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Join Mozilla Service Week

QuickOnlineTips — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:05:01 +0000

Mozilla Service Week is happening from September 14-21, 2009 and they are asking people to step up and make a difference by using the Web to better their community. Can you share, give, engage, create, and collaborate by offering your time and talent to local organizations and people who need their help?

How Can You Make a Difference?
Go out in your local community this week and try this
* Teach senior citizens how to use the Web.
* Show a non-profit how to use social networking to grow its base of supporters.
* Help install a wireless network at a school.
* Create Web how-to materials for a library’s computer cluster.
* Refurbish hardware for a local computer center.
* Update a non-profit organization’s website.
* Teach the values of the open Web to other public benefit organizations.

Mozilla Service Week is based on the belief that everyone should know how to use the Internet, have easy access to it, and have a good experience when they’re online. Search for opportunities on Idealist, challenge your friends to join your efforts on PledgeBank or promote your participation in the Mozilla Service Week with a customized Personas skin for Firefox.

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Top 7 Firefox Add-ons to Secure Web Browsing

QuickOnlineTips — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:30:52 +0000

Guest article by Mary Ward.
Have you secured your web browsing? Mozilla’s Firefox has grown fast and furiously in popularity among many frequent internet users and bloggers. Now one of the most favored web browsers and known for its workability, reliability, and easy customization, many users are switching over from older internet browsers like Internet Explorer to Firefox; but like any Internet Browser, it is important for Firefox to be kept secure at all times and protected from viruses and malicious spyware. Many times the download that you start with will just include basic security and features, and will not be configured to be as secure as possible.

Browser Security Matters

If you do not secure your Internet browser, it could lead to a number of problems with your computer system within the blink of an eye. Even worse than spyware, without the proper protection, you could end up leaking all sorts of personal information that others could use against you to steal your identity or harm and manipulate your computer system.

The threat of attack from malicious software on computer systems all around the globe are continuing to increase on a seemingly daily basis. The problem increases when users click mindlessly on links with which they are not familiar or visit websites that are disguised as popular places you may want to visit on the web. Because of this, more and more criminals are exploiting Internet browser vulnerabilities and compromising computer systems all over the world.

Firefox Offers Secure Browsing Solutions

The Mozilla Firefox Internet browser supports a number of features that can help you keep up your guard against those who may wish to harm your computer or worse. Firefox supports a number of security policies that are easy to configure. In addition, you can increase the security of your Mozilla Firefox browser with a number of add-ons that are available to provide you with the safest Internet browsing every time.

Safe Internet browsing is a major concern, especially with the number of people who are now logging on to the Internet to buy and sell items, take care of their banking needs, socialize with their friends and colleagues, promote their business and even earn a college degree. With all of that valuable information swimming around on your computer system, it is important to arm yourself with the right protection.

7 Firefox Addons for Secure Browsing

While Mozilla Firefox offers many add-ons and security features, there are few select choices you should know about. Following are some of the best security add-ons for Mozilla Firefox that will help you make sure that your computer and all of your valuable information is kept:

Adblock Plus
This add-on is the most popular among Firefox users for blocking banners and ads, with almost 800,000 downloads every week.
BetterPrivacy
This one will protect your system against cookies that cannot be deleted, known as “super-cookies”.
NoScript
This add-on for Mozilla Firefox Internet browser is believed by many to be the best when it comes to keeping your computer safe from a number of different attacks.
WOT
WOT, or Web Of Trust, is a great add-on that will warn you anytime a website is out to rip you off, infect your computer or bombard you with spam.
Stealther
This is the best add-on for surfing on the Internet without leaving footprints of everywhere you have been by disabling browser history, cookies, disk catche, file history, forms info and more.
Roboform Toolbar
This one provides the user with a great way to manage and secure passwords.
KeyScrambler Personal
This add-on works to encrypt all of your keystrokes in order to keep your system safe from keyloggers.

Many people are coming to appreciate all that Firefox has to offer. With these easy add-ons, you can be assured that your browsing is safe as well as productive.

Guest author Mary Ward writes about various legal career topics, including how to obtain a court reporting degree. You can also write a guest article and share your favorite tools.

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Join Firefox Billion Downloads Campaign

QuickOnlineTips — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:29:41 +0000

Mozilla Firefox web browser is getting ready to celebrate their next huge milestone – 1 billion downloads. To showcase their global community, they are asking for your photos to display on the Billion Downloads campaign page.

