ScribeFire

Chris Finke

Fast Dial

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The Opera web browser added a new tool called Speed Dial in its version 9.2, making it easier than ever for you to access your most visited websites. Fast Dial is an extension for the Mozilla Firefox web browser that enables you to use this function just like you would in Opera. It gives you up to twelve different slots where you can add your favorite pages and choose how you'd like them to be displayed. Fast Dial is an extension that is absolutely worth your time to try out.

NoScript

NoScript

If you are a Mozilla user, NoScript is a great choice to enhance your PC performance. NoScript is a free plug-in which will allow you to decide what is going to run when a webpage is opened. Thanks to NoScript you will be who decide if the JavaScripts, Macromedia Flash,etc are going to run or not. You can even block the routines of other plug-ins. From now on and thanks to NoScript your hours in internet will be a pleasure, not only because you will see only what you want, but because you will navigate highly safe. Between its features you will be able to create several of groups and decide if the webs inside them can show scripts or not. And all this for free.

Fireshot

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When you usually surf the Internet, no matter if you surf due to work or just for leisure, sometimes you need to take some screenshots of the website you are visiting, because you want to share it or because you need to insert it in a post. That's the reason why today we are offering you this add-on for Firefox called Fireshot, an add-on that will allow yu to take screenshots full screen or rectangular area of the website you are currently viewing. Once you take the screenshot you'll access a set of tools that will allow you to edit the shot you have just taken. It offers basic but good enough tools to edit the screenshot and will be really useful. Download and install it and try it by yourself.

Mini Map Sidebar

Tony Farndon

For sure that you know Google Maps, the powerful geolocalization tool by Google that allows you to view and position any place in the world in a snap. Mini Map Sidebar is an add-on for Firefox that allows you to surf the Internet while viewing and navigating the maps of Google Maps within your favorite web browser. This add-on is very useful when we need to know exactly where a certain street or place is, because we'll have the browser's window divided into two parts: one featuring Google Maps and the other part featuring the website we want, so we can drag and drop the name of the street in the search box and navigate the map with no problem. IF you usually have to search for places in Google maps, from now on you won't have to change from one tab to another, you'll be able to have the map and the websites on screen at the same time.

Fire.fm

Jose Enrique Bolaños

Fire.fm is an add-on for the Firefox browser that lets you listen to all your favorite songs via the Last.fm database. You can listen to songs from your favorite artists and discover new artists with a similar style, all without leaving your Firefox browser. With the Fire.fm controls, you can basically perform all the same actions as you can with the official Last.fm client, like marking a song as a favorite or removing songs or artists you don't like. For all these reasons, Fire.fm is an excellent choice for music lovers and fans of Last.fm.

spedr

Alberto Bajo

TuentiPack

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HistoryBlock

Justin Scott

Sometimes when we surf the Internet, we view some websites we don't want to appear in the history, because you don't want other people to know that you visited those websites. Eliminating that information is not difficult, in fact you only have to access the history and delete the websites you visited and you don't want to appear. But it can be easier, thanks to this add-on for Firefox. HistoryBlock is the perfect application if you usually want to delete some websites from the history. HistoryBlock will not allow the History to log the websites you don't want to be stored in thehistory. The first time you visit the website you don't want to be in the history, you have to right click on any place of the website and choose the option Block This!. From then on, that website will not appear in the history. Of course, you can revert that choice accessing the settings of the add-on.

iMacros

Internet Macros Web Scripting

Every day you lose a lot of time visiting the same links and inserting the same information in Internet Explorer, what makes you wish on certain occasions that you had an application that automatically does all these steps. iMacros is a tool capable of recording these types of actions: visit websites, do clicks, complete forms... anything you can do with your mouse in IE, the program can reproduce it later in a completely automatic way. It's very simple to use, when you push record any combination of keys and all the browsing will be stored. iMacros supports all types of websites even the Flash programmed and Java applets.

Tab Scope

Gomita

Echofon

Kazuho Okui

Twitter is a social website which is becoming more and more popular and one of the main reasons is that it's very easy to use and post on it. One of the ways you can use to post on your Twitter is this add-on for Firefox that allows you to post, receive updates and read private messages right from your favorite web browser. Ecofon is a great choice for all those users who want to be up to date and are twitting all day. Do you have more than one Twitter account? Don't worry, Echofon allows you to have more than one account and be logged on them at the same time to know what happens in your different Twitter worlds. 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. Don't hesitate, if you like Twitter, You need Echofon to make it even easier and attractive.

