all the firefox tips & tricks and other hacks can be found under this category
FireFox is one of the browser which offers the maximum level of optimizations as compared to the other to make user feel like old. All these high level customizations are allowed as per the user requirement by some amazing add ons library.
One such add on is Ie8fox 1.5 which is a firefox theme which lets you transform the look and feel of your FireFox browser to make it look like the new Internet Explorer 8 ( as shown in the image below)
It could be a case that you don’t want some sites which you browse from your office or home computer to show up in recently types URLs history in FireFox address bar.
All those firefox history cleaners does not allow you to do delete a specific URLs from the address bar history in firefox, so if you want to clean a particular URLs typed before in the recently typed URLs list of firefox address bar you would need to delete it manually.
Recently I found this cool firefox addon called Fission which lets you mix address bar and progress bar together, that means you can see the progress bar progressing in the address bar itself when you open any link in firefox.
This small addon makes progress bar more visible by placing the progress bar inside the address bar, which is more visible to see as compared to its default location in the footer status bar
BlockSite is cool firefox addon which lets you block any website of your choice in firefox, and it will also disable and block all the hyperlinks to the websites you blocked.
This utility however can be used for novice firefox users as the extension itself can be disabled and uninstalled from firefox. You can enable or disable the warning messages displayed whenever a site is blocked to access. This extension basically adds the site blocking functionality that was removed from adblock plus.
Recently One of the reader asked us whether, how can we make firefox windows transparent just like windows vista. I goggled for the same and found a cool free firefox addon called Glasser which makes firefox windows transparent after installation.
This extension requires windows vista, windows 7 with aero glass as the active visual style to be activated in order to function correctly. Make sure to deactivate window blinds if you have it installed on your computer.
PageZipper is a one of the cool firefox addon which really makes it very simple to go to the next page, it scans the entire page for the text Next and automatically loads the next page when you scroll down at the current page.
After Installing PageZipper you will need to manually activate PageZipper, In order to activate it go to File Menu >> View >> Toolbars >> Customize menu and drag the PageZipper icon on the FireFox toolbar to place it on the toolbar to make is more accessible.
SkipScreen is a really useful firefox addon for lot of users who download various types of files from the popular file and media sharing sites like Rapidshare, Megaupload, zShare, Mediafire, and more.
Most of these file sharing web sites have a annoying waiting time limit before a free user can start downloading the requested file. So, SkipScreen can be really useful in saving your time wasted seeing the download waiting time as it removes the screen of download waiting time from these media sharing sites.