5 Best Firefox Add-ons for Bloggers

Firefox is one of the best web browsers available today. The main reason for its popularity is the large community support and Add-ons/plugins which are available for the users. Firefox add-ons are available for nearly all user groups with different interests. There are a number of firefox add-ons or plugins which are available for bloggers. Some of The Best Firefox add-on for Bloggers are:
1. SEO Quake: This is a highly recommended firefox add-on for the bloggers. This plugin shows various ranks such as page rank, alexa rank etc of all the results which are shown in the Google for a particular search query. This add-on is best suited for both newbies and professionals who would be benefitted by the effectiveness and the competitive ability of the SEO efforts.

2. ScribeFire Blog Editor: This is a fully featured blog text editor that seamlessly integrates in your Firefox and allows you to edit and create posts for your blog. There are a number of features which are offered by this tool such as editing and dropping formatted text from the pages, publishing to one or more blogs, upload images and much more.

3. Yoono: This is another simple and easy to install sidebar firefox add-on that helps you a lot in your social media sharing. There are a number of buttons that connect you to your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace and other social accounts all at one place. This sidebar helps you to share your posts and other content across these social networks in an instant. This plugin also helps you to connect to your account and doesn’t let you miss any of the critical update. The plugin is also available for the Android, Google Chrome, iPhone and other platforms.

 

4. KGen: This is great firefox add-on that would help you in analyzing the keywords of the page you are viewing along with their distribution and the weight of the keyword in the page. This tool can be a handy tool to view your competitor’s keyword strategy. The plugin also generates various statistics about your page so that you can improve your blog’s quality. Kgen is a must recommended tool for the marketers/bloggers who rely on keyword position and weighing for their business.

5. Easy Comment: All bloggers and search engine optimizers know that the blog commenting is an integral part of any SEO campaign or activity. It is really time consuming and frustrating to fill out the details every time you visit some blog for commenting purposes. The easyComment allows you to fill out the comment forms with your details such as Name, Email and homepage URL automatically. Whenever you land up on a page, all your details would be filled up automatically and you only have to think about your message.

Mozilla firefox 16.0.2 released

Mozilla firefox 16.0.2 final is now available for download.This is a security fix release.
what’s new in this firefox 16.0.2?
Fixed Security Vulnerability in Firefox 16.0.1.
Fixes for Location object issues.This is a critical Vulnerability.

Download Mozilla firefox 16.0.2

Download Mozilla Firefox 15.0 for Linux

Mozilla has uploaded a few minutes ago, August 27th, the Mozilla Firefox 15.0 web browser and Mozilla Thunderbird 15.0 email client for all supported platforms, including Linux. Because the official release is supposed to be tomorrow, August 28th, there is no release announcement for Mozilla Firefox 15.0, but you can download the final version right now (see download link at the end of the article) from the official Mozilla FTP servers.
Highlights of Mozilla Firefox 15.0:
· Initial native support for PDF files;
· Supports version 3 of the SPDY networking protocol;
· Better performance, by enhancing WebGL with compressed textures;
· Add-ons now eat less memory;
· Integrated JavaScript debugger into developer tools;
· Added a new layout view to Inspector;
· Implemented the CSS word-break property;
· Implemented high precision event timer;
· Added a new responsive design tool, to allow web developers to easily switch between mobile and desktop views of sites;
· Added native support for the Opus audio codec;
· Added media attribute support to the element;
· Added support for the played attribute to the
For other Linux users, Mozilla distributes Firefox 15.0 as binary and source packages for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.

Download Mozilla Firefox 15.0 

How to Install Firefox 15 on Ubuntu

The following tutorial will teach Ubuntu users how to "unofficially" update their systems to the Mozilla Firefox 15.0 web browser.

Mozilla Firefox 15 has not yet been released, it is in Beta state at the moment, but it will bring features such as initial native support for PDF files, support for SPDY networking protocol v3, better performance by enchancing WebGL (including compressed textures), better memory usage for add-ons, and much more.

Canonical will most likely update its supported Ubuntu operating system to Firefox 15 as soon as Mozilla releases it at the end of the month, but if you want it now, follow our step-by-step (with screenshots) tutorial.

Mozilla Firefox 15.0 can be installed in the following Ubuntu operating systems: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin), Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot), Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx).

Step 1 - Add the Firefox 15.0 repository

No matter what Ubuntu operating system (see above supported OSes) you are running, open a terminal and paste the following command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-next


Hit the Enter key, type your password when asked and hit the Enter key. Hit Enter again when asked.

Don't close the terminal window! Proceed to the next step.

Step 2 - Install Firefox 15.0 on Ubuntu

Now paste the following command in the same terminal window:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y firefox

Your current Firefox installation will be overwritten. Wait for the installation to finish and close the terminal window.

That's it! The new Mozilla Firefox 15.0 is now fully installed in your Ubuntu machine. You'll need to restart Firefox for the changes to take effect.


In time, your Mozilla Firefox web browser will automatically upgrade to newer versions, so make sure you update your system regularly.

If you have problems with the tutorial, do not hesitate to comment below!

