Memory Restart will reside on the toolbar just after the awesome bar (Address bar). It will keep showing a green icon when Firefox is using normal amount of memory. It will also show the actual memory usage in the add-ons bar in the bottom right corner of Firefox window.The green icon will turn red in case Firefox starts using more memory. Memory threshold can also be set in Memory Restart. The default maximum memory usage for Firefox is 500MB but you can tailor the value according to your needs.

To change the default threshold value, go to Firefox menu –> Add-ons

Under Extensions, go to Memory Restart and select Options.

You can change the Firefox memory threshold. If Firefox uses memory above this limit, it will inform you by changing the text color to Red. You can change the Red color option to some other color too. You can also specify to automatically restart Firefox without informing you.

Download Memory Restart from Firefox Addons directory.

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Firefox does not comes with such option for you to change the context menu, so we have to rely on the menu editor extension to get the thing. With this extension, you can now edit your context menu (and any other menus), rearrange the options, hide the unnecessary and even add entry from other menus.

Installation

Install the menu editor addon from here. Alternatively, you can search for it in the Firefox Addon section.

Note: If you have problem getting it to work because of incompatible Firefox version, you may want to install the Compatibility Reporter first before install the Menu Editor addon.

After the installation, go to the option page for menu editor (you can find at the “Menu Editor -> Preferences” at the Addon section).

Usage

There are two modes: Simple and Advanced.

The simple mode allows you to rearrange the item and/or hide the unnecessary one.

First, choose the menu that you want to edit. The default is the context menu.

To rearrange, simply drag and drop the items to the order you want. That’s it

To hide it, simply uncheck the tick under the visible field. You will now see a “X”.

In the Advanced mode, you can add items from other menus.

For example, to add the “New window” option to the context menu, go to the Advanced mode. On the left pane, make sure the context menu option is selected. On the right pane, select the File menu. Next, drag the “New Window” entry from the right pane to the left.

That’s it.

Menu Editor extension for Firefox

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KwiClick is a Firefox extension that unifies all your searches and social sharing tasks. It aims to improve your search experience and efficiency by displaying all the stuffs in a  non-intrusive window. It allows to do more work (search and sharing) without having to leave the current page. Let’s take a closer look.

Getting started

After you have installed KwiClick, the first thing that it does is to change the behavior of your search. Whenever you perform a search (in the search bar), instead of loading the search result on the current page, a small window will now pop up showing the search result. You can then click on the search result to get it load on the current browser. It also responds to the mouse middle click to open the link in a new tab. Alternatively, to perform a search in KwiClick, you can click on the icon beside the search bar. This will also open up the search window.

At the bottom of the window lies a row of icon where you can select the site to retrieve your search results from. Available sites include Google, Wikipedia, YouTube, Friendfeed, Twitter, Flickr and Google Maps and many more.

The best part about this small display window is that it allows you to search for content without having to leave your current page. This non-intrusive display window floats above your current page and can be closed/reopened easily. Furthermore, it allows you to search content from various sites and provide real-time results (Twitter).

Get quick, instant result while surfing the Web

let” s say while you are surfing the web and come across this term that you want to check it up in Wikipedia. Instead of opening a new tab, go to Wikipedia.org and search for the term, you just need to highlight the term. A set of icons (known as Search Clover) will appear above the highlighted term. You can then click on the ‘W’ icon to perform a search in Wikipedia.

You can perform the same trick with address (on Google maps) as well. Highlight the address and select the Maps icon. The address will instantly show up in Google Maps. One thing I noticed though – it only searches US address. I can’t get my local address to appear with the Map function.

Easier and faster social sharing function

When you are on media sites like Flickr, Youtube or Vimeo, you will immediately notice a new row of toolbar appear on top of the video/photo.

This toolbar allows you to view the video/photo on a separate window so you can continue to surf the Web with the video still running in the front end.

In addition, you can also easily share the video/photo without having to go to the social networking sites.

Backend configuration

It is also good to see that there is a bunch of configuration options in the backend. You can decide what appear on the Search Clover, how it reacts to the highlighting of the terms, the look and feel of the display window, mouse actions in the search results and many more other options. If you have installed a mouse gesture extension, you can also configure it to work in KwiClick.

Conclusion

After trying out this extension, I have decided to keep it because it is just so darn useful for me. What about you? If you have tried it, do let us know if it works for you.

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Since a lot of web designers and web workers use Firefox, it makes sense there would be a multitude of extensions to test the SEO of a site. Even if you don’t actively do much to insert keywords into your site, it isn’t a bad idea to know how to do the basics.

