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WebMynd : Backup For Your Online Browsing

kaly — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:19:38 +0000

Want to keep a history of your web browsing activity? WebMynd is a Firefox extension that automatically saves full version of any webpage you visit so that you can access them anytime later. Visually browse your browsing history, search for text through your history (Google Web History can do this as well), access your browing history offline and more.

How does it work?

First download and install the WebMynd plugin.
Continue to browse web as you normally do.
Click on to WebMynd button on your browser to access the archive.

Furthermore, you have an option to turn WebMynd on/off with a single click. Quite handy if you don’t want WebMynd to record certain sites.

Watch WebMynd demo video

Check out Webmynd @ www.webmynd.com

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BuyLater: Get Price or Status Change Alerts for Amazon Items

kaly — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:47:02 +0000

BuyLater is a Firefox extension that can monitor your favorite Amazon listings for price or status changes and alert you by email or Twitter. Say you found something on Amazon but the item is out of stock or just too expensive, using BuyLater you can add it to the “watch list” and get notified when its price/status changes.

How does it work ?

1. Download and install BuyLater extension.
2. Enter the email address where you want to receive the alerts.
3. If you want to be alerted via Twitter then go to twitter.com/buylater and click “Follow”.
4. Next time you come accross an Amazon product you want to watch just click on “Buy this Later” button.

Additional Features:

Unlimited: Watch as many items as you like.
Get alerts on your email or Twitter account (which can be forwarded to your cell phone, email, or IM).
Currently available to Firefox and Flock users only.
Works only on Amazon.com
Manage your “watch-list” online: Add and remove product listings.

Check out BuyLater @ [ buylater.cognition.ca ]

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8aweek : Control your Browsing Habits and Distractions

kaly — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:00:19 +0000

It’s really hard to stay productive these days. Especially when most of your working hours are spent online. It’s really easy to lose track of your time and get carried away with addictive sites like StumbleUpon, Digg or Facebook. So what can you do about it? 8aweek is a Firefox toolbar that helps your control your browsing activity and hopefully improve it.

First you select the websites that you consider as time killers. Next you set a timer that will count the total daily time spent on those selected websites and alert you as soon as it exceeds the max. allowed time. Alternatively, you can also switch to the block mode and completely block those websites once the daily time exceeds the maximum.

8aweek.com : “The average employee wastes over 8 hours per week, mostly on the Internet. 8aweek helps you reclaim those 8 hours.“

Features

Track and manage your browsing habbits.
Read It Later functionality: Say you came across some cool link but don’t want to be distracted by it at the moment, 8aweek lets you easily bookmark it for later.
Different modes: Countdown mode (sends you alerts) and Block mode (blocks websites completely).
Check out 8aweek video demo here.

Visit 8aweek @ [ 8aweek.com ]

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LinkBunch : Combine Multiple Web Links into One

kaly — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:05:29 +0000

LinkBunch is web-based clipboard for storing links. Using LinkBunch you can save dozens of links under one short URL and keep it for your own reference or share it with others.

Features

“Bunch” as many links as you want.
Firefox extension: Instantly create “Bunch” link for all open tabs in your browser.
Quick and easy to use. No registration required.

Check out LinkBunch @ [ www.linkbun.ch ]

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Bcheck : Test your Browser for Security Threats

kaly — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 06:39:27 +0000

Browser Security Test is a no-registration service that checks your browser for security problems. Most of the popular browsers are clean and safe intitially. The problems usually occur when people start adding / removing different 3′rd party extensions, adoons, toolbars, etc. While majority of these addons are fine, some may contain malicious code or cause inconsistencies. Thus, as time goes by, it’s always a good idea to run a browser security check.

Features

Supports Firefox, Internet Explorer and Opera browsers.
Test options: Test only for bugs specific to your type of browser, Run all available tests or Manually select individual tests.
Check out site statistics on ‘browser distribution’ and ‘percentage of vulnerable browsers’.

Check out Browser SecurityTest @ bcheck.scanit.be

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Shareaholic : Share, Bookmark, and eMail Links. Quickly.

