Firefox extensions for 23 things

1. Firefox Extensions A 23 things thing for Murdoch University

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5. Customisation Buttons Text font and colour Features Layout Theme Privacy settings Searches Pop ups Applications Rewrite the source code What can I change?

9. Extensions Recommended extensions ColorfulTabs : Colour tabs by domain, group them together  PDF Download : View PDF’s in firefox Bookmark Duplicate Detector : Detects Duplicate Bookmarks when bookmarks are added and specify where is the previous URL. ScrapBook : highlight sentences, add notes, remove undesirable parts like ads etc and keep just the content. Download Statusbar : View and manage downloads from a tidy statusbar - without the download window getting in the way of your web browsing. Fireshot : FireShot is a Firefox extension that creates screenshots of web pages. Google preview : shows a thumbnail of the website in Google Foxmarks bookmark syncroniser: sync your bookmarks on more than one pc, store them offline IE tab : having trouble viewing the page in firefox? Opens an IE page in firefox Undo closed tabs : reopen that tab you just closed Zotero : collect citations and sources on the web Foxytunes : intergrate your music into the browser Cooliri s : A wall of images! Translator : Translate whole pages into different languages

10. Extensions Toolbars Toolbars are a specific type of extension that puts many different resources together on the same vertical line. The tools on a toolbar provide quick and convenient access to commonly-performed operations. Buttons are the most common kind of tool on a toolbar, though menus and drop-down lists are also often found. The tools on a toolbar may or may not be customizable by the user Two toolbars that could be useful to you are : The LibX toolbar : The 23 things toolbar : http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/mylibrary/LibX/index.html http://23Things.OurToolbar.com

12. Some online sources for extensions: A review of some of the extensions mentioned here: A full run through on Firefox 3 Some time saving extensions Extensions grouped by use http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8JLEKyeLHE http://lifedev.net/2008/02/25-firefox-extensions-to-make-you-more-productive/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g30Xyh6Wqc http://www.shankrila.com/tech-stuff/top-firefox-extensions http://www.slideshare.net/andy_mitchell/the-joy-of-firefox-extensions An introduction to slideshare extensions