Originally designed for Firefox but now available for IE as well, FoxyTunes allows users to control music players from the browser. It supports most of the popular music players -- iTunes, Winamp, Musicmatch, Real Player, Amarok, etc. -- with basic controls: play, stop, next and previous tracks. It also allows users to find lyrics, bios and videos.
Web browsers such as Firefox and Internet Explorer have become among the most important pieces of software on any computer. They provide a literal window into the vast information available online.
Both programs, by far the most popular browsers, can do a lot of things on their own, but also allow for plug-ins, small programs that let the browser do more helpful, informative and fun stuff.
Here are a few you might find helpful. All are free and available through the browser companies' Web sites: for Internet Explorer, visit Windows Marketplace, then click on "IE Add-Ons;" for Firefox, visit Mozilla, then click on "Firefox Add-ons."
Available for both StumbleUpon -- This toolbar requires users to sign up and identify areas of interest, choosing from more than 500 topics. More than 2 million users rank pages, and once you install the toolbar, all you have to do is hit the stumble button to visit a Web site in one of your areas of interest.
FoxyTunes -- Originally designed for Firefox but now available for IE as well, this add-on allows users to control music players from the browser. It supports most of the popular music players -- iTunes, Winamp, Musicmatch, Real Player, Amarok, etc. -- with basic controls: play, stop, next and previous tracks. It also allows users to find lyrics, bios and videos.
Weather -- There are several add-ons that offer current temperatures, forecasts and severe weather alerts from a variety of sources, AccuWeather and Weather.com among them. They generally reside in the bottom bar of the browser window.
Trailfire -- This program allows you to leave a trail of electronic notes on Web sites you visit, linking them together to form a trail of your surfing. You can make the notes, called "marks," viewable by others as well.
For Firefox Adblock Plus -- The name is pretty self-explanatory: this program blocks ads. It's customizable, allowing you to set how much you want to block, but it does a good job of eliminating many of the annoying pop-up ads that plague surfers.
Greasemonkey -- This program is a bit more advanced than the other listed here. By using a small bit of script programming, it can greatly alter the way you see Web pages. For those reluctant to start writing codes, hundreds of such scripts are written and freely available for download from sites such as userscripts. Among the most popular are scripts that help organize GMail accounts, remove useless Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) search results and allow you to download YouTube videos.
For IE IE7 Pro -- The program adds a lot of useful utilities, including spell checking, ad blocking and crash recovery . Among the more technical offerings are mouse gestures, which tie actions to mouse movements, and advanced options for controlling tabs.
Both programs, by far the most popular browsers, can do a lot of things on their own, but also allow for plug-ins, small programs that let the browser do more helpful, informative and fun stuff.
Here are a few you might find helpful. All are free and available through the browser companies' Web sites: for Internet Explorer, visit Windows Marketplace, then click on "IE Add-Ons;" for Firefox, visit Mozilla, then click on "Firefox Add-ons."
Available for both StumbleUpon -- This toolbar requires users to sign up and identify areas of interest, choosing from more than 500 topics. More than 2 million users rank pages, and once you install the toolbar, all you have to do is hit the stumble button to visit a Web site in one of your areas of interest.
FoxyTunes -- Originally designed for Firefox but now available for IE as well, this add-on allows users to control music players from the browser. It supports most of the popular music players -- iTunes, Winamp, Musicmatch, Real Player, Amarok, etc. -- with basic controls: play, stop, next and previous tracks. It also allows users to find lyrics, bios and videos.
Weather -- There are several add-ons that offer current temperatures, forecasts and severe weather alerts from a variety of sources, AccuWeather and Weather.com among them. They generally reside in the bottom bar of the browser window.
Trailfire -- This program allows you to leave a trail of electronic notes on Web sites you visit, linking them together to form a trail of your surfing. You can make the notes, called "marks," viewable by others as well.
For Firefox Adblock Plus -- The name is pretty self-explanatory: this program blocks ads. It's customizable, allowing you to set how much you want to block, but it does a good job of eliminating many of the annoying pop-up ads that plague surfers.
Greasemonkey -- This program is a bit more advanced than the other listed here. By using a small bit of script programming, it can greatly alter the way you see Web pages. For those reluctant to start writing codes, hundreds of such scripts are written and freely available for download from sites such as userscripts. Among the most popular are scripts that help organize GMail accounts, remove useless Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) search results and allow you to download YouTube videos.
For IE IE7 Pro -- The program adds a lot of useful utilities, including spell checking, ad blocking and crash recovery . Among the more technical offerings are mouse gestures, which tie actions to mouse movements, and advanced options for controlling tabs.
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