- Who's a good boy?
Yes, you are a good boy.
(speaking gibberish)
(upbeat music)
What's up, Foxy people? Welcome to "Ask Firefox."
I'm your host, Chenae.
And today we're talking Firefox add-ons.
You know, I know just the person to help us get
to the bottom of this topic.
She just so happened to have won the Noble Prize
in Firefoxology.
Oh, Professor!
- Hello students.
I'm your professor, Dr. Nae, but you can call me Prof Che.
And welcome to Firefox Academy.
Before we get started,
I wanna stress that this is an all-nonsense classroom.
Seriousness of any kind will be met with swift punishment.
With that out of the way,
let's proceed with our first topic, add-ons.
There are hundreds of millions of options
for add-ons in Firefox,
which can feel a little breathtaking
when you first start browsing the store.
But don't let the sheer number of them intimidate you.
Here are few of my favorite staples.
First, for your general browsing needs,
give uBlock Origin a try.
Ads can be stanky.
(whoopie cushion farting)
Oo-wee.
So don't let them clog up your favorite sites.
Since not all sites will let you proceed
with an ad blocker enabled,
this add-on lets you create custom rules for specific sites
making your life that much easier.
For those tab hoarders out there,
Tab Stash is the add-on you've been waiting for.
With Tab Stash, you can group and organize all your tabs.
It also lets you sort, search through open tabs,
and quickly restore closed tabs
so you won't waste time digging
for that clown prop shop tab you closed by accident.
This add-on is one that should keep your eyes
in the shade when you need it most.
automaticDark puts dark mode on a schedule
so you can stay awake during the day with light mode
and get nice and cozy when the sun goes down with dark mode.
For those that like macroing everything in their lives,
have a look at the scandalously named Foxy Gestures add-on.
With this tool, you can turn your mouse into a magic wand
by programming special button and movement combos
to do anything from scrolling on a page
to executing custom scripts of your design.
Opening up your favorite bookmarked website
is now just a swish and flick away.
Boop!
I had better catch one of you using this add-on
because fun should be your top priority in this classroom.
The last recommendation is best explained
in the form of an aggressive yell.
(yelling)
Don't track me Google!
DTMG blocks those endless tracker links
that Google bounces you through
when clicking on a search result.
Instead, you're linked right to where you want to end up.
Great for privacy and speed.
With the remainder of today's lecture,
I'd like to steer away
from extending the capabilities of Firefox
and instead talk about what Firefox can do for you now.
Our first feature is the built-in
picture-in-picture viewing mode.
Don't get interrupted by pesky Slack messages
while watching videos at work.
Just PIP it.
Click the icon on your content
that looks like a box turning into a smaller box.
And just like that, wa-bam!
(soft music)
See? you got yourself a picture-in-picture.
Before we move on,
I'd like to ask that you do not PIP me again.
It was the most pain I ever knew.
When's the last time you printed out a webpage?
If you didn't answer, never,
then you probably don't know your computer
has a built-in screenshot function.
But what do you do about those never-ending pages?
Check out Firefox's screenshot feature.
Not only can you define your own screenshot sizes,
like the ones you're used to,
but you can also grab the entire page in a single image.
It's been waiting for you this whole time.
Just a right-click away.
This last feature is for the graphic designers out there
or anyone that can see color.
Firefox actually has an eyedropper tool built in
so you can get those colors right every time.
Step one, hit the hamburger menu.
Step two, inside the hamburger menu, go to more tools
and hit the eyedropper, and then just pick your color.
If you followed along with me,
then comment below what color my blazer is.
That concludes today's lecture.
Thank you for joining me today.
Rate your Firefox Academy experience in the comments below.
Please leave me a five-star review.
Don't forget to hit us up on social.
We're on IG and Twitter.
Make sure to give this video thumbs up
and subscribe for new videos every week.
I'm your girl, Chenizzle Bizzle.
See you back on "Ask Firefox."
(upbeat music)