5 October 2008
Firefox’s Extension Paste and Go 3
Just released Firefox’s Extension Paste and Go version 3.
Actually I didn’t make it from the scratch, I just update it to make it work with Mozilla Firefox 3.x.x and it’s working fine (this release will work on Firefox 1.5 to 3.x.x). Here I’ll try to show you how the extension will ease the use of Mozilla Firefox.
Use of the extension:
Most of the time while we surf the internet, we have to copy some URL and paste the URL on the address field and hit enter or click the go button. Now this extension for Firefox will ease the the whole process. You have to copy an URL, right click on the address field and select “Paste and Go” That’s it!
Installation:
Go to: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9133 with Mozilla Firefox, on the page and you will see a button like this:
Currently Mozilla left the extension as experimental extension, so you have to check the box “Let me install this experimental add-on” to add this extension on your Firefox browser. You can also download the extension by clicking here.
Click on the “Add to Firefox” button and a window like this will appear:
Click on the “Install Now” button to install the extension and the extension will be installed on Firefox. You will notice a progress like this:
A window like this will appear after the installation is finished:
Click on the “Restart Now” button to restart Firefox and make the extension work for you. If you are doing something important, you can restart Firefox later. But only after restarting Firefox the extension will start working,
After restarting Firefox, you will see a notification that one extension is installed.
Close the window and continue using Firefox.
Now whenever you need to copy an URL and paste it on the address bar, just copy the URL and right click on the address bar and select paste and go. 
Hope this will be useful for you and you will enjoy the extension. If you encounter any problem, please leave a message.
Update, 16 September 2009: Released 1.0.4 with Simplified Chinese translation.
Does not work for me all the time.
Using FF3.5.2
It’s working for everyone my dear. Sorry it’s not working for you. Try another computer or create a new user on your computer and try to install this on that user’s firefox.
Thanks!!!!!!!!
alleluia!! I was waiting here for the update since FF 3.5.2 and nothing. Finally I came here and voilá. Apparently Mozilla doesn’t automatically update the experimental add-ons. Keep this on, I was dying here without it! THANK YOU OMI, VVVVV…MUCH!!!!
Hi. Great to have this extension in its updated form: many thanks. One query: “open pasted URLs and search results in’— I can’t get the option for “new tab in background” to stick. I choose this option but each time Paste and Go re-sets itself to “current tab”. Any ideas as to what’s going on here?
Hi,
I’ve modified the xpi in order to add french translation (and made my own default preferences). I’m not sure of translation concerning engines search because I did not really understood how it worked.
The translation files are in locale/fr-FR directory. The xpi is here:
http://vodkaiste.servhome.org/divers/paste_and_go_3-1.0.2-fx-fr.xpi
I’ve zipped it with “UnZip 5.52 of 28 February 2005, by Ubuntu. Original by Info-ZIP”.
Hope this will be helpful.
Great Plugin but “Replace whole text field” does not work (FF3.0.11/Linux). This makes the selection clipboard pretty useless.
Sub
Very good. As you know extensions are for making people idle and you know that.
Thanks, but I prefer opening the link by keyboard shortcut. Like CTRL+C the link, CTRL+Shift+V to open in in new tab.
Sub,
The extension you are looking for is here:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7163
2 Omi Azad
Forget the language updates, it’s not so important.
The main question was that this extension’s first tab of the presets window seems not to remember any changes.
I don’t want to open the link in current tab, but in the new active tab.