According to Mozilla, only you can prevent boring and ugly web browsers. Yes, that’s right. If you ever wanted to have something to say about what the future of the Internet looks like, then now is your chance. It’s called Mozilla Labs. The web browsing company wants you to come in and suggest how a post-Firefox web browser should work. Anyone can participate. Just send a suggestion or idea, and Mozilla will look into it.

But Mozilla Labs is more than just suggestions and conversation. The Labs also feature mock-ups of a few of their “more promising” ideas. These short videos walk through some really cool new ideas that would completely change how everything works. Each of these demos are highly visual, and they’re difficult to describe. Thankfully, with the power of the web, I don’t have to. Isn’t the Internet wonderful?

So what is my personal favorite? Hmm… that’s a tough one. Honestly, I would probably go with Aurora, from the Adaptive Path design firm. Aurora is based upon the idea that the “web” can go beyond the average “browser window.” Want to drag sport scores to your desktop? With Aurora, you can do that. Want to follow your stocks? You can do that as well. Aurora also allows the user to see their bookmarks in a highly innovative, 3D view. Unfortunately, Aurora isn’t available for download… yet.

Of course, we can’t just sit around and just wait for the cool stuff to come out. Some of us, like yours truly, want to play with the new, interesting web functionality right now. As an example of the bleeding edge of browser technology, check out the new Snowl plugin for Firefox. Snowl lets you bring all your messaging platforms into one location — Instant Messaging, email, RSS/Atom Feeds, Twitter, FriendFeeds, and so on. At first glance, aggregating all your feeds is nothing new, but being able to handle all your messaging from within one web browser, as well as search and cross reference each one, could prove to be a very powerful. Snowl is available now.

It appears as if the folks at Digg have joined in the Mozilla rush as well. Google’s favorite social news service is finally compatible with Firefox 3.0. With that comes a host of cool new features, including notification messages that pop up in the right hand corner of your browser. The rest is all pretty much standard fare for social network plugins - a tool bar, a “Digg this” button, and instant notification if you have any new messages. If you are stillusing Firefox 2.0, have no fear. The old pugin is still available.