If you are a Twitter user and Firefox is your web browser of choice, then you might want to check out the TwitterFox extension.  This add-on makes reading and posting tweets easy to do without ever going to the Twitter site.  It adds a small Twitter icon to your Firefox status bar and notifies you when your friends have updated Twitter.

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To install the TwitterFox Extension, go here and click on the green Install TwitterFox button.  A software installation window will appear, click the Install Now button.

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The Add-Ons window will appear, click the Restart Firefox button.

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After Firefox comes back up, go to the menu bar, click Tools and select Add-ons.

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When the Add-ons window appears, scroll down to TwitterFox and select it.  Click the Options button.

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The TwitterFox preferences window will appear.  Input your Twitter login information.  Also set the interval for it to get tweets and the popup interval.

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Click OK.

Now click the Twitter icon in your status bar to view and submit tweets whenever you want.

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  3. Aice Says:

    very nice addon that keeps me updated with my friends’ twitter messages ^_^

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