Customize Google with this Firefox Extension
Posted on Tuesday, April 25, 2006 at 9:53 PM by Randall
Google has a lot of useful information -- and I spend a lot of time there. A few days ago I discovered a Firefox extension that makes my time on Google much more effective. I was amazed at the difference the Customize Google extension made as Google is already a very effective collection of sites. This extention started as a way to add links to the search you just made on other search engine, but with time it has growth and added new features that enhance many of Google's sites. Best of all, you can select what customizations are made -- you only have to use the ones that are useful to you.
Here is a list of some of the features of this extension from the Customize Google site:
* Use Google Suggest (suggest words while you're typing)
* Add links to competitors
* Rewrite links to point straight to the images in Google Images
* Removes image copying restrictions in Google Book Search
* Secure Gmail and Google Calendar, switch to https
* Block Google Analytics cookies
* Hide the Gmail spam counter
* Remove ads
* Anonymize your Google userid
* Add a result counter in search result
* Filter spammy websites from search results
* Add links to WayBack Machine (webpage history)
* Remove click tracking
* Add links from Google to your bookmark manager
* Use a fixed font for Gmail mail bodies
If you google (if there is anyone reading this who doesn't, I'll be mind-boggled) and use Firefox, this is an extension you will not want to live without.
Rating: 5 Stars
System: Mozilla Firefox Extension
License:
Open Source
Price: Free
Version Reviewed: 0.47
Web
Site: http://www.customizegoogle.com/