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  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Nov 5th, 2009
  • Comments: 3

Firefox Batch Image Downloader

Downloading multiple images that are displayed on websites can be a tedious and boring process. The standard procedure without tools and add-ons would be to right-click and select the save image option from the context menu to save each image individually. Download managers, plugins and add-ons aid the user in the process by offering ways [...]

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Categories: Browsing, firefox

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Nov 4th, 2009
  • Comments: 28

Pin Tabs In Firefox

The Google Chrome browser provides access to a feature to pin tabs in the web browser by default. Pinned tabs will be moved to the left side of the tabbar where their tab will be changed to a smaller icon that is showing only the favicon of the website in question. The benefit of this [...]

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Categories: Browsing, firefox

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Oct 30th, 2009
  • Comments: 7

Google Sidewiki Firefox Add-on

Google introduced a new service called Google Sidewiki some time ago which basically gives Google account owners the opportunity to share their views and opinions about a website, service or page with the rest of the world. Google Sidewiki was integrated into the Google Toolbar. An unofficial bookmarklet appeared on the web soon thereafter allowing [...]

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Categories: Google

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Oct 24th, 2009
  • Comments: 1

Cybersearch 2 For Firefox Released

Ryan over at Cybernetnews has released version 2 of his Firefox add-on Cybersearch. Cybersearch expands the capabilities of the Firefox address bar (or awesome bar as the devs like to call it). The add-on adds the functionality to perform searches in various search engines right from the Firefox address bar with the results being displayed [...]

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Categories: Browsing, firefox

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Oct 22nd, 2009
  • Comments: 1

Verify Firefox Bookmarks With Check Places

The amount of bookmarks increases with time. Most users add bookmarks regularly from time to time but do not delete them if they are not needed anymore or if the websites ceased to exist. One of the main reasons for this is that most web browsers do not provide the tools to check bookmarks effectively. [...]

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Categories: Browsing, firefox

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Oct 20th, 2009
  • Comments: 40

Bypass Megaupload Captcha And Wait Time

It is a cat and mouse game between file hosting websites like Rapidshare or Megaupload and unofficial tools that make it more comfortable to work with those websites. The latest mouse to enter the play field is Muautolink, a Firefox add-on that offers a comfortable solution for users who are downloading files from Megaupload.
Megaupload has [...]

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Categories: Browsing, firefox

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Oct 16th, 2009
  • Comments: 1

Yahoo Mail Notifier

Ghacks has been pretty Gmail centric in the last year. The main reason for that is probably because there is more to write about Gmail than about other email services like Yahoo Mail or Live Mail. Could also be that Google is doing a better job at communicating changes they make to their email service. [...]

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Categories: Browsing, Yahoo, firefox

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