Firefox and Greasemonkey Revisited...

For my two readers, you might remember my rant of holding off on Firefox and Greasemonkey after writing that you should run them. Well, again I will give an endorsement for Firefox and it's extension's (including Greasemonkey). Here are a list of extensions that might interest some:

• BugMeNot: Allow getting a generic user name and password for sites that require login (New York Times anyone?) without having any personal information provided.


• PDF Download: Gives option to download or open a pdf in a separate tab.


• FoxyTunes: Controls iTunes, Windows Media Player, or WinAMP in the browser status bar (bottom).


• ieview: Allows you to switch to IE when a page (mostly microsoft.com) doesn't work as expected or needed.


• Sage: Turns Firefox into a RSS Reader.


• NetCraft Toolbar: Helps protect against Phishing sites. Displays date site has been up since and the actual provider.


• Greasemonkey: Allows javascripts to be run on existing web pages. Several are already written and available at GreaseMonkeyUserScripts and Dive into Greasemonkey provides documentation into writting your own. I also have modified a script to add a search of the Harris County Library system (Houston area) from a ISBN off of amazon.com. You can download/install mine from amazon linky - houston
  

Hope you give Firefox a try...