I Can Finally Use the Search Box In Firefox
I’ve never used the search box in Firefox. I always wanted to have more control over the way it functions. Finally, there’s a plugin that makes this possible. It’s called SearchLoad Options.
My biggest beef with the search bar is not being able to clear my last search. Why is Firefox designed to leave the last search in the box? If you’ve searched for it, why would you want to search for the same thing again? With SearchLoad Options, you have the ability to clear your search term immediately, or after however many seconds you want.
My second issue is that the search is done it the current active tab. I know that this can be changed in about:config, but this addon makes it much more convenient. You can set it so that it opens a new tab with your search results in it.
Simple HTML Validator Addon For Firefox
There are a ton of validation addons for Firefox and although I use several, I always have to have one particular one installed. It’s called Validaty. It’s nothing spectacular, it just does what it does. Validates (X)HTML.
After you’ve installed the addon here, you need to right click on an empty spot in the menu bar and right click and choose ‘Customize’. Then find Validaty and drag it wherever you want in your toolbar area.
Now whenever you want to check and see if a site validates, just click the button and it will validate against the W3C’s standards. If it validates, you get a green checkmark. If it doesn’t you get a red checkmark with the number of errors. You can then click on it and it will take you directly to the W3C’s website.
Find Out What Software a Website Is Using
If you’re like me, one of the first things you wonder about a website is what CMS/backend they’re running. Is that WordPress? Drupal? Are they using a JS framework? MooTools? jQuery? Well now it’s as easy as installing a Firefox plugin called Wappalyzer.
Now even though Wappalyzer is fairly new, it can already recognize a ton of other apps like Google Analytics, Joomla, Prototype and they’re adding more all the time. Definitely a must have addon for any web developer. Get it now.
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Quickly Check How Many Unread Emails You Have In Gmail
If you’re not using Firefox, get it. If you’re not using Greasemonkey…get it.
Good. Now that you are living in the current century, Lifehacker found a seriously cool Greasemonkey script today called ‘Gmail Unread Message Count in Favicon‘. It does exactly what it says it does, show your unread mail count in the Gmail favicon.
After you’ve installed the script, restart Firefox and you should now see your unread count in the favicon.
The only drawback I see to this is if you subscribe to the David Allen GTD philosophy. Knowing your unread inbox count is one of the worst thing you can do. If you don’t care about that, this script is a must have.
How To Encrypt Your Keystrokes With a Firefox Plugin
I’m always looking for better ways to secure myself and my computer. I use TOR to browse anonymously, TrueCrypt to encrypt personal files, TrackMeNot to keep Google from profiling me, a Clear Private Data plugin in Firefox so starting from a clean slate is just a right click away, https email (login and email browsing), Perfect Passwords from GRC, PayPal Security Key, and multiple other ways.
The only thing I’ve never found is a way to encrypt my actual keystrokes. That was until I stumbled upon KeyScrambler. It’s a simple Firefox plugin (it does actually install itself on your machine as well) that encrypts keystrokes at the kernel level. This means that keyloggers are pretty much useless as long as the software is working correctly.
I’ve been using it for a couple of days and haven’t had any trouble so far, but there have been some complaints on the reviews page.
