Recommended Search Engines Add-ons for Firefox
October 1st, 2009No Comments | Filed Under: Browser
Recommended Search Engines Add-ons for Firefox
1.
Context Search – Expands the context menu’s ‘Search for’ item into a list of installed search engines, allowing you to choose the engine you want to use for each search.
2. WikiLook – WikiLook is a Wikipedia & Dictionary look up. Fast, light, open source tool that define words for you without need to open new tabs or extra windows. Ctrl or Shift or Alt + RightMouseButton click. More then 70+ different …
3. Google Toolbar – Take the power of Google with you anywhere on the Web..
4. CoolPreviews – Browse faster — Preview links and images without leaving your current page or tab. Just mouseover any link, and a separate preview window immediately appears to show you the content. (TIP: The fastest way to view many links on a …
A simple newsletter sign-up form using PHP, Ajax and the Prototype JavaScript framework
September 30th, 20092 Comments | Filed Under: Tutorials
A simple newsletter sign-up form using PHP, Ajax and the Prototype JavaScript framework.
When visitor enters his name and email and clicks on “Sign up” a check is being done if the email exists already and if not it is added.
This is happening without refreshing the current page (Ajax).
All code is well commented, written as simply as possible so users can easily adapt it.
For installation/configuration/licensing refer to the readMe.txt inside the package.
Works with all modern browsers.
Simple html form
<div id="okmessage" style="display:none;align:center;color:green;">Thank you</div>
<table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><font size=2 face=Arial>Name:</font></td>
<td><input type="text" name="name" id="name" value=""></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><font size=2 face=Arial>Email:</font></td>
<td><input type="text" id="email" name="email" value=""></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan=2> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" align=right>
<input onclick="signup();" type="submit" id="submit" value="Sign up">
<div id="loading" style="display:none;align:center;"><img src="wait.gif"></div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
Recommended Add-ons for Firefox
September 29th, 2009One Comment | Filed Under: Browser
The Firefox Web Browser is the faster, more secure, and fully customizable way to surf the web –
The recommened firefox add ons -
1. StumbleUpon – StumbleUpon discovers web sites based on your interests, learns what you like and brings you more.
2. FoxTab – 3D in your browser! FoxTab brings innovative 3D functionality to your Firefox.
3. TwitterBar – Post to Twitter from your address bar.
4. Download Statusbar – View and manage downloads from a tidy statusbar – without the download window getting in the way of your web browsing.
5. Xmarks (formerly Foxmarks) – Xmarks is the #1 bookmarking add-on. Install it on all your computers to keep your bookmarks and (optionally) passwords backed up and synchronized.
6. CyberSearch – Adds advanced Google Search capabilities to the Firefox 3 address bar. Supercharge the “Awesome Bar” with instant search results that appear as you type!.
7. FireShot – FireShot is a Firefox extension that creates screenshots of web pages (entirely or just visible part). Unlike other extensions, this plugin provides a set of editing and annotation tools, which let users quickly modify web captures and …
8. Brief – Brief makes reading RSS feeds as easy and intuitive as it gets. Designed to have exactly the right set of features, it is powerful and simple at the same time. Feeds are presented on a seamless, interactive page which let’s you bookmark and tag..
9. Firefox Showcase – Easily find and manage your browser tabs.
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QuickDrag – Extends the function of the drag-and-drop mouse gesture so that it can be used to load URLs, do a web search of selected text on a page, or save an image on a page. The successor to Super DragAndGo.