William Crawford
Hazel CastilloFirefox Apps I use
March 28th 2010 01:41
There was a time when all I used was the good old I.E. (Internet Explorer). Then years ago while in Florida visiting my cousin I noticed he was using something different. He was also playing a computer shoot-em up game online using headphones. That is when I knew he was much more advanced at computers than I. So after explaining he informed me that he only used Firefox. So when I returned home I quickly installed it and have not looked back. Well sometimes for compatibility issues you must.
After awhile pop-ups were beginning to drive me nuts so I ventured into the search engine to see what I could do about it. That is when I found the glorious world of add-ons. My first add-on I believe was ad-block plus. This allows pop ups to be stopped in their tracks, although some still get through its nearly not as bad as it once was.
The Anycolor add on allows me to change my browser to well any color. I chose sky blue but you can just add alot more such as brown black and many custom themes.
Wot or web of trust works with many search engines and allows its users to rate and comment on sites. It uses a color safety system with red being a bad site and green of course being a safe one. If you want more info you simply click on the color to see why people have rated it so.
NoScript blocks scripts from auto loading on a page. It can become a little tiresome however. You have to manually allow things such as video and java script each time you visit a page, and of course like any program nothing is fool proof.
As you see by the pics I have alot more but they are pretty self explanatory. A drawback on having so many "helpful" add-ons is that after awhile Firefox can become a resource hog. After a couple hours I have to reboot it. I usually do this when memory from it takes up about 400,000 K. Of course I am one of those people that have up to 8 tabs open at once so that doesn't help either.
After awhile pop-ups were beginning to drive me nuts so I ventured into the search engine to see what I could do about it. That is when I found the glorious world of add-ons. My first add-on I believe was ad-block plus. This allows pop ups to be stopped in their tracks, although some still get through its nearly not as bad as it once was.
The Anycolor add on allows me to change my browser to well any color. I chose sky blue but you can just add alot more such as brown black and many custom themes.
Anycolor
Wot or web of trust works with many search engines and allows its users to rate and comment on sites. It uses a color safety system with red being a bad site and green of course being a safe one. If you want more info you simply click on the color to see why people have rated it so.
NoScript blocks scripts from auto loading on a page. It can become a little tiresome however. You have to manually allow things such as video and java script each time you visit a page, and of course like any program nothing is fool proof.
As you see by the pics I have alot more but they are pretty self explanatory. A drawback on having so many "helpful" add-ons is that after awhile Firefox can become a resource hog. After a couple hours I have to reboot it. I usually do this when memory from it takes up about 400,000 K. Of course I am one of those people that have up to 8 tabs open at once so that doesn't help either.
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