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If you find the Facebook chat font size too small, or if you want to add more emoticons while chatting, then Pretty Facebook Chat is just what you need. This simple tool enhances your Facebook chatting experience by letting you drag the chat window, change the font size, window size, add shadows, animations and an emoticon window. After you’ve installed this chrome extension, you will notice a red chat icon near Facebook chat and in the URL bar. Clicking this button allows you to toggle the Pretty Facebook Chat on and off. Furthermore, the chat also comes with a whole lot of emoticons, you can add smileys, troll faces and other symbols, all of which brighten up your chat conversations.

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While we browse the web, we often come across interesting stuff that we want share with our followers on Twitter. While most websites come with social sharing buttons that allow you to put content up on Twitter, Facebook and the like, not all pages would sport such a feature. In order to share content on such websites, we have to log in, copy the link and then share it on Twitter manually. Not only is this process time consuming, but it can also be quite tiring. Tweet Button For Chrome provides users with a fast and simple way to tweet a webpage they are currently on. Once this Chrome extension has been installed, a tweet  button is added in the toolbar, which displays the official tweet count for a webpage. The extension also shortens the URLs automatically, and allows you to tweet a page by using the right-click context menu. Once installed, simply click the button, and a pop-up will be displayed with the webpage’s URL and title. Shareaholic supports this extension, and allows you to view the dashboard with a record of all your tweets.

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There are times when we need to save or share large pieces of text online, and we usually do this either by emailing the text as an attachment, or saving it to a storage device. cl1p, a user friendly web application, works better than the traditional methods. It works by letting you share and save text online with only a few clicks. It instantly creates a temporary text area with a custom URL, where you can paste text and then access it from any other PC by using the custom URL. To start off, simply go to Cl1p, create a unique URL, paste text, share or save the URL, and that’s how simple it is. Furthermore, the service lets you edit the text from any PC, at any time. Cl1p is free and requires no registration whatsoever.

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iReader, a Firefox add-on, allows you to view news stories and articles in a clean and clutter-free interface. It strips out all the extra content, such as ads and sidebars, and displays the article in a neat layout with a toolbar that comes with multiple options, such as zoom in and out, print, emailing, sharing and more. In addition to that, it supports multi-page news articles as well. iReader works automatically, and as soon as you land on a webpage that displays an article, iReader icon appears right in the URL bar. Simply click this or use the hotkey to open the article in iReader. The add-on can be useful for people who want to read articles without any distractions.

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There are thousands of add-ons available for Firefox, and if you regularly need to manage your installed add-ons or plugins, then Addon Manager Fix can be of great help. It works by modifying the appearance of Firefox’s Add-on page, and reduces the height of all the items, which makes it easier to view more items at a glance, without having to scroll down the page. The default page displays the menu to the left and the installed items on the right. The add-on listing uses quite a bit of space, making it difficult to find add-ons. This simple tool solves the problem and lets you manage add-ons in a more effective manner.

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If you really like the speed dial feature of Chrome but favor Firefox as your primary browser, then you’ll love Super Smart. This Firefox add-on adds a speed dial feature to Firefox, and provides users with visual bookmarks, giving them the ability to quickly open frequently visited websites with ease. It also comes with a simple to-do list that acts like a reminder, so you never forget your important tasks. With Super Start, you can quickly add your favorite webpages to your start screen, and open them with only a click. Also, the page is fully customizable, and you can add as many URLs as you want, add notes, change the background color or simply set your favorite image as the background.

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Insights For Search, a Chrome extension, provides statistics, trends and insights for Google search results, by displaying graphs for interest over time, top related & rising searches to the right hand-side of the search results. The extension quickly shows you what people are searching for, the top searches, and the rising searches over a time period of 30 days. With it, you can spot trends and find out what people around the world are interested in.  The full reports allow you to compare search terms by geographical locations, time range, and other various filters. The extension is great for visualizing how interest for a particular search term has grown with time. The top and rising searches can help you with keyword research.

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News Factory, a Chrome extension, lets you view and read social news in a unique and interesting way. The extension makes use of your browsing history to detect and retrieve websites that can be added to the News Factory list. In addition to that, it automatically retrieves and updates Google Reader feeds. You can add new websites by entering a search term or URL in the search field, and then clicking Add once you’ve found the website. The News Factory button also displays the number of new posts right in your toolbar, and real-time desktop notifications are displayed after specific time intervals.

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Tired of entering repetitive URLs to access the same website? Shortcuts, a Chrome extension, makes navigation faster by letting you create and customize website shortcuts of your very own choice. With it, you no longer need to type the full website URLs over and over again, neither have to access your bookmarks. The extension lets you instantly create shortcuts for any website from its options. For instance, if you’ve set FB as the shortcut for Facebook, all you need to do, is type >, press Tab, and enter FB. Shortcuts conveniently allows you to get to your favorite websites without wasting time and effort.

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Have you ever had the need to enter a mathematical symbol on a website when browsing the web? Perhaps some obscure Captcha required you to enter a lesser used symbol at some time? If so, easyMath is a Firefox add-on that displays additional mathematical characters in a sidebar. It displays mathematical symbols that are in most popular fonts, allowing you to use these symbols from the sidebar on almost any website, without any problem. Once you’ve installed the extension, you can conveniently open the easyMath toolbar by pressing Ctrl+m combination, or click View > Sidebar > easyMath.

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Whether you use a Mac or a Windows PC, you’re still using the same internet. Your online peeves, annoyances and frustrations are similar, and you are likely to look for the same kind of services and apps. In 2011, we covered hundreds of web apps, and extensions for Chrome and Firefox. Some aimed to help you find simple solutions, like printing only relevant parts of a web page, while others helped you design webpage mockups. Here’s a round up of the best web apps and extensions we covered last year. READ MORE

Hopper is a fresh-baked web app that allows you to save and share a variety of content in a very elegant and minimal way. Managing massive amounts of data can be a pain, and emailing links, text and images to yourself can get too complicated. With Hopper, all you need to do, is simply drag & drop files from your desktop, or use the Ctrl+v combination to paste text or links. Hopper does not only upload & save content, but it also displays this content beautifully in a slick interface. URLs for uploaded content are instantly generated, which can then be copied or shared with others on social networking websites. Click on an image to expand it, or click the full-screen button to open it in a new tab. Hopper works perfectly, and you can even use it without signing up for the service.

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