Aug 1, 2008

Best Firefox Extensions

Website Integration:

* VideoDownloader - Download videos from Youtube, Google, Metacafe, iFilm, Dailymotion, Pornotube... and other 60+ video sites! And all embedded objects on a webpage (movies, mp3s, flash, quicktime, etc).
* StumbleUpon - StumbleUpon lets you "channelsurf" the best-reviewed sites on the web. It is a collaborative surfing tool for browsing, reviewing and sharing great sites with like-minded people. This helps you find interesting webpages you wouldn't think to search for.
* del.icio.us Bookmarks - This extension integrates your browser with del.icio.us (http://del.icio.us/), the leading social bookmarking service on the Web. It does this by augmenting the bookmarking functionality in Firefox with an enhanced experience.
* Greasemonkey - Allows you to customize the way a webpage displays using small bits of JavaScript.
* Yoono - Yoono instantly suggests similar sites, blog notes and people sharing the same interests while you are surfing, for each page you open. Zero effort required - no more tagging, typing keywords or changing interface.
* Firefox Companion for Kodak EasyShare Gallery - Organizing and sharing your pictures is easier than ever with Firefox Companion for Kodak EasyShare Gallery. Upload photos directly to your Kodak EasyShare Gallery, all within your browser. Drag, drop and arrange pictures adding photo titles, and create albums by multi-selecting photos - all of this without interrupting your Internet browsing.
* DownloadHelper - DownloadHelper is a tool for web content extraction. Its purpose is to capture video and image files from many sites.
* Performancing - Performancing for Firefox is a full featured blog editor that sits right in your Firefox browser and lets you post to your blog easily. You can drag and drop formatted text from the page you happen to be browsing, and take notes as well as post to your blog.
* LinkedIn Companion - LinkedIn is an online network of more than 7.5 million experienced professionals. LinkedIn helps you be more effective in your daily work and opens doors to opportunities by helping you develop and manage your network of business contacts.
* Fast Video Download - Fast Video Download can save embedded video files from video-hosting servers.

Navigation:

* IE Tab - Embedding Internet Explorer in tabs of Mozilla/Firefox. This is a great tool for web developers, since you can easily see how your webpage displayed in IE with just one click and then switch back to Firefox.
* Fasterfox - Fasterfox allows you to tweak many network and rendering settings such as simultaneous connections, pipelining, cache, DNS cache, and initial paint delay.
* StumbleUpon - StumbleUpon lets you "channelsurf" the best-reviewed sites on the web. It is a collaborative surfing tool for browsing, reviewing and sharing great sites with like-minded people. This helps you find interesting webpages you wouldn't think to search for.
* Map+ - View a map of a selected address in Firefox without changing windows or tabs using the right click command.
* Tab Mix Plus - Tab Mix Plus enhances Firefox's tab browsing capabilities. It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus much more. It also includes a full-featured session manager with crash recovery that can save and restore combinations of opened tabs and windows.
* Yoono - Yoono instantly suggests similar sites, blog notes and people sharing the same interests while you are surfing, for each page you open. Zero effort required - no more tagging, typing keywords or changing interface. Let Yoono bring you the best that others have discovered.
* PDF Download - Allows to choose if you want to view a PDF file inside the browser (as PDF or HTML), if you want to view it outside Firefox with your default or custom PDF reader, or if you want to download it!
* BlueOrganizer - The blueorganizer is smart browsing and personalization technology for Firefox. It makes the browser aware of everyday objects like books, movies, wines, restaurants and much more. The blueorganizer helps you automatically collect these object from many popular sites, manage them and instantly find related information.
* Firefox Showcase - Showcase provides a new way to manage your Firefox tabs and windows by showing them as thumbnails in a single window, tab or sidebar. Includes a find bar that will filter the thumbnails, and the capability to select the thumbnails in the same way you would select files in your system.
* Mouse Gestures - Allows you to execute common commands (like page forward/backward, close tab, new tab) by mouse gestures drawn over the current webpage, without reaching for the toolbar or the keyboard.

Humor:

* Tab Effect - Add effects when current tab is changed.
* Splash - Adds a splash screen to most Mozilla and Mozilla Based products.
* Firefox Google Bookmarks - Creates a menu to access google bookmarks from any computer. Needs Google Account to use this extension.
* President Bush Countdown - A timer that counts down the number of days remaining in George W. Bush's term as President of the United States. Clicking on the countdown shows a more detailed timer and enables people to air their grievances on newprez.com. An icon shows when there is a new topic for discussion or a vote.
* Usage Counter - Tells you how much time you have spent using Firefox and browsing sites. (Previously known as Wasted Time Counter).
* Bork Bork Bork - View web pages or mail as spoken by the Swedish Chef like this: "Feeoo veb peges oor meeel es spukee by zee Svedeesh Cheff."
* Anglais - This extension provides proverbs and jokes to better learn English.
* STOP! Hammer Time - Adds 'STOP! Hammer Time!' functionality to Firefox - Simply go to "view -> toolbars -> customize" and swap your stop button for the 'STOP! Hammer Time!' button. Now you can hear MC Hammer whenever a page needs stopping!
* Sun Cult - Worldwide Sunrise, Sunset, Twilight, Moonrise and Moonset Times.
* ghostfox - Stylises Firefox into Ghostzilla (The Invisible Browser) style. Move your mouse away and firefox disappears. Then move it towards the left edge of the screen, back to the right and again to the left and voila - firefox is back again, discretely blended with ur original application to appear like a part of it.


