Wappalyzer: Check which apps are powering a particular site
Wappalyzer is a useful add-on for Mozilla Firefox web browser that can be used to check the tools used by a particular website.
It can report on the CMS being used to power the website. You can also get information on the various third party plug-ins being [...]
Google open sources Page Speed
Google has released another extension for the Mozilla Firefox web browser.
This new add-on is named Page Speed and it is designed to enable web developers to optimize their web applications.
The aim is to enable every developer to fine-tune their products to make them faster for the end user [...]
Yahoo acquires Xoopit which makes Gmail ultra cool
Yahoo recently announced that they were acquiring a small tech firm Xoopit.
Xoopit is mostly known for their Firefox plug-in that changes the way you manage file attachments in Gmail.
Yahoo would probably use their expertise to make their Yahoo Mail service more powerful and capable.
Yahoo spoke [...]
Mozilla launches Firefox Add-ons Contributions Pilot program
Mozilla has announced the launch of their Firefox Add-ons Contributions Pilot program.
This program is designed to enable developers to get financial support from the users of their add-ons designed for Firefox web browser.
Mozilla has developed this program to allow developers to tell their stories on the About the [...]
Intel launches Dispute Finder Firefox Add-On
Intel Labs has made available a Mozilla Firefox add-on named Dispute Finder.
Dispute Finder is designed to highlight disputed claims on web pages.
The description page of this add-on claims:
The Dispute Finder Firefox Extension highlights disputed claims on web pages you browse and shows you evidence for alternative points of [...]
FirefoxNotify: Integrate Firefox notifications with Ubuntu
If you are on the latest Ubuntu release, you might have seen the new notification system that is used by the operating system.
Firefox on the other hand has its own notification system.
In case you want Firefox to use Ubuntu’s internal system, there is an add-on for that!
FirefoxNotify is [...]
Microsoft copies Google Suggest with Live Search autosuggestions in Firefox
Microsoft has released their Live Search autosuggestions add-on for the popular open source web browser Firefox.
The company said that with this launch they are officially providing an integrated Live Search on Firefox.
This add-on comes loaded with autosuggestions feature which is similar to Google Suggest functionality.
It [...]
Hide Find Bar add-on for Mozilla Firefox
If you use the find in page feature in Mozilla Firefox a lot, this add-on is for you.
Hide Find Bar is designed to auto hide the Firefox’s find bar after a set interval.
By default, it would hide the find bar after 10 seconds if inactivity.
The [...]
Cricketfox: A Firefox extension for Cricket lovers
If you are from the Indian subcontinent, it is almost a guarantee that you are a fan of the game Cricket.
If you also happen to be a user of Firefox web browser, Cricketfox is just the right add-on for you.
Cricketfox uses the feed provided by CricInfo to get its [...]
Fix Firefox if you are using OpenDNS
If you are a user of Firefox and OpenDNS, you would have noticed the problem with Firefox’s address bar.
OpenDNS messes up the awesomebar searches and takes you to a customized page on their server.
This is basically the mode of revenue generation for OpenDNS and we do not really [...]