Simply take a picture of yourself proudly sporting any Firefox apparel (t-shirt etc) or poster. Then snap a nice photo with a famous landmark, your favorite place, or anywhere you think will make for a great photo. You can use their celebration posters in the background. Email photos to fxbillion@mozilla.com by July 31st. Ensure .jpg format and at least 1024×768 pixels size.

Last year Firefox crossed 500 million downloads and donated free rice, and before that they celebrated 50 million downloads with Firefox coins. I wonder what they will this time…

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Download Firefox Addons Collections

QuickOnlineTips — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:37:32 +0000

There are hundreds of best firefox extensions and addons lists on the web. Now you can download Firefox addon collections categorized as per your needs and get the best extensions all in one go.

Check out the Firefox Addons Collections and see what suits your style. View all popular collections and you find web Developer toolbox sitting on top. If you browse to this collection, you see 12 addons. But you need to add each extensions individually, though I expected people should be able to add all Firefox extensions in a collection in one click.

Now here is real good part – install the Mozilla Firefox Add-on Collector and discover more of the best add-ons and organize your favorites in easy-to-manage collections. Subscribe to an Add-on Collection and get notification when it grows. Easily share Add-ons and announce new Add-on Collections by Auto Publisher. Sync devices and keep all your browsers stocked with your latest collection.

Create a Mozilla Add-ons account and grab the latest copy of Firefox to get started. Now you can maintain your very own list of extensions, and share them with the world.

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How to Move, Unlock Toolbars in Firefox

QuickOnlineTips — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:06:07 +0000

Firefox does not have a lock / unlock Toolbar option (like IE). So how can you move or unlock Firefox toolbars and organize your toolbars better to optimize screen space, and make it look elegant.

I was using my friend’s laptop and see his messy Firefox toolbars.

In the first line, the location bar where you type the url is really small, displaced by the bookmarks toolbar which is aligned on the right side of the location bar (instead of Google search box). The second line is a big blank line wasting useful screen space. The third line is a super long google search box which has displaced the Google toolbar beyond the screen.

So how do you move and relign these toolbars? Internet explorer users will say it is easy as IE features a Lock Toolbar button, by which you can easily unlock the toolbars, organize them and then lock the toolbar when you are done.

However, Firefox has no Lock or Unlock toolbar buttons, and it is impossible to drag-drop these toolbars, because nothing gets dragged anyway.

Move, Align, Unlock Toolbar in Firefox

So here is the secret – Right click on the top of the Firefox toolbars

Click the Customize option and a pop-up screen jumps out – do NOT select anything on it, and do NOT close it. With the screen open, in the background now you can now move the toolbars wherever you want. It works as simple drag and drop. When you are done, simply click “Done” on the pop-up screen and your Firefox toolbars are locked in the new position.

If inspite of all efforts you still cannot get toolbars in their original position or want to start fresh, then try “Restore Default Set” option on the pop up screen and you will get all sorted to the original configuration. But remember a lot of your alterations, buttons and settings will need to be set again.

If you want Firefox extensions to do all the work for you – then use DragNDrop Toolbars, a Firefox addon which will make your toolbars Drag and Droppable! Here are 15 popular toolbars which you can set on your Firefox panel, and then drag them around to power up your Firefox.

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Make Your Site Faster with Google Page Speed, Firebug

QuickOnlineTips — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:32:24 +0000

How can you can make your site run faster? Google has launched a firefox extension called Page Speed which webmasters can use to evaluate the performance of their web pages and to get suggestions on how to improve them.

Page Speed is available as� an open-source Firefox Add-on. However it requires another addon to work called Firebug, which integrates with Firefox and lets you edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.

Page Speed will perform several tests on your web server configuration and front-end code based on a set of best practices for improved web page performance, and will then provide helpful suggestions on how to improve its performance. It will not only make your site faster, but also reduce your bandwidth and hosting costs.

Here is how a sample site speed test error report looks like

We gave page speed a try on our site and were able to identify some page slowing issues. Some complex issues identified were to leverage browser caching, minimize DNS lookups, serve static content from a cookieless domain, minimize cookie size etc. It included some simple tips also like specify image dimensions, and use efficient CSS selectors.

While you give your site a try with Google Page Speed, you can also check out Yahoo! Yslow, another Firefox extension that works with Firebug to identify website speed performance issues.

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Firefox 3.5 is Fastest Firefox Contest

QuickOnlineTips — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:32:04 +0000

Mozilla claims that Firefox 3.5 is the fastest Firefox ever and you can join the fun by sending them a video of your speediest skill.

Pick your talent (like knitting, flipping burgers, brushing your teeth, etc) and make a 30 seconds video doing your skill as fast as possible and upload it before 21 June 2009. They will compile as many of your clips as possible into a single community video and show it to the world.

