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LastPass Adds Form Filler, Syncs Form Profiles And Passwords
6:00AM Adam Pash | Windows/Mac/Linux: Previously mentioned Firefox extension and Internet Explorer plugin LastPass has updated, adding an automatic form filler to help you save more time filling out forms on the web. We’ve been on a bit of a password syncing kick lately, what with Foxmarks adding support for password syncing and our own guide to syncing passwords with Dropbox, but LastPass’ seamless browser integration for syncing both passwords and forms could attract a lot of people. After all, these useful features earned LastPass its honorable mention in our Hive Five Best Password Managers less than a week after we covered it. LastPass is a free download, works anywhere Firefox and IE do. LastPass [via Download Squad] More »
Better GReader Now Firefox 3-Ready
3:44PM Gina Trapani | On the heels of Better Gmail 2, the Better GReader Firefox extension is now fully compatible with Firefox 3. The latest compilation of the best Greasemonkey scripts for Reader got an update to the nifty Preview Item inside Reader feature, too. Download it here. More »
Five Extensions You Won’t Need with Firefox 3
7:40AM Gina Trapani | Now that Mozilla’s locked down Firefox 3’s feature set, it’s clear the new browser iteration will render some extensions obsolete. Firefox 3 will include functionality out-of-the-box that you could only get with add-ons before. Let’s take a look at five extensions you might not need when you switch to Firefox 3. More »
Google Inline MP3 Player User Script Streams Linked MP3s
2:30PM Adam Pash | Firefox with Greasemonkey: The Google Inline MP3 Player Greasemonkey script inserts Google Reader’s MP3 Flash player next to any linked MP3 file you stumble onto while browsing. Simply click the [Play] link the script inserts next to the linked MP3 to toggle the player and start streaming the file. For example, once you install the script and reload this page, the Google Inline MP3 Player script should automatically insert a toggle link behind this link. Click it to listen to the MP3, and when you’re done, click the Hide Player link to remove the player and return to your regularly scheduled browsing. Google Inline MP3 Player is an update to my original version, works anywhere you’ve installed Firefox and Greasemonkey. To install, just click the link below. Google Inline MP3 Player (Click to Install) More »
Gmail Addons Embeds Any Webapp in Gmail
7:55AM Adam Pash | Firefox with Greasemonkey: The Gmail Addons Greasemonkey script embeds any page you specify inside Gmail’s interface. By default, it comes with Google Calendar and the Google Talk gadget. (If this sounds familiar, it is—Gmail Addons is an update to the previously mentioned Enhance Gmail script.) Add any other web pages to Gmail by following the directions on the script homepage. If you’re willing to dig into manually editing the script, Gmail Addons can embed Google Reader, Notebook, Docs, Remember the Milk, or virtually any other web page you’d like next to or below your inbox. Gmail Addons is free, requires the Greasemonkey extension to run. Gmail Addons [Userscripts] More »
Surf Canyon Browser Extension Deepens Search Results
7:35AM Gina Trapani | Firefox and Internet Explorer only: The Surf Canyon browser extension embeds extra search results at Google, Yahoo, and MSN. With Surf Canyon installed, search the web with your favourite engine as usual. A bull’s-eye icon will appear next to results—click it to expand another level of links related to the single result. My test for a “lifehacker” Google search was promising: Surf Canyon included links to the official Lifehacker book, Upgrade Your Life, and a life hacks site search engine at Google Coop. Surf Canyon is a free download, and it’s available as both a Firefox extension and IE add-on. Surf Canyon – Search Engine Assistant [Firefox Add-ons] More »
Blow Your Friends Up as You Surf with PMOG
7:25AM Gina Trapani | Web surfing game PMOG (The Passively Multiplayer Online Game) just opened up user registrations to the public. PMOG, a social surfing game, lets you rack up points and leave gifts and traps for your friends on web pages as you surf. Install the PMOG Firefox extension and make your surfing, ahem, more (virtually) productive by earning points. Then use your points to buy things like mines, treasure, and armour that you can leave as gifts or traps for your friends as they land on various web pages. See PMOG in action after the jump. More »
YouTube Comment Snob Filters Stupid Comments
4:00AM Adam Pash | Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): Firefox extension YouTube Comment Snob filters comments on YouTube videos that don’t meet your snobbish standards. It does so using a combination of criteria, like a user-defined threshold of spelling errors (using Firefox’s spell-checker), excessive punctuation, and excessive capitalisation. You can enable or disable any of the filter options if you don’t mind capital letters, for example, and you can view any hidden comment by simply clicking Show. It’s a pretty saucy little extension, but now it’s hard not to want a full-on Internet Comment Snob. YouTube Comment Snob [Firefox Add-ons] More »
See Lifehacker Posts on Eastern Time
9:00PM Gina Trapani | US-centric: Firefox with Greasemonkey only: Two of the Lifehacker editors may reside on the West coast of the US, but a lot of the US readers are on Eastern time, and that means you’d probably like to see our posts timestamped that way. Now you can—with a Greasemonkey user script I just threw together. With Greasemonkey installed, using Firefox, install the Lifehacker on Eastern Time user script. More »
