Mozilla unveils Minion, an Open Source Security Testing Platform.

Today Mozilla foundation has unveiled how it is committed in building web, a better place to surf, safeguarding users privacy and security.

Today, Mozilla has introduced Minion, a security testing platform to be used by developers and security experts with a purpose of minimizing their work. Mozilla claims that Minion takes a different approach to automated web security testing by focusing on correct and actionable results that don't requires security experts to validate, unlike it counter parts which generally generate huge amount of data which is very difficult for analyzing.

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How to check updates for Mozilla Firefox Plugins and Addons, at one place.

It is very essential for web user to keep their browsers up to date, particularly add-ons, extensions and plug-ins, because these updates comes with patches which helps in preventing exploits, which sometimes are very vulnerable. Other useful purpose is that updated version might come with new added features.

Here is a easy method to check if any updates are available for the installed add-ons.

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Tab Scope addon for Firefox takes Tabs Previewing to next level.

Tab Scope is an add-on developed by Gomita for Mozilla Firefox which helps to get a preview of Tabs in real time. Apart from preview, you can reload, forward/backward, pin, zoom the webpage without switching. Know more about Tab Scope features.

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Alexa Traffic Rank official extension for Google Chrome.

Alexa Traffic Rank is an official extension for Google Chrome developed by Alexa which displays Alexa Traffic rank and site information with one click. The extension come with small visual meter, which gives a basic idea of site rank. This extension also seamlessly integrates with search engine like Google, Yahoo and Bing.

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Mozilla building UP, Personalisation with Price ?

Mozilla might soon come up with a model which is user custom tailored content and controlled privacy. A proposal called User Personalisation (UP) is being put forward by Mozilla, to provide rich content with personalisation and privacy.

UP is the result of series experiments conducted by Mozilla with help of volunteers and web publishers which was aimed to generate content, based on user's interest with the help of browsing history. But, this type of personalisation comes with price, says Mozilla, it may be come with ads or subscription based model, other innovative models, or it might come in the form of user interaction or engagement.

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PageRank Status, a handy, useful SEO tool extension for Chrome.

PageRank Status is an extension developed by Chromefans.org for Google Chrome which can become your first one-stop for web publisher with SEO needs. By default, PageRank Status extension on the browser displays Google page rank.On one click, PageRank Status extension displays Google and Alexa page rank of the current web-page (domain) with whole lot of other data like information about current webpage backlinks, pages indexed across several search engine websites. See the entire features list of PageRank Status.

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Flagfox add-on, a handy tool to get Technical Information with Shortcut keys.

Flagfox is an add-on developed by Dave G for Mozilla Firefox which shows more than flags of the countries in which the site server is hosted. Flagfox comes handy to web publishers by hosting several tools like Alexa, Geotool, Whois, SiteAdvisor and other tools which helps in improving SEO. You can add custom actions (new sites) by shortcut keys. To know more about Flagfox features, see end of this post.

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Opera Next v16 is now available for download.

Opera Next version 16.0.1196.14, future (sneak-peak) version of Opera is now available for download. In Opera Next 16, you can enable/disable experimental features by entering "opera:flags" in URL bar. Other features included in this version are support for W3C Geolocation API, Form Filler and it is build on Chromium 29.

Click here to get detailed Change log. To download the latest version of Opera Next here.

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Blocks Ads from your favorite e-mail services like Gmail, Yahoo with Webmail Ad-Blocker extension for Chrome.

Webmail Ad-Blocker is a simple add-on developed by Jason Savard for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome which helps in blocking ads appearing in your Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook web based applications despite using Ad-Blocker Plus add-on (extension).

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Blocks Ads from your favorite e-mail services like Gmail, Yahoo with Webmail Ad-Blocker addon for Firefox.

Webmail Ad-Blocker is a simple add-on developed by Jason Savard for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome which helps in blocking ads appearing in your Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook web based applications despite using Ad-Blocker Plus add-on (extension).

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Summarize web articles with TLDR extension for Google Chrome.

