Firefox extension Try Again attempts to connect repeatedly with the server when a website is down.
Posts Tagged ‘extensions’
Easily Add Fun Animations for Icons in Firefox
Once enabled, Cute Buttons for Firefox adds animations when you hover or click. Rotate your Reload (or any) button, blur out unavailable options in menus or simply add ‘cute’ buttons where Firefox icons didn’t exist before. We’ve used this for a couple of months and truly enjoy the results.
Extend Safari with Extensions
We all love Firefox because it can so easily be modified and molded by using extensions. Safari 5 supports extensions now and already has nice collections of useful add-ons. Check out the gallery below.
Spell check whole pages (Firefox)
Spell Checker highlights spelling errors on whole pages, not just text boxes. A simple click on a the Spell Check icon will reveal any mistakes found on a page. Dozens of downloadable dictionary languages available here.
Text to Voice Adds Speech to Highlighted Text (Firefox)
Highlight some text and choose your spoken language, Text to Voice will speak the copied words in either a female or male voice. You can even download the dialog in .MP3, pretty cool indeed.
TinEye Reverse Image Search browser extension (Firefox/Chrome)
Ah, one we’ve been waiting for. Right click on any picture on the web and TinEye will scan over one billion images for a match. The results will even include a URL good for 24 hours so you can share. Brilliant idea !
Capture Entire Webpages With This Chrome Extension
A cool extension for chrome that can help you capture the screenshot of an entire webpage in one click.
Hyperwords addon (Firefox)
Choose any word in a text and add powerful features like search, translate, research, copy and shop.
We love this extension !
FoxClocks adds World Times in your Statusbar (Firefox)
Firefox extension FoxClocks adds country or city times directly in your statusbar or by hovering over an icon. Quite handy if you have contacts from around the world or simply need to know where Happy Hour is occurring.
Use Quick Translator to Translate Text in 50 Languages (Firefox)
Just highlight some text, right click and choose your language. Quick Translator will translate over 50 languages and quickly and accurately. Weighing in at a tiny 55kb, we have and use this add-on regularly.
Quick Translator v.0.3.1 from Firefox Add-ons
