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Best New Add-ons – 10 Most Useful Tools for your Browser

Time and time again, we come with some brilliant add-ons for every browser, and this time to we have collected this great new add-ons in the monthly collection of useful tools for your browser.

Let us know which of these, you were already using and which one you can give a try. My personal favorites from the list below is the SwiftPreview.

Best New Google Chrome add-ons

SwiftPreview

The latest version of this popular Chrome extension adds several useful new features. You can now watch YouTube Ge.tt for Twitter http://www.ge.tt/twitter ??? ???videos simply by hovering your mouse over their links; get faster and larger previews of pages without opening them; and zoom photos on Facebook and other sites.

Ge.tt for Twitter

Ge.tt is one of our favourite ways to share large files online, and you can now use it to post photos, music and videos of up to 2GB ??Clipboard Sync bit.ly/sync302 on Twitter. Just install the add-on (its also available for Firefox), then click the Attach button when you compose a tweet to upload a file.

Clipboard Sync

This add-on lets you sync data from your clipboard across your Google account. Copy text on one device running Chrome and you can paste it onto another. Just click the toolbar icon in both browsers to copy and paste the content. Youll need to select Sync everything in Chromes settings.

Inbox Pause

Its hard to deal with a deluge of email when youre trying to focus on another task. This add-on lets you pause your Gmail inbox to stop messages coming through until youre ready to receive them. Its particularly handy if you receive automatic notifications for new mail.


 

Best New Firefox add-ons

Instagram for Firefox

Instagram has been one of the most popular apps of 2012, and this add-on brings the photo-sharing tool to Firefox (its already available for Chrome). You can view your feeds and images, and edit your profile, by clicking the icon in the bottom-right corner of the browser.

LikeBuster for Firefox

If you use Facebook, youve no doubt seen like spam in your News Feed, which appears when one of your friends likes something online. This add-on automatically hides these annoying entries, although youll still see when someone likes your own comments and posts.

Geography Puzzles

This fun Firefox add-on helps you improve your knowledge of geography by completing jigsaw puzzles. Choose a continent and the number of pieces (between 10 and 100), then click Shuffle to start the clock. Drag and drop the pieces into place to finish each puzzle.

Google Favicon 2009

If you dont like Googles new favicon the small logo that appears in your address bar and bookmarks you can use this add-on to change it back to the old one. If you werent keen on that either, install Google Favicon 1998 to go back even further.


Best New Opera add-ons

Im Not Here

This geo-location add-on helps protect your privacy online by fooling websites into thinking youre somewhere else. Go into Im Not Heres Preferences and either choose a pre-set place, such as New York, Paris or Timbuktu, or enter the co-ordinates of a particular location.

Now on BBC

Find out what programmes are broadcasting on BBC Radio by installing this Opera add-on. You can easily switch between 17 stations, including Radios 1 to 6, the World Service and Radio Scotland, and view the name of the current show and presenter, and the show on next.