Archives for the 'addon' Category

Get rid of the downloads window in Firefox [Hack Your Day]

One thing I very much hate about Firefox is the download window. Whenever I download anything an annoying window pops up. I would be ok with it if it would materialize in the background, but instead, after each link click to download it springs up in my face.
Of course I don’t really hate Firefox for [...]

28 March 2008 | Firefox, Productivity, addon, addons, download, statusbar | No Comments

Stop IM spam in Pidgin [Hack Your Day]

I just started using Pidgin as my client and decided to get in touch with all my readers who want to talk to me, so I have also been advertising my IM handles openly. I didn’t know this kind of spam existed, as Mark from Make Use Of says, this means dozens of spam messages [...]

29 February 2008 | Desktop Software, Net Safety, addon, chat, pidgin, spam | No Comments

Copy links from web pages easily [Hack Your Day]

As part of my day job, I needed to get people to correct a lot of posts on Wordpress blogs. I wanted to create a table which would help the person doing the majority of the work, so all he need do is click on the links. For this, I had to copy the links [...]

26 February 2008 | Firefox, Productivity, addon, addons, batch, copying | No Comments

Google Docs Sidebar for Firefox [Hack Your Day]

If you use Google Docs a lot, I found an extension for you that not only helps you in organization, but also lets you upload and view any document in the blink of an eye. Apart from being beautifully done, you can work with added productivity, since you don’t have to have the Google Docs [...]

30 January 2008 | Firefox, Google Docs, Organization, Productivity, addon, addons, google | No Comments