Tag archive for "extensions"
Alright, it’s happened to me no less than one trillion times now and I’m sure it’s happened to you: you fill out a contact form or a form for tech support only to lose every carefully-chosen word in some fluke accident like a browser crash or the accidental closing of a tab.
If it has happened, save yourself some trouble in the future by installing the Lazarus add-on for your browser. (Lazarus for Mozilla Firefox | Lazarus for Google Chrome – sorry IE users)
Just over two months ago, we were among the first to bring attention to a preview version of the del.icio.us extension designed to be compatible with the latest release (3.0) of the Firefox web browser.
Five days ago, the Del.icio.us team announced and subsequently delivered the final version of that extension to the official Mozilla Firefox add-ons repository. Be sure to check out the official blog post from the del.icio.us team detailing all the new features in the release: "Firefox 3, Delicious and You."
Overall, the extension provides a great way to keep your bookmarks (with tags and notes, too) synchronized on each of your computers and, of course, on your http://del.icio.us account.
(FoT Tip: If you’re a nut for synchronization, you should also check out the Mozilla Weave extension for Firefox. In addition to bookmark synchronization, Weave also allows you to sync stored passwords, cookies, browser history and saved form data. Check out what we had to say about that a couple of weeks ago.)
Microsoft devotees shouldn’t feel left out as the team has also announced and released a beta version of an add-on for Internet Explorer.
It’s been quite some time since Google updated the official "Google Browser Sync" Firefox extension. If you’re unfamiliar with it, the extension enabled you to synchronize your browser bookmarks, history and passwords with any other computer on which you might be running Firefox.
Not only has it not been updated since 2006, the extension isn’t even compatible with the 3rd release of the Mozilla Firefox browser. (As is typically the case with Google, mum’s the word on any plans and nearly 100 status requests have gone unanswered in the official forum for Google Firefox extensions.)
Mozilla answered the cries of many, however, when it released "Weave" late last year. The official extension (from the company who brought you the Firefox browser itself) allowed for synchronization of your bookmarks, history and saved form data. With the next release, they added support for cookies.
Now, with today’s release, they add support for passwords as well…thus leaving Google Browser Sync entirely useless.
The extension even allows for developers to extend Weave for their own applications but you can read more about that, and Weave’s many other features, on the Mozilla Labs blog. Or, you can just download it now: https://services.mozilla.com/.
Note: once you begin the initial synchronization, be prepared for the browser to choke just a little bit while the sync occurs. Once you’re finished with that initial synchronization, however, it’ll be as smooth as silk to keep your browser information up-to-date on all your computers.
Now, if they only would allow for synchronization of Firefox extensions…
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