Firefox 15 Beta Tackles Memory Leaks

Mozilla has released a beta version of the next version of its Firefox browser with better memory management and significant speed improvements.
"Firefox 15 prevents most memory leaks caused by add-ons, including Firebug," Nicholas Nethercote writes in a Mozilla blog. Firebug is a Firefox add-on for debugging web pages.
"For many users with add-ons installed, this will significantly reduce Firefox’s memory consumption, without requiring upgrades to those add-ons," he adds. "For those users, Firefox 15 is likely to be faster (sometimes drastically so) and less likely to crash, especially if they have multiple add-ons installed and/or keep Firefox running for a long time between restarts."

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Firefox 14 Officially Lands in Ubuntu

With today's updates, Canonical upgraded the default web browser and default email client in all its supported Ubuntu operating systems to Mozilla Firefox 14.0.1 and Mozilla Thunderbird 14.0, respectively.

The Firefox 14 web browser was officially released yesterday, July 17th, bringing Awesome Bar URL auto-complete functionality, HTTPS support for Google searches, plugins can be loaded only on click, improved site identity manager to prevent spoofing on SSL connections with favicons, Pointer Lock API, new API to prevent your monitor from sleeping, and text-transform & improved font-variant CSS for Turkic and Greek languages.

On the other hand, Mozilla Thunderbird 14.0 brings only one feature: support for the Ubuntu One cloud storage implemented in the Filelink feature.

All Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 11.04, and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS users can update their Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email client to version 14.0 right now, by using the Update Manager software.

Other Linux users can download Mozilla Firefox 14.0.1, as well as Mozilla Thunderbird 14.0 binary and source packages right now from Softpedia. Also, don't forget to visit our always up-to-date Firefox Extensions section and Thunderbird Extensions section for the latest add-ons!

Firefox 16 now with Address Bar Word Highlighting

Sometimes it is the little things that are worth talking about. When you enter a phrase or word in Firefox’s address bar, you receive a listing with suggestions in a menu that opens up automatically. Depending on your configuration of the feature, you may see history items or bookmarks listed in the window. We have previously detailed how you can modify the Firefox address bar so that nothing, only bookmarks or history items, or both are displayed in it. Privacy is one reason why you may want to modify the settings but there are others, for instance to load bookmarks faster in the browser by only displaying bookmarks in the results.
Search terms that you enter into the address bar are automatically highlighted.In Firefox 15 and earlier, the browser added an underline to the matching terms and changed the font style to bold automatically. You see an example of this behavior in the screenshot below.

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Mozilla Is Moving Quickly Ahead with Firefox OS Phones

The Mozilla Foundation is moving ahead with its plans to become a big player in the smartphone business, and is retaining its focus on emerging markets, according to a new post. We've previously covered the company's Boot to Gecko platform -- an open, web-centric operating environment centered on the Gecko rendering engine -- and we covered Mozilla's alliance with Telefonica and Qualcomm to develop smartphones based on Boot to Gecko. In the latest post, Mozilla stresses that its smartphones will be based on open standards, and there are new details about how they will be positioned.
According to the Mozilla post:

"Industry support is growing behind Mozilla’s plans to launch a new fully open mobile ecosystem based on HTML5. The operating system, which Mozilla today confirmed will use its Firefox brand, will power the launch of smartphones built entirely to open Web standards, where all of the device’s capabilities can be developed as HTML5 applications."
"Mapping to key Firefox footprints around the globe, leading operators Deutsche Telekom, Etisalat, Smart, Sprint, Telecom Italia, Telefónica and Telenor  are backing the open Firefox OS as an exciting new entrant to the smartphone marketplace. They have also identified the potential of the technology to deliver compelling smartphone experiences at attainable prices."

What really jumps out of this missive is the impressive list of telecom partners that will be backing Mozilla. If Mozilla can become entrenched in Latin America with Telefonica alone--one of the biggest telecom giants--it will have momentum as it launches its smartphone strategy.
There are also important new hardware details:

"Device manufacturers TCL Communication Technology (under the Alcatel One Touch brand) and ZTE today announced their intentions to manufacture the first devices to feature the new Firefox OS, using Snapdragon™ processors from Qualcomm Incorporated, the leader in smartphone platforms. The first Firefox OS powered devices are expected to launch commercially in Brazil in early 2013 through Telefónica’s commercial brand, Vivo."

If you doubted Mozilla's seriousness about smartphones before, it's time to change your stance. Judging from the post, Mozilla means to heavily emphasize the Firefox brand with its smartphones, and HTML 5. And, the company has also made clear that new smartphones will come in at very low prices. This should be something to watch.

Mozilla Firefox 13.0.1 Arrives on Ubuntu OSes

Canonical announced yesterday, June 20th, in a security notice, that an update for the default web browser in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 11.04 and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is now available.

Mozilla Firefox 13.0.1 fixes seven vulnerabilities found in the previous release of the popular web browser. To see detailed descriptions of the vulnerabilities fixed in Mozilla Firefox 13.0 click here.

To updated your Firefox browser to version 13.0.1, use the "Software Updater" tool found under the Settings indicator. The following Ubuntu operating systems are supported: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin), Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot), Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal), and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx).

Other Linux users can download Firefox 13.0.1 binary and source packages right now from Softpedia. Also, don't forget to visit our always up-to-date Firefox Extensions section for the latest add-ons!