Firefox

Hacks 33-43 The problem with software is that there's never enough choice. There are only a few really good word processors, only a few really good graphic design tools, and only a few really good web browsers. Among those few choices, it's jus...

See how they've grown. Hidden inside Firefox's bookmark system are a number of advanced features. This hack explains how to use them. The Firefox bookmarks user interface is different from that of the Mozilla Application Suite or Netscape. In...

Tabbed browsing is often touted as one of Firefox's killer features. Indeed, it's very useful, but the default preferences aren't perfect for everyone. That's OK, because Firefox offers plenty of preferences for customizing your tabbed-browsing ...

Images are a big fraction of web content. They consume most of your Internet bandwidth and most of the energy your brain devotes to comprehension. There are many tricks you can apply to poke and tweak images to suit your taste. This hack describes...

Searching the Web has never been easier in Firefox. All you need to do is enter one or more terms into the search box in the upper-right corner, press Return, and you're on your way. But the searching capabilities of Firefox are far more than a si...

This hack introduces you to the push content that a couple of extensionsSage and ForecastFox (previously named WeatherFox)make possible. Push content comes to you without you asking, or at least without you asking much. 4.6.1. Get Feeds with ...

This hack shows how to upgrade Firefox toolbars and use the new features added. There are many extensions that can be usefully put on toolbars, but currently few extensions do this automatically. This hack focuses on two example extensions that b...

The standard Firefox browser has a standard set of dialog boxes. If you want to do more than those dialog boxes offer, you need to install extensions. This hack describes extensions that provide more functionality than the existing dialog boxes. ...

If you're moving over to Firefox from Mozilla, you've surely noticed how Firefox is built to be a sleeker, faster browsing engine. It accomplishes this in part by shedding all of its counterparts from the Mozilla Suite, including an email/news cl...

Now that we've looked at a sample plug-in [Hack #36], let's make our own. We'll query for articles in the CNET News.com archive. The first step is to visit the web site and conduct a sample query, to see how the query URL is formed. Go to htt...

If a web page is precious, a simple bookmark might not be enough. You might want to keep a copy of the page locally. This hack explains how to save lots of things at once with Firefox. Usually this kind of thing is done by a web spider. A web spi...

Not everything's about substance. Sometimes, you just want to be entertained. This hack describes a few such things. Calling them fluff would be unkind, though; there's a fair bit of talent, imagination and effort at work here. Most of them won't...