Firefox & Thundebird Extensions

by Juan C. Avila

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These are some simple yet useful extensions I've developed for the Firefox web browser and the Thunderbird e-mail client. Please feel free to send your comments or suggestions to jucarlosa@yahoo.com. Translations may be submitted through http://www.babelzilla.org.


QuickPageZoom for: Firefox 3 – Current version: 1.6.1
Bored of using complicated keyboard shortcuts to zoom in/zoom out web pages?

This extension adds two icons to the status bar and context menu items that enable quick access to the Full Page Zoom feature (Page Zoom In, Page Zoom Out and Reset Page Size) in Firefox 3.

Quick How to:

 

Using status bar icons

Using context menu items

Zoom in page (increase page size) Click on Right click on page, click on 'Zoom in page ' menu item
Zoom out page (decrease page size) Click on Right click on page, click on 'Zoom out page ' menu item
Reset page size Right click on either or Right click on page, click on 'Reset page size' menu item

Includes an Options Dialog (accessible through Firefox add-ons manager) which enables the user to configure the UI elements (show/hide elements).

To access the Options Dialog:

  1. Tools -> Add-ons
  2. Select 'Extensions' tab
  3. Click on 'QuickPageZoom' item
  4. Click on 'Options' button

Please remember to restart Firefox after making any changes.

Important Notice for Firefox 3.0 Users

This extension replaces QuickZoom and QuickZoom-CM extensions, which won't work with Firefox 3.0. QuickZoom for Firefox 2.0 can still be downloaded from here. QuickZoom-CM for Firefox 2.0 can still be downloaded from here.

If you were using QuickZoom or QuickZoom-CM and upgraded to Firefox 3.0, be sure to UNINSTALL QuickZoom/QuickZoom-CM before you install this extension!

Download and install from here.

QuickRestart for: Firefox 2, Firefox 3 – Current version: 1.1.4
Ever needed to restart Firefox after enabling or disabling an extension, switching to a new theme, or modifying configuration files (such as userChrome.css or user.js)?

This simple extension adds a "Restart Firefox" item to the File menu; you can also use the Ctrl+Alt+R keyboard shortcut and the new "Restart" toolbar button.

Download and install from here.

Please visit this page and learn how to hack or customize QuickRestart.


QuickZoom for: Firefox 2, Thunderbird 2 – Current version: 1.0.7
Adds two icons to the Firefox/Thunderbird status bar which enable quick access to the "Enlarge Text Size" (Ctrl++) and "Reduce Text Size" (Ctrl+-) menu commands. Right-clicking on either of the icons resets text size to "Normal Text Size" (Ctrl+0).

Important Notice for Firefox 3.0 Users

QuickZoom won't be supported for Firefox 3.0. Please UNINSTALL. Instead, install QuickPageZoom (see above).

Download and install from here.

QuickZoom-CM for: Firefox 2 – Current version: 1.0.4
Adds items to the Firefox context menu which enable quick access to the "Enlarge Text Size" (Ctrl++), "Reduce Text Size" (Ctrl+-), and "Normal Text Size" (Ctrl+0) menu commands.

Important Notice for Firefox 3.0 Users

QuickZoom-CM won't be supported for Firefox 3.0. Please UNINSTALL. Instead, install QuickPageZoom (see above).

Download and install from here.

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