It is not always possible to transfer bookmarks from one browser to another browser manually . Transmute is free Windows software that can automate transfer of bookmarks between 8 browsers including Firefox ,Chrome and Internet explorer . You can import bookmarks to selected folders and can even export them as backup for future use .

Transmute 1.53

OpenTransmute >select source and target browser > Select bookmarks location >Start .
Selected browsers should be closed before transferring bookmarks .
Requirement : NET framework .

Download Transmute 1.53 and transfer bookmarks between Chrome ,Firefox and Internet explorer.

Sometimes we encounter situations like  the sudden unavailability of a website that we are looking for. Websites  might get deleted or will go down high traffic or server issues. A basic method to view unavailable website is to check the Google cache file of the URL. Instant results will be obtained if the deleted website is recent. Traces of unavailable websites would also be available on other search engines like Yahoo, MSN, etc. and the internet archive.

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Fee months back , I wrote an article on how to speed up Firefox 3 . But that method actually concentrated on few manual optimization methods for tweaking Firefox memory usage and other network settings .But there are few software tools that can reduce the normal Firefox memory usage to near 880KB and network speed to almost double the existing value .

Speed Up Firefox  3 network settings :

You can speed up firefox 3 by optimizing Firefox’s hidden network settings . Firetune is a free software that adjusts these settings semi-automatically  .

You can select your computers’ configuration profile and tweaking a tweaking based on that.

Speed up Firefox 3 by reducing memory usage :

Firefox 3 is really a memory hog , if lot of addons are used or when multiple tabs are opened . In my case it went to approximately 100MB as shown below .

After using Firefox ultimate optimizer ,memory usage was reduced to an amazing 960KB .

I don’t know how they made it possible . But it is possible anyways .

Requirements are .NET framework 2.1 and Microsoft Windows XP (All versions) .

Firefox is perhaps the best browser available on internet .I have been using Firefox for few years from now and I am totally impressed with its  browsing capabilities and features like profiles ,addons, themes, etc .Firefox has became one of the favorite browser of webmasters and people interested in computers and internet .But what about the normal non tech-savvy internet users ?? Yea! they still prefer Internet explorer . So by this post I aim at bringing your attention to 25 most useful Firefox addons that makes you to re-think  while choosing your default desktop browser .

Fasterfox :
Firefox addon Fasterfox can tweak the internal Firefox settings to bring out maximum performance and speed . Though I felt major changes in my broadband connection speeds , dial up speed remained unaltered .

Twitterfox:
Ultimate Firefox addon for Twitter lovers . Twittfox places a small icon near Firefox’ bottom tab that gives instant notifications when your friends update their status .It also has a text field to update your status .So ultimately , you don’t need to login  Twitter  to post and receive tweets .

SearchStatus :
It is essential for a webmaster to check the details of his own/friends/competitor websites for various factors like PageRank , Compete rank , Alexa rank , nofollow , Whois , backlinks etc . This addons accommodates itself into any desired location of Firefox and produce details automatically as we move through each website .

CoolPreviews :
Previews links and images on mouse over ,without leaving any website or blog .

Orkut Toolbar:
Orkut addon toolbar could be used o beautify Orkut scraps , Profiles and community messages  with special characters ,smileys etc . It also helps the users to insert animated flash movies and images on Orkut scraps .

Nodofollow:
Dofollow blog/forum commenting is an essential seo strategy .Nodofollow Firefox addon checks the page for nofollow and dofollow links and applies suitable colors to differentiate them.

Amazing media bower:
Amazingmedia browser extracts the direct links to embedded flash , movies ,music etc. from websites so that we can download them directly .

Colorzilla:
Colozilla is color picker tool . Its quiet useful for choosing colors for advertisement headers or web design . Color picker can be dropped anywhere on a website to get the exact hex values of color code that could be used with CSS designs .

Newsfox :
Newsfox is one of the best Firefox RSS feed aggregation tool . It has three panes . We an add , manage and select feed sources on the left pane . Right pane list all recent posts and bottom pane previews the selected stories .It has an automatic feed refresh feature that let us know when there is an updated feed .

Foxytunes:
Foxytunes Integrates popular media players into Firefox browser so that we can manage and play them right from the browser interface itself .Also the addon helps us to find more details about the media , from various internet portals and services .

English Dictionary :
Very useful addons for Bloggers . Dictionary  automatically checks for misspelled words and provides corrections on right click .

PrintPDF :
Next time you don’t need to save the whole web page as folder in your computer . Use PrintPDF Firefox addon to save your favorite web pages as PDF files .

Firebug :
Firebug is ultimate website information and live  editing tool for web developers and designers . It integrates itself at the bottom portion of Firefox in such a way that, on move , users can monitor XHTML ,CSS , JavaScript and other aspects of a web page .

IEview:
Web designers can use this addon to check how their design works on Internet Explorer , without leaving Firefox .

Tinyurl Creator :
Reduce the length of long  URLs in single click , to be used in blogs , forums, Twitter or for email .

