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Firefox 10 is now available for download, with some major improvements and changes. The new version automatically hides the Forward button until you navigate back, and supports full-screen APIs for web apps and utilities that can use the entire display. Moreover, add-on compatibility is now supported by default. Mozilla has also designed the ESR feature (Extended Support Release) for companies and organizations that can not keep up with the rapid new version release, after every six weeks. The ESR releases will only increase by a minor version, whenever Firefox’s standard version goes through a major version update.

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Unofficial Google Image Search By Drawing is a web application that allows you to search Google Images by drawing shapes and anything else you like. You can preform Google Image Search by drawing anything in the box, take pictures from your webcam, or simply drag & drop images from your computer into the box.  Click the Search by Drawing button and results will instantly be displayed. The service offers users with multiple colors and different pencil sizes, which can be changed by moving the slider.

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Imagine a party where you and some of your friends took photos, and now want to share them for all. Normally, one person would upload those photos to their Facebook profile, or, to collect them all in one place, you might resort to an online file sharing service. There are many services out there that allow you to share photos with friends, but liveshare , a web application, offers users with something unique. It allows you to share photos in a collaborative, real time manner. All you have to do is kick off a photo stream, add photos from your computer, invite friends so they can add their photos to the same album, and then watch the album grow. In addition to that, you can either set the photos to be public or private. liveshare is an amazing way to capture memories and photos from the same event that you and your friends attend. It allows real time sync, is fast, and every member can add photos.

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Pandora is an online radio station that lets you listen to a variety of songs from popular artists, but switching between songs and controlling Pandora while you work online can be a bit tiring. Pandora For Chrome, an extension for Chrome, allows you to control Pandora right from the browser’s toolbar. It gives you full control of Pandora, and all you have to do is click the button in the toolbar and launch the service from the compact pop-up. Once launched, you can switch between songs, play/pause songs and like/dislike songs. A useful feature of the extension is that, it works seamlessly even when Pandora is open in a different tab or window. It allows you to work and listen to music at the same time without any disruptions. The pop-up displays the song title, artist name and a sharing option.

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Often, when we browse the web for research purposes, we have to search the same keyword on multiple search engines. Typing the search term over and over again in different search engines can be a difficult and time consuming task. Search Assistant, a Chrome extension, solves this problem and lets you search multiple search engines for the same keyword with only a click or two. The extension adds a tiny button in the address bar, which, when clicked, displays a pop-up, with a list of search engines, such as Google, Bing, Yahoo, Amazon, eBay and YouTube. The extension is customizable, so you can delete the default search engines and add others according to your preference.

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Side Tabs is a Firefox add-on that arranges tabs in a vertical rather than horizontal fashion. It simply moves your tabs to the side of your browser, and is great for widescreen monitors or for people who keep many tabs open at the same time. Using the default tabs in Firefox can be frustrating when you have 20 or more open tabs, and have to scroll back and forth in the tab bar to find the right one. With Side Tabs, tab management and access is easier. Recently, we covered a similar add-on, Tab Sidebar Reloaded, which was more advanced and had more features, giving each tab history, reload and stop options, and displaying website thumbnails in the sidebar. Side Tabs provides the same functionality but with fewer options; however, it should be noted that the add-on is intentionally very minimalistic, and is intended for users who want to keep things simple.

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EverTab is yet another speed dial extension for Chrome that gives users instant access to their bookmarks, apps, extensions, downloads, options, flags, memory and more. EverTab allows you to customize the new tab page and add bookmarks to it. You can set custom background images and add images for individual thumbnails. All your favorite websites can be accessed from within the same tab, allowing fast navigation. An even better thing about EverTab, is that you can add up to 12 rows and 20 columns, which means a large number of thumbnails can be added to the new tab page. Simply change the number of rows and columns from settings, along with the thumbnail size and background image.

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Tranquility, a Firefox add-on, improves the readability of online articles by removing unnecessary elements on a webpage, providing a simple and tranquil reading experience. Similar functionality is also available through iReader, an add-on we recently covered. Tranquility attempts to solve the same problem but uses a simpler approach with lesser options. While reading online articles, either click the button in the toolbar or use the Ctrl+Alt+T combination as a keyboard shortcut to make the current web-page readable. A Tranquility! option is also added to the Tools category in the menu bar. You can use any of these options to toggle the reader on and off.

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When graphic designers and web developers design websites, they come across colors in multiple formats, such as RGB, HSL, Hexadecimal, HSL, CMYK and more. Finding the perfect color for your websites might not be a difficult task, but finding the exact match in a different format can sometimes be a problem. This is where ColorHexa, a simple tool, can be of great help. It provides web developers with detailed information about colors in almost any format. All you have to do is, simply type the color code, and ColorHexa will give you a detailed description. It will also automatically convert the color to its equivalent value in Hexadecimal, Binary, RGB, CMYK, HSL, HSV, CIE-Lab, Hunter-Lab, XYZ and so on. Furthermore, ColorHexa allows you to blend colors and create gradients between two or more colors. This tool also generates matching color schemes relevant to a particular color, such as complementary, split complementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic and monochromatic colors.

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Google Image search is one of the most comprehensive image search tools on the web that provides users with fast and accurate results. While we search Google images, thumbnails of images are displayed and, when clicked, the image is displayed in a box over the original website. In order to download an image, the user can either close the box and download the image from the website, or view the full-size image and then download it. Downloading images from Google Image Search results means that you have to go through some extra steps. Google Image Ripper, a simple tool, solves this problem and makes both image search & downloading easier. Both Google Images and Google Image Ripper have the same search results, but Ripper comes with a minimalist layout and displays images with direct download links, so you do not have to leave the search page to download the image. It then allows you to view the full sized images in a slideshow. However, a drawback of Ripper is that the search filters are removed, and only two filters, Safe Mode and Image Size, can be applied to the search results.

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BetterLinks, a Chrome extension, lets you navigate the web in a fast and effective way by inserting contextually relevant links to high quality, popular content. It inserts automatic links to articles, images and websites where you can learn more about the things you are interested in. It works perfectly and makes custom recommendations for you. The extension inserts dashed-underlined links on websites, where you can simply hover your mouse over these links and view content in a compact pop-up. Follow the links to relevant sources, or click Search For More option in the pop-up to view search results based on the link.

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Want to stay in touch with the latest top stories around the world while you work online? GNews, a Chrome extension, regularly notifies you with Google News based on your preferences and selection of different categories, such as Sports, Business, Technology, Top stories and more. The GNews button counter in the toolbar shows the number of new posts, whereas the real time desktop notifications keep you apprised of the latest happenings. Furthermore, the news are displayed along with image previews. A GNews button is added right in the toolbar, which, when clicked, displays news in a compact pop-up. When individual news items are clicked, original websites where the news content is retrieved from, are opened in new tabs. The settings can also be accessed from right within the pop-up.

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