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New and Exciting Firefox Extensions |
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Monday, 13 August 2007 |
As I go about revamping my laptop (getting ready for college classes again, and accidentally messing up my partition tables), removing Vista, and going back to XP, reinstalling Kubuntu and organizing files, I am in awe and great appreciation of a couple new (to me) Firefox extensions. Firefox is already one of the most versatile browsers out there, and these make it likely the most versatile.
The reason is primarily thanks to the FEBE extension, A.K.A. the Firefox Environment Backup Extension. This sweet extension will not only back up your bookmarks, but it will also back up all of your extensions as .xpi files, settings, saved form information, cache, and more! Since this extension does all this, you can set up Firefox once, schedule backups, and should you ever have to reinstall, you have your backups to rely on for getting Firefox QUICKLY back up to your own personal specifications. Not only that, but this extension will allow you to have consistency across operating systems and computers, in all of your Firefoxes, as you can now easily have the same extensions and settings between them all.
FEBE coupled with Foxmarks allows you to have a consistent copy of your bookmarks wherever you go. Instead of having to Google everything, or copy a bookmarks file from one computer to another, it automatically syncs, combines, and updates your bookmarks every time you open Firefox, no matter what computer or operating system you are on! This is a priceless extension for having the same bookmarks on both my Kubuntu and Windows installations! I love it!
Besides that, the other extensions I always recommend are Adblock Plus, Greasemonkey, Woot Watcher, and Bugmenot. They all make my browsing experience more enjoyable and more efficient.
That said, download Firefox if you aren't already using it (and if you are) get these extensions, and give them a shot! You have nothing to lose, and will likely gain more free time!
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