Mozilla claims Firefox 3.5 is two times faster than Firefox 3.0 and and ten times faster than Firefox 2.0, based on the results of a SunSpider test of JavaScript performance on a Windows XP machine. You can download Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 right now to experience the faster Firefox ever.

The world�s fastest clapper, Kent �Toast� French joined the fun.

Fastest Firefox: World's Fastest Clapper

You can make any Firefox faster by some simple tweaks. Till now Apple claimed that Apple Safari is the fastest browser, while Opera Turbo claims to give fastest speed on the slowest net connections. Will Google Chrome win the race?

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Convert Firefox into a Social Networking Powerhouse

QuickOnlineTips — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:19:59 +0000

Guest article by Pallab.
The biggest asset of Firefox is its extensions. Extensions allow you to take a simple browser and convert it into a powerhouse. QuickOnlineTips loves talking about these gems from time to time. Today we will take a look at three extensions geared towards social network addicts.

Social Networking Firefox Extensions

Yoono: Techcrunch dubbed Yoono as the “Social Network Browser Plugin You�ve Been Waiting For” and with good reason. Yoono integrates with a host of services including Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Imeem, Flickr, Friendfeed, Windows Live, AIM, GTalk and Yahoo Messenger.

It works via a handy sidebar that provides access to a set of widgets for sharing photos, videos and friends. Yoono fetches status updates from all the supported services and ensures that you never miss an update from a friend. The other cool part of Yoono is its Discovery widget that recommends websites, videos, images, products related to the site you are viewing. Highlighting any keyword on the webpage you are reading will bring up related Google search results, Wikipedia entries, videos etc. Yoono is a really powerful extension that can do a lot more for you. To discover its full potential head over to Yoono.com and give it a try.

Glue: Glue is a simple and unobtrusive Firefox extension which mainly acts as a context filter. Glue currently supports importing of friends from Facebook and Twitter. Whenever you are visiting a page related to a product (say a movie) that your friends have an opinion about, the Glue bar will slide down informing you about your friends opinion. Glue binds the social and semantic web and eliminates the step of asking your friends manually for their opinion about something.

Firestatus: Firestatus is a handy little extension that allows you to update your Facebook, Twitter, FriendFeed, Delicious and Identi.ca status with the click of a button. It also includes URL shortener and a character counter to ensure your message would get posted in twitter. Firestatus is provides an intuitive and quick way to post status message updates or save links to delicious right from your Firefox statusbar.

Guest author Pallab De is a 21-year-old computer sciences and engineering student who writes for his own blog at Pallab.net besides guest blogging occasionally. He loves to write about Software, Web 2.0, Browsers and Windows Security. You can follow Pallab on Twitter at @indyan. You can also write a guest article on QOT and share your tips and tools.

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10 Best Firefox Extensions to Manage Tabs

QuickOnlineTips — Tue, 26 May 2009 16:43:10 +0000

Guest Article by Himanshu
Even though Firefox was not the first browser that supported tabs, no other browser can even come close to Firefox when we talk about the tab management. There are innumerable extensions for your Firefox tabs, but� extensions below can really help you save your time managing tabs. Here are my picks…

Fox Tab – Browse in 3D
If you are a fan of Apple’s Cover Flow then you’ll love this extension. With 5 layouts, you can flip between tabs and manage your tabs in 3D. It’ll definitely add 5 stars to your tab experience in Firefox.

Colorful Tabs – Mix Colors
As the name suggests this extension will color your tab titles in different colors. This may help you distinguish between the tabs and group them as you want. This should not be confused with new IE 8’s color coded tabs, but still it can be very useful extension.

Firefox Showcase – Search and manage your tabs
This is a must-install Firefox extension that I’d suggest. This Firefox extension will show you opened tabs and windows as a thumbnail preview in a single window. Not just that, you can also search for tabs and group their thumbnails as you like.

Tab Renamizer – Rename your tabs
Tabs in Firefox always have title as page’s title. You may have opened up some websites that you wouldn’t like everyone to see if it has some obscure title. Just use Tab Renamizer extension and rename the title of the tab to some other website’s title like Google, Yahoo etc.

New Tab Homepage – Choose your home
Are you Google-holic?� New Tab homepage can be very useful extension if you have to Google around your queries every now and then. You can set the preferences so that whenever you open a new tab a default website (Google etc) will open.

