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Exploring Firefox Extensions

Posted by Hemos on from the learning-more-about-it dept.

Gary writes "If you haven't made the switch to Mozilla Firefox it may be because you aren't aware of the great benefits Firefox has over IE. Flexbeta has posted a nice HOWTO guide on Firefox extensions; my favorite is the Target Alert extension which displays a small graphic next to links that are not web pages. For example a mailto: link will display a small envelope, a link to a PDF file will display a small Adobe icon, etc."

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  1. Re:names by Quo_R · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dude, 2003 called, they want their joke back.

  2. Here's one benefit... by proxy2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Firefox is the ultimate porn browser !

  3. Wanted Extension: by tratten · · Score: 5, Funny

    'Apply new extension without Firefox restart'-Extension

  4. What plugin is this? by leomekenkamp · · Score: 2, Funny
    There is a problem with the database that is preventing the site from working.

    An email has been sent to the administrator notifying them of the problem. Please try again later.

    Is this a direct effect of the slashddos plugin?

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  5. Re:I haven't switched...my reasons are... by The+Grassy+Knoll · · Score: 5, Funny

    >my online baking site

    Doh! (nut)

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  6. Re:my most used extension ever... by Jugalator · · Score: 2, Funny
    It even lets you edit CSS live on the web.

    ... to fix the colors on Slashdot IT once and for all?? :-)

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  7. The waste by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Is it possiple to have Firefox logging how much time I spend on Slashdot?

  8. Re:Target Alert not too useful... by Mad+Bad+Rabbit · · Score: 2, Funny
    Wouldn't getting the HTTP headers for every non-HTML file linked to on a web page be a bit bandwidth and processor intensive for an extension?

    Yes, but how else can it detect and place a goat icon next to goatse.cx links?

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