Add-ons for your browser

Browser is no longer used only for surfing websites. You can use them for playing games, storing passwords, downloading videos and for many fun and learning activities. There are several browser add-ons that you should install with your browser to make your online activity simple and easy. There are applications for blocking ads, downloading videos, storing passwords and forms and so on.

You are watching a video on YouTube and want to download it on your laptop. You can install Leechvideo or Freeyoutubedownlaoder that will create a button on the website below the video screen for downloading.

People use the same logon and password for many sites, rely on easily remembered words such as their date of birth or their spouse name and write them down in their notebooks. This is dangerous and makes ids prone to hacking. Lastpass is a free password manager that makes web browsing easy and secure.

If the add-on is installed you can simply click on the website link and it will automatically log you on it. And, if you are a regular online shopper then you need not fill your name, address, phone number and other details every time, provided that you have stored all these details in the add-on’s vault. 

It has a portable version too for people who  browse Internet on public computers such as in offices or cafes. It can be installed in a USB drive. ‘Lastpass’ works on Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox and other popular browsers.

Game lovers can download many interesting games such as Angry Birds and can start catapulting targets. Speed Dial enables you to manage favourite websites. You can create short cuts for your websites such as alt+f for Facebook, alt+g for accessing Gmail.  At present it supports selected browsers.

Morning Coffee is an application that opens websites for you in the morning. It is similar to the activity of daily newspaper reading.

RandomMagic is an interesting application that enables you to flip a coin or roll a dice online. You can use this application for fun or when you want to take difficult decision and you need not take out a coin from your pocket and flip in the air. There are several other add-ons that will tickle your fancy are Fire FTP, Show IP, Web of trust, Cooliris, etc.