Contacts:

* JAJAH - Web-Activated Telephony - The JAJAH extension for Firefox integrates call functionality into your browser. Phone numbers on web pages are automatically detected and highlighted. When clicked, JAJAH initiates a phone call from your phone - landline or mobile - to the desired destination.
* LinkedIn Companion - LinkedIn is an online network of more than 7.5 million experienced professionals. LinkedIn helps you be more effective in your daily work and opens doors to opportunities by helping you develop and manage your network of business contacts.
* ReminderFox - ReminderFox is an extension that displays and manages lists of date-based reminders and ToDo's. ReminderFox does not seek to be a full-fledged calendar system. In fact, the target audience is anybody that simply wants to remember important dates (birthdays, anniversaries, etc) without having to run a fat calendar application.
* Email This - Email This! (formerly known as GMail This!) will send your recipient the link, title, & highlighted text of the page you are viewing using GMail, Yahoo, and Stand-Alone Mail Clients like Outlook Express, Thunderbird, & More!
* FireFoxMenuButtons - Adds 41 new Buttons (duplicating of menu strings) from Firefox Menu on the Toolbar! Look for this buttons (after installing) on the "Customize toolbar" (Menu/View/Toolbars/Customize...).
* GTDGmail - GTDGmail discreetly integrates into Gmail making it even more suitable as a GTD tool.
* Facebook Toolbar - Integrate your Facebook life into your browser.
* WataCrackaz AutoSMS - Watacrackaz AutoSMS toolbar. Send and receive SMS text messages to and from cellphones around the world.
* Skype Sidebar - Skype Sidebar allows you to call, add, find, chat, and voice mail other contacts without even leaving your browser. Skype Sidebar lets you see the status of your contacts and quickly chat with them. It saves you time, allows you to quickly send files, and also view contacts information. You can even start conference calls. You can customize the width of the Skype object.
* SMS Send - ABC SMS Send is a toolbar that allows you to send SMS text messages to over 170 countries.

Download Tools:

* Download Statusbar - View and manage downloads from a tidy statusbar - without the download window getting in the way of your web browsing.
* FlashGot - Download one link, selected links or all the links of a page together at the maximum speed with a single click, using the most popular, lightweight and reliable external download managers.
* VideoDownloader - Download videos from Youtube, Google, Metacafe, iFilm, Dailymotion, Pornotube... and other 60+ video sites! And all embedded objects on a webpage (movies, mp3s, flash, quicktime, etc).
* FireFTP - FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers.
* DownThemAll - The first and only download manager/accelerator built inside Firefox!
* PDF Download - Allows to choose if you want to view a PDF file inside the browser (as PDF or HTML), if you want to view it outside Firefox with your default or custom PDF reader, or if you want to download it!
* Media Pirate - The video downloader - More and more websites publish their videos in those neat flash players. But if you want to download a video there is no download link. This doesn't mean that you can't download it. Media Pirate creates a download link for you!
* Gspace - This extension allows you to use your Gmail Space (2.8 GB and growing) for file storage. It acts as an online drive, so you can upload files from your hard drive and access them from every Internet capable system.
* Firefox Companion for Kodak EasyShare Gallery - Organizing and sharing your pictures is easier than ever with Firefox Companion for Kodak EasyShare Gallery. Upload photos directly to your Kodak EasyShare Gallery, all within your browser. Drag, drop and arrange pictures adding photo titles, and create albums by multi-selecting photos - all of this without interrupting your Internet browsing

Web Annoyances:

* Adblock Plus - Ever been annoyed by all those ads and banners on the internet that often take longer to download than everything else on the page? Install Adblock Plus now and get rid of them.
* NoScript - Winner of the "2006 PC World World Class Award", this tool provides extra protection to your Firefox. It allows JavaScript, Java and other executable content to run only from trusted domains of your choice, e.g. your home-banking web site.
* IE Tab - Embedding Internet Explorer in tabs of Mozilla/Firefox. This is a great tool for web developers, since you can easily see how your webpage displayed in IE with just one click and then switch back to Firefox.
* Fasterfox - Fasterfox allows you to tweak many network and rendering settings such as simultaneous connections, pipelining, cache, DNS cache, and initial paint delay.
* Greasemonkey - Allows you to customize the way a webpage displays using small bits of JavaScript.
* Cooliris Previews - Cooliris Previews for Firefox gives you the power to browse faster and send links instantly.
* Tab Mix Plus - Tab Mix Plus enhances Firefox's tab browsing capabilities. It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus much more. It also includes a full-featured session manager with crash recovery that can save and restore combinations of opened tabs and windows.
* PDF Download - Allows to choose if you want to view a PDF file inside the browser (as PDF or HTML), if you want to view it outside Firefox with your default or custom PDF reader, or if you want to download it!
* Gspace - This extension allows you to use your Gmail Space (2.8 GB and growing) for file storage. It acts as an online drive, so you can upload files from your hard drive and access them from every Internet capable system.
* BlueOrganizer - The blueorganizer is smart browsing and personalization technology for Firefox. It makes the browser aware of everyday objects like books, movies, wines, restaurants and much more. The blueorganizer helps you automatically collect these object from many popular sites, manage them and instantly find related information

