FireFox Scrapbook

This was just too good a find not to post. I have long (relatively) been a fan of FireFox, it's always just seemed like what the next version of a browser shoud be, and if you don't have it you can get firefox here. Anyway, one of the great things about FireFox is the mozilla-based plug-in architecture, which allows for some amazing plugins.

My Favorites:

1 - Scrapbook

This Plug-in allows you to grab whole or parts of webpages and create a "clipping". For what I do this will be an invaluable tool for keeping just the essential bits of information from sites, or keeping whole chached copies of previous versions of sites. It's basically selective permanent history/bookmarks.

2- Web Developer Toolbar

Of all the toolbars this is probably the only one I make an effort to keep active. I can very easily see the page structure, view CSS, resize for popular and custom screen sizes, validate. Great for checking my own site (when it's done), as well as scoping out others.

3 - Edit CSS

Similar in spirit to the Web Developer Toolbar, EditCSS lets you edit the stylesheet of almost any website live. This acn come in really handy if you want to examine how some effect or layout is done.

There are lots more extensions available for FireFox that you can get for free from the FireFox update site.

Posted at 10:57 PM to Web By: John Fairley