Phoenity theme for Firefox reborn

Lim Chee Aun has finally come up with a new version of the Phoenity theme for Firefox - the Phoenity Aura 0.1.1

Love the clean and colourful icons.

I wrote about this Firefox fan in March 2005.

Thanks Chee Aun.

Backup bookmarks

I have been using the Foxmarks add-on for Firefox to synchronizes my bookmarks between different computers.

Just got to know that Box.net has made a similar tool that backs up and synchronizes your bookmarks called Bookmarks Synchronizer 1.0.2.

It's very simple, you can set it to auto update you bookmarks so they are synchronized wherever you go, or you can manually backup and restore bookmarks. The bookmarks are then stored on Box.net and can be accessed anywhere.

Thanks for the info Brian.

Link checker extension for Firefox

Right now, I am involved in some web designing work involving a very huge website, with a large number of links. I was going through them one by one to check whether the links are working until I thought "Hey! There must be an easier way to do this."

And there is. My latest favourite Firefox extension is the LinkChecker 0.6.1.

Just click the button and all live links show up highlighted in Green while dead links, in Red.

Really useful tool.

Pimp your site with Pagefetti

I read 20 - 30 different blogs everyday and most of them are using the Blogger platform. One thing I noticed is that some of them are really plain, unexciting and using the generic templates provided by Blogger without any modifications. The same is true for MySpace pages and other social networking sites. They all look alike. This is due to the fact that a lot of users are not aware that they can change the look at all. However, some of those pages which have been personalized are so hideous with blinking graphics and text that can't be read.

That's where Pagefetti.com comes in. All you have to do is to download the pagefetti toolbar. Once integrated into your browser, you can use the various Pagefetti tools to customize your profile or "beautify" your page with loads of different layouts, backgrounds, graphics, photo generators, music generators, and more to choose from. All this with just the touch of a button. Real easy and quite user friendly. You don't have to get a certificate on web designing to have a great and attractive website.

The best part is that it is FREE now and you can choose from 100's of different layouts, background and graphics.

Though initially it was targeted at Myspace, it is also compatible with Hi5, Blogger and Zwinky.

Search for MP3s on SkreemR

SkreemR is a brand new search engine that locates MP3 audio files on the web.

I had a sudden urge to listen to the Bee Gees and searching on the site gave me 1877 results. The innovative feature about this search engine is that you can straightaway listen to music straight from the results using their embedded media player.

You can also add SkreemR search to your Firefox search bar by downloading the Firefox Search Plug-In. They also have a new SkreenR add-on for Facebook users as well.

Read their FAQ for more info about the search engine.

Firefox Campus edition

I was really excited when I learnt that there was a "Campus edition" of Firefox from one of my friends. BTW, would love to have a T-shirt with that flaming logo.

Went to check it out and found out that it was the normal Firefox with 3 add-ons preloaded. The add-ons are:

• FoxyTunes - lets you control almost any media player and find lyrics, covers, videos, bios and much more with a click right from your browser.
• StumbleUpon - lets you channel surf the Internet to find great websites, videos, photos and more based on your interests.
• Zotero - helps you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work - in the web browser itself.
  

Read the 10 reasons why Firefox is the best browser.

ColorZilla extension for Firefox

Among all the Firefox extensions I regularly use, one of the most useful is ColorZilla. The latest version is ColorZilla 1.0. It really comes in handy while designing websites.

You will need to restart the browser after it has been downloaded. A eyedropper icon will then appear on the left hand corner of your Firefox browser. On clicking the eyedropper icon, your cursor will be visible as a cross. You will then be able to obtain a color reading from any point in your browser by moving the cursor around.

You can also zoom up the page and even measure distance between two points in your browser. Double clicking the eyedropper icon, will load up the built-in palette as a pop-up browser where you can choose from the pre-defined color sets, including web safe colors. There are loads of other stuff you can do with it.

Classic Pac Man game for Firefox

Read about this classic Pacmangame add-on for Firefox on Brajeshwar's site.

Sure brings back a lot of memories. The graphics are pixilated and the AI is not that great, but it is still fun.

SEO extension for Firefox

The 'SEO for Firefox' extension is a great SEO tool. Beside PR, it also provides the age based on when the site was first indexed by Archive.org, the age, links, number of Tecnocrati links as well as the number of times bookmarked by Del.icio.us among others.

The site suggests that you turn this extension off during casual surfing. A must have for people interested in optimising their sites and checking out the competition.

Excel business functions addin

This is a really useful addin for Microsoft Excel and it's totally free. Wonder why I never heard about it before.

Business Functions 1.45 has over 500 functions for business planning and analysis. It is available for both Excel 2007 and 2003 versions in the same package.

It is brought to you by a company of the same name. Check out their website here.

Control your music player from Firefox

FoxyTunes is a popular extension for Firefox. Using this tool, you can now control almost any media player without leaving the browser as the controls are on the

Version 2.9 is the latest version and it includes several new features. It now has TTPlayer and eMusic download manager support. You can also search the web to find lyrics, artist images, etc. while listening to music.

There is also FoxyTunes Mini, which allows you to listed to music even when Firefox is not open. Unfortunately, FoxyTunes Mini currently works only on Windows machines. Sorry Mac users.

Download FoxyTunes here.

Tags: foxytunes firefox Music player

Tweetbar for Firefox

Mike Demers has come up with a Twitter add-on called Tweetbar for the Firefox and Flock browsers.

I got this info from Asa's blog.

If you haven't heard about Twitter, you can read this excellent post "Twitter - short, sweet and sleek - Let’s get started" by Brajeshwar.

Note: Tones, thanks for pointing out the mistake.

Tags: twitter firefox flock add-on