Tabbed Browsing:

* IE Tab - IE Tab - an extension from Taiwan, features: Embedding Internet Explorer in tabs of Mozilla/Firefox. This is a great tool for web developers, since you can easily see how your webpage displayed in IE with just one click and then switch back to Firefox.
* Tab Mix Plus - Tab Mix Plus enhances Firefox's tab browsing capabilities. It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus much more. It also includes a full-featured session manager with crash recovery that can save and restore combinations of opened tabs and windows.
* Firefox Showcase - Showcase provides a new way to manage your Firefox tabs and windows by showing them as thumbnails in a single window, tab or sidebar. Includes a find bar that will filter the thumbnails, and the capability to select the thumbnails in the same way you would select files in your system.
* Colorful Tabs - The most beautiful yet the simplest add-on that makes a strong colorful appeal. Colors every tab in a different color and makes them easy to distinguish while beautifying the overall appearance of the interface.
* Session Manager - Session Manager saves and restores the state of all windows - either when you want it or automatically at startup and after crashes. Additionally it offers you to reopen (accidentally) closed windows and tabs. If you're afraid of losing data while browsing - this extension allows you to relax.
* Tabbrowser Preferences - Enables enhanced control for some aspects of tabbed browsing.
* Advanced Dork - Advanced Dork: gives quick access to Google's Advanced Operators directly from the context menu.
* ChromaTabs - Colors browser tabs based on the site loaded. For example, visiting mozilla.org will make the tab blue, and cnn.com will make the tab green.
* Tab Catalog - Shows thumbnail-style catalog of tabs.
* Tab Control - Take control of your tabs!

XUL Applications:

* FireFTP - FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers.
* FoxyTunes - Do you listen to Music while surfing the Web? Now you can control your favorite media player without ever leaving the browser and more.
* DownThemAll - DownThemAll is all you can desire from a download manager: it features an advanced accelerator that increases speed up to 400% and it allows you to pause and resume downloads at any time!
* Gspace - This extension allows you to use your Gmail Space (2.8 GB and growing) for file storage. It acts as an online drive, so you can upload files from your hard drive and access them from every Internet capable system. The interface will make your Gmail account look like a FTP host.
* ChatZilla - A clean, easy to use and highly extensible Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client.
* Jeteye - Jeteye is a unique Web-based application and service that is designed for the next generation of enterprise and consumer use of the Web. Jeteye changes how we interact with the web, in an era where communication and social computing are more powerful than ever.
* Performancing - Performancing for Firefox is a full featured blog editor that sits right in your Firefox browser and lets you post to your blog easily. You can drag and drop formatted text from the page you happen to be browsing, and take notes as well as post to your blog.
* AllPeers - Share your files privately and securely. Chat with your friends.
* Wizz RSS News Reader - A fairly good RSS and Atom news reader.
* ReminderFox - ReminderFox is an extension that displays and manages lists of date-based reminders and ToDo's. ReminderFox does not seek to be a full-fledged calendar system. In fact, the target audience is anybody that simply wants to remember important dates (birthdays, anniversaries, etc) without having to run a fat calendar application

Blogging:

* StumbleUpon - StumbleUpon lets you "channelsurf" the best-reviewed sites on the web. It is a collaborative surfing tool for browsing, reviewing and sharing great sites with like-minded people. This helps you find interesting webpages you wouldn't think to search for.
* Clipmarks - With Clipmarks, you can clip the best parts of web pages. Whether it’s a paragraph, sentence, image or video, you can capture just the pieces you want without having to bookmark the entire page.
* Sage - Sage is a lightweight RSS and Atom feed aggregator extension for Mozilla Firefox. It's got a lot of what you need and not much of what you don't.
* Jeteye - Jeteye is a unique Web-based application and service that is designed for the next generation of enterprise and consumer use of the Web. Jeteye changes how we interact with the web, in an era where communication and social computing are more powerful than ever.
* Performancing - Performancing for Firefox is a full featured blog editor that sits right in your Firefox browser and lets you post to your blog easily. You can drag and drop formatted text from the page you happen to be browsing, and take notes as well as post to your blog.
* TorrentBar - BitTorrent File Search Toolbar for Firefox. Allows to search numerous sites in a matter of minutes for needed torrent files.
* Wizz RSS News Reader - A fairly good RSS and Atom news reader.
* MeasureIt - Draw out a ruler to get the pixel width and height of any elements on a webpage.
* Show MyIP - Displays your current IP address. If you have a static IP (Internet Protocol) address, this number will stay the same each time you visit. If you have a dynamic IP, the number will change each time you log on to the internet (or your ISP assigns a new IP).
* NewsFox - RSS/Atom News Reader.

