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CheckPlaces v2.1 adds Database Vacuuming [Firefox]

By • Mar 18th, 2010 • Filed under: Firefox, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

CheckPlaces Firefox extension was originally built to clean-up your Firefox bookmarks by detecting and deleting duplicate bookmarks, empty folders and dead or failed (invalid) web pages. CheckPlaces version 2.1 now has the option to compact and optimize your Firefox databases, vacuuming is now part and parcel of this must-have Firefox extension.

Auto Shutdown Add-on: Shut Down your Computer after the last active Download

By • Sep 28th, 2009 • Filed under: Firefox, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

… you can as well sit down and wait for every download to be completed before turning-off your computer and walking-away. A download is capable of leaving your computer on for several hours even after the download has been completed — it would’ve been just great to download while your computer is turned off, that […]

Check and Delete Duplicate Bookmarks in Firefox with CheckPlaces Add-on

By • Sep 8th, 2009 • Filed under: Firefox, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

CheckPlaces is a Firefox 3 extension that cleans-up your Firefox bookmarks by checking and deleting duplicate bookmarks, empty folders and dead or failed(invalid) pages. It’s very useful for those that have hundred of bookmarks and certainly find it hard to check the ever growing number of bookmarks.

Download Phoenity Aura Firefox Theme and its Glassy Icons

By • Aug 26th, 2009 • Filed under: Firefox, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

Phoenity Aura is a newly released Firefox Theme -- now at version 0.4 for Firefox 3.5 that dresses your Firefox browser in a simple and glassy way. The author of this Firefox extension also provides for download at his website the icons used to build this theme. The icons are in PNG-32 format in 24×24 […]

Optimize Firefox Databases With a Single Line of Code and Vacuum Places Add-on

By • Aug 22nd, 2009 • Filed under: Browsers, Firefox, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

In Firefox 3 Bookmarks and browsing History are stored in SQLite databases. Like any other database, the SQLite databases get fragmented with time, added to that, your default history time span in Firefox 3.5 was increased from 9 to 90 days. These increase the possibility of having a bloated and cumbersome database which subsequently leads […]