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Getting Started :: Add-ons for Firefox :: Developer Hub How to Make Your Own Firefox Addon Firefox was designed to be a very minimalistic browser, which is a good thing. This way, each user can choose which extra features he wants to install. While it may inconvenience some users who, quite frankly, are downright lazy, the extensibility of Firefox reduces inherent software bloat and improves performance. Anyone can develop an extension for Firefox, without any fees or approval procedures. While some conditions have to be met in order to make your own Firefox addon and have it appear in Mozilla’s online repository, you can host your own extension and users will be able to install it. A recent pilot program allows for self-hosted extensions in the repository search results, but they are marked as not verified my Mozilla. Your extension can add features, such as RSS readers, toolbars, bookmark organisers and FTP clients. You should start with Firefox Add-ons Developer Guide, which was written by Hideyuki Emura, one of the first developers on the Firefox platform.

Web Development - MDC Web development comprises all aspects of developing a web site or web application. Learn how to create anything from a simple web site to complex, highly interactive web sites featuring the latest Web technologies by perusing the articles you'll find here. Document Tags and Contributors Contributors to this page:Blakeross, Cnmahj, jswisher, Chbok, Jorolo, Yoshino, Andreas Wuest, Dionys, MykMelez, yyss, Sheppy, Nickolay, k2lp5p, Joneff, Leofiore, gregorydonaghy, themky, Ptak82, ethertank, ema_e08, ReneeKG, Kronikdean, Kateagatha, Mrueegg, happysadman, Mgjbot, Dria Add-on Developer Hub 5 Cool About:Config Hacks To Make Firefox Browsing Smoother Part of the reason behind Firefox’s success is the fact that there is an awesome team of individuals behind it, who work around the clock to make it live up to the stringent quality standards, which are a hallmark of Mozilla. However, there is a second, almost equally important reason as to why each version of Firefox is a runaway success. There’s virtually no limit to the amount of customization you can apply to Firefox. Most of these come in the form of extensions (small add-ons, which add to the functionality). However, today we are going to talk about another, more covert way of customizing Firefox. Here’s a list of the best, most useful Firefox about:config hacks. Make Firefox Free Up RAM When Minimized: Unless you have a RAM behemoth for a rig, you will know that RAM is a precious commodity. The problem arises in the way Firefox handles RAM. In the “Filter” search, type: config.trim_on_minimize Right click on the setting and click “toggle” so that the Value turns to “true“.

How-to Library :: Add-ons for Firefox :: Developer Hub WebReview – Browse Smarter With This Firefox Add-on Browsers these days are making it easier to get off the starting blocks with enhancements under the hood or startup page add-ons. The updated Google Chrome browser has some nifty features that make it easy to visualize what you have been visiting. The history thumbnails can be rearranged and hidden or neatly turned into a browser homepage. It’s not often Firefox looks towards Chrome for inspiration, but the Firefox add-on called WebReview does exactly that and takes it further up the path. The WebReview Firefox add-on takes the history of Firefox and puts in several enhancements that make browsing and going back in time via the links in History, more intuitive. WebReview can be configured as a centralized start page or it can be brought out into the open from the Tools menu of the browser where the WebReview sub-menu resides after installation. The meta-data gleaned from your browsing history is generated by the program when it first starts up. Two More Tools Up WebReview’s Sleeve

Evernote Web Clipper Extend Firefox 3.5 Winners « Extend Firefox Extend Firefox 3.5 has wrapped up and we’re very excited to announce the winners! With so many great entries, choosing winners was difficult- and these add-ons represent some of the best thinking in add-ons today. Best New Add-on Grand Prize Winners (3) FireFound by Chris Finke Find lost or stolen laptops and phones with a simple and secure Firefox extension FireFound is an extension for Firefox and Firefox for Mobile that uses the Geolocation API to send your machine’s location to a secure server. Multifox by Jeferson Hultmann Easy identity management Ever had to deal with logging in and out of websites to use multiple user id’s? Voyage by Hsiao-Ting Yu Visually explore your browsing history The aptly named Voyage lets you travel through your browsing history in an innovative and fun way. Runners up (6) Best Updated Add-on Smart Find by Antonio Gomes Find words in a page, even if you don’t know the spelling Smart Find enhances the default “Find” feature of Firefox by matching words phonetically.

Firefox Profile Files – What Do They Do? When browsing through your Firefox profile folder, you might see a lot of odd files. Some might make sense, such as your searchplugins folder, however others might seem a little odd. Here are some of the important files you might seen in your profile folder and what they are used for. search.sqlite and the searchplugins folder – The first file, search.sqlite stores the order that your search engines (for the search box) are sorted. Now, I do know there are more files – however, these are the files that are most important for you to know about, just in case something bad might happen.

How to fix Flash video performance in Firefox Do YouTube and other Flash-based videos stutter when you view them in Firefox, but work fine in other browsers like Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Safari? This appears to be a problem that affects both the Windows and Mac versions of Firefox, and the problem (surprisingly enough) turns out not to be Flash - it's Firefox's session restore feature. Lifehacker has a post based on information that one of their readers wrote in with. Basically, Firefox takes a snapshot of all of your open tabs every ten seconds, so that if you close your browser, you can open it to where you left off. So what's the solution? I can't tell you how happy I am with this little hack - it has already prevented me from cursing Firefox a few times today. Tags: about config, about-config, AboutConfig, browser, browsertips, firefox, hack, howtos, internet explorer, internet-explorer, InternetExplorer, lifehacker, snapshots, tabs

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