Make Firefox Use Multiple Rows of Tabs


Tab Mix Plus

Tab Mix Plus enhances Firefox's tab browsing capabilities. It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus much more. It also includes a full-featured session manager with crash recovery that can save and restore combinations of opened tabs and windows.

To set this option, you must have the Tab Mix Plus extension installed. Assuming you do, open up the Tab Mix Plus options dialog via the Tools menu.

Choose the Display tab/icon on the top, and then make sure you have the Tab Bar tab selected.

Change the option for "When tabs don't fit width" to "Multi-row", and then check out the multiple-row goodness.

Its very easy to install and use.

Create a TinyUrl the Easy Way in Firefox

Have you ever tried to email or IM somebody a link from a site that has ridiculously long URLs, only to have the link break because it was too long or got cut off? The solution to this problem is to use a service like TinyUrl that turns a really long link into a really short link.

If you find yourself using this feature all the time, then you need the TinyUrl Creator extension for Firefox, which makes it very easy to not only create TinyUrls, but access the ones that you've already created.

Once installed, just right-click on any link, and choose "Create TinyURL for this Page".

With the default settings you'll get a popup confirmation that tells you the new link has been copied to your clipboard.


If you click the Save button, you can save the new TinyURL into Firefox. Note that this doesn't save as a bookmark, it saves in the extension's saved panel.


To view TinyURLs that you have previously saved, go to Tools \ TinyUrl Creator \ View Saved.

Here you can see the list of saved links, and then copy the TinyURL to your clipboard. This is extremely useful for links that you need to use often.

If you don't want the confirmation dialog every time you create a link, you can go into the TinyUrl options panel and check the box for "Do not show confirmation dialog upon TinyUrl creation".


With all of the features in this extension, it makes dealing with TinyUrl virtually simple and easy.

Backup and Restore Firefox Profiles Easily

Now you can easily transfer your Firefox profile from computer to another computer without any pain. Surely you can easily locate the firefox profile directory and then copy it to othet PC,but then it doesn’t show up in the list, and many other small issues which may bother you.

MozBackup application is for bavking up the files and restoring profiles to a single backup file. It is the moist easiest way for restoring and keeping the backup for files.

When you launch the application, you can choose to either backup or restore the profile. You can choose which profile to back up, and what file to save it as.



You can restore the profile on another computer by simply launching the MozBackup application on that computer, and then selecting the profile to restore to, and choosing the backup file that you copied from the first computer:

It is the easiest manner for restoring and keeping the backup of files.




Use Google Talk Sidebar in Firefox

Instead of using the Google Talk client embedded in Gmail, why not use it in your sidebar instead? Thanks to the gTalk sidebar extension, we can do just that.

Once you install the extension, you'll need to add the button to the toolbar. Right-click where the buttons are, choose Customize, and then add the icon you can see here.



This icon will let you open the sidebar, where you can open multiple conversations in separate tabs. Just keep in mind that if you close the sidebar, it will close the client as well.


This extension is also extremely useful for sending somebody a quick email. Just click on their name in the list or search for them via the search box, and then you'll see an email button.





Clicking this button will open up a message window already addressed to that contact. This is typically what I use the sidebar for - rather than just chatting, it's the quickest way to send an email.

Note that you can also use the keyboard shortcut Alt+G to open the sidebar.

Using Secure Login in Firefox



The regular Firefox password manager will automatically fill in the password fields for you, which gives malicious sites and hackers the chance to use javascript to read the password. Granted, this isn't a common occurrence, but it's still wise to be wary.

Using the Secure Login extension, you'll see these gold bars around the login credentials instead, but it won't fill in the fields automatically.



Just click the Secure Login button and the form will be filled and automatically submitted.


You can also use the keyboard shortcut Alt+N (customizable) to login even faster.

The button isn't automatically added to your toolbar after installing the extension, but it's easy to add: just right-click over the back/forward buttons and choose Customize Toolbar. You'll find the Secure Login button in the list.

The preferences have a lot of other options as well, like not automatically submitting the form when you click the button if you don't like that behavior. You can even customize the highlight color around the login elements.

THUNDERBIRD – (Firefox’s Email System)

Thunderbird is similar to MS Outlook Express, it’s user friendly and freeware.

  • It's user friendly, easy to install and use.
  • It's freeware, meaning, you can download it from the web free of cost.
  • Cross platform, you can use it with Windows and the GNU/Linux operating system as well.

How To Download Thunderbird

You can always get the newest version and additional information about thunderbird as well as upgrades and extensions also on the below given link-

http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/

Simply open your internet browser and copy – paste the link in address bar.

INSTALLING THUNDERBIRD

Download the installer file from the above given link and double click on the file.

ADVICE-

Don’t run any other programme along with it, if u r using please close it and Press –Next

Read the agreement, if you agree, check the box and press "Next"

If you want to select- what to install and where to install, mark the custom box, if not choose standard.


The installer will tell you where Mozilla Thunderbird will be installed, most of you will have the same path as I have in this screenshot.


This is how it'll look as Thunderbird is being installed on your computer.

Press finish to start Thunderbird for the first time.

Configuration

You need to open a new account, when you open thunderbird for the first time.First click on "Create a new account".

Select "Email account" and press next.


Fill in your name and email address, press next.

Than you will be asked to fill in the incoming server. And you may be asked for outgoing server as well , usually this the same server ,press- Next.

Than you will be asked to fill in user name for your email provider, for example “jclinton”, press Next.

Now you are asked what you would like to call this account, choose yourself, press next.

You will get a summary, check your information, and if everything is ok press finish.

Mark your email address and press "Get mail".

You are immediately asked for the password to your email account, fill in and press OK, you can also choose if you want Thunderbird to remember the password.




Five useful tools for browsing with Firefox.

Tamper Data

A tool used to interfere with data being sent from one website to another through your browser.

Use tamperdata to view and modify HTTP/HTTPS headers and post parameters.
Trace and time http response/requests.

Security test web applications by modifying POST parameters.

FYI current version of Google Web Accelerator is incompatible with the tampering function of TamperData. Your browser will crash



Download Helper

A tool used to capture media, namely videos, from the web, and download them to your computer.Using DownloadHelper, you can easily save videos from most of the popular video sites. Note that DownloadHelper does not break any real protection implemented on the sites. It just give an easier access to clear content that will be downloaded by your browser anyway. Unless exceptions, downloaded videos must be kept on your disk for personal use and not shown on other Web sites.
Session Fix

A tool that makes it when you close your browser you have the option to save session, so you wont have to remember what you were doing.

Session Fix extends the warning dialog on quitting with a button, that lets you save the . session only for this time

You like the session restore feature of Firefox 2, but always restore your previous

session isn't what you like to do? This extension may be the answer. It extends the

warning dialog on quitting with a button, that lets you save the session only for this

time.


Linkification

A tool that makes all non hyperlink web addresses clickable on any given web page.

Converts text links into genuine, clickable links.

To view and set options, you can

(1) use the Linkification right-click context menu

(2) right-click the status bar icon and click "Options&quot

(3) click Tools- >Extensions, and double-click the Linkification item.



Foxy Tunes

A tool that syncs your browser with your media player, letting you browse a listen to music at the same time with ease.

FoxyTunes Planet is a personalized music aggregator. The website aggregates music videos, photos, news, bios and much more from the best music sites all over the Web into one convenient place.