My New Favorite Chrome Extension

If you have not taken advantage of Chrome's extensions, you're missing out.  Just like Safari's extensions or add-ons in Firefox, these tools are embedded in your browser and allow you to do functions within your browser or webpage.  I found a new extension for my Chrome web browser.  It's my new favorite.  It is called OneTab.

There are many times where I will have multiple tabs open while doing research or looking up content online.  Having multiple tabs open, not only is counter-productive to staying focused, but it can also slow down your browser's performance and speed depending on what the webpage is; especially in Chrome.  OneTab will collect all of your open tabs in one fell swoop and list them on one tab.  The list is then saved and will allow you to do more with the saved list.  I can save my list as a webpage for sharing, or saving to Evernote.  I can name that particular list, so that if I open new tabs for new searches, I am able to chuck those list into particular categories.

This extension will make my work a heck of a lot easier to sort and manage.

Be sure to check out Chrome's App Store and find a couple of your future favorites.

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The Best Firefox Addons

Your Firefox web browser can do more than just browsing.  You can turn your web browser into a powerful machine and make it work for you.  There are thousands of Add-ons that you can easily add to your Firefox web browser.  Though, as mentioned, there are many to choose from, do not fret.  MakeUseOf curates what they feel are the best Firefox Add-ons our there and organizes them in categories for easy finding.  MakeUseOf is one of the Tech News giants that feature many different features out there that be very helpful for you to "MakeUseOf".

Here is their list of approved Firefox Add-ons.

Happy browsing.

What are Firefox Add-ons?

Firefox add-ons are tools that can be embedded right in to the toolbar of your Firefox web browser for quick and easy use.  These tools offer various types of help.  There are over 5000 add-on available from Firefox's Add-on site.  But do not fear or worry that you will have to search them all to find the right one.

Here's an example:

I often find valuable videos on line; either as tutorials or for my own personal enjoyment.  But I would like to store them off-line on my computer, so that I can access them with out needing a wireless network connection.  Because the Firefox Add-on website categorizes all of their add-ons, I can simply look under the Download Management category and browse for something that I like.  I can also search for something specific in the search bar a the top.





I found an add-on called DownloadHelper that easily downloads video from internet sources like YouTube.

There are many more add-ons that become very useful and practical tools for you; organize your tasks with ReminderFox; spot light video to keep students from getting distracted with Turn Off the Lights; add any image online quickly to your Picasa account with AddToPicasa; jot down a few notes with QuickFox Notes; just to name a few.  Check out all of the add-ons at Firefox Add-on.

ReminderFox - Fire Fox Add-on

This is a great little gadget easily accessed right in your browser toolbar; and loaded with features.

• Have an instant calendar available with one click
• Add a task or reminder with one click from the icon in your browser toolbar 
  
• Set reminders for exact times that pop up while you're browsing
• A quick alarm for timed sessions
• List all your tasks and Todos in ReminderFox
• Organize your tasks with multiple folders and categories
• ReminderFox allows syncing your tasks with Google Maps for locations and linking your tasks to websites.

There are more options available to this Add-on.  This is a great feature to your Firefox browser for quick and easy access.  The quick alarm is great in the classroom if you are timing your students with a quiz.  For instructions and description on how to apply Add-ons to your Firefox Web browser and what they are, please see What Are Firefox Add-ons?

Firefox Add-on Feature - Readability

Readability.com is a powerful tool that pulls online news articles and cleans them up.  In other words, gets rid of any other content on that web page - i.e. advertisements, other headlines, comment posts, or links - and displays a "clean" article with any images that pertain to it.  Readability.com, also, allows you to print, share on social networks, and customize appearance.  You, now, have the ability to save your chosen articles as PDF, add annotations for your students; or have your students add annotations.  The document below covers more detail.

This Add-on tool will be embedded right into your Firefox browser for easy use.  No Admin needed.

The document is very easy to read and user-friendly.  I have the web link in the document, however simply go to readability.com

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