QuickWiki is a handy experimental Firefox add-on for users who work with Wikipedia and Wiktionary regularly. The Firefox add-on adds a quick look up feature into the web browser that can be used to quickly gain information about a selected word or phrase on a website. QuickWiki opens the information that it has retrieved in [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

If you are a cautious user on the Internet you might want to find out as much as possible about sites that you are going to visit before actually visiting them. The basic concept of Link Extend is to provide a wide range of information about a selected link. It queries more than 20 different [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

Normally you will hear me professing to always install using your Linux distributions’ package management system. This is true for most cases. There is one case, however, that defies that philosophy: Installing Firefox. I have, on many occasions, installed Firefox using the distributions package management system only to have issue with either plugins or updates. [...]

Categories: Advice, Browsing, Firefox, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic

If you regularly come upon websites that list direct links to mp3 music files you might find the Firefox extension Play Them All handy. Play Them All automatically scans the entire website for links to mp3 music. It creates a m3u file – that’s a playlist file – containing all the mp3 music files found [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

If you use Linux you most likely use Firefox. And if you use Firefox on Linux you might know there are some differences than when using it on Windows. I know I have spent many an hour trying to figure out some of these issues. Hopeful, with the help of gHacks, you won’t have to [...]

Categories: Advice, Firefox, Linux, Open Source, Software, Tutorials Basic

One of the greatest strengths of the Firefox web browser is its extensibility. This does not only include new features but also security enhancements that make the web browser more secure and less prone for attacks and privacy breaches. The following list will contain Firefox add-ons that protect the user from various threats on the [...]

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If you work in a business environment then you know the value of the office application. And if you have ever thought about using Linux in your office you know there are boundaries to adoption. The good thing is those boundaries are growing smaller and smaller with every year. The reason those boundaries are shrinking [...]

Categories: Firefox, Linux, Open Source, Software

If you take a look at the installed add-ons in Firefox you might notice an add-on called Microsoft .net Framework Assistant. That add-on is different from most other installed add-ons. The first thing that you will notice is that you cannot uninstall it as the uninstall option is inactive in Firefox. You might also realize [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

Google Mail is without doubt one of the most popular online email services. What makes it so interesting is not only the functionality that it provides out of the box but also its extensibility. The following article contains all the tools and tips needed to make you a Gmail pro. It contains the best Firefox [...]

Categories: Email