10 Dependable Desktop & Browser Utilities
A quick search on desktop utilities will reveal a plethora of bells and whistles. Sometimes it’s challenging to discern between the helpful suggestions and self-promotion. After trying many utilities, there are a few that have worked their way into my daily work life, utilities I depend on to help me through my day.
Keepass - I […]
Snag Color and Dimensions from Any Web Page
There are two really slick FireFox add-ons guaranteed to save you time with site layout and configuration.
Colorzilla - Just click-on the eye-dropper and hover over any area of a web page to get the read-out of its color in either RGB or Hex color. This is most excellent for quick reference for your own site […]
FireFox Hack Opens Favorite Sites in Sidebar
Browser plug-ins present some fantastic efficiencies. Any regular reader of this site knows my affinity for the browser, specifically Firefox and the amazing power of adding the right extensions. One must use constraint however to know the right plug-ins as each one requires more resources which can slow launching the browser and CPU utilization.
One nifty […]
ScribeFire: Hot Blog Editing Plug-in for FireFox
ScribeFire is a very well designed FireFox plug-in that enables a blogger to write posts right in their browser.
The features that I enjoy most about ScribeFire include:
Launch the editor right in the browser with an icon that rests at the bottom of the browser window.
Continue viewing a webpage while you write in the bottom-half […]
FireFTP Add-on for FireFox is Divine
Finally, I found a quick and convenient way to launch an FTP session in my browser. FireFTP add-on for Firefox now ranks as my top Plug-in. The program launches quickly within FireFox, is convenient to use because I already have Firefox open and was a snap to setup. The interace worked very similar to FileZilla […]
Firebug Firefox Add-on Top Developer Tool
A developer friend of mine turned me on to the Firefox Add-on Firebug. This tool, not only is invaluable for troubleshooting code for developers, it proved invaluable for revising thoughtsparks.net. This nifty plug-in allows one to walk through the code and stylesheet on the fly while looking at a page. In the sea of WordPress […]
Best FireFox Plug-in Ever
I just discovered Foxytunes. Check out: www.foxytunes.com to download. Foxytunes is a music tool that integrates into Firefox allowing you to control the music player of choice from the browser. It’s highly configurable and as you can see is compatible w/ a good number of players. It also has a slick search function that allows […]
Harmony Restored
I’m not crazy about MS Windows, but until recently I have to say that my Dell Desktop with WindowsXP was pretty rock solid. That all changed after I upgraded to IE7. All of a sudden the machine started running slower, the browser itself grinded along and the CPU utilization shot-up. Finally, this past week, I […]