Duplicate Tab – Clone your tabs
Ok now consider this. You are chatting on Gmail on one Tab and on other you want to check your mail. Duplicate tab will clone your tab so that you don’t have to open a tab again for checking mail. It’ll retain the history of the tab too.

Basics – Add new tab Button like IE
Not everyone knows the easy shortcut CTRL + T to open a new Tab. You can always customize your toolbar and add new tab button there but you’ll really find it very easy to open a tab with Basics extension.

Tab Popup – See tabs thumbnail preview
If you’ve ever used Opera then you must be knowing about thumbnail previewing of Tabs when you hover your mouse pointer on the tab title. Tab popup does the same thing. It’s a very useful extension if one of your tabs is loading and you want to see if it’s done or not.

Close and Forget – Delete tab history
As the name suggest, Close and Forget extension deletes the history of your Tab once you close it. Let say you are checking your mail and want to logout and erase all your history as soon as you close the tab, then you should really install this useful extension.

Too Many Tabs – Extra rows
This is an excellent extension. With Too many Tabs you can not only rearrange and group your tabs by dragging and dropping but also you can set apart idle and inactive tabs in a separate row and free your memory. You can also color or pin your tabs for future use.

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8 Must Have FireFox Extensions for Media Enthusiasts

QuickOnlineTips — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:03:42 +0000

Guest post by Aditya
FireFox offers various media extensions that can be downloaded for free. Simple installation of these extensions can customize your FireFox to fit your individual preferences. Here are some of the ‘must have FireFox extensions’ for Media Enthusiasts. These FireFox extensions will customize your FireFox to suite your ‘web media spirit’.

DownThemAll – is a FireFox extension that enables to download all or a part of a webpage. You can use this extension to download all the images and links embedded into a webpage or you can choose to download only certain media like links, videos, zips, images. This means that you can just download what is required and save a bunch of time and effort.

Foxy Tunes – is a FireFox extension that allows its users to control media player right from their FireFox web browser. Once you have got this extension installed on FireFox, you no more need to switch back and forth between your web browser and media player. This extension installs an assortment of multimedia controls in the Status Bar of your FireFox web browser that can be easily accessed. There is also an option to discover new music using this Foxy Tunes extension. Foxy Tunes does have some bugs and errors and so you need to keep a watch as new updates of this extension will be rolled out, trying to iron out these bugs.

Image Zoom – This FireFox extension may sound simple but it is indeed a ‘must have plugin’ for those media enthusiasts that love to play with images. This FireFox extension provides a helpful set of image viewing options in the web browser. You can zoom in and out at several magnitudes and can even right click on the image and use scroll bars for zooming in or out.

Visual Bookmarks - The days of bookmarking loads of webpages in the same dull style, making it hard to differentiate the needed webpage from the cluster of others, are over with the trend set by Visual Bookmarks. This cool FireFox extension lets you set aside a new set of bookmarks where you can preview images of webpages you have bookmarked. You can capture a part of the webpage and set it as a bookmark preview. I found these visual bookmarks much easier to manage, since they are separated from the regular bookmarks.

FoxSaver – If you ever wished to have a screen saver for your web browser besides your computer’s regular screen saver, then this extension is for you.� This extension turns FireFox web browser into a digital photo frame showing images assigned by you or pulled from a media RSS photo viewer that you specify.

ClipMarks - this FireFox extension can be called a virtualized yellow highlighter. It can be used to analyze webpages and highlight only content that you want to save or extract. It can be set to ‘clip’ images and text. This clipped content can then be send via email, saved locally to your hard disk, printed or even saved to a blog. This extension is of great help to people researching information.

VideoDownloader -� if you want a video from a video sharing websites to be downloaded and stored locally on your computer’s memory so that you can watch it without buffering, you can use VideoDownloader extension for FireFox. VideoDownloader allows users to extract videos from over a dozen of popular video sites like YouTube, Google Videos, Metacafe, etc. VideoDownloader alerts you when you access a page where there is a video and a pull-down menu enables you to download it. This is a must-have plugin if you are in need to off-load video content from the Web onto your local disk.

GSpace - allows you to use your Gmail account’s space as an online drive. As an online drive, you can upload/download any content on your Gmail account’s space and share with your friends. This is really a worth using FireFox extension for those media enthusiasts that would like to have an online drive with gigs of space that can be used to share content with friends and family.

Aditya Narain Dhar Dubey is the founder and writer of TechRavings, a site focusing to enhance your tech life by influencing your application resources, web presence, iPhone, social media components, blogging, mobile devices and all other components of your technical life .You can follow Aditya on Twitter at @anddjournal. You can also share your tips by writing a guest article on QOT.

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