Tech Tuesday Two
Ok, I'm late, I know, and it's only my second one...
Keeping with the browser theme, it's time for
Extensions (and themes)
As I said in my last tech tuesday, the great thing about Opera and Firefox is that you can customize them to do what you like. To change the look of Firefox you simply need to change your theme.
To change your theme click tools and then themes, then in the box that opens click 'get more themes' in the lower right corner; a new page will open in the background. Click on any theme and click install and it will appear in your list of themes. You'll have to restart Firefox to see them.
My favorite two are Noia and Walnut.
Extensions are done the same way. Click tools - extensions- get more extentions - find one you like - install - restart FF to use it. Here are my favorites:
Can't Live Without
Mouse Gestures
Just hold down the right button on your mouse and move the mouse and it will do many common operations. Move the left and you go back, right and go forward, up and it opens a new tab. Very handy and you get used to it pretty quick. (This come built into Opera(
Adblock with Filterset.G
This is actually two extensions. Adblock allows you to right click on any image and then click 'Adblock image' and it will block it forever. If you also download the filterset, it will block 95% of all ads on the net!
I Really Like
Image Zoom
Right click any image and move the scroll wheel up and down the image gets bigger and smaller.
TabBrowser Preferences
Gives you some additional options for the way tabs work.
Sage
My RSS reader, I'll cover this some time soon.
Web Developer
A must have if you make web pages or if you just like monkeying around with CSS or HTML.
Other
Reveal
This is nice if you have lots of pages open at once. I haven't gotten used to it yet.
Nuke Anything
It will easily get rid of anything on a page.
Stumble
Lots of people like this. It's a good way to find fun stuff.
That's my list for now. I'm always looking out for new ones, I'll mention them as I find them.
What are your favorite themes and extensions? I'm itching to know!
Keeping with the browser theme, it's time for
Extensions (and themes)
As I said in my last tech tuesday, the great thing about Opera and Firefox is that you can customize them to do what you like. To change the look of Firefox you simply need to change your theme.
To change your theme click tools and then themes, then in the box that opens click 'get more themes' in the lower right corner; a new page will open in the background. Click on any theme and click install and it will appear in your list of themes. You'll have to restart Firefox to see them.
My favorite two are Noia and Walnut.
Extensions are done the same way. Click tools - extensions- get more extentions - find one you like - install - restart FF to use it. Here are my favorites:
Can't Live Without
Mouse Gestures
Just hold down the right button on your mouse and move the mouse and it will do many common operations. Move the left and you go back, right and go forward, up and it opens a new tab. Very handy and you get used to it pretty quick. (This come built into Opera(
Adblock with Filterset.G
This is actually two extensions. Adblock allows you to right click on any image and then click 'Adblock image' and it will block it forever. If you also download the filterset, it will block 95% of all ads on the net!
I Really Like
Image Zoom
Right click any image and move the scroll wheel up and down the image gets bigger and smaller.
TabBrowser Preferences
Gives you some additional options for the way tabs work.
Sage
My RSS reader, I'll cover this some time soon.
Web Developer
A must have if you make web pages or if you just like monkeying around with CSS or HTML.
Other
Reveal
This is nice if you have lots of pages open at once. I haven't gotten used to it yet.
Nuke Anything
It will easily get rid of anything on a page.
Stumble
Lots of people like this. It's a good way to find fun stuff.
That's my list for now. I'm always looking out for new ones, I'll mention them as I find them.
What are your favorite themes and extensions? I'm itching to know!
Viking Dusty on Apr 4, 2006 4:00pm
Thank you, i like tech tues. Favorite extensions? Other than Brian Roberts? (just kidding) I guess that would have to be mouse gestures. I didnt realize they had it for firefox thanks for the tip.
Christopher Layton on Apr 4, 2006 4:00pm
I seem to remember liking sage also, Justin
Although I have moved to a deferent RSS reader, I still can't say that I've found the ideal RSS reading solution; most of them aren't designed to handle over a few hundred feeds all that well. (maybe that's my problem)
Justin on Apr 4, 2006 4:00pm
I only have about 50 feeds at present, but it grows every week. I think some external readers would be better suited for huge list. What are you using now Christopher?
Christopher Layton on Apr 4, 2006 4:00pm
I use NetNewsWire Lite, which is Mac only, and the closest I've come to my ideal RSS reader. When I was running Windows I used Feedreader, which was good and free. FeedDemon (made by the same Portlander who made TopStyle and HomeSite) is better but costs money. When Running Linux (and GNOME) I preferred either Sage or Liferea.
Another Firefox extension worth its weight in gold (and, what does a program weigh, exactly?) is DownThemAll!