I received many emails asking me more about Firefox Add-ons after last week’s column. So today we are going to look at a few more. Keep those emails coming since I want to write about what interests you!
If you have any questions about basic Firefox Add-ons you need to read last week’s column about "Invisible Hand" and "Tabloc" online at the DNR or at the DoubleClicks.info site.
"Forecastbar Enhanced" is another helpful add-on. It allows you to set your location, via zip code, to get your local weather forecasts. The forecasts are from Accuweather.com. Other than the current weather forecasts, radar images, etc., you can display it in different locations in FF. I keep mine in the status bar at the bottom of the Firefox window, which is the default. You can also set it up to show forecasts for several days in the future.
The next one I would like to share with you is called, "FoxTab". "FoxTab" will allow you to set the sites you most often visit. It will allow you to add any site to your top site "list" and quickly go to it at another time. It enables a screen preview of "My Top Sites" in several great GUIs (Graphical User Interfaces) which you can pick from. Not only is it useful, it also looks good. Once you bring your top site window up by clicking a button on your toolbar, you click on the site you want to go to and it pops right up. Yes, this is like your favorites but in a slick new format.
The last one I will mention today is for you Gmail users. It is called, "Gmail Manager". This add-on allows you to set your Gmail account to be visible in your status bar, showing your unread emails. By clicking on the account it will open your Gmail account in Firefox as if you had logged into Gmail.com yourself. Then you can deal with your emails as you normally would. It is set to a default of checking for new emails every 15 minutes but you can adjust that, along with other settings in the options for this add-on. It will also allow you to keep track of multiple Gmail accounts at the same time. Of course, that is for you geeks who, like me have more than one Gmail account.
Have fun trying these out and remember they are all free. If you don’t like them you can easily uninstall them.
Let me know if you would like to see some more next week…I have about 20 add-ons that I use in Firefox.
