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.
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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 www.ge.tt/twitter ļæ¼ļæ¼ļæ¼ ļæ¼ļæ¼ļæ¼videos 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 ļæ¼ļæ¼Clipboard Sync bit.ly/sync302 on Twitter. Just install the add-on (itās 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. Youāll need to select āSync everythingā in Chromeās settings.
Inbox Pause
Itās hard to deal with a deluge of email when youāre trying to focus on another task. This add-on lets you āpauseā your Gmail inbox to stop messages coming through until youāre ready to receive them. Itās 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 (itās 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, youāve no doubt seen ālike spamā in your News Feed, which appears when one of your friends ālikesā something online. This add-on automatically hides these annoying entries, although youāll still see when someone ālikesā 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 donāt like Googleās new āfaviconā ā the small logo that appears in your address bar and bookmarks ā you can use this add-on to change it back to the old one. If you werenāt keen on that either, install Google Favicon 1998 to go back even further.
Best New Opera add-ons
Iām Not Here
This geo-location add-on helps protect your privacy online by fooling websites into thinking youāre somewhere else. Go into Iām Not Hereās 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.