TLDR (Too Long Didn't Read) is an extension developed by Stremor for Google Chrome which can summarize web articles according to users need without leaving the source page. Powered by Liquid Helium, TLDR extension analyzes the content and creates summarized versions in four formats (Summary, Short, Medium and Long) on any web page, including some of the popular web applications like web mail, ZenDesk, SalesForce, SugarCRM, and others. TLDR also has iOS, Android and Windows Phone app.

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Take a Break, a must and should Firefox addon for Workaholics.

Take a Break is a simple but very useful add-on developed by Zen for Mozilla Firefox. This add-on is must and should for those who spend countless hours in-front of computer. Take a Break add-on, on setting reminder, alerts the user with flash/sound for specified amount of time at specified intervals.

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Fetch and 'Subscribe' RSS feeds directly from Firefox browser button.

RSS gives you the freedom of choosing the content which you like to see and know about it in this rapidly growing digital age. With some web based services like feedly, you can browser the information clutter free with simple, beautiful user interface.

Here is the simple tip to know whether the current web page offers RSS subscription or not, with this method you can subscribe to specific RSS (if available).

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Reload Plus addon adds useful features to Firefox's Reload button.

Next time you hit a F5 button or reload a webpage, just don't reload it, you can do more than that with Reload Plus, an add-on for Mozilla Firefox which supercharges your reload button with additional features. On installing Reload Plus add-on, you can reload webpage with Override Cache, Google Cache and Load with Missing Images with one press and one click, combo of mouse and keyboard.

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Enable "Do Not Track" request in Opera Browsers.

'Do Not Track' (DNT) is a technology or  policy proposal asking a web application to disable its tracking features which collects data of users web surfing behaviour, and is standardized by W3C.

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Starting Mozilla Firefox in Safe Mode, Addons disabled.

This is very hard to say that add-ons, also known as extension, decreases the performance of any Web Browsers. More add-ons (extensions) mean low performance, or other wise. To speed you browser, here is the procedure to start Mozilla Firefox in SAFE MODE, i.e., without any add-ons (extension), Mozilla Firefox Bare-Bones version.

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Download YouTube Playlists, Bulk Videos with BYTubeD for Mozilla Firefox.

BYTubeD is a add-on developed by M S Ram for Mozilla Firefox for bulk videos download from YouTube, popular video sharing site. With help of BYTubeD and any download manager like FlashGot or DownThemAll, downloading YouTube playlists will be child's play. In case the add-on does works fine, download the latest fix from BYTubeD Fixes.

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Saving text with Time Stamp and Site Address with Save Text to File addon for Firefox.

Save Text to File is a simple yet very useful extension developed for Mozilla Firefox by Robert Byrne. With one click, Save Text to File saves the highlighted text to local directory with Time stamp and Site Address. File names have the format userPreference--<todaysdate>-<timestamp>.txt . The <todaysdate>  and <timestamp> are optional and can be enabled/disabled through the extension's preferences. So, you need not worry for source of that text. This extension will prove more help for researchers, bloggers and social media enthusiasts.

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Get Google Chrome like Auto Language Translation for Opera with Translate extension.

Translate is add-on (extension) developed by richtr, for Opera, which adds Google Chrome like auto-language translation option for Opera. So, next time you visit a non-native language, you get prompt to translate to your native (default) language. Translate add-on (extension) uses Google Translation Service.

Developer(s): Richtr
Language support: English and others...
Home page: Translate Add-on
Difficulty:
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Download: Add to Opera

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Feedly, cloud based News Aggregator extension for Mozilla Firefox.

Feedly is a cloud based News Aggregator which has replace Google Reader perfectly after its shutdown. Feedly compiles feeds and turns into popular magazine like user interface. It is fun reading news feed, thanks to minimalistic and robust  design. It can sync with you Google Reader and popular social networking sites like Google+, Facebook and Twitter.

Now, Feedly can be logged with Google ID only, before it had separate login feature. Feedly also have an app for Android and iOS.

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Feedly addon for Opera Browser, walk through.

