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Firefox Add-on: Xmarks

Ever come across an incredible website that you wanted to save for later while you were using a public computer? Do you use multiple computers and want a way to synchronize your bookmarks across multiple machines? Tired of emailing yourself links? Xmarks (like X marks the spot) is the add-on for you. Add it to Firefox to enjoy bookmark and password synchronization.

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AIOS Sidebar – All-in-One-Sidebar: Firefox Add-on

by Michael W. Ollinger

I don’t know about you, but my Windows taskbar is precious real estate, especially when I’m computing with my laptop. By default, Firefox shows your active downloads and browser add-ons in windows separate from the browser, meaning that the program can start to hog your taskbar with needless windows. Good thing that AiOS Sidebar aka All-in-One Sidebar is available to clean up the clutter.

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Firefox Add-on: Colorful Tabs

May 11, 2010

Firefox’s monochromatic default browser can be a bit utilitarian, so how about a little bit of color to brighten it up? Visiting multiple sites at once can become a pain when there is no way to differentiate important tabs from unimportant ones. The Firefox add-on Colorful Tabs neatly solves both of these dilemmas by painting each tab a different, vivid color. Once you’ve installed Colorful Tabs, you’ll never go gray again!

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Firefox Add-On: 1-Click Weather

May 10, 2010

Everyone wants to know what the weather is like outside. How often have you checked to weather.com or Google to find out what the weather is? Why not save yourself a little time and use an add-on for Firefox? Although there are several weather forecast add-ons for Firefox, I find 1-Click Weather from the Weather Channel the most useful.

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