1. KeywordSpy SEO / PPC Plug-in

KeywordSpy works in conjunction with your favorite search engine. Once the plug-in is installed, you will immediately notice the difference when you search. Searching for anything will display a bunch of additional links and options are added under the site description. Some of the new additions are: Rankings, number of links to the site, organic and PPC keywords.

If you need more information, one of the 3 paid options could be purchased. According to the list of client who use this service, you would be in the company of some heavy hitters like American Express, IBM and Toyota. That means it must be good right?

2. SeoQuake

Seoquake has similar options as KeywordSpy. The layout in the search window is a little more cramped, the logos for the sites whose information is being displayed makes it a little easier to decipher. If you like, SeoQuake allows you to save and download the information to CSV (comma separated values) file for you to view later in Excel.

One thing I really like about this plug-in, is just under the main Google search bar now resides a [related keywords] link. If you would like a better idea of phrases or keywords a competitor is using, simply click on [more keywords]. You will be whisked away to a page with plenty more.

3. SearchStatus

SearchStatus seems to be the easiest on the plug-ins so far. It is very straight forward and least invasive. Your Google searches still look as they did before.

If you want to put SearchStatus to work, you can Ctrl (or right) click on the icon in the status bar. Doing this brings up a contextual menu with all of your options. These features will stay turned on as you move from page to page.

For example, say you wanted to see all of the nofollow links on a site. Turn this option on in the menu and where ever you go these kinds of links will be highlighted.

SearchStatus will highlight the keyword you are searching for, as well as telling you how many times it is used on the page. Sometimes it is a good idea to see how your competitors are working these words into their content.

4. KGen

KGen, short for keyword generator, is a sidebar pop out which makes it stand out from the others. This plug-in’s sole purpose is to display the keywords on a specific page. The words are ranked by the number of times they are repeated and the weight of the word.

5. Foxy SEO Tool

Foxy SEO Tool is fast becoming my favorite plug-in. It seems to have the best mix between tools and usability allowing access to the search options one of two ways.

The first is via the toolbar. I am personally not a big fan of addon tool bars, but when you are using Foxy SEO Tool for multiple searches, it does make things easier. Click on the menu you want to see and out comes the drop down with all of your choices for that menu.

The second option is the standard Ctrl (or right) click contextual menu option. This option is handy to take a quick look at something that catches your eye.

6. SEO for Firefox

I have used this extension for a while. I find it to be very handy when I am looking for information on a site I am working with or checking out a competitor. It is easily toggled on and off by clicking the icon in the status bar.

When its time to use SEO for Firefox, you can access it by Ctrl (or right) clicking and working your way over to the options. The feature that sets this SEO for Firefox a part from the rest is the SEO xray.

What makes this option so great is it shows the incoming, outgoing, nofollow, Meta keywords, HTML tags and all kinds of other stuff in a pop out window. Then if you want to see the keywords, there is an option for that as well.

What kinds of tools do you use to better your search engine rankings?

Image credit: Jeffrey Beall

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Having a visual view of something is usually helpful to many people. It’s one of the reasons that charts, graphs, and mind maps are widely used as an aid to represent data that would just be numbers or text. Browsers (e.g. Chrome, Safari, and Opera) have started to have a way to visually view your most-visited web sites all on one page. However, Mozilla Firefox, which is one of the most used browsers, doesn’t have the functionality. What if it did? What if it also helped you view your entire web-searching history? This is where History Tree can help.

What is History Tree?

History Tree is a free Firefox extension that provides you the capability of viewing your web history as a tree and/or a web grid of screenshots.  At the beginning of the page, you will see statistics:
1. Pages you have visited
2. Tabs now open
3. Tabs closed.

There are two icons at the bottom of each box, the up arrow indicates that this web site has pages that are linked to it. If there are none, then this icon will not be available. The question mark icon allows you to view a bigger view of the screenshot when clicked.

What versions of Firefox does it work with?

History Free works with Firefox versions 3.0 and 3.5.

How do I open it up?

The easiest way to get to History Tree is by going to Firefox’s Tools->History Tree.

How does it work?

There are two views: web-site screenshots and historical tree. Choose your preferred way of viewing your web history.

After selecting the view that you want, choose what kind of web site history you want to see.  You are able to view your web history in four ways:

1. Show all open tabs
2. Show all open pages
3. Show selected tab
4. Show all closed tabs

You are able to expand/minimize the history tree/web-site screenshots.  If you are using the history tree, you will see a Tree Spacing option.  If you are using the web-site screenshots, then you will see the Image Size option in its place.