Feedly is a cloud based News Aggregator which has replace Google Reader perfectly after its shutdown. Feedly compiles feeds and turns into popular magazine like user interface. It is fun reading news feed, thanks to minimalistic and robust  design. It can sync with you Google Reader and popular social networking sites like Google+, Facebook and Twitter.

Now, Feedly can be logged with Google ID only, before it had separate login feature. Feedly also have an app for Android and iOS.

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Lightning Newtab extension for Chrome adds customize look and new features to existing Fast Dial.

Lightning Newtab is an extension for Google Chrome developed by S2 production based on HTML5. Lightning Newtab customizes the look of existing fast dial and come with handful of features like Weather Information, Bookmarks, Browser Search History, Favorites, Extension Manager, Cloud Wallpapers. The developer promised to add new features in coming future release.

Developer(s): S2 Production
Language support: English, Türkçe, español, português (Brasil), 中文 (简体), 中文 (繁體)
Home page: Lightning Newtab
Difficulty:
Availability:
Download: ADD TO CHROME

HOW TO: Installing on Lightning Newtab Google Chrome:

1. Go to Chrome web store an search for Lightning Newtab, or simple click on the above download link and click on "ADD TO CHROME".

2. Now, Google Chrome asks for user permission to add extension to the web browser. Click on "Add" to install extension to web browsers and "Cancel" to stop the installation process. Chrome also displays, what the extension might access on the web browser.

3. Now, a Lightning Newtab icon with message pop up appears at upper right corner of browser, indicating that the extension has successfully integrated with the Chrome.

HOW TO: Using Lightning Newtab on Google Chrome:

1. After successful installation of Lightning Newtab extension, you will see custom fast dial when you open new tab.

The shapes of the fast dial and the number of fast dial per tab can be adjusted in "Basic Settings".

2. To add or remove new site to fast dial, click on the side arrow which is to extreme mid left of the current fast dial and click on the "Plus (+)" to add new site. If your favorite site is not shown in the recommended sites, add manually.

 


3. Below screenshot explains the icons.

4. Note: The Weather apps shows updates from USA only.

HOW TO: Disable/Remove from Lightning Newtab Google Chrome:

1. Go to Chrome Setting > Tools > Extensions, or simply type "chrome://chrome/extensions/" in URL bar.

2. Now, un-tick the Lightning Newtab to temporarily disable the extension. Click on the dustbin icon and you will be greeted with pop-up, click "Remove" to remove the extension from Google Chrome.

Facebook One, Simple, Non Deviating, Facebook Notification extension for Google Chrome.

Facebook One is an extension developed by 64px for Google Chrome which will alert you on any new notification with its simple user interface (UI). On clicking the specific alert you will directly to that page without need to go facebook homepage first and then to later. You can even search directly from the extension itself.

64px has developed similar extension for Instagram, named as "Instagram for Chrome".

Developer(s): 64px
Language support: English
Home page: 64px
Difficulty:
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Download: ADD TO CHROME

HOW TO: Installing Facebook One on Google Chrome:

1. Go to Chrome web store an search for Facebook One, or simple click on the above download link and click on "ADD TO CHROME".

2. Now, Google Chrome asks for user permission to add extension to the web browser. Click on "Add" to install extension to web browsers and "Cancel" to stop the installation process. Chrome also displays, what the extension might access on the web browser.

3. Now, a Facebook with message pop up appears at upper right corner of browser, indicating that the extension has successfully integrated with the Chrome.

HOW TO: Using Facebook One on Google Chrome:

1. After successful installation of Facebook one extension you will notice Facebook logo right to URL (address) bar.

2. If you notice only facebook icon then it means that you need to log in. On clicking the facebook icon you will notice no alerts. Observe the below screenshot for difference.

3. Where as if you see facebook icon with number(s), this means, you are logged in with facebook account. Observe the above screenshot for difference.

4. When logged in, clicking on the specific notification will load specific facebook notification page. For example, if I click on "Messages", it will load facebook messages page directly.

