not slow you down or inhibit surfing in any way. We use it and highly recommend it.
Ever get tired of clicking? Are you an ubergeek? If so, you should check out the latest version of the Mouseless Browsing extension, which lets you easily browse using just the keyboard. This update makes it work in Gmail, which was the reason I wasn’t using it before.
In the quest to more easily post for this blog, I’ve come across WordPress Post, a simple little extension that lets you automate posting content to your blog.
Personally I won’t use it, since I can’t add images, but it’s pretty cool otherwise.
Rather than using extensions that try and auto-fill all of the forms, this awesome extension just adds a little icon next to the form fields that lets you choose from a couple of really common options, making it great for forms with weird field names on sites you might not come back to often enough to setup autofill normally.
From the page:
With Mozilla Firefox for HP Virtual Solutions, the SVS application virtualization technology from Symantec™ further protects your PC by containing Firefox – and everything you do on the Web! – in a “virtual layer”
Basically, it looks like the application is wrapped in a virtual layer, which can be reset to defaults by a menu item. I don’t really understand the point though, since it’s running software AFTER downloading that usually gets you.
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