Web Browsers and Email Programs
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[edit] Desktop Browsers
Internet Explorer - The web browser from the folks at Microsoft. IE is widely considered to be the most popular web browser on the market, largely due to its inclusion with Windows.
Firefox - The web browser from Mozilla, the creators of the legendary Netscape browser. Firefox is the first major browser to make tabbed browsing a standard feature. It is also considered to be the main alternative to Internet Explorer.
Opera - The browser suite from the Norway-based Opera Software. It is the last of the major browsers to be given away for free. Opera is currently available for several diverse platforms, including desktop computers, mobile devices, and the Nintendo DS.
Chrome - Google's entry into the browser market. Since its debut in September 2008, Chrome has been called everything from "the next step in computing" to "just another fad."
Safari - The browser of choice for millions of Mac users worldwide. Safari is considered to be one of most powerful browsers on the market today thanks to Apple's WebKit technology. Safari has also been criticized for its lackluster security. A Windows version of Safari was released on June 11th, 2007.
Konqueror - A Linux-only browser designed to run on the KDE desktop environment. Konqueror's rendering agent, KHTML, was used as the basis for WebKit.
Sleipnir - A Japanese browser that bears a striking resemblance to Netscape. Sleipnir is one of the few browsers that run both Internet Explorer's Trident and Firefox's Gecko rendering engines.
Camino - A Mac-only browser designed to compete with Safari.
SeaMonkey - An Internet "suite" (web browser, email client, IRC client, and HTML editor) similar to the now defunct Navigator. In fact, SeaMonkey is considered by some to be true successor to Netscape Navigator.
K-Meleon - An open source, lightweight browser based upon the Gecko rendering engine.
[edit] News
Mozilla CEO John Lilly: “World Domination is Overrated” – A frank and intriguing interview with Mozilla’s John Lilly. Originally published by LinuxInsider via the San Jose Mercury News, October 5th, 2008.
[edit] Internet Explorer Derivatives
Avant - A "pre-tweaked" derivative of Internet Explorer.
BuddyWave - An oddball, but interesting, combination of Internet Explorer and MySpace.
[edit] Firefox Derivatives
AT&T Pogo - Firefox, but with a distinct 3D flare. Pogo is currently in a closed beta state.
Flock - A Firefox derivative with advanced social networking capabilities.
Orca - A "pre-tweaked" version of Firefox. Orca is the Firefox equivalent of Avant.
[edit] Chrome Derivatives
Crossover Chromium - Chrome for Mac and Linux users. Somewhat unstable, but completely usable.
Iron – A Chrome derivative that focuses primarily on security.
[edit] Extensions and Widgets
[edit] Firefox
Adblock Plus - Easily the best advertisement/image blocker out there today.
BlogRovR An extension that suggests blogs relevant to the web site you are currently reading.
Cooliris – Get the content of a link without actually clicking on it.
Ctrl-Tab - Extends the "Ctrl-Tab" preview function found in Windows to Firefox.
Download Statusbar - Moves the "download" list from a separate window to the bottom of the screen.
Fancy Numbered Tabs - Adds -- you guessed it -- fancy, numbered tabs to Firefox.
Firebug - Turn Firefox into a full-featured website editor.
FoxTab - Add some nifty 3D effects to your Firefox tabs.
FoxyTunes - Control the media player of your choice, find lyrics and more, all without minimizing Firefox.
Inquisitor - Add a powerful “predicting” search bar to Firefox. Inquisitor is based upon Yahoo BOSS technology.
Lijit - Make the web a social networking experience.
Locationbar² - Add "links" to the address in the location bar.
Personas - Skin and theme Firefox on the fly.
Pluribo - Provides summaries of Amazon user reviews.
PMOG - Turn your web surfing experience into an online RPG adventure.
Presdo Event Calendar Organizer Doodad - Add a comprehensive "coming events" calendar to your browser.
Scrapbook Extension - Turn your bookmarks into a scrapbook. Each bookmark becomes a "snapshot."
ScribeFire - Allows you to update your blog directly from Firefox.
Shareaholic - Share your favorite bookmarks with the members of your favorite social network.
Snowl - Yet another extension that adds both instant messaging and social networking functionality to Firefox.