Alexa Sparky

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If you administer a secure web page, you are probably already familiar with Alexa.com. And if you haven't heard of Alexa or its popular ranking, you should know that it's undoubtedly one of the website references that all webmasters should have in their toolbox. On Alexa.com you'll find completely free, reliable traffic statistics for any website, as well as rankings and lists organized by country or language. In order to collect this data, Alexa.com uses a browser plug-in that not only sends data to the website, but also makes it easier for you to follow the statistics for any website you're visiting. Up to now, one of the biggest complaints about this system was that the Alexa bar was only available for Internet Explorer. However, thanks to Alexa Sparky, the official Mozilla Firefox extension for Alexa, there's now a solution to that problem. With Alexa Sparky, you add a little bar to Firefox from which you can see a graphic that shows the evolving traffic of any website you're visiting. In addition, you can also access some of the services offered by Alexa directly. This includes an overview of any website, details about the traffic, links that lead to that page, and pages classified by Alexa as similar to the current page.

Indiana Jones 4 Messenger Skin

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Indiana Jones is back to theaters of all the world, this time he will be searching for the crystal skull. His enemies will be soviet agents who also want to capture the relic to carry out sinister plans. You can dress up your Windows Live Messenger in this carefully designed skin: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Messenger Skin is the perfect skin for the fans of Indy. The contact list, conversation windows, start window,... all of them will be dressed in an Indiana Jones Style. If your favorite IM client is Windows Live Messenger (aka MSN) and a fan of Indiana Jones. Welcome back Indy with Indiana Jones 4 Messenger Skin, a must-have for all Indy fans.

Connecta 2000

Joel Galí

Vista United Skin para WLM

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Vista Ultimate, Vista Home and Vista Business offer different looks, each one change something to make itself different from the rest, but you may like all three. If you like the look and feel of the three OS or you simply like one, you'll love this skin for messenger. In fact, the skin is composed by 3 skins: Vista Home skin, Vista Ultimate skin and Vista Business skin. Three skins in only one, that's great for all you WLM skin lovers. Change the look of your favorite IM client, that's one of the most loved features of Windows Live Messenger, so it's time to change it and enjoy a different look and feel. Choose if you prefer the blue interface of Vista Business Skin, the yellow and turquoise of Vista Home or the dark Vista Ultimate.

PixaMSN

Sergi Martí­nez

For sure that at any time you haven?t been able to access your MSN Messenger account and chat with your friends by using a computer at work, in the university or any other place. If you have an USB key, you can forget about hose problems, because you will have your messenger clent in it, ready to be used in any computer. PixaMSN is the software you must store in it. The reason is easy: thanks to his lite version of he classical MSN Messenger, you will be able to run MSN messenger in any computer and it doesnn?t need to be installed, just plug in the USB key, and run PixaMSN, login and chat as at home. A great choice if you usually go to the library or the university and you need to chat with your contacts.

Kung Fu Panda Skin

Vicious Cycle Software

One of the things we usually do when we get tired of our IM client is to change its skin thanks to the skin capabilities added to WLM by Messenger Plus Live. Now that Kung Fu Panda is to arrive in theaters, we can set this trendy and colorful free skin for WLM featuring original Kung Fu Panda images. Po, the main character of the movie will be present in all your chat sessions, surrounded by a red environment that will give you Messenger an original and different look. Don't hesitate, be the first of your friends who have this Kung Fu Panda Skin, the skin for messenger based on the movie.

PSI

Justin Karneges

Outlook LAN Messenger

Srimax Software System

Outlook LAN Messenger is an instant messaging system developed for intranets and group messaging. This messenger service is similar graphically to older versions of the popular MSN Messenger and achieves perfectly what is expected of this kind of application: security, versatility, and simplicity. Access to the Outlook LAN Messenger network is controlled at all times, so if we want to insert users into a group we will have to insert their IP address. Like this, the internal communication channel has a barrier which is difficult to avoid and can only be modified by the administrator. To improve communication within the business or the work group, Outlook LAN Messenger has the possibility to create multiple user groups and even to include some predefined ones which correspond to some of the most common areas in the business world. At the same time we will have an appointment calendar, an open group chat with all the users connected; secure file transfer between members, different states of connection and many more details which make Outlook LAN Messenger a secure and comfortable client.

