by Sujoy on March 28, 2008
I know there are quite a lot of browser add-ons when it comes to Firefox, and this might just be yet another add-on. Or is it? FireFTP is a free FTP client for your Firefox browser and is available for download here.Now, is there any extra advantage of using a browser based FTP Client, when you can use your friendly neighborhood Filezilla which also comes for free and is jampacked with every FTP powerful feature you can ever think of. I think the major advantage is that with your Firefox browser being (almost) always open , you need not go and open another FTP Client.
Let’s discuss the features. Like every other Firefox add-on, this one comes for FREE. It’s cross platform and so works on Windows, Mac ,Linux. Just needs your browser. So there’s one advantage over Filezilla. For security, it uses SSL/TLS support ,the same encryption used by online banking websites. It has automatic reconnect and resume transfer options.Other options include Export/Import account, File Hashing, Drag n Drop, TimeStamp Synchronization and Proxy Support. For the full list of features go here.
Bundled with Tutorials and help files and IPv6 support, FireFTP seems to be a god alternative FTP client. And above all it’s OPENSOURCE.
by Sujoy on February 6, 2008
We all hate Popups, especially when they emerge from nowhere and contain one of the most ridiculous ads. We all use Popup blocking softwares or browsers like Mozilla which has Popup Blocking enabled. But how do we test it? Here’s a website to test the effectiveness of your Popup Blocking software/ Browser that you are using. The website is called Popup Test and contains one of the most comprehensive lists of common popup tests, including Multi-Popups, Come & Go, Timed, MouseOver and even Lesser knowns like Channel Opener and Modeless Window. I tested my Mozilla Firefox Browser 2.0.0.11 and My Flock 1.0.8 and both show similar results.
Both managed to block almost all the possible Popups given by the Popup Test. The most impressive of the lot was the ability to block the MouseOver Popup, which pops up one evrytime a mouse over event occurs over a link. However, Mozilla fails to block certain sticky popups like the Drop Down Popup. All in all, it installs my faith in Firefox.
by Sujoy on January 26, 2008
I am an avid Firefox user. There’s absolutely no existence of the IE on my machine in terms of usage. And well, I also use Flock, which is again a Firefox based browser. And what hooked me to Firefox at the first place was the Tab Browsing facility. With time, we all got so used to it, that we ran out of control while pressing the Ctrl+T button, and the number of tabs ran to 15 and upwards. That’s when browsing between tabs raises an issue. You can of course surf through them by the old trick-using the Ctrl+Tab button. Or perhaps putting in Ctrl+<Number of Tab> to jump directly to the desired Tab. But that limits it to only 9 tabs. What if it’s more than that?Here’s the remedy. [Continue Reading]