Twitbin – A Firefox extension that adds a Twitter client to your browser window.
TwitterBar - Share your favorite pages on Twitter.
TubeStop - Removes the "auto play" feature found on many online video sites.
Yoono - Add instant messaging, Twitter, and social networking functionality to Firefox.
[edit] Internet Explorer
Cooliris – Get the content of a link without actually clicking on it.
Delicious - Internet Explorer users get to join the link sharing party that is Delicious.
FoxyTunes - Control the media player of your choice, find lyrics and more, all without minimizing Internet Explorer.
IE7Pro - Add a variety of interesting and useful tools (crash recovery, improved page searching, mouse gestures, etc.) to Internet Explorer.
ieSpell - Adds a surprisingly accurate spell check to all Internet Explorer text boxes. ieSpell supports American, Canadian, and the Queen's English right out of the box.
Inquisitor - Add a powerful “predicting” search bar to Internet Explorer. Inquisitor is based upon Yahoo BOSS technology.
Zemanta - Add pictures, links, and added information to any blog post.
[edit] Opera Widgets
Artist's Sketchbook - Edits pictures directly from Opera.
CSS Help - As the name suggests, this widget is designed to help you with CSS code.
Date and Time - Adds a clock and a calendar to your Opera set up.
Digg - Directly connect to Digg’s RSS feed.
DragonFly - Debug Java and CSS code directly from Opera.
Facebook Notifier - See the changes on Facebook as they happen.
iTunes Widget - Control iTunes from Opera.
Page Rank - Google Page Rank widget.
Scientific Calculator - A full calculator, complete with trigonometry functions, memory slots, and a random number generator.
Simple Myspace Editor - Edit your MySpace page with actually going to Myspace.
Tetris - ... Because we all need a little "Tetris" in our lives every now and again.
Twitter - Add Twitter support to Opera.
Update Checker - Checks to see if your favorite sites have been updated.
Write! - Word processing comes to Opera.
Y! Backlink Counter - Check out the links coming into a given URL. Powered by Yahoo Site Explorer.
[edit] Safari
Cooliris – Get the content of a link without actually clicking on it.
Inquisitor - Add a powerful “predicting” search bar to Safari. Inquisitor is based upon Yahoo BOSS technology.
Keywurl - Search the web from your address bar.
Safari Prairiefire – Give your bookmarks folder a good cleaning.
[edit] Scripting Resources
[edit] Tools
Greasemonkey - Allows user scripts to be run in Firefox. There are also official versions available for Firefox-derivatives Flock and Epiphany, and "unofficial" versions for SeaMonkey and musical database Songbird.
Greasemonkey for IE - A version of Greasemonkey specifically designed to work with Internet Explorer.
GreaseKit - A version of Greasemonkey specifically designed to work with Safari and OS X.
Konqueror Userscript - Run scripts in Konqueror. Greasemonkey scripts are only "marginally supported" at this time.
[edit] Greasemonkey Scripts
Ad Slicer for MySpace - Remove the ads (and the ad spaces) that inhabit MySpace.
Blank Must Die - Stop websites from opening up "dummy" tabs and web instances.
Google Account Multi-Login - Easily access all of your Gmail accounts without signing out.
LookItUp2 - Look up any word on either Wikipedia or a dictionary.
MySpace Home Auto-Update - Enable an auto-update feature on the MySpace main page.
YouTube Googler - Give YouTube a distinct "Google Video" makeover.
[edit] Email
[edit] Email Programs
Bluemail - A web 2.0 email reader. Bluemail is a part of the IBM Social Software project.
Thunderbird - The email program from Mozilla.
Zimbra - Offline email client from Yahoo.
[edit] Email Tools
Mailbigfile - Sends big files through email.
QuikieProfits - Fool spammer robots fortifying your email address on your site.
ZenSender – Easily propagate and manage an email campaign.
[edit] Gmail Specific
Canned Responses – Add automated “away” messages to Gmail.
GPG - Encrypt your Gmail account.
GTD Inbox Plugin - Add database functionality to Gmail.
Xoopit - Add social networking functionality to Gmail.
[edit] Gmail Tutorials
Check Gmail for Hackers – A step by step guide showing you how to find hackers lurking within your Gmail account.
