Save Web Content Directly To Dropbox & Google Docs, Or Convert To PDF

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When you have to save content from websites to cloud services such as Dropbox or Google Docs, you first have to download it from the web, save it to your local system, and then upload it to the cloud. This whole process is not only complicated, but also quite time consuming. This is where CleanSave, a Chrome extension, comes to the rescue. With it, you can move and save files directly from the web to your cloud-based accounts, like Google Docs and Dropbox. Not only does it allow you to upload content to these services, but you can also edit and convert webpages to PDF or simply print them. Before you can upload something, you have to, of course, log-in to the specific cloud service and authenticate Clean Save to send content to it. Read More

Get iOS-Like Smooth Scrolling With Full Customizations In Chrome

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If you dislike the way your Chrome browser moves the pages up and down in little jumps, then Chromium Wheel Smooth Scroller is a Chrome extension that deserves your attention. It makes scrolling webpages a beautiful and smooth experience, implementing iOS-like kinetic scroll. With it, you can fine tune the mouse scrolling and smoothness, so that it becomes more comfortable to navigate lengthy websites. Smooth Scrolling reduces strain on your eyes and prevents you from getting disoriented. The extension automatically becomes active on all webpages, and you can easily change the Step Size, Smoothness, Smoothness (Forepart) and Acceleration Sensitivity options from the extension’s Properties. Read More

Tube Player: Watch YouTube Videos Based On Social Network Popularity [Web]

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If you like listening to YouTube videos shared on popular social networking websites, or if you're just simply bored of the same old style and interface of YouTube, then Tube Player, a new web application, finds the most popular videos from social networks and lets you listen to social playlists with the best videos. All you have to do is type an artist's name, and Tube Player will build a playlist for you based on social popularity. Videos are instantly retrieved and displayed in a compact player with multiple options displayed at the bottom of the player, such as Previous Video, Next Video, Reload Video, Like, Dislike and more. Additionally, you can shuffle and create a mix of music by different artists.  Read More

New Chrome Beta Syncs Open Tabs Across All Devices, Including Android

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Up till now, Chrome allowed its users to sync the browser’s history, passwords, extensions, themes and settings, but with the latest Chrome Beta, when you're signed into Chrome, the tabs you have open on one device are available on all your other linked devices, too. To access open tabs on all your devices, simply click the Other devices option on the New Tab page, and with a click, you will be able to open tabs and migrate the tabs' back/forward navigation history, so you can start browsing right from where you left off. Moreover, if you use Chrome for Android Beta, the tab will also be available on your phone. The only requirement for syncing tabs is to sign in to your Google account. Note that all synchronization options are enabled by default, and data is stored in encrypted form on Google servers, protected by the user’s Google account password. Read More

Window Tiler: Arrange Multiple Chrome Windows Into Non-Overlapping Tiles

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To compare multiple webpages side by side, or to refer to something in one tab or window and type about it in another can be quite difficult, as you have to constantly switch tabs or windows. Sometimes, multi tasking can be a pain, specially when you’ve got to three or four websites open and need to access them all at the same time. This is where Window Tiler, a Chrome extension, comes in handy. This smart tool organizes windows on the screen into multiple non-overlapping tiles, with only a click or two. The extension adds a button to the toolbar that automatically arranges all your windows to occupy your screen, so all of them are visible. By creating these panels, you can browse two or more sites at once, side by side. Read More

Kulisha Lets You Aggregate & Pin Social Feeds In A Clutter Free Interface [Web]

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Normally, to stay up-to-date with websites like Facebook and Twitter, we have to visit the social networks separately and spend a great amount of time on each, but with Kulisha, it is possible to view updates, news, tweets and feeds from multiple sites at the same time. Kulisha is a social network aggregator that collects your social feeds into one central place, provides a more graphical experience, and then allows you to pin them, in a manner similar to Pinterest. This web application makes sure you get a richer experience by gathering all your feeds in a neat interface. It displays feeds in compact tiles and arranges them without any clutter or ads. The Facebook feeds have a dark blue line at the bottom, whereas Twitter feeds come with a lighter blue color. Read More

ViewTube: Watch Videos On Social Websites In A Separate Popup [Chrome]

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If you like watching videos on popular social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Google+ then, ViewTube is a Chrome extension that will enhance your video watching experience by letting you watch videos in a new and unique way. The handy tool basically plays the video in a pop-up that can be moved around and placed anywhere on the page, so you are no longer stuck at the same part of the page until the video ends. With it, you can read posts and watch videos at the same time without losing focus. Moreover, you no longer have to stop commenting or reading your feeds, since you’ll always have the video in front of you. More after the break. Read More