Developer Tools:

* FireFTP - FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers.
* IE Tab - IE Tab - an extension from Taiwan, features: Embedding Internet Explorer in tabs of Mozilla/Firefox.
* Web Developer - Adds a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools.
* Firebug - Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.
* Greasemonkey - Allows you to customize the way a webpage displays using small bits of JavaScript.
* Tab Mix Plus - Tab Mix Plus enhances Firefox's tab browsing capabilities. It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus much more. It also includes a full-featured session manager with crash recovery that can save and restore combinations of opened tabs and windows.
* Image Zoom - Easily zoom in, zoom out, fit image to screen or set custom zoom on individual images within a web page. All this can be done by using the context menu or a combination of mouse buttons and scroll wheel. Handy to see the finer details of smaller pics or to make very large pics fit within your screen.
* ColorZilla - Advanced Eyedropper, ColorPicker, Page Zoomer and other colorful goodies.
* IE View - Lets you load pages in IE with a single right-click, or mark certain sites to *always* load in IE. Useful for incompatible pages, or cross-browser testing.
* iMacros - Automate your web browser. Record and replay repetitious work.

Editing and Forms:

* Performancing - Performancing for Firefox is a full featured blog editor that sits right in your Firefox browser and lets you post to your blog easily. You can drag and drop formatted text from the page you happen to be browsing, and take notes as well as post to your blog.
* Gmail Skins - Skins and other extra features for Gmail.
* InFormEnter - InFormEnter adds a small, clickable icon next to every input field in a web form, from where you can select the item to be inserted - no typing required. You can configure it to display your frequently used information such as name, email, address and whatever else you want to be available from the form menu.
* Snipshot - Edit any picture on the web with one right-click. The picture will be brought into the online image editor Snipshot where you can crop, resize, rotate or recolor it, then save it into a variety of formats (JPG, GIF, PNG, PDF) or to Flickr or a free image host. For faster workflow, you can optionally enhance the image as it enters Snipshot or resize it to fit a set of custom dimensions.
* JSView - All browsers include a "View Source" option, but none of them offer the ability to view the source code of external files. Most websites store their javascripts and style sheets in external files and then link to them within a web page's source code. Previously if you wanted to view the source code of an external javascript/css you would have to manually look through the source code to find the url and then type that into your browser.
* Password Exporter - This extension allows you to export and import your saved passwords and rejected sites between computers. Your passwords will be exported to an XML or CSV file and can be encrypted.
* AI Roboform Toolbar - Add RoboForm Toolbar to Firefox.
* DejaClick - DéjàClick is a web recorder and Super Bookmark utility designed exclusively for Firefox. You can record and bookmark your browser activities, then with a single click, replay the entire sequence all over again. Got a package or an order you want to track? Have a favorite category at an online auction site? Tired of going through the steps to log into your e-mail? Use DéjàClick by AlertSite to automatically access any final URL. Also works great for quickly producing web application test scripts.
* Unofficial Myspace Toolbar - Automatically login to Myspace, instantly access your messages, view hidden comments, create styled comments/bulletins and more with this intuitive and customizable toolbar!
* FireFoxMenuButtons - Adds 41 new Buttons (duplicating of menu strings) from Firefox Menu on the Toolbar!

Image Browsing:

* FlashGot - Download one link, selected links or all the links of a page together at the maximum speed with a single click, using the most popular, lightweight and reliable external download managers.
* DownThemAll - The first and only download manager/accelerator built inside Firefox!
* Cooliris Previews - Cooliris Previews for Firefox gives you the power to browse faster and send links instantly.
* Gspace - This extension allows you to use your Gmail Space (2.8 GB and growing) for file storage. It acts as an online drive, so you can upload files from your hard drive and access them from every Internet capable system.
* Firefox Companion for Kodak EasyShare Gallery - Organizing and sharing your pictures is easier than ever with Firefox Companion for Kodak EasyShare Gallery. Upload photos directly to your Kodak EasyShare Gallery, all within your browser. Drag, drop and arrange pictures adding photo titles, and create albums by multi-selecting photos - all of this without interrupting your Internet browsing. Co-developed by Kodak, it also includes other popular photo services.
* BlueOrganizer - The blueorganizer is smart browsing and personalization technology for Firefox. It makes the browser aware of everyday objects like books, movies, wines, restaurants and much more. The blueorganizer helps you automatically collect these object from many popular sites, manage them and instantly find related information.
* DownloadHelper - DownloadHelper is a tool for web content extraction. Its purpose is to capture video and image files from many sites.
* Firefox Showcase - Showcase provides a new way to manage your Firefox tabs and windows by showing them as thumbnails in a single window, tab or sidebar. Includes a find bar that will filter the thumbnails, and the capability to select the thumbnails in the same way you would select files in your system.
* Image Zoom - Adds zoom functionality for images.
* Send 2 Cellphone - Send2Cellphone provides a simple way to send images from web pages directly to mobile phones via free Send2Cellphone service. Simply right click any image on any web page and select "Send2Cellphone" from the context menu. After transferring the picture to your cell phone you can view it, use it as a wallpaper or send to a friend via MMS.

