Everyday Nerd

One major hang up I’ve had with most webmail providers is the lack of HTML signatures.  I’m a sucker for a good nice looking signature!  The webmail provider I use doesn’t support HTML signatures, so I was stuck with a boring plain text signature… 

WiseStamp is a Firefox Extension that enables HTML signatures in Yahoo!, MSN (Live/Hotmail), GMail (Including Google Apps for your Domain), and AOL mail, although, with a right click, you can insert your signature into any text field.  WiseStamp supports two signatures, personal and business.

A live sample:

EverydayNerd
http://everydaynerd.com

Neat huh?  OK, so not everyone is going to get excited about this, but it’s nice to have if you use web based email as your primary email client.

Download WiseStamp

This extension will checks your Google Reader for unread feeds and if you have, the plugin will display them on your browser’s statusbar.

Works with:

Firefox: 1.5 – 2.0.0.*

Google Reader statusbar icon with tooltip

Google Reader Watcher statusbar icon

Get it here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4808

I posted before how to block ads with Firefox. Adblock Plus is a great tool, and it just got better!!!! Install the Element Hiding Helper, to select an element on the page (like text ads) and presto, they’re gone!

Go get it here:

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/4364/

Of course, don’t block the ads here on Tech Coach - It’s my bread and butter

Anyone that knows me knows that I am a HUGE Firefox fan. I do quite a bit of browsing, and I absolutely hate ads. Especially the really big ones that take up so much space that it’s difficulty to read the article on the page!

From the Author:

Ever been annoyed by all those ads and banners on the internet that often take longer to download than everything else on the page? Install Adblock Plus now and get rid of them. Right-click on a banner and choose “Adblock” from the context menu - the banner won’t be downloaded again. Or click Adblock Plus icon in the toolbar to see all elements of the page and block the banners. You can use filters with wildcards or even regular expressions to block complete banner factories

Get it here:

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1865/

Install now (215 KB)

The Greatest feature to me is that you can subscribe to Adblock lists, as well as add your own blocked adds. The subscription service works well, and have had very little ads since using this Firefox Extension.

IE lover? Not near as good as Adblock Plus, but Quero Toolbar does an OK job at blocking ads.