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Giftag puts all your wishlists in one place

Giftag screen
If you're into stuff like most of us are, you probably have a few online wish lists. I have two Amazon wish lists, and one each at Crate and Barrel and Target left over from my wedding. When people want to buy me something, they often ask where they should look.

Giftag is one way to eliminate that problem. In stall the simple Firefox add-on and use the button added to your toolbar to add things to your list. It is very simple.

Surf over to your favorite online gadget source, pick out what you want and click the Giftag icon. You are prompted to highlight the area of the item you want. A section at the bottom of the screens gives you options to add the item to different lists and include information like quantities or comments.

Once you have assembled your list you can share it with friends by entering their email addresses. With Christmas coming up this could be a very useful way to steer people in the direction of what it is you really want.

[Via Lifehacker]

Filed under: Photo, Utilities, Video, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Productivity, Mozilla, Freeware

Firefox Universal Uploader

Firefox Universal Uploader
Uploading files to websites can easily become a chore if you do it enough. Heavy Flickr or YouTube users probably know this feeling as much as anyone else.

If you find yourself doing a lot of uploading, why not consider making the job easier on yourself? The Firefox Universal Uploader add-on for Firefox can ease your burden when uploading files, photos or videos to Flickr, Picasa, Youtube, Box.net, Facebook, Webshots or OmniDrive. Working just like most modern FTP clients, simply navigate to the folder containing the files you'd like to upload, and bounce them across to the destination.

Filed under: Fun, Internet, Photo, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Blogging, Web services, Yahoo!, Freeware, Browser Tips

Better Flickr : Firefox add-on of the day

Better FlickrIn the spirit of the amazing Better Gmail Firefox extension released by Gina Trapani comes the latest Lifehacker code: Better Flickr. Gina is a self-professed Flickr nut, so it was probably only a matter of time before she put something like this together.

There are an amazing number of Greasemonkey hacks and existing extensions to extend and improve on Flickr's built-in functionality. Gina's done a great job of honing on on the best ones, and including only those in her new extension.

For example, Better Gmail includes extra features that enable EXIF image information to show overlaid on an image if you leave the mouse pointer hovering on the image. There is a feature that adds more user links, and one that adds some rich editing capabilities to the text forms on Flickr. A couple more of the features include an instant magnifier, and one that turns the All Sizes link into a menu, so you can jump right to the size that interests you most.

Better Gmail requires Firefox on any operating system that will run it.

Filed under: Developer, Internet, Web services, Mozilla, Social Software

Coop prototype released


Last week we told you about Coop, an attempt by Mozilla labs to bring social networking to your web browser.

Now there is a prototype of Coop available to download as a Firefox add-on. The add-on is not what the final version will look like by far and is meant only as a way for interested parties to see what coop might look like when all is said and done. Currently the service only allows you to log into a Facebook account, but does allow you to share links, photos, and videos with your Facebook friends by simply dropping items onto their faces.

We gave the Facebook only version a try. The interface is very easy to use and it worked pretty well for sending things directly to Facebook friends. The problem of course is that not everyone has a Facebook account.

It's going to be interesting to see how this one develops, especially when Coop is able to handle users beyond the realm of Facebook.

[Via TechCrunch]

Filed under: Internet, Utilities, Mozilla, Freeware

Fullerscreen: Firefox add-on of the day

FullerScreen
You probably already know that Firefox has a "full-screen" mode. If you hit F11, the Windows taskbar will disappear, as will the very top toolbar in Firefox. This lets you squeeze a little bit more text onto your screen.

But you can do better. Nvu lead engineer Daniel Glazman has developed a Firefox add-on called FullerScreen. Once you install it, hitting F11 will make everything but the web page you're currently looking at disappear.

But wait, you say, I need my tabs and menu bars. Well, you could always just hit F11 to toggle back and forth between fullscreen and windowed mode. But if you move your cursor over the top of the screen, you'll see your toolbars and tabs. Ditto for the bottom of the screen.

[via Linux.com]

Filed under: Internet, Mozilla, Freeware

Make Link : Firefox add-on of the day


We're not stupid, but we do enjoy keeping it simple. That's why we love Make Link, today's Firefox add-on. Make Link doesn't do everything, it just does one thing well; Make links.

Make Links adds a context menu item which will create either a simple forum style link or HTML link out of the currently highlighted text. If you spend lots of time gabbing away on forums and sharing links with your friends, Make Link will simplify your every day activities.

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Forumwarz - a potentially offensive time waster

I pwn UAfter spending the better part of an hour on Forumwarz I still can't decide if it's just sick or if it's kind of fun. It's a bit like a car wreck on the highway. I know I shouldn't be looking but I can't quite turn away.

It's sick, it's twisted, it's the internet on it's worst level and darn it, it's kind of fun. At least for a little while.

Forumwarz is a parody role-playing game that takes place on the internet - or at least the Forumwarz version of it. Your goal is to complete missions that are given to you through a mock up of GoogleTalk called Sentrillion.

Your first "friend" is ShallowEsophagus who begins giving you missions to pwn various forums by being a troll. Depending on the character type you are assigned at start up, you have tools like drooling on the keyboard or bashing your head on the keyboard that you can use to destroy forum threads and eventually, pwn a forum.

Future missions involve buying illegal software from the Russians, pwning more difficult forums and other internet oddness.

Completing missions gives you cash, called Flezz in game, and items that you can pawn or use in other missions. The game is NOT for those easily offended. It's crass, coarse and there are frequent f-bombs in the fake chat sessions.

This is also a game for a more mature audience as it requires you to shop at the Drugs R Fun store to get various concoctions to improve your playing, engage in certain cyber activities to get more Flezz and just generally use a more adult perspective.

If you can get past that, here are the more enjoyable and time-wasting aspects.

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