The throbber is a little animated icon that notifies you whether a page is loading or has finished loading. Some people just find it annoying or even useless. Well, as for me, I keep mine though I understand why people don’t want the throbber. You have already have the throbber in the main window and [...]

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Torrents are probably the most functional way to download and share large files. Okay, okay, so it’s mostly a way for pirates to leak copyrighted material. Heck, using it properly is user responsibility. If you’re a torrent freak and wondering why wouldn’t Firefox have an add-on for that well here’s FoxTorrent. While as to my [...]

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Yes, another post on dealing with tabs. I really think tabbed browsing is heaven-sent, but the default behaviors still need a bit of tweaking. Also, in the later incarnations of Firefox, it’s a good thing you can drag and drop around tabs to reorder them. If you’re like me who group open tabs (e-mail tabs [...]

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Here’s a follow-up on the tab scrolling issue. So a good number of us share that same irk (a lot of my friends, Firefox fanatics at that, also hate it). How about an option that somehow makes tabs a bit more bearable, if not, solve that darned tab scrolling? FishEyeTabs creates that fisheye effect where [...]

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While I love tabbed browsing, I do hate scrolling tabs. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a useful feature. But I’m a control freak and I love seeing all my opened tabs for easy picking. Here’s how to tweak tab scrolling: Open the about:config page Find the key browser.tabs.tabMinWidth To allow smaller tab widths before scrolling, [...]

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Keywords, they say, are overrated. As for me, I get to use them for bookmarking and tagging. In any case, if your mental dictionary meets that occasional bump where you can’t think of a good keyword to describe a page, then better use a keyword generator. Yeah, yeah. So here I am suggesting another add-on [...]

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Since I’ve consolidated all my contacts in my Gmail account, it has become more efficient for me to use GTalk as IM client. Too bad I have to have the client installed and running. Since I also do a lot of my work through my browser, why not load GTalk in my browser? Sure, Gmail [...]

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Okay, so maybe I was too harsh with the Go button. But I do have to apologize to people who find it useful. It’s just that my circle of friends who are really advanced users never use it (being keyboard ninjas all). Seems like some people over at Forever Geek love the Go button. In [...]

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Honestly, how many of the more advanced Firefox users use the Go button? I don’t. I think I never did. Hitting the Enter key never failed to work for me. So why not get rid of it? It saves up some space for all those other add-on buttons that you might have there. Here’s how: [...]

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Here’s another cool tweak by adding a few things in your userChrome.css file. While it doesn’t really affect Firefox performance, it’s another tweak to make your Firefox browser, your own. Here’s how to change the progress bar’s color: Open your userChrome.css (I recommend using ChromEdit Plus) Insert this code at the bottom /* Progress bar [...]

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By default, the Firefox sidebar is located on the left-hand side of the screen. Yesterday, I wrote about moving the Tab bar to the bottom by editing the userChrome.css file. Today, we’ll be using the same techniques. So here are some quick steps in moving your sidebar to the right-hand side of your screen: Open [...]

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For the most time, I’ve been featuring what I deem are helpful Firefox add-ons. I’ve featured a few tweaks here and there but most of them are done through the about:config page. This page already gives you oodles of noodles but you can do a lot more by tweaking other stuff with Firefox. For example, [...]

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Many other web services tell something about a site. Google shows you pages and link information. Alexa gives traffic rankings. Technorati gives link information by freshness and authority. So if you’ve got some questions on how credible or visited a site is, you may want to access these information. Here’s a neat add-on that gives [...]

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With the tons of Firefox add-ons out there, you’d eventually find that only some will suit your needs. Even the ones I feature here might not be fitting for the way you use Firefox. Like Web Developer, it can be overkill for the ordinary user. Having too many add-ons can cause Firefox to consume a [...]

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A few days ago, I pointed out that one problem with having too many add-ons and toolbars is space. They really tend to cramp your whole browsing space. One alternative I pointed out is to shrink your menu bar. It gives you some added breathing room to view more of the website you’re visiting. But [...]

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