Well since I am a little partial to using Notepad++ for just about everything these days looks like with a few easy steps you can change the default source editor in Firefox to use Notepad++  It is very simple:

Go to about:config

Search for “view_source.editor.external”
Change this value to “true”

Search for “view_source.editor.path”
Change this to the path of your editor “C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe”

So last night I was bored and decided to redo my entire website (again). I just changed the theme about a week ago, but the more I dug into it the less I liked it and decided I would spend a little more time redoing my blog. After picking a theme I put it on a local copy of Wordpress and started banging away. I started changing header images and fixing CSS issues with AJAX overlaps and image overlaps and fixing up a few other issues I noticed.  This is usually pretty typical for themes I have found in the past.  You get what you paid for and because all these themes are free I guess that would make sense.

One of my co-workers turned me onto Firebug which is a Firefox plugin that reads the CSS and breaks it out into a tree structure so you can see what is really going on behind the scenes with formatting.  This application saved me probably about 2 days of frustration searching through the CSS and the PHP files trying to find the correct classes and div’s to edit to make it look how I want it to.  The program allows you to edit the CSS on the spot so you can see if what you thinking works…this is great for things like spacing or overflow or text size.  This application is a must have for any web developer or anyone who likes to tweak their Wordpress themes to get the most out of them.

So my favorite skin for gmail has finally completed and released their redesign for greader.  I am a big fan of it and it looks really clean.  Looks like for now you have to manually update the plugin for Firefox and then update the styles after that but the end result is very nice.

Globex Designs plugin

These are pretty much the bare essentials when it comes to Firefox.

AdBlock Plus – Block Popups

AutoCopy – Auto Copy Text in the Browser

Better Gmail 2 – Add Features to Gmail

Better GReader – Add Features to GReader

ColorZilla – Color Dropper Tool

Download Statusbar – Download Tool

Fission – Show Progress Bar in Address Bar

Forecastfox – Forecast in status bar

Foxmark Bookmark Sync -Bookmark Sync

Google Redesigned – Visual style fo Gmail

IE Tab – Open in IE

Mouse Gestures Redox – Mouse Shortcuts

Open In Google Chrome – Open in Chrome

Tab Mix Plus – Extra Tab Options

Tiny Menu – Shrink File menu

TinyURL Creator – Create Tiny URL links

How to change Firefox 3’s new address bar

Firefox RC1 is a fast step in the right direction with less memory and nice added features

Shrink FireFox’s memory usage once and for all!

  I have added a few things to my Firefox lately, so here are some of the icons that are sitting on the toolbar

 Stylish.  This plugin works very similarly to Grease Monkey, I am using this right now because they have an awesome redesign for Gmail which allows me to use Gtalk and AIM from work through Gtalk. 

 Meebo.  This one adds little notifications (similar to guifications for PIDGIN) to Firefox for Meebo which makes Meebo just that much better, this way you know when you get IM’s regardless if you are focused on Firefox or not.

 IE Tab. nothing new been using this one for a while

 Foxmarks.  This one is amazing because it syncs all my computers Firefox’s bookmarks making bookmarks actually something that I use. 

 Fast Video Download.  This allows you to download any YouTube video with the click of a button.  It downloads the file a .FLV

Autocopy.  Nothing new here have been using this one for a while.

I have finally found a new theme that I can live with.  This one is very clean and nice to use.  I made some very very small tweaks to userChrome.css to fix a few things but other than that this is a great new look for Firefox.

Download: iAqua

Plugins to make Gmail look better and function the way it should.