Go Directly to your favourite sites

You can add keywords to your bookmarks for easier and faster access. From the Library, just add a short keyword in the keyword field, and you’ll be able to access that bookmark by simply typing that keyword into the address bar. For example, you could give your del.icio.us account the “links” keyword, and from then on simply typing “links” into the address bar will take you right there

Few Firefox Extensions

Firefox Extensions

Here are a few Firefox Extensions that I consider essential.

Adblock Plus  (home page)

The Adblock Plus extension can strip annoying advertisements out of web pages, including Flash and Java applets, and also help prevent pop-ups.

Adblock Plus: Element Hiding Helper  (home page)

This Adblock companion extension adds functionality to selectively disable specific annoying or obtrusive elements on a given website.

en-US Dictionary

Some Linux distributions do not include a dictionary by default for use with Firefox.  In those cases, this en-US dictionary can be installed to restore spellchecker functionality.

Extended Copy Menu  (home page)

Extended Copy Menu provides additional options for copying text from web pages.  For example, you can copy a block of text as plain or unformatted to make it easier to paste into other applications such as OpenOffice or Word.

EZNav  (home page)

EZNav allows you to middle-click on the navigation buttons for different effects. Forward and Backward increments or decrements numbered URLs, and reload navigates up in the URL hierarchy.

FireBug  (home page)

FireBug is an integrated JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and Ajax debugger for Firefox, including an error console, command line, and inspectors

ForecastFox  (home page)

ForecastFox displays current and forecasted weather, including severe weather alerts, in your status bar.

Greasemonkey  (home page)

The Greasemonkey extension allows users to add custom scripts to change the behavior of any web page.  Many pre-written scripts can be found at Userscripts.org.

• Better Amazon - Makes viewing product pages on Amazon much easier by providing collapsible sections and other features
• Check Range (home page) - Allows selection of multiple checkboxes at once; My modified version changes the default excludes
• Disable Targets - Prevent links for opening in new windows (eg., target='blank'), instead forcing them to follow your browser preferences; also prevents new windows caused by the javascript onclick property
• Download Video - Adds a direct download link on video sharing pages such as YouTube, Google Video, MySpace, Metacafe, etc.; My modified version adds the download link to the lower-right corner instead of across the top of the window, and is based on reisirumuz's original modification
• Gone Phishing (home page) - highlights any link with a destination that doesn't match what's shown
• Google Image Relinker - Rewrites links to point directly to source image; My modified version adds a link to the original website below each image
• Image Hoster Skip Page - Skips the preview page for common image hosting websites and redirects to the full-sized image; My custom version fixes ShareNXS support and fixes ImageBam inconveniences
• Linkify Plus (home page) - Transforms plaintext hyperlinks and e-mail address into valid links; My modified version adds support for hxxp:// and h**p:// links
• MouseOverThis! - Displays the true destination of any link in the status bar by removing onmouseover and onmouseout events
• MySpace Custom Style Remover - Removes custom stylesheets from MySpace pages and shows the default style instead

• keyconfig  (home page)

  keyconfig allows you to change keyboard shortcuts. Configuration can be difficult, so be sure to check out the examples.
  

  Menu Editor  (home page)

  The Menu Editor extension allows you to customize the menus in Firefox.
  

  Multiproxy Switch  (home page)

  Multiproxy Switch lets you configure and easily switch between multiple proxy servers.
  

  NextPlease  (home page)

  NextPlease is a highly configurable extension that allows you to jump to next and previous links on multi-page articles, search results, or forum posts using keyboard shortcuts or toolbar buttons.
  

  NoScript  (home page)

  NoScript is a very powerful Firefox extension that allows users to restrict javascript and other executable content to only trusted domains.
  

  Page Saver Basic  (home page)

  Page Saver allows you to save any website to a PNG image.  Rather than taking a snapshot of the visible window, it renders the entire page and exports it to an image.
  

  Snap Links Plus  (home page)

  Snap Links Plus allows you to select and act on multiple links at once.  Actions can be changed dynamically to either open all links in new tabs, download all links, etc.
  

