A new add-on for Firefox has been released and it is one that will make accessing any of your favorite Google properties a little easier. First things first, yes you could simply add these items to your standard bookmark toolbar, but that said, GButts does add some convenience not to mention save some space if more »

There are a lot of add-ons for Firefox out there. Over 5,000 of them to be more precise. But, its a bit hard to actually find the most useful ones unless you’re searching for them specifically. Mozilla is trying to help us all out with that. It recently opened a page called “Fashion Your Firefox,” an easier way to find the add-ons that you might find useful.

Obviously, Fashion Your Firefox doesn’t list every add-on, only about 40 of those available at the moment. It’s broken up into categories ranging from “News Junkie” to “Shutterbug,” “Digital Pack Rat,” and a few other categories for how people use their internet browser. According to the FAQ, there are a few points the add-ons needed to meet. They had to be popular, compatible with Mac and PC (I suppose Linux doesn’t count?), easy to use (oh, right, linux is supposedly hard to use), and “ffer a well-rounded set of functionality.” Sounds a bit reasonable to me.

A new Firefox add-on that does just one thing, it warns you if you attempt to visit a MySpace page. Of course, I cannot imagine that anyone who is using Firefox would have trouble recognizing a MySpace page, and in turn quickly leaving. Which in turn means the add-on is pretty much useless, however it more »