Monthly Archives: July 2008

How To Add HTML Signatures In Gmail: Blank Canvas Gmail Signatures

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Today I was searching, for a friend of mine, the best way to add an HTML signature on his Gmail account. As all you Google mail users know, Big G’s proprietary email service doesn’t offer the ability to integrate a full HTML signature in your messages, but just a simple text one.

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Photo credit: ?ukasz Tyra?a

Blank Canvas Gmail Signatures is a Firefox add-on that automatically inserts HTML signatures into your Gmail messages letting you select which signature you want to use, thanks to a tag system, from four presets that you can freely edit.
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Change Skin Color In Firefox: AnyColor

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Tired of the same look under your eyes? Wish you could easily change your browser’s look but don’t want to spend time looking for themes?

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Photo Credit: Joerg Rudloff

AnyColor is a Firefox extension that allows you to easily change the skin-color of your browsers with a click of a button.
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Switch Between Tabs With Visual Effects: Ctrl-Tab

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Everybody loves cool visual effects, like the new Aero effects in Windows Vista that let you switch windows with a live preview, or Linux effects that let you change between your desktops as if they were standing on a 3D cube.

Wouldn’t it be good to add some effects in Firefox too?

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Photo Credit: Kai Hendry

Ctrl-Tab is a Firefox extension that allows you to switch between tabs with the old ctrl-tab key combination with a new cool visual effect.
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Backup Your Stuff In Firefox 3: FEBE 6

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Today I decided to format my computer: after a while Windows machines tend to slow down having been loaded with lots of internal processes and full system registry. So I wanted to backup my Firefox 3 settings and extensions…But FEBE didn’t work anymore!

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We have previously seen how you can backup almost anything with FEBE, so here you can find FEBE 6 Beta, which currently works with Firefox 3.
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Last.fm Music Directly In Firefox: Fire.fm

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Anyone of us loves music, specially during a working session, and you have probably used one of the many music streaming websites that allow you to discover new songs basing on your personal likings in a completely web based way, and one of these is indeed Last.fm.

But what if Last.fm could be completely integrated into Firefox?

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Photo Credit: Rodolfo Clix – Edited by Nicolo’ Canali De Rossi

Fire.fm is a Firefox extension that gives you access to the massive music library on Last.fm, so that you can completely control your music player from your Firefox toolbar.
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Firefox 3 Themes Round Up

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Many of you might love Firefox, but are feeling nostalgic for some other interfaces, whether of other browsers or operating systems.

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Photo Credit: Nicolo’ Canali De Rossi

We have in fact covered a fabulous theme called Vista Aero, which unluckily works in Firefox 2 only, that made it possible to use Firefox using Internet Explorer 7 display.

But what now that Firefox 3 is out? How could you make Firefox 3 look like other applications? Continue reading →

How To Speed Up Firefox 3

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Many people have updated to Firefox 3 since the Download Day 2008, which went so good actually, placing Firefox into the World Guinness Records.

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Photo Credit: Gary Tamin – Edited by Nicolo’ Canali De Rossi

You have may noticed many changes from the previous version, specially the address bar, and many people have asked me if the old tricks to speed your browser up are still working.
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Open And Edit Any Document Online: Open IT Online

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How many times have you found yourself away from home, on someone else’s computer, needing to edit a document without saving it locally on the machine you are currently using? Wouldn’t it be better to use online services such as Google Docs or Zoho suite?

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Photo Credit: Ijsendoorn – Edited by Nicolo’ Canali De Rossi

Open IT Online is a Firefox add-on that allows you to open and your documents and images just using your preferred online editors, without the need of any software to be installed.
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