Firefox add-ons ( part 2 )

Cooliris Previews

This add-on has been for a long time. Remember PicLens? Its from the same developer. Well, to summarize it, this add-on lets u to preview any website from any links by just hovering ur mouse pointer on the icon beside the link itself.

Sounds cool? A blessing for those who just want a quick preview and do not want to open many tabs at once. Well, the only drawback is like opening a new tab, u have to wait for the preview windows to load up the contents.

Quite unfortunately, the "stacking" feature is not working on Firefox 3. "Stack" is the only feature that makes it outstanding because u do not have to bookmark any pages, just "stack" it on the right side of the screen. Hope the coming updates will rectifies it!

Sounds complicated? U can view and download this at http://cooliris.com/site/firefox/. Check it out.




FoxyTunes

Do you listen to Music while surfing the Web?

FoxyTunes lets you control almost any media player and find lyrics, covers, videos, bios and much more with a click right from your browser itself. After installation, it sits on ur status bar on ur bottom right. Well, u can drag it to anywhere u like eventually.


For me, since my keyboard already have those media keys for music playback, I dun really need this add-on. Its for those who wants uninterrupted music and browsing at the same time! U can download this add-on here

Firefox 3 wins a Guinness

Its confirmed. Guinness has credited Mozilla for officially setting a record for downloads in a 24-hour period: 8,002,530 copies of Firefox. A staggering 8 million downloads in a day! And I am proudly 1 of them :)

What are u waiting for? Lets promote this modern open source browser to everyone!

Cool add-ons for Firefox

To all of u especially motormouth who wants to find some very cool add-ons for Firefox 3, I have a few recommendations.

Piclens
PicLens transforms your browser into a visually stunning experience for finding and viewing online photos and videos. "3D Wall" lets you effortlessly search and zoom your way around thousands of images, videos, news feeds, sports feeds, and more. See the demo at http://piclens.com/demo. Currently, it supports Facebook, Youtube, Google Picasa, Friendster , Yahoo and many more. The only downside is u must have a fast and pretty stable internet connection to be able to view this. Thanks to our lousy streamyx, most of the time u have to wait for it to stream before u can view it.



IE Tab
This is a great tool, since you can easily see how your web page displayed in IE with just one click and then switch back to Firefox. A small percentage of websites do not support Firefox which u can easily revert to IE by just clicking the small icon at your bottom right corner of Firefox after u install this add-on. The only website i encountered which does not render correctly in Firefox is btchina.com which is a torrent site. It can be downloaded here

Firefox 3 ( yes, its here)

To those of u still using Internet Explorer for your default browser, its time to change. The latest version of Firefox has finally convince me to migrate to the Mozilla family. It has been available for download since 18th June 2008. And I am among the first few millions to download it from http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/#feature-vsie although the website is flooded by extra high traffics on that day.

Certificate awarded for helping to set a Guinness World Record

The biggest advantages of using Firefox 3 is its superior speed and performance. Compared to its competitor which is the latest IE7, it loads up pages superbly fast including those media rich sites.
Its also less prone to crashes as well. Whats more striking is if you unexpectedly close it, it will prompt u whether you want to restore it to the previous session teh next time you open it.
The new additional functionality is the awesome bar. You can quickly find those websites that you have been in a split second. It customises based on your surfing experience. Now, you can also add a website to your favorites in just a single click.
Additionally, there are many add-ons and skins that are available free online for firefox. Well, there are whole lots of new features that I think its better for you guys to check and see for yourself.
To find out more, visit the website above and try it.
Now, its time to ditch IE once and for all.
See some sample screenshots below.

"Awesome bar"

1 Click Bookmarking

Zoom anytime, anywhere!