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Browser Productivity Using Firefox Add-ons: Extensions
What are Add-ons? Add new features or functionality to your installation of the Firefox browser.  Help you customize Firefox to suit your personal style and help you become more productive.
Add-on Categories Themes Personas Dictionaries & Language Packs Plugins Extensions
What are Extensions? Add new features or modify existing functionality. Are installed within the Firefox browser. Allow you to block advertisements, download videos from websites, integrate more closely with social websites, and add features you see in other applications...
How to Find Extensions Using Firefox 3 Using Firefox 4
Toolbars PubMed Quick access to PubMed Resources NLM  (National Library of Medicine) Quick access to all NLM resources Biobar: Bioinformatics & Biology Toolbar Quick access to major biological data resources: European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), and DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDBJ).
More Extensions Firefox Sync Install it on your computers and iOS or Android devices in order to sync bookmarks, open tabs, browsing history, passwords, and more.  Add to Search Bar When installed, right click any search box and add that search to the quick search box on the top right. RefWorks’ RefGrab-It Easily import web page information and PubMed citations to your RefWorks account. Login to RefWorks > Tools > Install
More Extensions Cutyfox ULR Shortener With one click, it shortens the long link of your current webpage and copies it to your clipboard. Fireshot Screenshot tool that allows you to capture viewable page or the entire page and then edit, save, and share the image.
Greasemonkey Extension Customize the way a webpage displays or behaves, by using small bits of JavaScript. Ovid straight to pdf Opens Ovid PDFs in a new window http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/94973 PubMedPlus Adds citation information on PubMed abstracts http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/66950 LongURL Mobile Expander Expands shortened URLs so you know their source http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/32115
Want to learn more about Add-ons? Contact C. Scott Dorris Email:  [email_address] Text or call: 202.431.9562 View the entire slide presentation at SlideShare

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Using Firefox Add-ons: Extensions

  • 1. Browser Productivity Using Firefox Add-ons: Extensions
  • 2. What are Add-ons? Add new features or functionality to your installation of the Firefox browser. Help you customize Firefox to suit your personal style and help you become more productive.
  • 3. Add-on Categories Themes Personas Dictionaries & Language Packs Plugins Extensions
  • 4. What are Extensions? Add new features or modify existing functionality. Are installed within the Firefox browser. Allow you to block advertisements, download videos from websites, integrate more closely with social websites, and add features you see in other applications...
  • 5. How to Find Extensions Using Firefox 3 Using Firefox 4
  • 6. Toolbars PubMed Quick access to PubMed Resources NLM (National Library of Medicine) Quick access to all NLM resources Biobar: Bioinformatics & Biology Toolbar Quick access to major biological data resources: European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), and DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDBJ).
  • 7. More Extensions Firefox Sync Install it on your computers and iOS or Android devices in order to sync bookmarks, open tabs, browsing history, passwords, and more. Add to Search Bar When installed, right click any search box and add that search to the quick search box on the top right. RefWorks’ RefGrab-It Easily import web page information and PubMed citations to your RefWorks account. Login to RefWorks > Tools > Install
  • 8. More Extensions Cutyfox ULR Shortener With one click, it shortens the long link of your current webpage and copies it to your clipboard. Fireshot Screenshot tool that allows you to capture viewable page or the entire page and then edit, save, and share the image.
  • 9. Greasemonkey Extension Customize the way a webpage displays or behaves, by using small bits of JavaScript. Ovid straight to pdf Opens Ovid PDFs in a new window http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/94973 PubMedPlus Adds citation information on PubMed abstracts http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/66950 LongURL Mobile Expander Expands shortened URLs so you know their source http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/32115
  • 10. Want to learn more about Add-ons? Contact C. Scott Dorris Email: [email_address] Text or call: 202.431.9562 View the entire slide presentation at SlideShare