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I would call myself a Mozilla addict and so would most people who know me. I wanted to share with you some of the Mozilla Firefox Add-ons I use. These Add-ons can make productivity online a lot easier. And your web experience more enjoyable.

Adblock Plus – This add-ons blocks Ads from appearing

Aviary – This icon appears in your browsers menu bar and gives you instant access to your Aviary account

bit.ly preview – Gives you insight as to how many clicks a shortened URL has received.

Capture Fox – Capture your screen and record your voice to make your own How To Tutorials.

Color Zilla – This color picker allows you to find out the color hex code for what color you select.

Email This! – I love this tool. You can share any webpage by right clicking on it and selecting the Email This! tab and which email service you want to use to send the shared information.

Fastest Fox – I use this add-on for making quick searches on Google, Twitter, YouTube, Bing and other search services you can select and customize.

Measure It – This is a great little tool for web designers and allows you to click on a icon in your lower toolbar and then you can measure any element by getting the pixel height and width dimension.

My Weekly Browsing Schedule – This is a handy little tool that allows you to schedule which website you need to visit at what time. I have set up for certain websites to open at 9am everyday. I will automatically open the sites in one window. This is great for helping you organize and schedule your time on the web.

ReminderFox – Need to make yourself reminders for upcoming events. Then you must check this add-on out. Don't miss anymore appointments or events.

ScribeFire – A full -featured blog editor that integrates with your browsers and allows you to post to your blog.

Webmail Ad Blocker – Blocks ads on the right side of the screen when you use either Gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo email services.

Wisestamp – This tool allows you to make a custom signature link for your email

There are a ton of other add-ons for Firefox for almost anything you can think of. Just search for a specific topic you are interested in. You can also check out the most popular downloaded add-ons to see if any grab your attention.

I found out that Aviary an online web design tool that I have spoke about before Free Web Design Tools. Aviary has a ton of really cool features that come in very handy for me. The different features that Aviary now offers are image editor, screen capture, vector editor, effects editor, color editor, image markup, audio editor and the new music creator. Aviary has now added a new feature that I thought would be of interest to all of my readers. It's a Music Creator and you can make your own music. This is a great free tool to use especially if you make your own videos. Just think you could actually make a Intro for your videos that you produce. You can also make your own ringtones and for FREE!!!

You get to choose from 50 different instruments and customize the sounds. You can even record your voice and upload your own mp3 file. You can easily export any of your creations and you can also use Aviary's Audio Editor to remix your music.

Today I wanted to add my signature to my Gmail account. I was a little surprised to find out that you can not add HTML to your signature in Gmail. This got me thinking and I just had to find out how to do add HTML in my signature. After researching I found a really great site that will allow you to add HTML, videos and links to all your social profiles.

The site is called WiseStamp. You can choose to add this to a few different browsers like: Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Flock and even Mozilla Thunderbird which is Mozilla's Mail client and is similar to Outlook. I was really excited to see just how easy it was to set up a link for my blog. And linking to all my social networks was totally simple. You can also add your IM client too. The one feature that I was excited to use in my signature was my blog's feed. This feature will allow my latest post from my blog to be displayed. Actually you can add any feed you would like to this option. This add-on tool is a great free resource to help you promote you, your blog and brand.

I am so excited to share this great program offered by Mozilla. It's called Prism. This program lets you create a desktop application for any website you like. All you have to do is type in the URL of the site you want and select what features you want. After you configure it how you want it. Save it and the default favicon will appear on your desktop. Why I like this program so much is that you have immediate access to any site without having to use your web browser. It drives me nuts having a ton of tabs and windows open when I am working on stuff and then all of a sudden your browser slows down due to all the stuff open. This eliminates all of that.

If you are not familiar with Mozilla they have an awesome web browser called Firefox. I love Firefox and will never use another web browser unless I absolutely have to. I love all the add-ons you can use to customize your web browsing experience. Mozilla also offers an email client called Thunderbird. I use this program to run all my website emails. 

Mozilla Prism offers to ways to use the program.

As A Standalone Application

As A Firefox Add-on

HERE IS A GREAT VIDEO TO SHOW YOU HOW TO USE PRISM

Since I have started the 30 Day Blog Challenge with Connie Ragen Green I needed to get organized…I know I keep saying that, but writing 30 posts in 30 days can seem a little overwhelming. I tried Remember the Milk, but it just wasn't what I was looking for. I wanted something that was simple and easy to use. So I did a little research to see what I could do to help me STAY organized. I have previously tried out tools and resources that I thought would do the job, but with little success I keep trying to find some sort of tool that will remind me of the tasks I need to accomplish.

I came across ReminderFox. It's an add-on for the Mozilla Firefox web browser. I really like using it so far. All you have to do is click the icon in your task bar below and you can either post a reminder or add tasks to your TO DO list. You can also schedule reoccurring tasks..You know the first one I put in there was to remind me daily to make my blog post.

I found a great page with video tutorials teaching you the ins and outs of ReminderFox

ReminderFox Tutorials

You can also install ReminderFox for Thunderbird, but the bad part is that you can't sync them together if you are not tech savvy. And you need to know about working with pc servers and such. The program that is recommended no longer has support (Meaning that they are no longer offering support and updates for the program)

What I have found that works best for me is to install it as an add-on to Mozilla Firefox. I am on Firefox more than than Thunderbird, plus it is more accessible on the browser.