Bookmarks:

* StumbleUpon - StumbleUpon lets you "channelsurf" the best-reviewed sites on the web. It is a collaborative surfing tool for browsing, reviewing and sharing great sites with like-minded people. This helps you find interesting webpages you wouldn't think to search for.
* Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer - If you use Firefox on more than one computer, you'll want Foxmarks. Install Foxmarks on each computer, and it will work silently in the background to keep your bookmarks synchronized. As a bonus, log in to my.foxmarks.com from any computer anywhere to access your bookmarks.
* del.icio.us Bookmarks - This extension integrates your browser with del.icio.us (http://del.icio.us/), the leading social bookmarking service on the Web. It does this by augmenting the bookmarking functionality in Firefox with an enhanced experience.
* Clipmarks - With Clipmarks, you can clip the best parts of web pages. Whether it’s a paragraph, sentence, image or video, you can capture just the pieces you want without having to bookmark the entire page.
* Tab Mix Plus - Tab Mix Plus enhances Firefox's tab browsing capabilities. It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus much more. It also includes a full-featured session manager with crash recovery that can save and restore combinations of opened tabs and windows.
* Yoono - Yoono instantly suggests similar sites, blog notes and people sharing the same interests while you are surfing, for each page you open. Zero effort required - no more tagging, typing keywords or changing interface. Let Yoono bring you the best that others have discovered.
* BlueOrganizer - The blueorganizer is smart browsing and personalization technology for Firefox. It makes the browser aware of everyday objects like books, movies, wines, restaurants and much more. The blueorganizer helps you automatically collect these object from many popular sites, manage them and instantly find related information.
* Jeteye - Jeteye is a unique Web-based application and service that is designed for the next generation of enterprise and consumer use of the Web. Jeteye changes how we interact with the web, in an era where communication and social computing are more powerful than ever.
* Firefox Showcase - Showcase provides a new way to manage your Firefox tabs and windows by showing them as thumbnails in a single window, tab or sidebar. Includes a find bar that will filter the thumbnails, and the capability to select the thumbnails in the same way you would select files in your system.
* iMacros - Automate your web browser. Record and replay repetitious work


Privacy and Security:

* NoScript - Winner of the "2006 PC World World Class Award", this tool provides extra protection to your Firefox. It allows JavaScript, Java and other executable content to run only from trusted domains of your choice, e.g. your home-banking web site.
* Fasterfox - Fasterfox allows you to tweak many network and rendering settings such as simultaneous connections, pipelining, cache, DNS cache, and initial paint delay.
* Cooliris Previews - Cooliris Previews for Firefox gives you the power to browse faster and send links instantly.
* Torbutton - Torbutton provides a button to easily enable or disable the browser's use of Tor.
* Flashblock - Never be annoyed by a Flash animation again! Blocks Flash so it won't get in your way, but if you want to see it, just click on it.
* FoxyProxy - FoxyProxy is an advanced proxy management tool that completely replaces Firefox's proxy configuration.
* SwitchProxy Tool - SwitchProxy lets you manage and switch between multiple proxy configurations
quickly and easily. You can also use it as an anonymizer to protect your
computer from prying eyes.
* iMacros - Automate your web browser. Record and replay repetitious work.
* Firefox Extension Backup Extension - FEBE allows you to quickly and easily backup your Firefox extensions. In fact, it goes beyond just backing up - it will actually rebuild your extensions individually into installable .xpi files. Now you can easily synchronize your office and home browsers.
* CustomizeGoogle - 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).


Entertainment:

* FoxyTunes - Do you listen to Music while surfing the Web? Now you can control your favorite media player without ever leaving the browser and more.
* StumbleUpon - StumbleUpon lets you "channelsurf" the best-reviewed sites on the web. It is a collaborative surfing tool for browsing, reviewing and sharing great sites with like-minded people. This helps you find interesting webpages you wouldn't think to search for.
* Gspace - This extension allows you to use your Gmail Space (2.8 GB and growing) for file storage. It acts as an online drive, so you can upload files from your hard drive and access them from every Internet capable system.
* BlueOrganizer - The blueorganizer is smart browsing and personalization technology for Firefox. It makes the browser aware of everyday objects like books, movies, wines, restaurants and much more. The blueorganizer helps you automatically collect these object from many popular sites, manage them and instantly find related information.
* Fast Video Download - Fast Video Download can save embedded video files from video-hosting servers.
* MediaPlayerConnectivity - Allow you to launch embed video of website in an external application with a simple click.
* Torrent Finder Toolbar - Torrent Finder Toolbar is a torrent search toolbar for Firefox, which enables users to search over 100 top torrent sites and trackers from their Firefox browser the same way they used to search using http://torrent-finder.com form. It allows users to search a single site, search all sites on one page, or open the sites in Firefox tabs.
* TorrentBar - BitTorrent File Search Toolbar for Firefox. Allows to search numerous sites in a matter of minutes for needed torrent files.
* FoxGame - Enhance user experience with O-game (now works in every o-game version)
Adds a lot of features to the webgame O-game. It also integrates Database features inside the game. O-Game, is a real-time spacial browser game.
* Wizz RSS News Reader - A fairly good RSS and Atom news reader.


