Comments on: Firefox becoming the Swiss Army knife of software

By: moderator

moderator — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:03:44 +0000

I have not noticed FIrefox loading any slower on either Windows XP or Mac OS X with all my add-ons loaded. And I have more add-ons since writing this original story.

I’m sure there’s a small penalty for each item that gets loaded, and a check is done to see if there are new versions each time Firefox starts. But the delay is trivial compared to the benefits of having all these features in one place.

By: Jaime

Jaime — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:25:30 +0000

You did not mention that so many add-ons = one hour waiting to the browser to open.

By: moderator

moderator — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:45:15 +0000

Jeff, either you didn’t spend enough time visiting our blog, or your glasses are underpowered Just for you we made the button bigger, more orange, and put it right at the top of the page.

By: Andrea_R

Andrea_R — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:23:40 +0000

Oooo, I have never seen Read It Later, that would be pretty handy.

I do a lot of web development, so my favorites are as follows:
Web Developer – gives another toolbar with handy things
FireFTP – ftp in your browser
Color Picker – can pick a color off any web page
Measure It – measure elements or spacing on any web page
StumbleUpon toolbar – for the good stuff
Linky – select a bunch of links, then right click and open them all in speerate tabs, good for reading forums quickly
Screen Grab – save the entire web page as an image, even below the fold
FireBug – HUGE timesaver for css issues.

By: jeff

jeff — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:48:56 +0000

what? no rss feed?

By: Lucian Ioan

Lucian Ioan — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:20:55 +0000

Still a browser can not be and will not be a replacement for the operating system. And certain features from a desktop application can not be implemented in browser based ones.