Chatzilla:
IRC(Internet Relay Chat ) client for Firefox .

Zemanta:
Zemanta is yet another useful Firefox addon for Bloggers . It analyzes typed blog content in our text editor and produce related suggestions ,tags ,images, posts by connecting to their servers .

Adblock Plus:
Adblock Plus Blocks annoying images and banner ads from internet . You can customize this addon by adding adding filters or websites to black list or white list .

Screengrab :
Highly useful addon for Bloggers for capturing an entire web page as PNG image files .
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Shareaholic :
Shareaholic enables you to quickly, and very easily share, bookmark, and e-mail web pages via  your favorite web 2.0 social networking & bookmarking sites like Digg, Facebook, Reddit, Mixx, Twitter ,StumbleUpon, and  many others. This is must have addon for every Blogger who likes sharing and socializing .

Gmail manager:
Helps to manage multiple Gmail inboxes from Firefox interface .Also gives detailed information on number and details of mails on Draft , spam and inbox  folders.

Webmail notifier:
Firefox Addon that Notifies when their is a new mail in your Gmail ,Yahoo , Live and other supported email clients .

DownThemAll:
Reliable download manger that integrates with Firefox to speed up downloads to a maximum of 400% than normal value .

Foxtorrent:
Search and download torrent files from Firefox interface itself .

And finally what you would if you want to backup your addons and themesfor future use . Here is another Firefox addon that can combine allfirefox addons to a single xpi file .

Presently I use more than 20 Firefox addons and here Ihave provided a random list of my favorites . So if you have otherrecommendations to this list , you can contribute here .

Portable versions of applications are those which can be carried on USB devices , CD’s and mobile phones . They are very useful as you don’t need to install these applications to make them work . So you can open Portable Opera , Firefox and Chrome in Colleges , Internet cafes and other places where you need administrator rights for normal software installations . You can also carry your favorites , bookmarks ,plugins and addons with these portable USB edition of browsers .
Opera portable USB version

Opera is probably a full featured faster browser that is gettingless attention than it deserves  . Download Opera Portable, it has goodrendering capabilities similar to Firefox and Internet explorer. Opera9.63 offers speed dial , tabbed browsing ,web search ,one clickanimation and banner blocking etc .

Their  phishing protection and other security features are industrystandard . Opera software also offers mail ( Opera mail ) , IRC chatand an advanced feed reader with their browser .  Opera portable USBversion has all the features of Opera desktop installer edition .Portable Opera browser can be carried in USB discs,CDs or mobile phones. You don’t need to install Opera portable . Just click on the OperaUSB icon and launch.

Download Opera browser
Download Opera USB portable edition( Latest 9.63)
Download Opera USB portable edition 10 ( on alpha stage )

Google Chrome Portable USB version

Google Chrome is Google’s own step into Browser War . Chrome is now out of beta stage and the current stable version is Chrome 2.0.160. Google chrome seems to be little faster than Firefox and Opera . But I think its due to its light weight architecture . In overall performance , security and enhancements , Google chrome comes after Mozilla Firefox . So here you can download Google chrome portable USB version . Similar to Opera portable version , Google chrome portable need not to be installed on any computer . Each time , just click on the Google chrome icon in the folder .

Download Google chrome offline installer .
Download Google chrome USB portable version 2.0.260

Mozilla Firefox 3 portable USB version

Mozilla Firefox is the best browser available on internet .Firefox supports lot of addons and plugins for enhanced user experience . New version of Firefox , Firefox 3 recently created a history onGuinness book of records by becoming the most downloaded software on a single day . The expected Firefox 3.1 is considered to be the ever fastest browser on earth .Similar to Opera portable and Chrome portable versions , you can download the latest version of Firefox USB portable . You can carry Firefox portable on USB disks ,CD’s or mobile phones and it doesn’t need to be installed for a successful operation . Firefox portable also supports bookmarks , addons ,themes and plugins .

Download Firefox browser
Download Firefox portable version
Downlaod Firefox 3.1 beta 2 portable

Enjoy portable Opera ,Chrome and Firefox . This post will be edited when there is a new version .

It is always a difficult task to find out the exact matching colors for Adsense ads ,based on the theme or template of the website/blog . Unless the HEX color codes are specified, it is nearly impossible for beginner to choose the background/text color that can blend with his template.
Look at the following screenshot . Here we are adding adsense between Blogger posts . And we are forced to choose the available 8 colors . Now what would you do if you want to choose another color for your Adsense text ??.

This task can be accomplished using a Firefox addon called Colorzilla. Colorzilla filler picks the desired colors from a web pages . If your desired color is not available  , there is color ,which could  be made use of .

On moving Color picker through any section of your template/theme , particular color code will appear in the near tab as shown above. Copy the color code and paste it to boxes provided near the Adsense color selector .

The use of this Firefox addon is not limited to Adsense . Its a quite useful addon for web designers , for picking colors from websites and images .It would help them also for measuring the width and size of a web pages .

Download Colorzilla and find out matching colors for your adsense and other textual ad services.