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Filed under: Mozilla, Beta, Browsers

Mozilla Weave version .6 boosts performance, adds new features

Today, Mozilla Weave took another step forward. The browser synchronization add-on is now at version 0.6 and better than ever.

Apart from the old Weave sync kung fu - bookmarks, history, and passwords - the newest version can now keep your Personas up to date across multiple machines. Performance has gotten another boost, and there's a new about:weave page that allows for easier management of your preferences and Weave account.

[update] The first-time sync also now includes the option to specify which direction you want to sync. That's a welcome change, since it means no more deafult Firefox bookmarks sneaking into my Weave profile in the cloud.

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Filed under: Browsers, Web

Ghostery 2.0 Firefox add-on coming soon, now with web bug blocking

Ghostery 2.0
Ghostery is a Firefox add-on that alerts you when there are scripts running on a web page that track your personal information. We first covered Ghostery earlier this year. At the time, all it did was pop up a window letting you know what scripts are running on a given page. But the developer plans to release a major update that adds script-blocking capabilities.

Ghostery 2.0 won't exactly be an ad-blocking program. While it can be configured to prevent advertisements from displaying in your browser, the program's raison d'être is to protect your privacy, not to shield your precious eyes from advertising. Specifically, Ghostery identifies "web bugs," which are 3rd party services that track your data. This can include ad networks, behavioral targeters, and web analytics providers.

Filed under: Search, Browsers

KwiClick lets you search the web without leaving the page you're on

KwiClick
Normally if you want to search Google, YouTube, Wikipedia, Flickr, or other web sites, you need to open a new browser window or tab or navigate away from whatever web page you're currently on. The KwiClick add-on for Firefox presents another way to search.

It's not exactly "picture in picture" for your web browser, the way that Mozilla Links describes it. But it does let you conduct searches in a miniature Firefox window while continuing to read the pages you're on. In fact, you can also use the mini-browser to watch videos or view pictures while you're checking your email or reading the news.

Here's how it works. Once KwiClick is installed, you can either hit the Kwic button in the navigation toolbar to open a mini-browser, or select any text on a web page, right click, and select "KwiClick search." A small Firefox window will open in the bottom right corner of the screen. You can drag the window anywhere on the screen or resize it. And you can pin it to stay on top of all other windows if you're doing something like watching a YouTube video that you don't want to disappear. If you don't pin the window, it will fade away when you click on a browser window behind your KwiClick window.

KwiClick supports searches on Google, YouTube, Wikipedia, Twitter, FriendFeed, Flickr, and Google Maps.

Filed under: Beta, Browsers

Desktop lets you treat Firefox bookmarks like desktop icons


Desktop is a Firefox add-on that's based on the same concept as Speed Dial for the Opera web browser. Both tools let you create a series of thumbnail shortcuts for frequently visited web pages that will be available every time you open a new tab.

But what makes Desktop different is that you can change the look and feel of the new tab page by dragging, dropping, and resizing thumbnails. In fact, it makes blank Firefox tabs feel a lot like the Windows desktop, which is probably why it's called Desktop.

You can also add search widgets, and folders to your blank tab layout.

The plugin is listed as an experimental Firefox add-on, which means it hasn't been tested extensively. But it seemed fairly stable with Firefox 3.0.10. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work with Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 yet.

Filed under: Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Freeware, Browsers

TabCloser closes all Firefox tabs from a single domain

TabCloser
TabCloser is a Firefox add-on that lets you close all tabs that share a domain name. For example, if you've been searching for something and find you have 6 Google search tabs open, you can close them all with a single click. Or rather, a right click on one of the tabs and then a click on the "close all... tabs" option and then a third click to make sure you really do want to close those 6 tabs. So umm, 3 clicks. Still, if you've got more than 5 or 6 tabs open that you want to close at once, TabCloser might come in handy.

The plugin isn't quite perfect, as it won't notice slight variations on a domain. For instance, if you want to close docs.google.com and www.google.com at the same time TabCloser can't help you.

[via Lifehacker]

Filed under: Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Freeware, Browser Tips

Copy and paste open browser tabs with CopyAllUrls Firefox add-on

CopyAllUrls
If you're the sort of person that likes to share links with friends over IM, email, or blog posts, have we got a Firefox extension for you. CopyAllUrls makes it easy to copy the URL and title of every web site you currently have open in a Firefox tab.

Once you install the add-on, all you have to do is click on edit and pull up the CopyAllUrls menu. Clicking copy places a copy of all your current tabs in your clipboard. You can then paste this list into any application using your usual Windows shortcuts (like Ctrl+v). Or you can paste the list back into Firefox to reopen all of those tabs using the CopyAllUrls menu.

By default CopyAllUrls will copy your links as plain text. But you can also set it to save information in HTML, Wikipedia markup, or other formats making it easy to paste the results into a text or web page editor as clickable links.

[via NoHeat]

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