Web Browsers
Free web browser apps, tools and browser plugins:
How Fast Does Your Site Load? Firefox Add-on
Google recently announced the importance of load speed when it comes to ranking websites. Measure how fast your site loads with Yahoo!’s YSlow Firefox add-on. Not only does it measure the tim eit takes for your site to load, it will also offer suggestions on how to optimize your site for faster loading speeds.
Screen Capture Firefox Add-on
Does your screen capture program only capture selected parts of the page, have too many features to be practical, or is it too slow? Pearl Crescent Page Saver is an extension for Firefox that lets you capture images of web pages, including Flash content. The great thing about this add-on is that you can choose to capture the whole page, the visible portion only, a frame, or a selection of a window with just one click. It works in PNG or JPG and you can scale captured images to any desired percentage.
Firefox Firebug Extension
One of the best add-ons for web developers is Firebug. Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.
The DoFollow Add-on for Firefox
Checking links one by one for the nofollow attribute is tedious. NoDoFollow (by Zachary Fox)shows which links on a page have the nofollow attribute and which are regular follow links.
What Does Your Site Look Like In Any Browser?
Create screen shots for dozens of different browsers, including Linux, WIndows and Mac browsers at BrowserShots. The amount of browsers they support is impressive, which also means it takes a couple of minutes to show the results.
IE Plugin for Firefox
When you are designing sites in Firefox, it is really tedious to check every single modification in Internet Explorer. You can use the IE Tab add-on to show you from within Firefox how your pages will look in IE.
Web Developer’s Toolbox for Firefox
The Web Developer’s Toolbox for Firefox offers some of the most popular add-ons for Firefox. The add-ons for web designers and developers will let you troubleshoot, edit, and debug web projects without ever clicking away from Firefox.
Browser Display Statistics, Resolution and Color Depth
Get statistics on different browser usage, color depth and resolution at w3schools. The data is collected from W3Schools’ log-files over about ten years.
Fix Annoying IE 6 CSS Bugs
Plenty of people out there are still using IE 6 to browse the web. If you care to create a site that’s viewable by ‘all’ CSS-tricks.com has plenty of fixes for Internet Explorer besides a wealth of info on everything CSS.
Anti-Phishing Toolbar
Install this anti-phishing toolbar in your browser and get a ‘risk rating’ for every site you visit and a warning for every site with a ‘high risk’ rating. The Netcraft toolbar also shows you in which country a site is being hosted and how long the URL has been active.