Loving My Firefox
Nov 11th, 2008 by papabear
I love Firefox not because many claim that it is the safest web browser in the world. To me, there is no such thing as safe surfing on the internet. It is just like there is no such thing as a car that is totally safe to drive. You just need to be careful and not do some stupid things while you are at it.
At the same time, many claim that Firefox is the fastest web browser in the world. There is some truth in that statement when running it side by side to the fat Internet Explorer from Microsoft. However, when it is timed against Google Chrome, that opinion might not really hold 100% as some sites are loaded faster on Chrome compared to Firefox.
So, if those are not the reason to fall in love and to be still in love with a fox that is on fire, what is it then?
Well, it is none other than the Add-ons! Those little programs that hop into the back of the fox and make its fire hotter are the answers. Now I am going to share with you what Add-ons I have on my Firefox 3.0.3:
- Download Statusbar – I use this download management add-on a lot for downloading pictures, plug-ins for my blog as well as some other things that I need to download. I chose this because it does not give me one of those big download windows that pop-up on your face when you are dwonloading something.
- Downloadhelper – This add-on is primarily used to download YouTube videos to my hard disk so that they can be viewed offline. An FLV player is needed to play those video or you can install a video converter program and get this add-on to convert it to the format that you want automatically.
- Entrecard Toolbar – I am an Entrecard member and this one helps me to do my daily drop.
- Extended Statusbar – I like the status bar on Opera web browser and finally I found this. It shows percentage of the page loaded, number of loaded images, bytes downloaded, average download speed and load time. It is more for fun than anything else.
- FireFTP – FTP program is a must have for those running their own sites. So, instead of installing a separate FTP program, I use this add-on and it has done nothing but wonders so far.
- Flagfox – It displays a country flag depicting the location of the current website’s server and provides quick access to detailed location and web server information. For example, if your site/blog is on Blogger, then the US flag will appear. If you load this blog, the Malaysian flag will appear.
- Gspace – Not G-spot! This extension allows you to use your Gmail Space (4.1 GB and growing) for file storage. It acts as an online drive, so you can upload files from your hard drive and access them from every Internet capable system. The interface will make your Gmail account look like a FTP host. I have never actually used this so far.
- Linky – A handy tool if you need to open multiple links on a page into multiple tabs and then you can visit them one by one. You are going to be sure that you would not miss a link.
- Resurrect Pages – This one performs like magic. Dead pages, broken links, the scourge of the internet. Powerhouse sites like Slashdot and Digg can bring a server to its knees. What do we do when a page is dead but we still want to see it? Call in the clerics, and perform a resurrection ceremony! Or, the easier route, use this extension. I had even managed to copy some entries from my defunct blog at Modblog using this.
- SeacrhStatus – A quick way to view that PageRank and Alexa rank of the site/blog that you are visiting. It displays the Google PageRank, Alexa rank and Compete ranking anywhere in your browser, along with fast keyword density analyser, keyword/nofollow highlighting, backward/related links, Alexa info and other SEO tools.
- Tweak Network – I was using Fasterfox on Firefox 2 before and it is still in the experimental stage form Firefox 3. Therefore, I switched to this. With Tweak Network, you can tweak these settings, and you might be able to speed up the loading of web pages. You can also increase the maximum number of simultaneous downloads from a site (the default is only four). Please bear in mind that it can not do anything if the bottleneck is your own internet connection.
- TwitterFox – I need to see what people that I follow on Twitter are doing and talking about. This is the best tool to do that so that I don’t miss a tweet.
- Zemanta – An excellent blogging companion for me. Zemanta expands the author’s regular blogging dashboard, populating it on the fly with content suggestions relevant to the current text. It presents images, links, articles, tags in a simple interface. It encourages re-use and linking to other content with as little effort as possible – a single click.
There you go! What about you?
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haha bro,
gimme the ad slot
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lankapo, congrats bro!
