Friday, February 10, 2006

Extended browsing

Winners of the extend Firefox contest should be announced next week. Some of these extensions really do contribute considerably to the browsing experience: I particularly recommend from the shortlist the All-In-One Sidebar (which is great even on a small screen if you constantly mess about with your browser), IE Tab (though its concept as a contest entry seems to be shooting the browser slightly in the foot), Viamatic foXpose (even better than tabbed browsing!) and Web Developer (for really advanced browsing).
There are a few other extensions that you should definitely consider in addition to those shortlisted: Nuke Anything Enhanced which allows you to remove objects (such as Flash adverts) from the webpage; OpenBook which enables you to manage your bookmarks better; Print Image, Print / Print Preview and Resize Search which are simple but invaluable tools that will hopefully appear in the core product one day; StumbleUpon, which I've mentioned before and puts a bit of fun into browsing; and Tab Mix Plus, which is one of the best extensions I've seen, albeit it with a bewildering array of configuration possibilities.
Take some time to take a look and improve your browsing experience (notwithstanding this blog of course).

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