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Converter: Browser Based Measurements & Currency Converter (Firefox)

Umar — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:01:59 +0000

Units of measurement vary from one part of the globe to another. Similarly representations of numbers also differs ““ while the dot is usually used to represent a decimal point, Greece and many other countries use a comma to represent the decimal. To help convert a site’s units and number representations into your preferred choices, check out a handy browser based Measurments and currency Converter for Firefox .

Converter is a Firefox add-on. Its options are displayed in the image above; it lets you convert length, time, speed, temperature, and currency units. All of these are extremely helpful on any site that involves units other than your preferred ones. All you have to do is highlight the measurement along with its units and right-click; the converted figure will be displayed in the resulting menu as in the image below.

The options also let you select the default decimal indicator: dot or comma.

With your defaults set, you can right click on any webpage and use the add-on’s feature to convert all units and figures displayed into your preferred choices.

A simple add-on with great utility, Converter will be appreciated by all Firefox users particularly the ones who shop from international online retailers and require quick currency conversions.

Features:

A user friendly converter in firefox.
Lets you convert units quickly.
Lets you convert representation of numbers.
You can individually convert figures or convert the entire webpage.

Check out Converter @ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2286 (By Umar from TechCityInc)

ZeroCurrency: Print fake bills to send a message about corruption

jpot — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:01:49 +0000

Perhaps the largest barrier to a stable, long-lasting democracy around the world is corruption. Be it politicians willing to take bribes at the expense of the people or cops who work harder to collect cash for themselves than they do to enforce the rule of law, corruption costs governments billions of dollars everywhere and slows progress to a crawl.

If you live in a part of the world where corruption is rampant, ZeroCurrency offers an interesting tool for activists. Simply select the country you live in and you’ll be given a high-resolution picture of a fake bill, inscribed with a value of zero. Print this out, and hand it to the next person who asks you for a bribe.

As you can see, the bills look quite realistic at first glance (even though in the case of the Canadian bill it’s a bit outdated.) There’s zero value currency here from almost every nation on earth, so if you’re a would-be activist who thinks this is an idea worth trying it doesn’t hurt to give it a shot.

Features

Print worthless currency to give to officials requesting bribes.
Fake bills from hundreds of countries.
Provides information about every country, including its corruption perception index rating.

Check out Zero Currency @ www.zerocurrency.org

Curculator: Currency Converter And Calculator

abhijeet — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:15:02 +0000

Curculator is an easy to use currency converter and calculator. Select the input and the output currency, and enter the amount and it will give you the result in no time. It cuts down the lengthy process of getting rates from the bank and then calculating the amounts. The rates of Curculator are mid-market, i.e. average of the buy and sell rates and are extracted from various trusted sources.

Features :

Simple and easy to use currency converter & calculator.
No registration required.
Mid-market rates applicable for more accuracy.
Premium(paid) service lets you choose any bank (or other financial institution) in the world as the source of rates.
Use the numeric keyboard to enter the amount.
Similar sites: Crrncy, ForexFlower, Xurrency and XE.

Check out Curculator @ www.curculator.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

SaneBull: Add Financial Market Tracking Widget to your Site or Desktop

TehseenBaweja — Wed, 13 May 2009 01:26:43 +0000

People who follow financial markets want to monitor the information in real-time from everywhere in the world. Not everybody likes to go to Google Finance or MSN Money multiple times a day. Just for that reason, we now see the financial data integrated all sorts of websites, blogs and social media portals. There are many websites that provide financial market tracking tools, but very few provide as many widgets and plugins for third party platforms as SaneBull does.

In addition to having a live stock market monitor that provides live quotes, real-time news and investment tools, SaneBull has ready-to-integrate widgets for everything from US market indexes to foreign exchange rates to gold futures. Just copy the html code and paste it into your website or blog. If you think that’s too much work, SaneBull has plugins for iPhone, Facebook, WordPress and Mac.

Main features:

Provides widgets and plugins for real-time monitoring of financial markets.
Easy to use interface with latest news and investment tools.
Integrate widgets into your website with a few steps.
Widgets for US and international financial markets.
Plugins for WordPress, iPhone, Mac OS X, Vista and Facebook.
Live news updates from all over the world.

