Must have apps for FIREFOX

The best but relatively unused firefox extensions:

• Fast video download:

For me this is best of the lot. As youtube does not provide any option for downloading videos the only way was to use sites like Keepvid. Fast video download solves this problem and provides an option to download youtube videos at the right corner of browser.

• PicLens :
  

PicLens instantly transforms your browser into a full-screen 3D experience for viewing images across the web. Makes browsing through pictures a wonderful experience. The interactive 3D Wall and built-in search function, lets you effortlessly drag, click, zoom, and zip your way around a wall of pictures for an amazing viewing experience.

• Snap Links
  

This is another great tool that saves a good deal of time by allowing selection and opening of multiple links at once.Especially useful while searching for something.

• Tab Scope:

With Tab Scope you can hover over a tab to get an instant preview of the web page. The cool thing is you have real time navigation, zoom, and you can even click on links without having to switch tabs.

• Reminder Fox:

This is for people like me who can never stop surfing unless made to.This cool app. allows to set reminders.

• Download Statusbar:

You can view and manage downloads in a small status bar in the corner of the screen, without having that download window get in your way.

• HyperWords:
  

This one makes a newbies job really simple.Suppose you are browsing a fairly advanced site that deals with operating system concepts then you may encounter many new terms and get stuck, with this add-on enabled just hover over the particular term and find its exact meaning

• Tab Effect

It adds a nice effect to Firefox by simulating a 3D cube being turned when switching through tabs.Hot!!!!!

• Cooliris Previews
  

Cooliris Preview allows you to surf through the web faster by giving you a small preview of the website, without you even having to click on it. Just imagine, surfing without wasting time by clicking on links and coming to realize that it wasn't even close to what you were looking for. All you have to do is just mouse over any link, and the Cooliris preview window immediately appears in order to show you the content.

BROWSER BOOKMARKS

Today i installed media center on my pc. But i forgot to back up my bookmarks and here i am
without any of my precious bookmarks. Now i think it is necessary to know how to back up
bookmarks.
This is to be taken as both a warning and a tutorial, cause I know lots of people that've lost all their bookmarks because of a virus, or failed harddrive etc.

So here is how to make a copy of all your bookmarks from FireFox.

go to "bookmarks"->"organize bookmarks"

select all your bookmarks.

go to "file menu" -> "export"

select your location (where you want to save it.)
and save with the name you prefer.
e.g.
bookmarks.html

Now to get these bookmarks back.

goto "bookmarks"->"organize bookmarks"

"file menu" -> "import"

from the next window select "from file"
and select the saved file.

there you go. all your precious bookmarks are yours again.

I know most of you already know this, but it's for the people that don't know about it.

FIREFOX

well we all know firefox is pretty fast already but did you know that you can tweak it and improve the speed even more?

Here's what you do:
In the URL bar, type “about:config” and press enter. This will bring up the configuration “menu” where you can change the parameters of Firefox.

Note that these are what I’ve found to REALLY speed up my Firefox significantly - and these settings seem to be common among everybody else as well. But these settings are optimized for broadband connections - I mean with as much concurrent requests we’re going to open up with pipelining… lol… you’d better have a big connection.

Double Click on the following settins and put in the numbers below - for the true / false booleans - they’ll change when you double click.

Code:
browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs – true
network.http.max-connections – 48
network.http.max-connections-per-server – 16
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy – 8
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server – 4
network.http.pipelining – true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests – 100
network.http.proxy.pipelining – true
network.http.request.timeout – 300
“network.http.pipelining” to “true”
“network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true
Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to “0″. This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.

Now you should notice you’re loading pages MUCH faster now!

say "thank you onkar" if you like it.