Funpidgin

Connor Behan

Ubuntu Human Messenger

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AIM

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AIM Instant Messenger is a complete messaging system, which is less common but very similar to microsoft messenger MSN or ICQ. To begin using AIM you need an account which you can get for free from the program itself. Once registered, you will have access to all services instant messaging client. It has a flexible system for managing contacts which allows such mixing contact lists from different sources,and supports online gaming between contacts and video streaming for you to be closer to the people with whom you talk.

BigAnt Messenger

BigAntSoft

BigAnt Messenger is the perfect substitute for Windows Live Messenger and any other similar application in the office. It consists of an instant messaging program designed for all types of organizations that allows you to create a closer network of users with whom you can have text, voice and video conversations via a local network or the Internet. BigAnt Messenger consists of a client and a server. The server is in charge of centralizing the communications and give service to the clients. It uses an Access database to store the information or an SQL Server. In it, it must enlist users and user groups that will form the enterprise network. It is also necessary to define rules to limit the access to the functions on the client's behalf. To connect to the network you need a user name and password, as well as a server IP address. The services offered by BigAnt Messenger as a messaging client are: text conversations, phone and videoconference calls, file and folder sending, conversation history, screenshots, offline message, etc.

Ev0 Windows Live Messenger Skin

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Since the moment that Messenger Plus Live allowed to install skins in a few seconds, some good skins have appeared and some of them are really good and make your Windows Live Messenger to be trendy and amazing. Ev0 Windows Live Messenger Skin is the name of the skin we love. It will make people envious of the look of your messenger. The new distribution of buttons and menus is much more attractive than the classic one and it makes Windows Live Messenger to be more usable. Finally, installing and uninstalling EvO Windows Live Messenger Skin is a matter of 2 or 3 clicks.

emesene

Luis Mariano Guerra

Day by day, more and more IM clients appear trying to go up to the top of IM clients, trying to oust those big Windows Live, ICQ or Yahoo. One of them is emesene, which allows you to chat with your Windows Live contacts (aka MSN). Emesene offers functions similar to the ones offered by WLM, but it can be spiced up with add-ons. Spice up emesene by adding it youtube upload video capability, Messenger Plus compatibility, pokes, chat logs, etc.

Bopup Messenger

B Labs_1

Nowadays communication in workgroups is essential when working at the office, as well as the image and sound filesharing. Thank to this tool you'll be able to power up your business communication system. Bopup Messenger is an IM client for local networks specially focused on synchronizing and sharing information. It's very similar to all those IM clients you are used to use, but with only an exception, it is safer due to that feature tat makes it to work on local network without entering the World wide Web itself. It may not be the best IM client but it can be useful if you need a bit more of safety in your business communication.

Instantbird

Florian Quèze y Quentin Castie

Instantbird is a multiplatform, multiprotocol IM client that lets you access different messaging networks from different operating systems, among them Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Instantbird makes use of Mozilla's rendering engine to generate chat windows and Pidgin to connect the different networks. The chat networks you can access with Instantbird include: MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, MySpace IM, SameTime, Simple, Netsoul, AIM, Gadu Gadu, QQ, Google Talk, XMPP, Bonjour, SILC, IRC, GroupWise, and ICQ. It's possible to connect to more than one network at the same time. Instantbird is still in its preliminary phases, which is why its features are basic, although some are very interesting, like grouping conversations into tabs.

Miranda IM

Miranda IM Project

Miranda IM is an instant messenger client capable of working under any network or contact community. With just one program you will be able to access the services and contacts of other programs like MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, Tlen, netsend... The aim of Miranda’s authors is to generate a fast and efficient code... It only uses what you need. By this way, the main program only has basic services and you can adjust it yourself by adding plugins. If you think you will not find the plugin for the function you need, you are wrong, because there are more than 130 different plugins for your Miranda.

Palringo

Palringo

Palringo is a multi-platform instant messaging client with which you can communicate with all of your MSN, Gmail, Yahoo MSN, AOL, Jabber or ICQ contacts at the same time. The biggest advantages that Palringo offers as compared to other similar applications are lower than average resource consumption and a well-organized interface thanks to which you can easily work with your different accounts. To use Palringo you will need to register in the author website (it's free). Once you have your username, you can add all of the above mentioned services that you want to include in your account to the client. Palringo allows you to manage each service separately, so that, for example, you can change your status for your MSN contacts but not for your Gmail contacts. At first your contacts appear listed by status, but you can create groups to include contacts from different services. As you can see, this is a very basic application that fulfills the basic needs of such a program, something that is certainly of interest for those that only use the messenger for momentary communications.