Check out SaneBull @ www.sanebull.com (by Tehseen Baweja from RechargeYourMind.com)

Crrncy: Quick & Simple Currency Converter

azim — Tue, 05 May 2009 11:30:56 +0000

Crrncy is an elegant and simple currency converter. It lets you quickly convert between Dollars, Euros, British pounds (GBP) and Swedish kronas (SEK). For instance, convert usd to sek, gbp to euro, gbp to sek, euro to usd etc.

Click on a flag to make it a default currency, enter the amount and click Enter to convert.

Instead of entering the amount into the field, you can also access it at http://crrncy.com/amount (ex: http://crrncy.com/239)

Currency rates are taken from the European Central Bank (ECB).

Features:

Convert currency between US Dollars (USD), Euros (EUR), British pounds (GBP) and Swedish kronas (SEK)
Click on a country flag to make it a default currency
Currency rates are taken from the European Central Bank (ECB).
Similar sites: ForexFlower, Xurrency and XE.

Check out Crrncy @ www.crrncy.com

ForexFlower : Lookup Currency Exchange Rates

Kaly — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:35:34 +0000

Quick and simple online currency conversion tool where you can check daily currency exchange rates for over 20 major currency units including USD, EUR, CAD, GBP and so on. To check exchange rates, simply select the currency you need, enter the amount you want to convert, and press convert. By default ForexFlower shows the rates up to 3 decimal points but if necessary you can move it to 5 decimal points.

Features:

Supports about 25 major currency units. If you currency isn’t listed then check Xurrency or XE.
Exchange rates are updated every weekday.
Exchange rates are pulled from Federal Reserve Economic Data database.
Coming soon: Access and convert currency from mobile phone.

Check out ForexFlower @ www.forexflower.com

Xurrency : Instant Money Converter

Aibek Esengulov — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:43:46 +0000

Xurrency is a great money converter that can quickly convert between pretty much any currency units. Xurrency uses Ajax so when the convert button is pressed the rates between the two selected currencies are quickly shown without the page having to reload. Additionally, Xurrency offers developers a free API access which allows them to access currency exchange rates information from within their websites.

The currencies that you can get the exchange rates from/to are Euro, US Dollars, UK Pound, Argentine Peso, Australian Dollar, Brazillian Real, Bulgarian Lev, Canadian Dollar, Chinese Yuan, Colombian Peso, Croatian Kuna, Czech Koruna, Danish Krone, Estonian Kroon, Hong Kong Dollar, Hungarian Forint, Icelandic Krona, Indian Rupee, Japanese Yen, Korean Won, Latvia Lats, Lithuanian Litas, Malasian Ringgit, Mexican Peso, New Romanian Leu, New Turkish Lira, New Zealand Dollar, Norwegian Krone, Philippine Peso, Polish Zloty, Russian Rouble, Singapore Dollar, Slovak Koruna, South African Rand, Sri Lanka Rupee, Swedish Krona, Swiss Franc, Taiwan Dollar, Thai Baht and Venezuelan Bolivar.

I think thats covers pretty much every popular currency in the world.

Additional Features :

Exchange rate RSS Feeds: Follow-up on currency exchange rates from within your feedreader.
Conversion chart : Instantly view current exchange rates for USD, EUR, GBP, JPY and some more.
API: Access and exchange information with Xurrency from your own website.

Check out Xurrency @ www.xurrency.com

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XE – Converter: Universal Currency Converter Online

Kaly — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:33:26 +0000

To convert amount in one currency to another, you first have to find out the exchange rate between the two currencies and then compute the calculations. Here to merge these two steps into one is a useful web service called “XE Universal Currency Converter.”

XE Universal Currency Converter is a free to use web tool that helps converts amounts from one currency to another. The site gathers its exchange rates from a variety of sources and automatically eliminates any errors thereby making its conversion rates very reasonable ones. You can view the rates of the currencies directly or simply skip forward to the calculation; the latter step can be done by entering the amount, selecting the original currency, and then selecting the final currency. With the options selected, you can click on the Convert button and your resultant answer is displayed.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Provides currency exchange rates.
Helps currency amount conversions.
Does not require any registration.
Similar tools: Crrncy, ForexFlower, Xurrency and Converter.
Also read related article: 7 Useful Firefox Addons For Online Shoppers.

Check out XE Universal Currency Converter @ www.xe.com/ucc (by MOin from Urban Savior)