Aibek — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:30:46 +0000

Looking for an easy way to bookmark or email articles to friends? Want to quickly see if the page you’re on has been submitted to Digg? Shareholic is a Firefox (and Flock) browser extension that enables users to share (ex: Facebook, Tumblr…), bookmark (ex: Del.icio.us, Digg, …) and email web pages to friends without leaving the current page. Fast, simple and convenient. The only drawback, users must sign-up and create an account before they can start using it.

Feature List

Boomark or email page to friend via right click menu.
Instantly share story on: Del.icio.us, Digg, Facebook, Friendfeed, Google Bookmarks, Magnolia, Mixx, Reddit, Simpy, StumbleUpon, Truemors, Tumblr, and Twitter.
Easily view how many times the web page you’re on has been dugg or saved to del.icio.us.
Automatically keeps a history of everything you recommend in your Shareholic profile.
Supported browsers: Works with Firefox 2.0+, Flock and Songbird, both on Mac and PC.
Extra:Bzzter browser bookmarklet: Highlight webpage text and email it.

Check out Shareaholic @ www.shareaholic.com

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Clipperz: Online Password Manager

Aibek — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:46:05 +0000

Clipperz is web-based password manager that enables you to login to any of your online accounts with a single click. Secure, Anonymous and can be integrated right in to your browser.

Feature Overview

Create ‘direct login’ links for any of your online accounts (Gmail, Amazon, eBay, etc.)
Portable: Keep an offline copy of your Clipperz data. Put it on a USB stick and access it from anywhere.
Anonymous: To open a Clipperz account no personal details or email is requested.
Browser Addon: For even quicker access get Clipperz password manager on Firefox sidebar. Also works with Opera.
Concerned about security? Read more on Clipperz FAQ page.

Video Introduction

Check out Clipperz @ www.clipperz.com

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MrUptime: Free Uptime Monitoring Tool

Aibek — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:45:55 +0000

Mr Uptime is an extension for your Firefox browser that comes in handy when you come across a website that’s experiencing down time. MrUptime allows you to quickly add such websites to the watchlist and will alert you as soon as the website is back online.

MrUptime Features

Monitor down/error pages by: server status code (i.e. when status changes from error to OK) or by keyword/s on the webpage (see demo below).
Watchlist Duration: Specify Set how long you want to keep checking a website. (24 hours, 120 hours, etc)
Alerts: Get notified when a website is working again.
MrUtime Toolbar: Only shown when an error page is encountered or when you choose to open it manually.
More Questions? Check out screencast below OR got to MrUptime – FAQ section.

MrUptime Screencast

Go to MrUptime [http://mruptime.pingdom.com]

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KeyXL: Keyboard Shortcuts for any App

Aibek — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:51:51 +0000

KeyXL is all-in-one place for keyboard shortcuts. It provides a huge database of keyboard shortcuts both for web and desktop applications. Get shortcut lists for: Gmail, Firefox, Word, Windows, Mac, Linux, Excel, etc.

KeyXL Features

Search for shortcuts by program type (Windows, Mac, web-based, etc.) and category (Browser/Internet, Business/Productivity, Communication, Email, Graphics, and more…)
Navigate shortcuts by tags (browser, gmail, firefox, etc).
Add KeyXL search as a search option to Firefox search bar.
Can’t find shortcuts for your program? Request shortcut list.
Submit shortcut list.

Visit KeyXL [www.keyxl.com]

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Cooliris: Preview Links Without Opening Them

kaly — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:17:17 +0000

Cooliris is a handy browser add-on that enables its users to preview webpage links, images or videos without leaving the current webpage. Whether you’re searching through Google results, browsing Youtube videos, going over Flickr photos or shopping on eBay, Cooliris can add some speed and beauty to it. Cooliris offers two different tools: Cooliris Preview and Piclens.

“Cooliris changes the way you interact with the Web, and for the better.”

Cooliris Preview features

Preview links, images or videos without clicking or leaving the page.
Preview search results on major search engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc.) and websites (ex. eBay)
Instantly share or email favorite pages to friends.
Option to Bookmark pages temporally.
Cooliris addon does not contain any adware or spyware.
Supported Browsers: Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari and Flock.

