Shady Microsoft Plugin Pokes “Critical” Hole In Firefox Security "Microsoft has acknowledged that they slipped the .NET Framework Assistant plugin into Firefox via Windows Update this past February, and that it has poked a "critical" hole in the browser's security (effectively bringing Firefox down to IE's level). Microsoft has deemed the hole to be a [...]

Google Reader Absolutely Compact Maximizes the area for displaying articles by removing all the stuff that you probably never use anyway. Be ready to learn your keyboard shortcuts though because this is a really stripped down interface. (tags: greader google googlereader chrome scripts greasemonkey script style css minimal compact reader addon ui tools styles google_reader [...]

Never be annoyed by a Flash animation! Blocks Flash, but if you want to see it, just click on. Flashblock is an extension for the Mozilla, Firefox, and Netscape browsers that takes a pessimistic approach to dealing with Macromedia Flash content on a webpage and blocks ALL Flash content from loading. It then leaves placeholders [...]

quietube | Video without the distractions To watch web videos without the comments and crap, just drag the button below to your browser's bookmarks bar. On any of the supported video pages, click the bookmark button to watch in peace. (tags: tools web free tool video internet videos hack browser hacks utility technology useful firefox [...]

Microsoft Update Quietly Installs Firefox Extension Annoyances.org: this update adds to Firefox one of the most dangerous vulnerabilities present in all versions of Internet Explorer: the ability for Web sites to easily and quietly install software on your PC. The only way to get rid of this thing is to modify the Windows registry, an [...]

How to Use Dropbox as the Ultimate Password Syncer Cross-platform application Dropbox may be great at syncing regular old files and folders over the internet and to the web, but with a little ingenuity, you can use this free software to ensure important application data stays in sync no matter what computer you're using. With [...]

1Password – Password Manager + Automatic Form Filler for Mac OS X ($39.95) 1Password takes care of all your online passwords so you can use strong and unique passwords for every site and never forget any of them! In short, 1Password keeps track of all your web passwords, automates sign-in, guards from identity theft, and [...]

Keywurl A small, free plugin for Safari that adds keyword search to the browser’s address bar. (tags: software tools web free mac osx freeware internet apple apps plugins plugin opensource MacOSX search productivity browser utilities useful utility firefox extension keyword addons keywords safari addon simbl browsers bar …)

SafariKeywords SafariKeywords teaches Safari a feature that's long been available in other browsers, such as Mozilla or OmniWeb and is known as "Mozilla Keywords". It basically lets you tell Safari where to search for the words you entered into the search bar, instead of always consulting good old Google. If the first word of what [...]

Orbit Downloader Orbit Downloader, leader of download manager revolution, is devoted to new generation web (web2.0) downloading, such as video/music/streaming media from Myspace, YouTube, Imeem, Pandora, Rapidshare, support RTMP. And to make general downloading easier and faster. Windows only. (tags: software tools free video tool freeware download apps flash applications windows firefox p2p YouTube downloads [...]

Read It Later Save Your One Read Wonders. Eliminate cluttering of bookmarks with sites that are merely of a one-time interest. Think of it as a ’staging area’ for bookmarks. (tags: software tools web tool internet website plugins plugin productivity browser firefox bookmarks extension extensions read reading lifehacks add-ons addons lifehack bookmarklet reader bookmarking websites [...]

CookiePie Logs into Multiple Gmail Accounts Simultaneously Free Firefox extension. Manages Firefox's cookies to log into the same site multiple times. You can easily log into multiple Gmail, Flickr, or Facebook accounts. (tags: Yahoo YouTube accounts add-ons addons browser cookie cookies email extension extensions facebook ff firefox flickr gmail google identity login multiple plugin productivity [...]

Password Exporter Firefox add-on extension to export your saved passwords and disabled login hosts using XML or CSV files that can be imported in another browser or computer. (tags: add-ons backup export ff ff3 firefox firefox3 mozilla password passwords plugins security tools …)

MozBackup – backups of Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Suite and Netscape profiles Simple utility to backup and restore bookmarks, mail, contacts, history, extensions, cache etc. of Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Sunbird, Flock, SeaMonkey, Mozilla Suite, Spicebird and Netscape profiles. (tags: add-ons addons admin application backup bookmarks browser download email extension extensions ff firefox [...]

Firefox Quick Searches To set up a Quick search, go to any search engine page with an input box using Firefox, right-click inside the tag search input box and choose "Add a Keyword for this Search…" (tags: bookmarks browser commandline firefox google hacks internet keyboard keyword keywords lifehack lifehacker lifehacks productivity search searchengine shortcuts tips [...]