begging you to punch him. AdBlock rem-
edies this situation by adding a slew of
advertisement-blocking features.
Once installed, this handy extension
displays a button in the corner of any
potential ad. With a few clicks, you can
block just that ad, or any ad from that
server, or any ad of that size. It works on
JPEGs, GIFs, and even Flash files. Talk
about useful.
AUTHOR: THE ADBLOCK CREW
VERSION 0.9 COMPATIBLEEDITCSS
Rearrange your site—
or someone else’s—in
real-time
Commonly known as CSS, cascad-
ing style sheets have taken over theweb. They control the vertical and the
horizontal, the italic and the bold, theheader and the div. He who controls the
CSS controls the page, and he who uses3 MAXIMUMPC AUGUST 2004
WHERE CAN I
GET ALL THESE
EXTENSIONS?
On the Internet, that’s
where!Firefox extensions may be mind-blow-
ingly useful, but you need the Firefox
browser to take advantage of them.
Thankfully, Firefox is available free
from Mozilla’s web site
( http://www.mozilla.org ). Keep in mind thatwhile it’s extremely stable and many
Maximum PC staffers swear by it,
Firefox remains a “pre-release” ver-
sion, which means it doesn’t work
perfectly. Mozilla insists that Firefox is
intended as a “technology preview,”
and guarantees nothing as long as
the browser version is less than 1.0.
That’s OK—we still think it’s great.
As of this writing, Firefox v0.9
was just released, and it looks to
offer even more stability and con-
trol than its predecessor. While the
majority of extensions at this time
are for v0.8, we expect to see our
favorites updated for Firefox 0.9 in
the near future.Most extensions can be found
at the Firefox Extensions page on
Texturizer.net. There, simply click
the install link of the extension you
want, and accept it as if it were a
browser plug-in. The extension will
install automatically, and should
appear as soon as you restart the
browser. Extensions for v0.9 are
available at http://www.update.mozilla.org.
You can manage your exten-
sions in Firefox ’s Options menu.
Click Options, then click the
Extensions button. You can enable
or disable various extensions, and
modify specific settings in each
one’s option menus.Firefox ’s extension system is still
in development, and can be finicky
at times. Some extensions can con-
flict with others, rendering the
entire browser unusable. For exam-
ple, All-in-One Gestures may start to
act funky if you load another mouse
gesture extension like Optimoz
Tweaks or RadialContext. Keep simi-
lar extensions to a minimum, and
disable them if you think there might
be a conflict.
Be wary when installing exten-
sions. Many are useful, but much
like IE’s ActiveX controls, it’s possi-
ble to damage your browser or sys-
tem by installing a malicious Firefox
extension. We’ve
yet to see i hap-
pen, but if Firefox
continues to grow
in popularity, it
won’t be long
before we see
spyware coded
specifically for
Mozilla.
Extensions avail-
able on
Texturizer.net are
considered safe,
though, and we’ve
personally tested
every single one
mentioned here.
Click “Install,” and ignore that pesky
“unsigned” stuff.Firefox’s Options menu will let you control or disable most
of your extensions.EditCSS lets you remix web sites like the best HTML DJ, and learn something
about HTML and web style sheets in the process.ËBROWSER
(^) BOOSTERS
EditCSS