If you’re like us, then your Firefox has a number of App Tabs. The phrase “Pin as App Tab” is commonplace among Firefox users these days as the use of App Tabs make navigating to favorite websites much easier. Simply Pinned enhances the focus of those tabs by eliminating extraneous toolbars.

For those unfamiliar with App Tabs, they are favorite websites pinned to the tab bar in a minimalistic fashion so that their screen footprint is small, but always load when Firefox is opened. In a nutshell, they are your favorite websites permanently open in Firefox. Another feature associated with Firefox, like all browsers, are toolbars. Some serve a specific purpose while others are used as browsing companions. While many are useful, they aren’t always needed for every website.

Pinned Tabs with Toolbars Visible

Pinned Tabs are often favorite or frequently visited websites and as such their focus is very specific. An example would be Facebook. Many users likely have Facebook pinned and prefer a clean interface while navigating around the social website. For the most part, Facebook users won’t need toolbars like Web Developer or StumbleUpon, etc., but they still want that functionality on other tabs. That’s where Simply Pinned comes in.

Pinned Tabs with Toolbars Hidden

Simply Pinned hides toolbars and sidebars from Pinned Tabs to provide more screen real estate for those favorite websites. Simply Pinned is a simple install that automatically recognizes which tabs are pinned and hides all extraneous information inside the tab to deliver a clean minimalistic website view. Simply Pinned hides the address bar, menu bar, bookmarks bar, add-on toolbars, sidebars and any other in browser distractions so that users can focus solely on the pinned website.

Users can toggle the toolbars on and off, so although the toolbars are hidden by default, they can be shown with the click of a button. Simply Pinned uses an icon or key combination which can be used to toggle the view on and off. There are several options available for choosing which toolbars are to be hidden, but for the most part Simply Pinned is a small extension that does what’s intended without a lot of fanfair.

Download Simply Pinned for Firefox

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Download Statusbar

Download Statusbar displays downloads in a condensed bar along the bottom of Firefox. Downloads are listed horizontally with colored progress bars. The statusbar is compact in size to allow for minimal adjustment to the window and is a tidy alternative to the separate download window or large sidebar displays often seen during downloads.

Information displayed during download consists of a colored progress bar, file transfer rate, file name and time remaining. Users can hover their mouse over the download box for a more detailed popup which lists percentage of transfer completed, save location of file and download location. Download Statusbar is meant to be an out of the way extension where it’s hidden when not in use.

In-progress download options include the usual pause/resume and cancel, with a cancel all option for multiple downloads. Those who download in great quantity will find the Download Statusbar Mini Mode particularly handy as it shrinks the download box even further to roughly a tiny square. Any user could easily fit 50 downloads on a single statusbar in mini mode.

Download Statusbar comes with a full set of customizable options. Users have the power to control download history, display details, default mode and a range of other features. Users can change appearance of the bar itself as well as colors for download progress bars. There is even an option to manually setup a virus scan for downloads.

Add Download Statusbar for Firefox

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