eBabble » Firefox http://www.ebabble.net Random thoughts on key interests, since 1999. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:09:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 HTTPS Everywhere http://tech.ebabble.net/https-everywhere http://tech.ebabble.net/https-everywhere#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:27:17 +0000 Scott VanderPloeg http://www.ebabble.net/?p=1770 Found a great Firefox Add-on from the Electronic Frontier Foundation called HTTPS Everywhere.

This add-on forces Firefox to use a secure and encrypted connection to websites that support HTTPS.  It’s simple and once set you’re good to go.

]]> http://tech.ebabble.net/https-everywhere/feed 0 Siphon http://tech.ebabble.net/siphon http://tech.ebabble.net/siphon#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:48:12 +0000 Scott VanderPloeg http://www.ebabble.net/?p=1680 Came across a great Firefox add-on today: Siphon.  It syncs your Firefox add-ons across multiple PCs.  Install and create an account: that’s it.

Unfortunately it doesn’t sync settings but it’s still in beta and we can always hope for more features.

]]> http://tech.ebabble.net/siphon/feed 0 Textarea Cache Firefox Add-On http://tech.ebabble.net/textarea-cache-firefox-add-on http://tech.ebabble.net/textarea-cache-firefox-add-on#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18:47:09 +0000 Scott VanderPloeg http://www.ebabble.net/?p=1640 This is a Firefox add-on so simple and yet oh so handy.  Textarea Cache runs in the bottom right corner of Firefox and keeps a copy of text you’ve typed.  It’s a life saver for blogging since you have a backup always available.  Keep in mind it only saves text from the last or active web page: that’s why it’s perfect for PC or browser crashes.

Above is the Textarea Cache window open for this post.  It’s a lifesaver!

]]> http://tech.ebabble.net/textarea-cache-firefox-add-on/feed 0 SearchLoad Options Add-On http://tech.ebabble.net/searchload-options-add-on http://tech.ebabble.net/searchload-options-add-on#comments Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:44:50 +0000 Scott VanderPloeg http://www.ebabble.net/searchload-options-add-on.htm An amazingly simple and effective Firefox 2 plug in that does two things really well; clears your search box after a specified time, and opens your search in a new tab.  Brilliant!

SearchLoad Options

]]> http://tech.ebabble.net/searchload-options-add-on/feed 0 Firefox extensions FEBE and CLEO http://tech.ebabble.net/firefox-extensions-febe-and-cleo http://tech.ebabble.net/firefox-extensions-febe-and-cleo#comments Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:19:48 +0000 Scott VanderPloeg http://www.ebabble.net/firefox-extensions-febe-and-cleo.htm Two great extensions: FEBE backs up your current extensions as XPI files so they can be installed anywhere, as well as bookmarks and cookies.  CLEO packages this backup as one self extracting file.  Very slick.

Chuck Baker’s FEBE and CLEO

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Google Browser Sync for Firefox

]]> http://tech.ebabble.net/google-browser-sync-for-firefox/feed 0 Results based list of Firefox Extensions http://tech.ebabble.net/results-based-list-of-firefox-extensions http://tech.ebabble.net/results-based-list-of-firefox-extensions#comments Thu, 08 Jun 2006 18:39:01 +0000 Scott VanderPloeg http://www.ebabble.net/results-based-list-of-firefox-extensions.htm A great list of Firefox extensions based on what you want to accomplish.  I wanted a spellcheck for blogging and could have really used this list yesterday…

I want a Firefox Extension to…

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