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Download of the Day: Facebook Blocker

Kristy Korcz — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:00:57 PDT

There's already an ex blocker that helps to keep Mr. What's His Name out of your social space, and if you're currently going through a breakup with Facebook (or someone on Facebook perhaps), Facebook Blocker can help keep the social network out of sight and out of mind. An extension that works with Firefox, Chrome, and Safari, this blocker erases all signs of Facebook from the web, including Like Buttons, suggestions, and scripts that may run on a webpage. Good riddance? Perhaps. Just watch those withdrawal symptoms - they can be deadly.

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Tab Candy Will Eliminate Browser Clutter

GeekSugar — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:15:33 PDT

You already know that I have a problem with browser tabs. They pretty much take over my life. Although I can try to organize my tabs by moving them horizontally along the browser bar, I still have to pan left and right to see them all. All of my tab mismanagement problems would go right out the window with this upcoming Firefox feature called Tab Candy. Built by a creative at Mozilla, Tab Candy is still in the early alpha stages of birth, but it looks quite promising to an all-day browser like me.

Tab Candy works because you can group your tabs together by content. Let's say you're searching for geeky party supplies. You've found a few items that you want to check out for later at various URLs, but you have to get back to work, and don't want to close the tab or add yet another bookmark to your already too-long list. Now, you'd have to leave your tabs open all day, but with Tab Candy, you could launch the feature with a little button on your browser, get a wide view of all your open tabs, then group them together by category (like in the image here) - say work, geeky party supplies, time wasters, etc. - without populating your entire browser bar. Want more details on how Tab Candy works? Check it out in action after the break.

Keep Your Surfing Habits in Check With PageAddict

GeekSugar — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:47:29 PDT

New trend alert! There are a number of new sites and services to help you make the most productive use of your time. I've had great success using To Visit, Or Not, so I'm happy these services are becoming so popular. The latest: PageAddict, a Firefox plugin that tracks your web browsing history and turns it into a helpful info graphic. Once you install the plugin, it quietly monitors your browsing habits, allowing you to access your history at any time. Apply tags to sites (work, email, time-wasting) to see exactly how you're spending your time.

Even more helpful, if you find yourself spending too much time on a particular site or category of sites, you can set the plugin to restrict your usage. Use a certain tag ("time-wasting," for example) to designate sites you want to restrict, and select the "restrict" option for that tag. View your history in graph or percentage format over a period of time and figure out exactly which sites are becoming giant timesucks.

Download of the Day: Rapportive

GeekSugar — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:00:54 PST

Gone are those annoying advertisements that show up as you're writing or reading your email in Gmail. With Rapportive, a Firefox and Chrome extension, the ads beside your messages are replaced with contact information, social networking profiles, and even recent tweets from the person you're corresponding with. While this can be especially fun when you're corresponding with friends, it will be particularly helpful for business contacts or anyone else you're not totally familiar with.

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Download of the Day: TooManyTabs

GeekSugar — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:15:08 PDT

Ever since Firefox and I have patched up our rocky relationship, I've been looking at new ways to spruce up my favorite Internet browser. The FF add-on ColorfulTabs (I couldn't imagine my virtual world without it!) has added the perfect amount of oo la la to not only my browser, but my screen appearance in general. But I'm loving my latest add-on, TooManyTabs, because it provides you with an extra Firefox row, so you don't have to scroll through all your tabs to see them - making it much easier to find specific tabs!

Download of the Day: Buy Later

GeekSugar — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:26:03 PDT

I feel like every holiday season, there's at least one gadget that everyone is trying to get their hands on - remember the instanity with the Wii?

If there's a certain product that you're waiting to come back into stock, but you don't want to have to keep searching Amazon every day to see if it's available, there's a download called Buy Later, which will come in handy.

After downloading this Firefox extension, Buy Later will add a button to Amazon.com webpages and monitors when specific products come back in stock. You will then either receive an email or tweet notification so you know you can get the goods!

Download of the Day: Gmail Manager

GeekSugar — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:35:00 PDT

If you have multiple Gmail accounts, you probably need a little bit of assistance organizing them. Recently, Gmail Labs launched the mega-helpful multi-pane functionality; another great organization tool is the Firefox add-on Gmail Manager.

You can easily switch between your accounts, and can view unread messages, saved drafts, labels with new mail, and new mail snippets. I only use one Gmail account, but have thought about integrating more for different purposes, so it's nice to know that if I ever do, there are awesome tools at my disposal.

Download of the Day: TwitterFox

GeekSugar — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:33:49 PDT

The faster I can update my social network statuses, the better, especially for the rapid-fire pace of Twitter. There's already a Firefox download for making Twitter updates from your address bar, but throw the word "fox" into it, and I'm a sucker (case in point).

TwitterFox works seamlessly from your Firefox browser window (and it's only for Firefox, if that wasn't obvious enough) to bring you the up-to-the-minute updates of your friends.

It's a great alternative if you haven't wanted to take the plunge to download a separate app for Twitter like Nambu or TweetDeck.

Use Social Whale to Quickly Shorten URLs

GeekSugar — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:05:07 PDT

The uber helpful Tinyurl is great for sending shortened links to friends and posting on Twitter, but it sure does take a lot of steps to complete the task. First you have to copy the link, go to Tinyurl, paste, make your link tiny, then go back over to your Twitter page (or email draft, IM, whatever) and paste the shortened link. Sounds like a lot of steps, right?

With the new Firefox extension called Social Whale, the process of shortening a URL has been reduced to two steps. Yes, two. Social Whale is free to download to Firefox, and adds a small whale icon to the bottom right of your browser for safe keeping. Once you're on a page you want to link to, all you have to do is click on the whale icon, and Social Whale automatically shortens the link and copies it to your clipboard. Then, the only thing you have to do is paste the link into your email, IM, or Twitter page. You're then free to continue your web browsing, knowing you just saved yourself like a whole 10 to 20 seconds of time. Personally, I need all the time I can get.

But Social Whale isn't just a one-trick pony. See what else it can do, when you

Social Whale also works hand-in-hand with Twitpic to upload photos to Twitter as well. Just by right clicking on the whale icon, you'll get an option to upload a photo. Simple, and so so easy.

Fire FM Download Combines the Power of Firefox and Last FM

GeekSugar — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:01:07 PDT

Being able to trick out my browser is one of the reasons I love Firefox. Being able to trick Firefox out with music extensions makes me love it unconditionally.

First I added on FoxyTunes, which let me control iTunes directly from my browser window, and now there's Fire FM.

Fire FM adds a skinny little bar to Firefox, and then boo-ya, you've gotten access to Last FM's entire library of music. Just go to the bar, select a station or an artist station, and get groovin'. Anything that lets me rock out with as little effort as possible has a fan in me.