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Firefox Add-Ons
Firefox 3.0 has
been out for a few weeks and it is proving to be a wonderful browser.
Many new surfers are discovering the versatility of this browser. One of
the nice features is that there are small programs that can enhance your
browsing. We thought it might be appropriate to cover a number of these
add-ons.
Those of you who
have been using Firefox may be already using several of these add-ons.
There may be some you are not familiar with so you can check them out
and perhaps add them to your Firefox.
To those of you who may be newer
to Firefox there are probably many you should check out.
So here we go with our list:
StumbleUpon allows you to discover and share great Web content
matched to your personal preferences. Whether it's a website, video, picture,
game, blog, or wiki, StumbleUpon helps you find interesting pages recommended by
like-minded people with a single click of the Stumble button. After installing
the plug-in, which adds a toolbar to your browser, you choose one or more topics
of interest: astronomy, politics, television, and so on. Click the Stumble
button and you're instantly delivered to a related site that others have given
the thumbs-up. Likewise, when you "stumble upon" a site you like (*cough*
Unlimited*cough), click the "I like it" button to share the page with others.
The more sites you rate, the better your Stumbles will match your tastes. If you
rate a site that isn't in the StumbleUpon database yet, you can enter some basic
information about it so others can stumble onto it.
GreaseMonkey-
is other great add-on designed for making Firefox better, unlike many
other add-ons that let you do one particular thing, possibilities with
this one are incredible. Greasemonkey extension lets you add so
called user scripts which can add more functionality or change the
behavior of a web page. These scripts let you control any aspect of a
web pages design or interaction. For instance, you can add video
download functionality to video sharing site like YouTube, OR disable
all ads on MySpace OR change the appearance of Gmail and lots lots more?
Copy Plain Text -
Copies text without formatting.
GMail Manager - allows you to manage multiple
Gmail accounts and receive new mail notifications. Displays your
account details including unread messages, saved drafts, spam
messages, labels with new mail, space used, and new mail
snippets.
Yahoo Mail Notifier
- This
extension notifies you when new messages arrive
in your Yahoo mail account. It'll display a
little pop-up to catch your attention if you
want it to. Clicking the icon takes you to Yahoo
mail. Notification options include: customizable
sound, notification alert, status bar and
toolbar icon. Also allows the user to map
different mouse buttons to open Yahoo Mail in
different tabs, windows, etc.
Adblock Plus
- is an enhanced version of Adblock. Block ads, applets, flash,
embedded-media etc.
CustomizeGoogle - is a Firefox extension that enhance Google
search results by adding extra information (like links to Yahoo, Ask.com, MSN
etc) and removing unwanted information (like ads and spam). All features are
optional and easily configured. intro movie
Cooliris Previews
gives you the power to browse and share Web links and
rich media instantly. Just mouse over any link, and the
Cooliris preview window immediately appears to show you
the content. No more clicking back and forth or losing
your search context. To send a link, just click.
Answers
- Ever run across a word or
acronym that you weren't familiar with? Instead of
rushing to a new tab to look it up in an online
dictionary, Answers gives you the definition right on
the page in a pop-up. It uses Answers.com, Wikipedia,
Dictionary.com, and many others. Very handy for
following an article or discussion that bandies about
terms you've never heard of.
eBay Buddy
- ebay Buddy is a small extension for quick navigation
of eBay and other related tools through the right-click
context menu or toolbar button....
Print Preview
- Creates a Print Preview toolbar button and context
menu item.
Image Zoom
- Right click on an image and select a zoom option from
the popup menu, or, hold down the right mouse button in
combination with the mouse wheel to zoom in or out on an
image.
Clipmarks
- lets you save and share Web page content without
having to bookmark the entire page.
Stealther
- surf the
web without leaving a trace in your
local computer by *temporarily disabling
history (and address bar), cookies,
formFill, disk cache and sending of
ReferrerHeader. Verify details of what
exactly it can work for you.
SnapLinks
- allows users to easily
open multiple links in
new tabs by drawing a
box around them. Links
can also be opened in
new windows, new tabs on
a new window, copied to
clipboard, bookmarked or
downloaded.
Firefox companion for
Kodak EasyShare Gallery
- Upload photos directly
to your Kodak EasyShare
Gallery, all within your
browser.
Yoono
- While you are surfing, Yoono instantly
suggests what others have discovered:
websites, people and articles.
Screengrab
- Screengrab saves
entire webpages as
images.
SessionSaver
- SessionSaver restores
your browser -exactly-
as you left it, every
startup, every time. Not
even a crash will phase
it. Windows, tabs, even
things you were typing
-- they're all saved.
This, of course, is but
a sample of the
extensions you can get.
Would you believe that
there are over 1000
extensions you can add
to the popular browser.
Here is one you
definitely will not need
unless you are a cricket
sports fan. Click
here
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