In the browser war, the trio Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer try to sort out which one amongst them is “the good”, which one is “the bad” or which one is “the ugly”. For Open Source lovers and web designers, it is rather easy to say which one is “the bad” one. In some cases all three could be good or not just good enough. So I switch my browsers according to my needs. More»
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If you’re looking for a way to recall important dates like anniversaries, new application release, job interviews etc and ToDos without running a huge calender application in the background, then grab ReminderFox. If you browse daily and have Firefox as your default browser, then you’re half way done.
ReminderFox is a Firefox extension that sits quietly in the bottom left corner of your Firefox browser and keeps you aware of your daily tasks and upcoming schedules
– Consider ReminderFox a foxy Timetable.
– It also includes an alarm, in case you’re not so attentive enough when scheduled dates pop-up.
– Like most good applications, it is easy-to-use and setup, and geeks can get the best out of it.
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“Firefox, just got better, thanks to Hyperwords, a plug-in that allows you to you to interact with all the words on the web. The right click finally put to good use”. [via] Gigaom
“Search, translate, convert, email, print, post to your blog, and copy any text on a web page with the Hyperwords Firefox extension”. [via] Lifehacker
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Get a pre-beta Google Chrome 2.0 at GOOG, and test for yourself the new cutting-edge or so features it now includes. Form Autocomplete is now part of it like in Firefox and many other browsers.
Full page zoom that resizes images, embedded objects and text. Autoscrolling from left to right and Up and Down. It also includes partial support for Greasemonkey scripts. More»
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Mozilla Firefox is the newest sponsor of the StopBadware.org project, that has amongst other sponsor big names like Google, PayPal, Lenovo, AOL and Trend Micro. These companies together with StopBadware.org form a common front in the fight against the proliferation of badware in the web.
StopBadware.org is a Harvard University initiative to protect Internet and computer users from the threats to privacy and security that are caused by bad software.
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