Firefox is a web browser that is popular for its ability for customization. It is a stable and well designed web browser that gives students of online colleges the flexibility and dependability to succeed in class. These are the top ten customizations for students attending online college courses.
1.) Taboo is a Firefox customization that allows the student to save tabs for later. This is good during web sessions that involve heavy research on multiple websites. Not only does Taboo save the tab, but also the location last visited within the page.
2.) Reminderfox is a calendar program developed for the Mozilla Firefox web browser. This customization gives students access to a calendar where he or she can list important school dates. Reminders as message pop ups remind students when important deadlines are due.
3.) LeechBlock is a customization that gives the students the opportunity to block out certain websites within a given time period. The internet is a place where time can be consumed easily and as such this customization gives the student power to add websites that he or she may be tempted to view during a designated class period.
4.) Trailfire is a Firefox customization that allows students to comment on web pages. This is great for students that are performing research online and allows multiple websites to be saved underneath a topic with keywords. Trailfire also allows for student collaboration. Students can share their research with others.
5.) Wired-Marker allows the student to highlight text within a web page for future reference. Students can easily pull a page and reference key material that has been highlighted by Wired-Marker.
6.) Juice is a research customization that calls up additional information on any word within a web page document. The student can simply right-click a word and the word is automatically searched on other sites.
7.) Zotero is a customization for bibliography cites. Zotero automatically documents websites so that students can use the information in a works cited page. Zotero can also grab metadata from PDF files and is available in multiple languages.
8.) FireCal is a multiple function calculator that can be used to check math answers. Functions on FireCal include a body mass calculator and compound interest calculator.
9.) Free Translate is a Firefox customization that allows students to translate between English, French, Russian and German.
10.) AdBlockPlus is a customization that removes unwanted ads from websites. This is useful for students and speeds up the process of pulling up a website for research