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I love my firefox too.but lately chrome has slowly seducing me
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so my new kekasih gelap is chrome..make my life easier when opening two gmail account.
aku nk tambah fastdial as a good extension di firefox.sama macam chrome. thumbnail bookmarks
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lankapo, aku suka gak Google Chrome tp kalo x de add-ons, kureng la sket… so boleh buka multiple gmail eh kat chrome..? baru aku tau…
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I love Firefox too… but recently after updating to the latest version, it failed on me… Cos I had installed some plugins previously and they are not suitable for the latest version.. What a chore!! Anyway, also in my working line, IE is mostly used so I kinda have no choice but to use IE. HAH! =/
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salam mr. bear …
dolu2 suka pakai IE
kemudian dah jatuh cinta dengan “musang” sebab musang ni laju …
tp cintaku beralih arah … si “chrome” pilihanku sekarang … laju dia x bleh cakap .. walaupun x byk add-ons .. tp dia punya basic dah cukup memuaskan hati …
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cashmere, in my case, it automatically removed all the incompatible add-ons when I moved to 3.0. I am just using IE for testing purposes only right now.
hydir, ramai orang dah nak ceraikan si musang la ni sebab ada chrome. musang dah buat promise 3.1 dia akan lebih dasat dr chrome… so aku dok tunggu la ni… haha
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aku guna firefox ni dah lama dah..tahun 2002 dulu lg kot? time tuh aku kagum pasal dia nyer tabs la..tros jatuh cinta beb !
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sbb sha nieh opis blogger….so, sha langsung takleh nak komen posting nieh. kat opis pakai ie…laptop sniri jek yg pakai firefox…itupon kalo tak bz laaa:(
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life4hire, tabs… betul tuh. IE cuba tiru tp x best la tab dia…
cheryna, ok lah tu ada laptop sendiri yg guna FF.
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sebagai bini yg memang taat dengar cakap laki, aku pakai firefox sebab laki aku kata firefox lebih bagosss. pasal ape aku tak tau. ikut jek buta buta. ngeh ngeh ngeh.
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ummu, laki awak memang bijak!
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marilah kita ramai2 gunakan google chrome (iklan free walaupun google x byr satu sen pon… heheh)
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hydir, hahaha siap iklan tuh!
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sokong firefox…sbb dia punya add ons..Add ons yg aku selalu sangat pakai
- firebug
- twitterfox
- showip
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azlan, belum pernah cuba firebug dan showip. FF rocks!
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heeh bro chrome mana buleh bukak dua akaun gmail pakai chrome hehe.Aku cakap pakai chrome and firefox hehe. Dah ada bini sorg, kekasih gelap sorg kena lah guna/pakai dua2 ye tak… hahah
(yak ampunnn..nasib baik bini aku tak baca blog ko kwang kwang)
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lankapo, ooo… cam tu ye. btw, sapa kata bini ko tak baca blog aku? dia siap tinggal komen lagi bro! hahahaha… abis la ko!
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hahaha. kantoi!!!!
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i am a bit slow on using mozilla. To tell you the truth i started using mozilla earlier this year and that is when i started blogging. he he he. But still FF rocks. I haven’t tried chrome yet. A bit lazy in installing a new browser.
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Stumble Upon toolbar..
It is good tool for blogger,
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firefox bes sbb die musang berapi macam kyubi dlm bdn naruto, kewl..
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ummu, isk…x baik ketawakan orang… tp…hahahah jugak la
taukey, yes! FF rocks!
zool, thanks bro!
ibnmasir, hahah.. naruto pun masuk nih…
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Sure Firefox is my favorite too and I am happy to say every time I come to your blog via Firefox, even I have installed flock, IE 8 b2, chrome, opera also, because it supports so many addons more than IE and most of add ons are made for Firefox.
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Some very useful add-ons! Thanks for mentioning them!
If you ever need some more, check my blog…
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madhav, you! it is still the best out there!
bioteck, you are most welcome and I will definitely be there.
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I dig FF myself! Definitely fast and furious. Thanks for a great article on it…. I haven’t been taking advantage of the full power of this thing!
Will have to peruse that list of add ons and see what could be worth my while!
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fitness diva, yup definitely fast and furious is the way to describe it and with the add-ons, other web browsers are just web browsers…
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to me, Opera is the fastest browser in terms of rendering pages. But the lack of Plugins/Addons turn me off.
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hisyam, I tried opera before but not quite as good as FF.
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