Firefox

Introduction

Firefox is a browser. Like Internet Explorer. Like Opera. Like you didn't know. Unlike Internet Explorer, IE for short, Firefox runs on most platforms with a graphical interface. On Ubuntu you can use Firefox and Opera. Despite IE being installed by default on every machine sold 36% of the world has seeked out, downloaded, and switched to Firefox. Each year Firefox grows 5 to 7% while M$ loses that percentage of the browser market. (See the browser stats.) However Opera may be faster and support standards better than Firefox. Opera does not have the add-on tools like Firefox does though.

This is a lame post meant to help me remember what my main add-ons are.

Add-ons

1. Foxmarks
   Synchronizes the bookmarks across all the PCs. Also allows access to your bookmarks from afar. Nothing is better than knowing all the bookmarks you've spent your precious time finding will always be available throughout the years. Automatically.
2. Personal Menu.
   Most monitors are landscape and don't have nearly as many vertical pixels as they do horizontal pixels. Despite this Firefox uses quite a few horizontal menus decreasing your vertical viewing even more. This is further exasperated by non-fluid websites that put all their information into a narrow column. To counter this you can use the add-on "Personal Menu" to consolidate all the various impotant icons on to just one visible menu. You paid for the pixels so get the most out of them!
3. StumbleUpon
   It's like a dating program, one that actually works not like the real ones, and it's fantastic. You put in what are looking for in a mate, err website, and hit the StumbleUpon button. Next thing you see is something that you never knew you were looking for but there it is... A great way to spend those moments at the end of the day where the clock just won't move to 5 quickly enough! On the other hand, if you have any employees with this installed fire them immediately! (Just kidding.)
4. Unhide Password
   Ok, how many times have you forgotten the password that automatically gets filled in by default? You can see the "****" but you now have no idea whatsoever what it is. "Unhide Password" will show you what's under it. And as a cautionary note perhaps you'll realize that if you can find it so easily others can do the same...

Topics to still cover...

1. Firefox settings
2. How to write your own add-ons.