Miscellaneous:

* Adblock Plus - Ever been annoyed by all those ads and banners on the internet that often take longer to download than everything else on the page? Install Adblock Plus now and get rid of them. Right-click on a banner and choose "Adblock" from the context menu - the banner won't be downloaded again.
* NoScript - Winner of the "2006 PC World World Class Award", this tool provides extra protection to your Firefox. It allows JavaScript, Java and other executable content to run only from trusted domains of your choice, e.g. your home-banking web site.
* Forecastfox - Get international weather forecasts from AccuWeather.com, and display it in any toolbar or statusbar with this highly customizable and unobtrusive extension.
* IE Tab - Embedding Internet Explorer in tabs of Mozilla/Firefox. This is a great tool for web developers, since you can easily see how your webpage displayed in IE with just one click and then switch back to Firefox.
* FoxyTunes - Do you listen to Music while surfing the Web? Now you can control your favorite media player without ever leaving the browser and more.
* Fasterfox - Fasterfox allows you to tweak many network and rendering settings such as simultaneous connections, pipelining, cache, DNS cache, and initial paint delay.
* StumbleUpon - StumbleUpon lets you "channelsurf" the best-reviewed sites on the web. It is a collaborative surfing tool for browsing, reviewing and sharing great sites with like-minded people. This helps you find interesting webpages you wouldn't think to search for.
* Cooliris Previews - Cooliris Previews for Firefox gives you the power to browse faster and send links instantly.
* Map+ - View a map of a selected address in Firefox without changing windows or tabs using the right click command.
* Clipmarks - With Clipmarks, you can clip the best parts of web pages. Whether it’s a paragraph, sentence, image or video, you can capture just the pieces you want without having to bookmark the entire page

Jul 31, 2008

INTRODUCTION

hi guys...though its nt my first attempt at blogging, but i must say that it is my first serious attempt towards blogging....so i may start with describing myself in few words

Yogesh Thakker a True Sagittarius , a wandering soul, an adventurer, a traveller, a lone spirit, a fantasy world, spiritual though not in the strictest sense of word, happy with frends more happy when left alone....compassionate.....stubborn and many other adjectives etc etc.....

i m often taken as a person with a sharp tongue....i can make people feel miserable....though i used to take pride in that feeling but now i guess i have mellowed down a a bit......but i m still very much outspoken...this is not an attempt to seek forgiveness for i have done nothing wrong, however thats again a blunt statement....anyway since its a serious attempt at blogging, then i must define the boundaries in which this blog will be worked with....these are just a few guidelines....which need nt be followed rigourusly but at the same time a broad outlook of what it ought to be

i m gud at computers...so any question in that regard will be taken very generously......but no hacking stuff....

i m gud with judegemnt....however judgement must be followed by the courage.. i m courgaeous enough to give judgement but nt stupid enuf to write it down here..so i will just give my opinion...take it or leave it..debaters are welocmed....but no bullying.....

financial system, financial markets, this is what i pursue as my career option.....so u may find some posts relating to that stuff....

but the most important part is that I wish to be a Change Agent....i wish to start contributing to the society..which i feel one must...in order to expect something from the society....so here is my first real attempt in contribution of making india a better place to be......

LET HIS HAND BE ON US!!

Aug 19, 2007

Real Meals With Real Pics

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Beef Bulgogi


Haeun Khon is located on the 3rd floor of Amcorp Mall, just next to McDonalds. The setup in Haeun Khon is decently nice, with yellow lightnings to build the romantic ambiance. Soothing music … quiet …. and then ‘bang!’ … the dinner crowd arrives. From then on, it’s a typical pack, and tight restaurant. The place is so small that when you lean over to your back, you can actually introduce yourself to the person in the table behind you. I am hoping they increase their space someday … after all, their business is considerably good.
Where:
Restoran Haeun Khon
Lot 336, Third Floor, Amcorp Mall, No. 18, Persiaran Barat, Off Jalan Timur, 46050, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

Wong Ah Wah Famous Grilled Chicken Wings


This is located at Jalan Alor (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) and has made a really big name for themselves as the best grilled chicken wings in town. The Hong Kong and Taiwanese tourists love this place. They have expanded the operations to cater for seafood enthusiasts by adding deliciously prepared seafood dishes to their list.
Where:
Wong Ah Wah
No. 1, Jalan Alor (Off Jalan Bukit Bintang), 50200, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia




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crispy crab cake



Crispy lump crab cake, wasabi reduction, spicy rhubarb salsa
Where:
Garden Restaurant-Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, United States