Bookmark YouTube Videos & Resume Playback From Where You Left Off [Firefox]

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Often, while watching YouTube videos, we need to close the video because something important comes up or we have to be somewhere. Such situations can be quite annoying, especially when you know that if you close the video, you won't remember where you exactly left off. Only a few weeks back, we covered a Chrome extension called Pause For Later that allowed you to pause videos and save them for watching later. ResumeLater is a similar Firefox add-on that lets you bookmark videos on YouTube and resume playback right from where you stopped it.  After installing the add-on, simply click the button in the status bar to pause and save videos in a pop-up, along with the time elapsed information. You can then access all your saved videos by clicking the resumeLater icon in the status bar and enjoy them later. Read More

JustUnFollow: Analyze Your Twitter Followings & Remove Non-Followers [Web]

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Finding people who unfollow you on Twitter isn't an easy task, but a web application called JustUnFollow can make things easier. JustUnfollow is a simple Twitter app to find people who unfollow you or don't follow you back. With it, you can find your fans, check if a particular user follows you & whitelist other non-followers. The app is really easy-to-use, as it quickly finds and displays all your twitter unfollowers in a list. Additionally, other types of filters can also be applied. The app works seamlessly and finds each and every person who unfollowed you. You can then unfollow users that you want to. Note that free accounts can unfollow up to 50 users in a day. JustUnfollow lets you manage your Twitter account more effectively and makes sure you get rid of all that extra clutter. Read More

FVD Speed Dial: Customizable New Tab Page With Powerful Options [Firefox/ Chrome]

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FVD Speed Dial gives your new tab page a gorgeous layout consisting of bookmarks, custom background, custom dials, groups, most visited links and much more. The extension is highly customizable and allows you create your own speed dials, along with a Most Visited category that automatically populates the sites you visit most often. Each dial contains a group with the full list of URLs visited by you, related to that domain. Additionally, you can add any dial from the Most Visited category. Another great feature of the extension is that if you’ve closed a page or multiple pages earlier, you can always reopen them by clicking the Recently Closed category. You can block URLs from the speed dial, change the background color and more. Also, you can group speed dials in to different groups, such as default, work, home etc. Read More

Pictotool: Create Customizable & Funny Pictograms For Use On The Web

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Looking for some fun images and pictograms to post on your Facebook, website or blog? Pictotool is a web tool that can create interesting and fun images with pictograms and text that you can easily customize. It’s a free and simple to use image creation tool that lets you combine text and graphics to create unique, attractive images. Once you’ve created an image, you can even change the font, background and pictogram colors. After creating the image, click GENERATE and download the image to your local system before uploading it to your desired website. Read More

Get Instant Facebook Notifications On Any Website With MyStatusBar [Chrome]

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Facebook addiction can take reach astounding heights; some people are satisfied with just checking their feed once in the morning and once in the evening while others seem to think everything they do or are thinking of doing is worth sharing with the world. If you’re somewhere between these two spectrums  and are looking for an easier way to keep up with your feed, try MyStatusBar. It is a  Chrome extension that adds a bar at the bottom of your window and notifies you of all activity that takes place on your Facebook account. This includes friend requests, comments and likes on a picture, pokes, invitation to an event and messages. The extension also features a search bar but does not allow you to share directly to your account. It’s simply a way to keep up with new activity and not to interact with friends on Facebook. Read More

gleeBox: Complete Website Navigation Using Keyboard [Chrome]

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gleeBox is the perfect tool for keyboard and command line lovers. This Chrome extension takes a keyboard-centric approach for navigating websites and provides alternatives to actions that are traditionally performed via the mouse, such as clicking, scrolling, selecting text fields and more. gleeBox comes with various commands that allow you to traverse through different elements on a page, perform different types of actions, such as scroll through the headings, select linked images, open articles in a clutter free reader or Google Reader and more. Gleebox offers a highly customizable and intuitive way to navigate web pages via keyboard. To start off, hit the G key, type a part or all of the link name into the search bar, gleeBox will then immediately highlight all the link on the page. You can then press Enter to go to the URL or press Shift+Enter to open the links in a new tab. Read More

Quickly Open, Download Or Bookmark Multiple Links At Once [Firefox Add-On]

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If you want to open multiple links from a website, you either have to hold down the Ctrl key and click every link, or you can select the open in new tab option from the right-click context menu for each link. This entire process can not only be time consuming, but it can be quite irritating. This is where Multi Links, a Firefox add-on, comes in handy. Multi Links lets you open, copy or bookmark multiple links at the same time, rather than having to open them individually. With it, you can open, copy or bookmark websites simply by drawing a selection box around the links. By default, the add-on allows you to right-click and drag a box to open multiple links in new tabs. In addition to that, Multi Links Preferences allow you to fully customize the mouse button actions and appearance of the add on. Read More