Piclens features

Browse webpage photos in full-screen and slideshow-style.
Browse images search results as a slideshow (Google, Yahoo).
Currently supported websites: Flickr, Facebook, Google Images, Yahoo Images, Friendster, and Picasa Web Albums.
Integrate Piclens functionality to your website.
Supported Browsers: Firefox and Safari (more to come).

Coolris Preview video demo

Piclens video demo

Check out Cooliris @ [http://www.cooliris.com]

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MeeTimer : Better “Web” Time Management

Aibek — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:19:01 +0000

MeeTimer is a simple time management Firefox addon that helps you understand how you spend your time online. How much of it is spent productively and how much went into procrastination. Basically, MeeTimer keeps track of the visited websites in any given day, records total time, and groups them into activity-based categories (e.g. Myspace/Facebook = procrastination; Gmail = communication, etc.). So, at the end of the day you get a clear picture of your daily activity.

MeeTimer Overview

Supported Browsers: Firefox Only
Stats: View stats for today (and accumulated the whole week), directly from bottom tray icon.
Access and Configure MeetTimer Settings from the tray icon.
Get custom “back off” alerts when spending too much time on some websites (like Facebook).
Quick roundup on how to reduce procrastination with Meetimer.
More Questions? Check out some screenshots here, or go to MeeTimer Help page.

Get MeeTimer @ (www.getmeetimer.com)

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Sxipper: Automatic Form Filler

kaly — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:56:10 +0000

Sxipper is a secure password manager and automatic form filler for your browser (Firefox only). It lets you: (1) auto login to any website you have account with, (2) instantly auto-fill online sign-up and registration forms, and (3) create stronger passwords and not bother to remember them.

Sxipper Features:

Automatically pops-up when you need it (for ex; on registration pages, sign-up forms, login pages, etc.)
Once installed, it can automatically gather your personal details (if available) from your browser and address book.
Offers single-click login to most of the websites.
Very accurate and automatic form filling.
Option to keep multiple login IDs for one service (ex. Gmail).
All personal data are encrypted and stored only on your PC (Sxipper.com only stores your Sxipper username and email address)

Sxipper in action (Screencast)

Check out Sxipper @ (www.sxipper.com)

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Snipshot : Edit Pictures Online

kaly — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:21:18 +0000

Snipshot is an excellent and extremely easy-to-use application that lets you easily resize and edit your pictures online. No-login required, just:

1- grab any image (from PC, web or directly from any the website),
2- instantly load and edit it in Snipshot,
3- save it online (ex. Flickr) or download it to your PC.

Snipshot – Feature List:

One-click image import from any webpage (or upload images directly from PC).
Save edited images as GIF, JPG, PDF, PNG, TIF, or PDF.
Maximum image size: up to 10 MB, or 25 megapixels (5000×5000 pixels).
Basic resize functions: crop, rotate, resize, etc.
Basic editing functions: contrast, brightness, saturation, sharpness and hue.
Save processed images directly to Webshots, Flickr, etc.
One-click image auto-enhance feature for superfast quality boost.
Apply unlimited number of undo/redo functions (Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y, or ⌘Z and ⌘Y on Mac).
Browser extensions (Firefox, Internet Explorer): Add “Edit in Snipshot” option to your right click menu. See video below.
Browser bookmarklet: Grabs all images from the webpage and imports them to Snipshot (works with all browsers).
Webdevelopers: use Snipshot API to integrate it into your website.

[Video] Snipshot plugin for Firefox

Check out Snipshot @ (www.snipshot.com)

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Gspace

kaly — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:42:18 +0000

Gspace is a cross-platform (Win, Mac, Linux) Firefox addon that turns your Gmail account into feature-rich online storage service. Once installed, open your firefox browser and go to: ‘Tools > Gspace’ to start it. Gspace interface has 4 main areas; My Computer (files on your PC), My Gspace (files stored on gmail), Transfers (pending, completed, canceled, …) and Status.

