Firefox Plugins I Recommend (…and I use)

Slylish Allows you to change the CSS of any page on the web. There is a large community already that have made scripts for you to use. Simply use the ‘find scripts for this page’ feature. Great for removeing text ads from Facebook, Google etc. ADD IT HERE Adblock Plus Removes LOADS of ads from… Read more →

Protect Firefox Passwords & Still Fill Forms

Today I discovered a previously unknown password facility within Firefox 2 that is simply brilliant. While discussing password security and allowing Firefox to save username and password combinations so you dont have to with a colleague the other day I became aware that if my laptop got stolen… there was a hell of a lot… Read more →

A Stylish Firefox Add-on

Whilst searching the interweb last night trying desperately to find a way to block google’s ‘sponsored links’ within its gmail system, I came across a brilliant little add-on for firefox that does that plus much more! It’s so simple too. Its called ‘stylish’ and essentially overwrites the existing css of the page by using !important…. Read more →

Speed Up Firefox

For those of you who I have not told about this. Here is what to do to speed up browsing in Firefox. This will only work on broadband connections. 1. Open a new tab in firefox and type in about:config 2. In filter type pipe and you should have 3 results. Double click the top… Read more →

Long Live Open-Source

An article reports that today Firefox announced that it had reached a milestone of 500 million downloads of the open-source browser. I think that’s great. I love the whole open-source ethos but I am in a quandary, can you make any money from open-source software? Not that I’m a money hungry tycoon, but Microsoft are… Read more →