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Started by Kalyan, Jan 16, 2010, 08:10 PM

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Kalyan

Browser extensions make life easy

Browser extensions also save time because you can email or blog through a single page.

Use browser add-ons to save time

There's nothing wrong in using a web browser without extensions or add-ons, but it will make surfing less fun. Browser extensions also save time because you can email, blog, chat or simply read through a single page.

"You feel like God, controlling the Internet with a mere browser," says Vinayak Shah, a freelance developer who makes open source add-ons for Mozilla Firefox.

We tested some add-ons for Windows Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.

courtesy: economic times

Kalyan

Internet Explorer has all features you can ask for

Google Chrome is light and fast but is not officially supported by Sun for Java 6, which means you may get headaches if your browser crashes while opening a Java application.

Mozilla, too, is fast but not necessarily light. A downside is you have to close all your open pages and restart the browser to install add-ons, which tests your patience sometimes.

Finally, Windows Internet Explorer has all the features you can ask from open source browsers, and developers say it is most secure because "It is not a public property that anybody can tear apart and build on it". But it is quite heav

Kalyan

Try RoboForm to remember your passwords

Mozilla Firefox URL: www.addons.mozilla.org

Pluses: Free and open source; zillions of add-ons; light and fast to install

Minuses: Restart necessary for the browser to install add-ons successfully

Nobody likes to type in personal details again and again while shopping online or reading content that needs a login ID. Try RoboForm. It will remember your passwords too. Enter your particulars once and you are done.

If your fingers are numb because you cannot stop using 'Ctrl+C' and 'Ctrl+V', you will love FireShot. It takes screenshots of the areas you want on a page. Easy to use. Peace of mind

Instead of opening Twitter, Facebook, Blogger and other networking websites, use add-ons for the corresponding sites. To name a few, there are Shareaholic, Better Greader (for Google Reader) and Facebook toolbar. The add-ons pop up in a single window. So why waste time in waiting for multiple pages to load?

Kalyan

Torrent Toolbar for IE 8 is a fast-performance add-on


Windows Internet Explorer

URL: www.ieaddons.com

Pluses: Dependability and good reputation; everybody started out with the older Microsoft Internet Explorer

Minuses: Heavy; slows down occasionally

For those who like downloading everything under the sun, Torrent Toolbar for Windows Internet Explorer 8 is a fast-performance add-on.

Despite some shortcomings, Wikipedia is used widely. And, instead of just reading text, you can use the Wikipedia Visual Search add-on to 'see' search results.

Ever heard of a thing called 'personal browsing history search engine'? The Infoaxe add-on records pages you visit. Later, you can search your browsing history from any computer, anywhere. You do not need to bookmark pages too. Sharing pages with friends is supported.

Kalyan

Use Blog This! extension with Chrome for fast browsing

Google Chrome

URL: chrome.google.com/extensions

Pluses: Fast access to all Google products; unlike its contemporaries, no need to restart browser while installing add-ons

Minuses: Relatively new; bugs have to be removed; fixes done

Quite often it is a pain to make new drafts frequently on Blogger because page-loads take time. But with the BlogThis! extension, you can post any content directly to your blog without going through the lengthy process - login, new post, preview and publish.

Cannot load content in Google Reader due to slow connection? Try Feedly. It will show a preview of your feeds in a website magazine format.

Like with the Torrent Toolbar for Firefox, you can use RapidShare Download Helper for Chrome and download anything until kingdom come with just a click of the mouse.

Kalyan

Zi8 can take photos and videos in a high-definition format

Video power in your pocket

Kodak's new Zi8, a pocket video camera, can take 5 megapixel widescreen photos and videos in a high-definition format. Kodak has also launched a solar charger for both AA NiMH batteries and USB devices.

Zi8 comes with 4x zoom, 5 megapixels, full HD 1080p video with image stabilisation and 2.5-inch LCD display, among others.

Sudhakar

Good Share kalyan.

Kindly update the post in regular intervals.

Thank you and i found it to be very useful.
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vancuper

Google Chrome is a very good Web browser for Computer and Laptop. Google Chrome Provided many Features and Facility. Google Chrome 's browsing speed is much better than another web browser.

Theodore

I think Google chrome is the best internet browser...I am using it since last one year and i have no problem in it still...Its really fast and user friendly then other internet browsers....!

javalitaliano

My favorite web browser is mozilla becausee they give add on and many other reliable features.