If you have a bunch of web sites in your history, History Tree has a search functionality that allows you to find the site that you are looking for without having to waste time searching through many web sites. You are able to search by name or URL.  When it finds the page(s) that you are looking for, they are highlighted in green.

Are there things that History Tree won’t do?

History Tree does not give you the capability of saving your history.  If you close the browser, it does not restore the history.  It’s something that is suppose to be added in a future release.

Where can I install it or find out more information?

You are able to download it from the FoxTree web site or at the Firefox add-on web site.

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1) Tab Mix Plus (TMP)

Tab Mix Plus is probably the best, if not, one of the best Firefox tabs extension around. It extends your tab function in many way that you never think is possible. With TMP, you can duplicate tabs, control tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, and many more useful features. In fact, if you take a look at the database of Firefox extension, some of the tab extensions have long been included as a feature in TMP.

Alternative to TMP: Tab kit

If you don’t like TMP for the reason that it conflicts with some other extension, a great alternative will be Tab Kit. Tab Kit is another extension that gives you a great deal of control over your tabs. It allows you to group your tabs according to domain or parent tab and arrange your tabs in multiple rows. You can also shift your tab bar to the top/left/right of the window and also copy/paste/duplicate group of tabs by dragging. Tab kit is not compatible with TMP.

2) TooManyTabs

TooManyTabs is an experimental Firefox addon. It allows you store up to over 50 tabs without cluttering up your tab bar. TooManyTabs uses an extra rows just below your bookmark bar to store the tabs. Whenever you move a tab to TooManyTabs, the memory is freed up and can be allocated for other use. This helps to prevent your Firefox from consuming too much memory from idling tabs.

3) Quick Drag

Quick Drag is an extension of the popular SuperDragAndGo extension. You can easily drag and drop any images, highlight texts or links within the browser to open them in new tab. When highlighted texts are dragged and dropped, it will perform a Web search with the selected text on a new tab. Dragging and dropping an image will save the image to your Desktop.

4) Tab Split Tab

Opera users will know that you can easily split the browser into vertical, horizontal, cascade tiles for viewing of multiple tabs concurrently. Tab Split Tab is an experimental addon that aims to fulfill the same window splitting task in Opera. At the moment, you can split your Firefox browser into two and view multiple sites in one page.

5) Morning Coffee

Morning coffee allows you to bookmark your frequently visit sites and open them all with one click. What is unique about this extension is that it allows you to choose which bookmarks to open on each day. There might be some sites that are updated weekly and you don’t want to visit them every day. By defining the day that you want to visit the sites, Morning Coffee adds the sites to the appropriate day and load them all up when that day arrives.

6) Tab Catalog

Tab catalog displays a thumbnail of all the tab on a canvas so that you can choose and load up the tab you want. This is useful when you have too many opened tab and can’t make out which is which. There are several ways to display the thumbnail canvas, either press Ctrl + tab, mouseover the Tab-Catalog button or press the view all tab button at the right of the tab bar.

Alternative to Tab Catalog: Firefox Showcase

Firefox showcase is another extension that displays a thumbnail of all the opened tab. You can choose to load the thumbnail in a new tab, or in a new window. Though functionally the same as Tab catalog, Firefox showcase does provide you with more configuration options to personalize your thumbnail, such as setting the size, thumbnail caching, thumbnail updating time etc.

7) Aging Tab

This extension make the inactive tab fade as time passes and at the same time highlight the active tab making it more distinguishable. Custom colors can be configured for the aged and active  tab.

Alternative to Aging Tab: Colorful Tab

Colorful Tabs paints each tab with different color and make them easy to distinguish. The latest version comes with a default black background that many come to hate. Luckily, one can easily switch off the background from the Preferences page.

8) Fish Eye Tab

If you open too many tabs at one time (more than 20), you will find that each of your tab become barely visible. What Fish Eye Tab does is to zoom and expand each tab to display the tab label as you mouseover it. Fish Eye Tab is activated only when the number of tabs exceed the width of the Firefox window.

9) FaviconizeTab

This extension replace the usual tab with the site favicon, thus reducing the width of the tab. With FaviconizeTab, you can squeeze more tabs into the tab bar without it looking messy and untidy.

10) Source Viewer Tab (for web developer)

This last one is actually my personal favorite. Being someone who did a lot of coding, I find it a chore to switch between windows just to view the source of a Web page. This Source Viewer Tab is able to open the source in a tab rather than in a new window.

There are plenty of other tab management extension in the Mozilla database. Which one did you use to manage your tab?

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