Veggie Roll



Fujiya is a take-out Sushi place. Every morning, sushi is prepared somewhere in the city and distributed over a number of stores. Might not sound appealing, but for a quick takeout lunch it's perfect and it tastes pretty good.
Where:
Fujiya
1050 W Pender st, Vancouver, Canada


Bean Arepa



Very similar to the cheese one. But in this case, the bread was filled with refried beans. Maybe what's missing is a little seasoning.
Where:
Bananos Cafe
1223 Pacific Blvd, Vancouver, Canada


Cheese Arepa



A traditional Venezuelan/Colombian cornmeal bread. It was different, but didn't rock my world. Banano's cafe is a deli style cafe.
Where:
Bananos Cafe
1223 Pacific Blvd, Vancouver, Canada


Veggie Showder

Submitted by wilhelmus

Not bad for a takeout soup. At some airports the food is awful. I was pleasantly surprised, although my expectations were low.
Where:
San Francisco Soup Company
San Fransisco Airport, San Francisco, United States

Super Turkey



This deli is somewhat an institution in Montreal(and a bit of a tourist trap) but WFT, I'm a tourist. Double rye bread stuffed, and I mean stuffed, with tender smmoked turkey; meat totally outweighed the veggies 3:1. Served with coleslaw, fries and complemented with a couple cold beers, it was a great lunch.
Where:
Dunn's Smoked Meats
1029 Marche Central, Montreal, Canada

$5 Kobe Burger



Lolita in Tremont, Cleveland is a cool eatery that offers a happy hour between 5-6.30pm. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale for $2 and a shortlist of food for all around $5. This is the magnificent Kobe Burger. Bacon and a fried egg on top served on an over sized English muffin. Rounded out by a $3 olive plate. Great food and great value.
Where:
Lolita
900 Literary Rd., Cleveland, United States


Italian Buffet



1st plate of a buffet lunch at Massimo da Milano. This great place offers a sit-down lunch buffet for $6.95 for as many plates as you want or you can take-out for $3. They offer a wide variety of olives, pasta, meats & salad as well as desserts.
Where:
Massimo da Milano
1400 West 25th Street, Cleveland, United States

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Beef Bulgogi


Haeun Khon is located on the 3rd floor of Amcorp Mall, just next to McDonalds. The setup in Haeun Khon is decently nice, with yellow lightnings to build the romantic ambiance. Soothing music … quiet …. and then ‘bang!’ … the dinner crowd arrives. From then on, it’s a typical pack, and tight restaurant. The place is so small that when you lean over to your back, you can actually introduce yourself to the person in the table behind you. I am hoping they increase their space someday … after all, their business is considerably good.
Where:
Restoran Haeun Khon
Lot 336, Third Floor, Amcorp Mall, No. 18, Persiaran Barat, Off Jalan Timur, 46050, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

Wong Ah Wah Famous Grilled Chicken Wings


This is located at Jalan Alor (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) and has made a really big name for themselves as the best grilled chicken wings in town. The Hong Kong and Taiwanese tourists love this place. They have expanded the operations to cater for seafood enthusiasts by adding deliciously prepared seafood dishes to their list.
Where:
Wong Ah Wah
No. 1, Jalan Alor (Off Jalan Bukit Bintang), 50200, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

crispy crab cake



Crispy lump crab cake, wasabi reduction, spicy rhubarb salsa
Where:
Garden Restaurant-Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, United States

Veggie Roll



Fujiya is a take-out Sushi place. Every morning, sushi is prepared somewhere in the city and distributed over a number of stores. Might not sound appealing, but for a quick takeout lunch it's perfect and it tastes pretty good.
Where:
Fujiya
1050 W Pender st, Vancouver, Canada

Bean Arepa



Very similar to the cheese one. But in this case, the bread was filled with refried beans. Maybe what's missing is a little seasoning.
Where:
Bananos Cafe
1223 Pacific Blvd, Vancouver, Canada

Cheese Arepa



A traditional Venezuelan/Colombian cornmeal bread. It was different, but didn't rock my world. Banano's cafe is a deli style cafe.
Where:
Bananos Cafe
1223 Pacific Blvd, Vancouver, Canada

Veggie Showder

Submitted by wilhelmus

Not bad for a takeout soup. At some airports the food is awful. I was pleasantly surprised, although my expectations were low.
Where:
San Francisco Soup Company
San Fransisco Airport, San Francisco, United States

Super Turkey



This deli is somewhat an institution in Montreal(and a bit of a tourist trap) but WFT, I'm a tourist. Double rye bread stuffed, and I mean stuffed, with tender smoked turkey; meat totally outweighed the veggies 3:1. Served with coleslaw, fries and complemented with a couple cold beers, it was a great lunch.
Where:
Dunn's Smoked Meats
1029 Marche Central, Montreal, Canada

$5 Kobe Burger



Lolita in Tremont, Cleveland is a cool eatery that offers a happy hour between 5-6.30pm. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale for $2 and a shortlist of food for all around $5. This is the magnificent Kobe Burger. Bacon and a fried egg on top served on an over sized English muffin. Rounded out by a $3 olive plate. Great food and great value.
Where:
Lolita
900 Literary Rd., Cleveland, United States

Italian Buffet



1st plate of a buffet lunch at Massimo da Milano. This great place offers a sit-down lunch buffet for $6.95 for as many plates as you want or you can take-out for $3. They offer a wide variety of olives, pasta, meats & salad as well as desserts.
Where:
Massimo da Milano
1400 West 25th Street, Cleveland, United States

Table Manners: How many of these questions

Where should your briefcase or purse be placed when dining?