HOW TO: Disable/Remove Facebook One from Google Chrome:

1. Go to Chrome Setting > Tools > Extensions, or simply type "chrome://chrome/extensions/" in URL bar.

2. Now, un-tick the Facebook One to temporarily disable the extension. Click on the dustbin icon and you will be greeted with pop-up, click "Remove" to remove the extension from Google Chrome.

Enable Do Not Track request in Google Chrome.

To enable "Do No Track" request in Google Chrome, go to chrome's Setting > Show advanced settings... > Privacy. Tick "Send a ‘Do Not Track’ request with your browsing traffic" to enable Do Not Track request.

If you are in Chrome browser, type "chrome://settings/" or click side link.

Enable Do Not Track request in Mozilla Firefox.

Mozilla foundation believes in open Internet and is a strong supporter of Internet Freedom and Privacy. In order to prevent the user being tracked by cookies, Firefox has introduced "Do Not Track" feature in its browsers.

To enable this feature, go to Firefox > Options > Privacy, or press "Alt" + "T" + "O" to open Firefox Options and go to Privacy tab and check "Tell sites that I do not want to be tracked" or press "Alt" + "N" or choose your preference and press "OK".

FlashGot, a Simple, Powerful Download managing addon for Mozilla Firefox.

FlashGot Mass Downloader also known as FlashGot is an add-on developed by Giorgio Maone for Mozilla Firefox and Thuderbird. FlashGot is one of the highly popular, lightweight yet features rich download manager for Firefox. The best part of FlashGot is that it can be linked with 3rd party Download Management softwares. FlashGot with FlashGet serves as a best free alternative to Internet Download Manager popularly know as IDM.

Developer(s): Giorgio Maone
Language support: English
Home page: FlashGot
License: GNU General Public License, version 2.0
Donate: Click here
Difficulty:
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Download: Add to Firefox

Installing FlashGot Mass Downloader on Mozilla Firefox:

1. Go to FlashGot Mass Downloader Mozilla add-on page, or simply click on the above download link and click on "Add to Firefox".

2. If Mozilla Firefox asks user permission for installation of addon. Click "Allow" to continue installation, leave it to abort.

3. FlashGot Mass Downloader installation box pops-up. Click "Install Now" to continue installing add-on, "Cancel" to abort installation.

4. On successful installation, FlashGot Mass Download asks user permission to restart the browser. Restart the browser to activate the add-on.

HOW TO: Using FlashGot Mass Downloader on Mozilla Firefox:

1. FlashGot does most of the work for us. With its auto-detection mechanism it detects media (Videos, links etc.,) notifies us by blinking in add-on bar. On clicking the blinking FlashGot icon, you can save or start saving the file(s). FlashGot Media does the same work.

2. If you get use to this add-on drag them into bookmark bar from Toolbar Layout. And here are some shortcut key which can come in handy.

• Ctrl+F1 - FlashGot Link (Starts downloading via default Download Manager).
• Ctrl+F2 - FlashGot Selection (Starts downloading the highlighted (selected) media).
• Ctrl+F3 - FlashGot All (Detects all the links available in the current webpage).
• Ctrl+F7 - FlashGot Media (Auto-detected media, mostly Audio/Video files).

3. Other feature includes Build Gallery which helps you saving time by download media spread across several pages. Know how it works.

4. You can link FlashGot with Built-In with Third party Download Managers. You can change your default download manager in two ways. First directly from the current webpage. Right click (RMB) and go to "FlashGot Options...." and choose the desired one.

Other method via Firefox Add-on Manager. Find FlashGot and click on "Options". You can go change your preference in General tab or FlashGot Media tab.

5. You can add/remove filters in Download tab.

HOW TO: Disable/Remove FlashGot Mass Downloader from Mozilla Firefox:

1. Click on the Firefox, located at left upper corner of the web browser and go to "Add-ons".

or press "Alt", Menu bar pops-up, then go to Tools > Add-ons, or you can simply use shortcut key "Ctrl+Shift+A" to access add-on (extension) manger.

2. Now, click on "Disable" to disable the add-on temporarily or click "Remove" to remove the add-on permanently from the browser.

NOTE: Both options require restart for the actions to take effect.