Firefox Addons

8 Firefox Website Validation Plugins

Posted by Thomson | Posted in Firefox, Web Graphic Design | Posted on 23-03-2009

Validation in Website designing provides guidelines for the web designers to prepare well structure and browser friendly website. Website validation ensure that the websites comply with web standards. A validated web page defines which version of html or XHTML is used to code the website.
It is necessary for browsers to process the document correctly. Here are valuable Firefox adds on for web page validation.

1. HTML Validator – Validates HTML documents using the CSE HTML Validator engine for Windows. This addson require CSE HTML Validator for Windows. It is very simple to use and efficient in its performance. This is a great tool for web developers and web admins who want to go an extra mile. An excellent add-on!

2. W3C RSS Validator -
Validates a page using the W3C RSS Validator. Once you open the RSS feed into the browser window, you can right click on the page or goto the Tools menu and validate the RSS feed. The results will open in a new tab.

3. W3C CSS Validator – Validates a page using the W3C CSS Validator. Adds an option to the right-click context menu and to the Tools menu to allow for easy validation of the CSS of the current page. Opens the results in a new tab. Will only work on pages that have a CSS file associated. For example it will work with http://www.w3.org/ as the URL has a CSS file.

4. W3C Page Validator – Validates a page using the W3C Markup Validation Service. Adds an option to the right-click context menu and to the Tools menu to allow for easy validation of the current page. Opens the results in a new tab. This is a simple extension that will work only for online pages.

5. W3C XML Validator – This is a very simple extension that validates W3C XML schema documents.

6. W3C Offline Page validator – Validates the source of a HTML/XHTML page via the W3C Markup Validation Service using the direct-input form. Validates a page using the W3C Markup Validation Service, even if the page is not public.

7. Validaty – One Click Validator. Provides you a button to validate a page using a validator like…

8. Total Validator – Perform multiple validations and take screen shots in one go. This 5-in-1 validator works with external, internal, or local web pages using the Total Validator service or local copy of the desktop tool…

So that’s my list of 8 extensions for web page validation which will make your validation experience better. Some of them are very useful and essentical for every web designers. What Firefox Validation addons is your favorite please leave your comments.

10 Firefox Extensions for Web Analytics

Posted by Thomson | Posted in Firefox, Web Analytics | Posted on 05-12-2008

Firefox has been one of the fastest and most user friendly browser for anyone. I can’t think working without it. Firefox extensions help web analyst to test, report and analysis the web data easily. Iâ€™ve used Firefox for close to four years now and Iâ€™ve found a number of extremely useful third party plug-ins and extensions to simplify manipulation, analysis and graphing of data. analysis analytic, reporting

Here is the list of 10 top user web analytic Firefox extensions.

1. Web Analytics Solution Profiler/Debugger (WASP)

Provides detailed information about the data being collected trough Query String and Cookies by web analytics solutions. Covers 125 tools, including Google Analytics, Omniture SiteCatalyst, Coremetrics, WebTrends, ad networks and several others.

2.Data Analytics Firefox Addson

DataAnalytics is a Firefox extension that enables importation, manipulation, analysis and graphing of data. Often websites lock their information in static tables.

3. TrackMe Analytics on user habits.

TrackMe delivers Personal Analytics on user habits and can provide teachers with a tool to use in assessment which can encourage learners to engage in inquiry in a domain, whilst documenting and developing their habits.

4.Greasemonkey

Grease monkey allows you to customize the way a webpage displays using small bits of JavaScript. Hereâ€™s a list of scripts whichâ€™ll help web analysts, before that make sure u have latest version of grease monkey addons.

5. Checks to see if Google Analytics is installed on any given page

This extension checks the current page you are on to see if Google Analytics is installed. It’ll automatically detect and report back to your browsers status bar.

6. Counterpixel – Display the counting/measurement pixel of a website.

The tool tries to find counting/measurement pixel of tracking software from different services and companies.

7. Fire Analytics – allows you to view Google Analytics reports in Firefox.

Open Tools > Fire Analytics menu, specify your email & password on Preferences tab (alternatively you can just log into your account using browser), choose Report type and click “Show report” button.

8. Better Google Analytics – Enhances Google Analytics with a compilation of user scripts.

9. Ghostery – Firefox Plugin

Ghostery lets you see the invisible web on every page on the web. Invisible web objects include web bugs that track your behavior as well as analytic trackers used by the sites you visit to understand their own audience.

10. Alexa Sparky

Sparky is a free Firefox browser plugin built by Alexa, that accompanies you as you surf, providing useful information about the sites you visit without interrupting your Web browsing.

These firefox extensions saves us a lot of time for to analysis our web traffic efficiently. If We have missed out or if anyone have any thoughts about these web analytic firefox plugin please feel free to add a comment. Also in future this list would be expanded as and when new addson are added.

39 Firefox Plug-in for Social Media Addicts

Posted by Thomson | Posted in Social Media | Posted on 07-09-2008

Firefox Plug-in are great perks for social media addicts, which make social media more productive and focused, reduce distraction and improve your social media experience.

Digg Firefox Plug-ins

Digg Sidebar 0.5.1

Smart Digg Button 1.01

Digg Toolbar 1.0.1

Digg This! 0.7

Digg Firefox Extension 0.6.4

DiggThumbs

Socialphile

Groowe Search Toolbar

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Stumbleupon Firefox Plug-in

StumbleUpon 3.26