Media Player Connectivity is a Firefox add-on that can send embedded media to an external media player so that the media can be played externally. The add-on will perform a scan of installed media players after installation and associate them with various media types that it can send to them. It is possible to configure [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Tiny URL Generator
Tiny URL is an url shortening service that turns large urls into smaller ones which makes them ideal for pasting into applications that have a character size limit like Twitter. It also comes in handy when pasting the urls into websites as large urls tend to break site designs fairly frequently. Tiny URL Generator is [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Firefox 3.0.6 Update
Mozilla is currently distributing an update to their Firefox web browser. The new Firefox 3.0.6 version is already available on the official Mozilla website as well as in Firefox. The browser should be able to pick up the update automatically if it is configured that way. The update process can be initiated by clicking the [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Firefox Snap Links Got Finally Updated
Snap Links, one of our favorite Firefox add-ons of all time, was not updated for quite some time by the original author. The only way to use it was to rely on third party fixes for the add-on to make it work in later versions of Firefox 2 and Firefox 3. The Firefox add-on provides [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Automatically Install Firefox Add-on Updates
One of the most annoying aspects of the Firefox web browser is the way add-ons are updated in the browser. Firefox will display that an update for an installed add-on has been released. It takes a couple if clicks and a browser restart to install the Firefox add-on. Especially having to press the button Continue [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Copy And Paste Between Two Computers
There are several possibilities to copy and paste text between different computers. Many users simply paste the text in a email and send the email to an account that can be accessed on the second computer. There is however a better solution if Firefox is installed on both computers including computers with different operating systems. [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Minimize Firefox 3 To The System Tray
Do you like your Taskbar clean and shiny? Are you one of the users who prefer to minimize to the system tray instead of the taskbar? If you have answered the questions with yes chance is that you will love the Minimize to Tray add-on for Firefox 3. Minimizing a regular installation of Firefox 3 [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Facebook Beacon Blocker
Facebook Beacon is part of Facebook’s advertising efforts. It is basically a cooperation with 44 partner sites who execute JavaScript code on their website sending specific user information to Facebook. Examples would be the popular gaming portal Kongegrate which send information about played games to Facebook, movie reviews published at Fandango or purchases made on [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Greasemonkey No Scripts Installed
It can happen that the Firefox Greasemonkey extension is displaying the message “No Scripts Installed” even if you have installed a script a second ago or already use Greasemonkey scripts. Some users might suspect that they need to restart the browser or at least refresh the page before the new Greasemonkey script is shown as [...]