ChromeTunes: Add YouTube Playlists & Listen To Tracks via A Slick Popup

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Wouldn’t it be great if we could listen to music on YouTube and work online at the same time, without having to sift through multiple tabs? ChromeTunes is a Chrome extension that lets you listen to tracks and playlists from YouTube through a slick pop-up. Not only does the extension allow you to search and listen to tracks, but it also lets you add your favorite playlists right through the pop-up. After you’ve installed the extension, you can directly add playlists by accessing the settings and enter a List ID. You can also click the search button and enter a query in the search box to find tracks and playlists. ChromeTunes will then instantly retrieve playlists or tracks from YouTube, along with a thumbnail preview of an album or track. Read More

Newsmap: Google News With A Color-Coded Treemap Visualization [Web]

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The internet is a great communication tool, but day after day, we find ourselves constantly dealing with an overwhelming quantity of information. Newsmap is an web application that tries to manage the large amounts of data available online, by visually reflecting the constantly changing landscape of the Google News aggregator. It displays news in a tree map visualization that basically are space-constrained visualizations of information. This smart tool represents patterns of news and shows us how it constantly is changing around the globe. You will find large colorful cells consisting of news items on the website. At first, the page might seem a bit cluttered, but you will quickly understand the idea when you spend some time on the site. The size of each cell is determined by the amount of related articles that exist on Google News. In this way, users can quickly identify popular news stories with the most coverage. Read More

Prevent Tab Overflow: View All Open Firefox Tabs Without Scroll Buttons

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When you open ten or more tabs in Firefox, it starts hiding them, leaving you with only seven or eight visible ones, with two scroll buttons at both ends of the tab bar. This is Firefox’s way of dealing with tab overflow. For those of you wondering, tab overflow is what happens when you have one too many tabs open in a single window and you’re exceptionally lazy about dividing them out into separate windows just so you don’t have to be bothered switching between the two. While some people like this feature, others really want to get rid of it. If you find tab overflow in Firefox annoying and want to disable it, then I'm sure you will love Prevent Tab Overflow, an add-on for Firefox that, as the name implies, prevents tab over flow for as long as possible. This simple yet powerful tool shrinks the tabs to a smaller size before tab overflow occurs and lets you view all your open tabs, without having to scroll the tab bar. You can chose the size of the tabs and customize the add-on, according to your preference, from the Options. Read More

Manage & Remove App Permissions For Facebook, Twitter, Google & More [Web]

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If you’ve granted permissions to loads of apps on multiple personal accounts over time, it can be quite difficult to figure out exactly where to go and delete them. A few days back we covered a web application called Bliss Control that provided us with a single directory of links to manage all our social networks' settings. MyPermissions is a similar tool that gives you one-click access to the app permissions page for multiple social networking sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, Dropbox, Flickr and more. While Bliss Control allows you to access multiple settings, MyPermissions is specialized for managing your apps on social media sites. With it, you can spend only a few minutes, and get rid of all the random apps that have access to your personal information. The service doesn’t require your login information to work, and merely points you to the right settings page on the appropriate website. It does, however, require you to be signed in to your social networking accounts. Read More

Briteclick: Search, Reference & Shopping Through A Customizable Sidebar [Extension]

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Wouldn’t it be great if we never had to leave our email or current webpage to access relevant information from various sources? Briteclick is an innovative search tool that makes finding information and completing tasks on the internet much easier and faster. After installing the extension, all you have to do is highlight keywords and get intelligent search results, neatly organized in a slick sidebar. This Chrome and Firefox extension lets you instantly view results from popular sources, like Google, YouTube, Wikipedia, eBay and much more. Briteclick tailors results based on the keywords you search and presents them in a convenient sidebar, so you never have to leave the current page to open multiple tabs. Read More

Add Custom Notes To Lengthy Articles For Easy Scrolling [Chrome]

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Sometimes, while reading lengthy articles online, we scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and tend to lose focus from the last read sentence. In such situations, it can be quite difficult and tiring to skim through articles to find the part where we left off. This is where Annotated Scrollbars, a Chrome extension, comes in handy. This smart tool remembers the position of your latest browsed articles, so that you can come back to it and continue reading with ease. Annotated Scrollbars helps you navigate through important sections of a lengthy documents by allowing you to mark specific parts of an article, so that you can scroll back to them at a later time. All you have to do is add sticky notes to the scrollbar using the context menu, and navigate between the notes by clicking them. Read More