More add-ons for Firefox

I hope you are all enjoying your time with Firefox!  What do you think so far?  Let me know!

In the meantime, allow me to share some more add-ons with you...

Fireshot: A tool used to capture whole webpages...even if there are sections not showing due to scrolling!  Images are svaed as .png and can be opened in Paint, Photoshop, Preview, Fireworks, and others.

Video DownloadHelper: This is faster than Zamzar...but requires a little bit of configuration.  But, as always, I can help you with this upon request.  Use this at home to download videos from YouTube to bring in to school.  It will also do converting (the part that requires some configuration).  You can save videos in .flv or .mp4 format.  If you already have QuickTime on your computer (you do if you have iTunes) I recommend downloading the mp4 format.



Download Status Bar : Tired of the annoying download window popping up whenever you download something?  This add on makes it so downloads show up inconspicuously on the bottom bar of your browser.


I also recommend that you look here to search for more addons that meet your fancy. Don't forget to share anything good that your find by leaving some comments here!

You downloaded (or already had) Firefox, right?

Ok, so now that you have Firefox, you can begin adding add-ons to it to make it an even better browser!  Here's the first one: Adblock Plus  This little add-on will block almost all annoying advertisements on webpages, making them less distracting and more reliable to display to students.  In fact, to prove the effectiveness of this add-on, look at the website from Wednesday (Fact Monster).  Look at it using Internet Explorer, then look at it using your newly-enhanced Firefox with Adblock Plus.  Amazing, right?

Stay tuned for more great add-ons!

Firefox...so much better than Internet Explorer

Sorry for the personal opinion today, but by golly it's true. If you download Firefox today...free by the way...I will continue to post awesome addons for Firefox that will take your Internet journey to the next level.

Ok, so enough of the silliness...Let me explain quickly what Firefox is.  I am assuming that most of you use Internet Explorer (the blue "e") to get to the Internet.  Firefox is just another way of doing that.  You may already have it installed on your computer and if so, great!  Maybe you could download it at home too?  Either way, I recommend using Firefox for any Internet browsing.  And that is the end of my pitch.

Here is the download. (For Windows)

download (For Mac OS X)