Firefox social media browser set-up
February 6th, 2008 by Andy Merchant
At Liberate Media we swear by the Firefox browser, as we use it to keep up-to-date with all of our social media profiles and research. Firefox offers us speed, flexibility and efficiency to keep ontop of things in the quickening pace of social media.
We would like to share with you how our company computer browsers are set-up in Firefox. Please see below links for the add-ons and a short description of what they do. We have also taken a short screencast which you are able to view at the bottom of the page, which shows you the various add-ons in action.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/138
LinkedIn Companion
LinkedIn is an online network of more than 10.5 million experienced professionals. It helps you be more effective in your daily work and opens doors to opportunities by helping you develop and manage your network of business.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1512
This extension seamlessly integrates your browser with del.icio.us, the leading social bookmarking service on the web.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3615
1-Click Answers TM will save you even more time with AnswerTips that instantly deliver the information you are looking for. Just point at any word, hold the Alt key (Ctrl in Linux) and click. Upon letting go, an AnswerTip in the form of a pop-up.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/735
Screengrab saves entire webpages as images
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1146
Draw out a ruler to get the pixel width and height of any elements on your screen.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/539
Share and send links with ease. Shareaholic makes it easy for you to submit the web page you’re viewing to: * digg * del.icio.us * facebook * google bookmarks * magnolia * reddit * stumbleupon * truemors * twitter. If you prefer, you can also e-mail the web page to a friend.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5457
The Smart Digg Button allows you to see whether or not the web page you are currently viewing has been submitted to Digg and lets you submit it if it hasn’t.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4878
An extension for Firefox which enhances Google (all international flavours, too),
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/211
FireShot is a Firefox extension that creates screenshots of web pages. Unlike other extensions, this plugin provides a set of editing and annotation tools, which let users quickly modify captures and insert text and graphical annotations.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5648
The quickest and easiest way to get things done on the Web: Search, References, Conversion, Translation , Shopping, Blogging, Tagging, Email and more .
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1941
Advanced Eyedropper, ColorPicker, Page Zoomer.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/271
Blogger Web Comments for Firefox is an extension that makes it easy to see what bloggers are saying about a page you’re viewing in Firefox and even make your own blog post about it, all without leaving the page you’re on.
http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/webcomments/index.html
http://eco.netvibes.com/tools/
TwitterFox is a Firefox extension that notifies you of your friends’ tweets of Twitter. (former name is TwitterNotifier)
This extension adds a tiny icon on the status bar that notifies you when your friends update their tweets. Also it has a small text input field to update your tweets.
http://www.naan.net/trac/wiki/TwitterFox
The tool is the the ultimate time saver to building powerful social media accounts. One of the secrets of top Diggers, Stumblers, Navigators etc… is being the first to submit stories already becoming popular on other social news sites. For example you can browse Reddit to find good stories already submitted and be the first to submit them to Digg. You can browse Digg and be the first to Stumble pages that are becoming popular there. Most if not all articles on the front page of Digg are submitted to StumbleUpon and will get a lot of Thumbs up.
http://www.97thfloor.com/social-media-for-firefox/
InFormEnter adds a small, clickable icon next to every input field in a web form, from where you can select the item to be inserted - no typing required.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/673
ScribeFire is a full-featured blog editor that integrates with your browser and lets you easily post to your blog.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1730
Search Facebook, Get Notified, Connect with Friends, Share Content
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3794
PicLens instantly transforms your browser into a full-screen 3D experience for viewing images across the web.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5579
Highlight any name on a web page and see matching information from Wink, LinkedIn, Wikipedia, Facebook, Google News, Technorati, Yahoo Person Search, Spock, WikiYou, ZoomInfo, IMDB, MySpace and more…
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1912
The easy way to download web videos from hundreds of YouTube-like sites. This works also for audio and picture galleries.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3006
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/15-coolest-firefox-tricks-ever.html
If there is anything you think we should add please us know.
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