I reviewed the first Page And Go Firefox add-on back in 2006. Since then lots has changed with the old add-on now defunct and Paste and Go 3 released offering increased functionality. The basic concept of the add-on remains the same. Instead of having to copy a phrase, pasting it into the address bar or [...]
Google Preview
Thumbnail previews in the Google and Yahoo search engines. Love em or hate em. Displaying thumbnails of the websites that are appearing in the search results of Google and Yahoo can contribute to the selection process of the search engine user and to the security of the web browsing experience.
Thumbnails allow search engine users [...]
Fastest PDF File Viewer
Adobe PDF is not the fastest pdf reader that is available these days even with programs like Adobe Reader Speedup which remove some of the unneeded features. There are quite a few popular alternatives like Foxit PDF Reader which provide a similar functionality but offer faster startup and loading times.
If speed is the main issue [...]
Firefox Cache Viewer Gui Frontend
There are two ways to access the Firefox web browser cache. The cache can either be accessed from within the web browser by entering about:cache into the Firefox address bar or by opening the cache directory located in the Firefox user profile on the hard drive. The in-browser solution displays a bare-bone file browser with [...]
Mozilla Flash Upgrade Statistics
The Mozilla development team announced earlier that month that they would check the Flash version of Firefox users after each upgrade to inform users about security issues if they were not running the latest version of Adobe Flash. They estimated that more than 80% of all Firefox users would run an outdated – and thus [...]
Textarea++ Gives Firefox Users Control Over Textareas On Websites
Do you know a website that you like to participate in, e.g. a forum or a blog, only to be turned down by an abysmal small comment form textarea? Maybe one that is good for a small sentence which essentially means that it will only show a few lines of the text that has been [...]
Web Browser Have Impact On Battery Life
A recent Anandtech study suggests that the web browser has an impact on a mobile PCs battery usage. The test, which analyzed battery performance under various popular web browsers and three websites, can probably not be seen as representative but it could indicate which web browser uses less battery power to operate. A test with [...]