Gspace can be used in four different modes:

File Transfer Mode: download and upload files to/from Gmail account
Player Mode: play music files stored on Gmail using in-built media player
Photo Mode: browse through pictures and albums stored on Gmail
Gmail Drive: manage and organize files
More Questions? Check out FAQ or How it works sections

Visit Gspace (http://www.getgspace.com/)

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AllPeers: Share Files right from Firefox Sidebar

kaly — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:51:26 +0000

AllPeers is cross-platform (Win, Mac, Linux) Firefox extension that lets you easily share files and webpages with friends right from the browser sidebar. Once you download and install the application you should see a small Allpeers icon on your browser toolbar. Clicking on it will open Allpeers sidebar menu along with the list of your contacts. To send a file simply drag’ n drop it over the contact’s name.

PC World: “Need to share files? Forget e-mail, BitTorrent, and instant messaging apps–you won’t find a better program than this.”

Additional Features:

Share local files, webpages, images and text from the web with a simple drag-n-share operation.
Integrated into your browser sidebar (see above image).
Share different files / folders with different contacts or groups.
Auto Download feature: Allows you to auto-accept the file sharing notifications that originate from your friends.
Inbuit torrent client: Download and share torrents with friends.
No restrictions on the individual file type or size.
All communications and transfers are encrypted using industry standard SSL.
Populate your Allpeers sidebar by importing contacts from Gmail, Outlook, Thunderbird, Yahoo! Mail and Hotmail.
Chat with contacts directly from Allpeers.
Multi-lingual (available in 15 languages).
More questions? Go to Allpeers FAQ section OR see demo video below.

AllPeers Demo Video

Check out AllPeers @ [ www.allpeers.com ]

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Google SendToPhone : Text from any Webpage to Your Phone

Aibek — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:25:27 +0000

SendToPhone is a simple firefox extension that allows you to send short text messages of web page content to any mobile phone for free (US only). For example, you might text message yourself a phone number, an address, or directions that you find on the Web.

Once it is installed you should see a tiny cell phone icon in the upper right hand corner of the browser. Whenever you want to forward something to a cellphone just highlight relevant text and press ‘SendToPhone’ icon. Next enter recipient’s phone number and select the appropriate carrier.

How It Works ?

Highligh some text and click the Google SMS icon on the upper-right corner of your browser toolbar
Fill-in the the destination number, select the appropriate carrier and click the ‘Send Message’ button.

Note: Sending text messages via Google SendToPhone is 100% free. However, depending on the receipeint’s mobile plan, s/he may be charged for receiving text messages.

Go to Google SendToPhone @ [ google.com/tools/firefox/sendtophone/ ]

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Aibek — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 18:19:29 +0000

“…All for Gmail: handy Firefox extensions, best Greasemonkey scripts, some desktop tools and lots of useful tips. Take this Gmail thingie to another level.”

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Aibek — Wed, 09 May 2007 21:04:45 +0000

“Couple of months back I had covered Greasemonkey, a powerful and all-favorite firefox extension. Now I am taking it further and want to present some of the coolest greasemonkey addons(aka scripts) out there letting you do crazy things such as: downloading apple trailers and clips from popular video sites(Youtube, GoogleVideo….etc), integrating google reader into gmail, adding mirror links to digg listings and etc… No-technical knowledge required, guaranteed.”

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Aibek — Tue, 08 May 2007 22:20:22 +0000

“…4 firefox addons that offer free and equally good alternatives to some of the costly programs and web services. These addons offer solution to 6 popular problems; 1) sending big files, 2) remote file sharing, 3) remote PC access, 4) FTP client, 5) download accelerator and 6)online storage. Get them and you’ll have it all at no cost.”

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Aibek — Tue, 08 May 2007 22:14:46 +0000

“extensions is my favorite part about firefox. Unfortunately there is no good guide for firefox addons, whatever is listed on mozilla’s recommended page is not bad, but definitely not all-favorite. So, where do you look? Here, I’ve listed some of the firefox extensions articles that made hype in 2006(and 2007), check them out.”

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