When drinking, is it proper to look over or into the cup or glass?

What is the proper way to eat spaghetti?

Is it acceptable to smoke at the dining table?

Should you blow on your soup when it is too hot?

Is there a proper way to cut meat?

Should medicine be taken at the dining table?

What is the proper way to remove a fish bone from your mouth?

Should asparagus be eaten with fork or fingers?

What is appropriate when your meal is finished?

Things to Beware of With Payday Loans

There’s an eye-opening and well researched piece on payday loans on an interesting site called Wake up U.S. The post is called Internet PayDay Loans are hazardous to your sanity and bank account and gives some stern warnings about the dangers of payday loans and calls into questions the laws that allow these companies to operate and the slightly shady tactics that they use.

In a few moments, in some cases longer, you will receive an approval in your email inbox. Within a day or two, sometimes three, you will see that this company deposited the amount requested into your checking account. The first payment on this loan will usually be due within a week or two, depending on the company.

However, and this is where it starts to get ugly, monetarily speaking. The first payment due is just the interest and fees. The second payment due is also just for the interest and fees, and on and on it goes. Lets say you applied for three hundred dollars. If you do not completely repay this in the first week, this three hundred dollars can turn into three thousand dollars.

I believe first and foremost in personal responsibility but the brutal terms that allow that kind of escalation of charges probably could benefit from some legal confinement.

The article goes in to mention that each state in the U.S. has different laws for these companies and with the Internet providing a massive shell game opportunity, the net result is pretty much that a payday loan company can get away with almost anything (including automatically withdrawing money from a client’s bank account!)

All I can suggest is to check with the Better Business Bureau to find out any possible patterns of complaints against any payday loan or cash advance companies that you are wanting to do business with.

High Cost Payday Lenders Advertise Everywhere from the BBB website which goes into some more detail about the practices of these lenders and offers tips for consumers.

Pros and Cons of Payday Loans

No matter what area of business you look at, each industry has its gray areas or topics that are constantly the seed of heated debates. The payday loan industry is no exception. Payday loans and payday loan lenders have been a constant topic of debate among financial analysts, customers, lenders and the like. Whether you approve of them or despise them, payday loans are at times a necessary evil for those who need quick cash and like anything else, have their pros and cons.

Payday loans can actually be very useful and help out tremendously in a financial time of need, when other financial institutions are not willing or able to accommodate a person’s financial need. Many times banks or credit unions will not approve loans for such small amounts. In addition, local financial institutions may also take into account a person’s credit or run their credit history to see if the person is eligible under their guidelines.

With the Internet becoming more of a standard in daily life than an exception, payday loan lenders have expanded their services online. Many have websites that offer customers around the clock service and applications. This allows the customer to be able to apply when their time allows it and allows for quicker information transfer and faster approvals.

A payday loan can be applied for and approved online in a very short amount of time. This means that, once approved, money can be directly transferred to the banking account of the customer’s choice, with the added perk of not having to put up collateral as one might be required to do through other lenders. This financial arrangement also helps for those who find it embarrassing to ask for financial assistance from friends or family.

While payday loans are an exceptional way to get money in a bind, they also have strings attached. Due to lenders not performing a credit check or researching a person’s credit history, the lender takes on a financial liability when lending a customer money. Because the lender is taking a risk, many will approve customers for payday loans that have a higher than average interest rate.

The higher rate is the lenders way of paying themselves back for taking on a customer, without checking their credit. Most payday loan lenders do not perform credit checks. Since the loans are viewed as short term loans, the lender takes on the liability of the borrower, foregoes a credit check, and takes the financial risk of lending money to a customer.

Many payday loan lenders will also only approve customers up to a certain amount and in the grand scheme of things $500 or so is still considered a small loan amount. It’s highly unlikely that one could find a payday loan lender that would be willing to take a risk of lending out a payday loan for a few thousand dollars. This is where it’s important to evaluate your monthly income. Before you take out a loan, check your pay schedules and make sure you’ll be paid again before your loan is due. Otherwise you may have to make a partial payment and extend your loan, consequently adding more fees to your principal.

Payday loans are also not to be used as a budgeting plan or any sort of financial plan. They should be used strictly as a means to an end. These loans are intended to serve the needs that may occur in a short amount of time. When used correctly and paid back on time, payday loans are a useful financial assistance tool.

What payday loans boil down to is personal responsibility. The responsibility to repay the loan rests on the person taking out the loan. As adults, people no longer have or need parents or others telling them what to do and how to get or spend money. The fact of the matter is payday loans are a personal choice of the customer. The payday loan industry is providing a service to a customer base that needs money from alternative sources, as traditional means of lending are not an option to them.