  SyncPlaces  (home page)

  SyncPlaces imports/exports bookmarks in either XBEL or JSON format and can synchronize a bookmarks file across multiple installations by uploading it to an FTP or WebDAV server.
  

  Tab to Window  (home page)

  The Tab to Window extension allows you to move or copy tabs to a new browser window.
  

  Web Developer  (alternate link)

  The Web Developer extension for adds a menu and a toolbar to the browser with various web developer tools.
   

The Find As You Type feature

The Find As You Type feature is another handy timesaver. Rather than using the “find” bar to search for a word on page, just hit the / key and start typing the word you want. Your cursor will immediately jump to the first instance of that term.

You can use it for links, too. For example, instead of moving your mouse across the page to a "learn more" link, just start typing the word and when the cursor finds it, press enter.

(কোন পৃষ্ঠায় কিছু খুঁজে পেতে চান - চিন্তা নেই। কী-বোর্ডের / কী চাপুন এবং প্রয়োজনীয় শব্দ টাইপ করুন। নিমিষেই ওয়েব পেইজে সেই শব্দে কার্সর চলে যাবে)

Managing Search Engine Bar

You’re already familiar with the search bar built in to Firefox. But did you know you can customize it with just about any search engine you want? Just click on the icon to the left of your search bar to see the menu of default options.

Even better, click Manage Search Engines… to rearrange the list, add additional choices and even assign keyboard shortcuts to your favorite search engines. For example, you could give Google the shortcut "G" - then if you wanted to do a search for cookie recipes, simply typing "G cookie recipes" in the location bar would generate the full list.(মজিলায় সার্চ বার দিয়ে সার্চ ইঞ্জিন ম্যানেজ করা যায়। শুধু মাত্র সার্চবারের পাশের আইকনে ক্লিক করুন এবং ম্যানেজ করুন)

Add-ons and extra feature

The standard version of Firefox is full of features, of course, but why stop there? There are more than 5,000 Add-ons — little extras that customize Firefox — that you can download to enhance almost any task you can think of. Go to Tools → Add-ons to open the Add-ons Manager and discover all the ways you can make Firefox your own.

(সাধারণত: মজিলায় যা থাকে তার চেয়ে বেশি আছে এতে নতুন নতুন সুবিধা যোগ করার বৈশিষ্ট্য, এডঅনগুলোর ভান্ডারও তো কম না, প্রায় ৫০০০ এর অধিক। চাইলে যে কোন সময় মজিলার ওয়েব থেকে ডাউনলোড করে নেয়া যায় আর ম্যানেজ করার জন্য মেনুবারের টুলস-এডঅনস হতে এড-অন ম্যানেজার ব্যবহার করে নিজের কাজ সারতে পারেন)

Tagging and bookmarking in Mozilla Firefox

Once you build up a large list of bookmarks, keeping track of them all can get a little messy. To stay organized, you can assign tags to your bookmarked sites: just double-click on the star icon and you’ll be prompted to enter your tags.

You can tag a site with as many terms as you want (be sure to put a comma between each tag), and then easily find the sites again by typing that tag into the location bar. For example, entering "travel" into the location bar will bring up all the sites you’ve been bookmarking as part of your vacation research.
(অনেক বেশি বুকমার্ক হয়ে গেলে তো মহা সমস্যা - কী করা ? মজিলা ফায়ারফক্সে আমরা ট্যাগিং সুবিধা নিতে পারি, তারকা চিহ্ণ ডাবল ক্লিক করে আমরা তা করতে পারি। চাইলে কমা ব্যবহার করে একাধিক ট্যাগ শব্দ দিয়ে সেই বুকমার্কিং সাইট চিহ্নিত করে রাখতে পারি) 

Two important shortcuts used in Mozilla

Move cursor to the location bar (কার্সর লোকেশান বারের কাছে নিয়ে যেতে)

Move cursor to the search box (কার্সর সার্চ বারের কাছে নিয়ে যেতে)