Some Useful add-ons for Firefox users

The best thing about OpenSource technology is that there is a huge community of developers who are constantly coming up with some useful tools. Among the web browsers, my favorite is the Firefox. Simply because it is effective in blocking the ever-annoying pop-ups from several webpages, its effective in providing security from any spyware installations happening without our knowledge, plus it comes with a huge community of good souled folks providing numerous extensions - which not only enrich our user experience but also make our work easier.

One such add-on which I came across recently was PicLens. If you use Flickr or any such photo galleries, or rather any website which has a lots of photos to browse through, this could be a great tool to have. It provides you a virtual 3-D gallery of all the photos on that particular root URL. And its not just Flickr, this tool currently supports all the popular web hotspots like PicasaWeb, Photobucket, MySpace, Friendster, Google Images etc. It is currently supported on Windows and Mac platforms. If you are the person who spends a considerable share of your browsing time looking for images, then this is the tool which is a must-have ;) Give it a try

This is how my Flickr gallery would appear if your browser has PicLens.


Talking about add-ons, I would like to share two other tools which I personally find to be very useful.

• gDocsBar is a sidebar extension for Firefox browser. Its a very practical tool which has a drag-n-drop feature to upload your local documents onto your Google Docs directory. I personally find it very helpful while working on any of my documents hosted on GoogleDocs. To give it a try visit here.
• DragDropUpload is a Firefox add-on which helps you to attach files into your mails very easily. By just selecting a file and dragging it into the textbox area of the mail attachments we can provide a link to that file directly. It reduces the time needed to browse through the dialog box into the particular folder to provide the needed path of the attachment file. To install this add-on visit here
  

On a snowy night in Winter

'Be off!' say Winter's snows;
'Now it's my turn to sing!'
So, startled, quivering,
Not daring to oppose

(Our fortitude grows dim in
The face of a Quos ego),
Away, my songs, must we go
Before those virile women!

Rain. We are forced to fly,
Everywhere, utterly.
End of the comedy.
Come, swallows, it's good-bye.

Wind, sleet. The branches sway,
Writhing their stunted limbs,
And off the white smoke swims
Across the heavens' gray.

A pallid yellow lingers
Over the chilly dale.
My keyhole blows a gale
Onto my frozen fingers.

- Victor Hugo