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Tab Effect for Firefox

Tab EffectI like Tab Effect, but I wouldn't go so far as to say it's useful. It's an extension for Firefox that adds a sort of rotating cube effect when you switch tabs. It's powered by DirectX 8, so it'll only work on Windows, and how well it performs may depend upon the quality of your graphics card. My graphics card, for example, is a piece of crap, which may be why Tab Effect performs a tad sluggishly. There's a slight delay after clicking on a tab and when the effect kicks in, and the rotation is a slower than I'd like.

Like I said, I'm not sure how useful Tab Effect is, but it's definitely a cool concept. We've seen this sort of effect with desktop-switching before, so tab-switching is a natural progression, but as it stands it's pretty limited. But it's only 1.0, so maybe after a few revisions it'll be mind-blowingly speedy, intuitive, and useful.

Optool, a smart browser switcher - Today's Browser Tip

In today's day and age of multiple viable browsers, it can be a minor annoyance to have to copy and paste URLs from one browser window to another to move a page from, say, Opera to Firefox. Or IE to Netcaptor. Or Maxthon to Firefox. You get the picture.

For many, simply having the option of rendering a page with the IE engine as an alternative to Firefox is all you need; in that case give the IE Tab Firefox extension a whirl. It can render a page using IE right in a tab in Firefox. Very cool.

But for those with more challenging multiple browser scenarios, Optool is the solution. With the tap of a hot-key, or an ingenious long right-click, a page can be moved from one browser to another with no fuss, no muss. Out of the box, Optool supports and can automatically detect Mozilla, Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer (multiple installations), Netcaptor, and Netscape. And if that's not quite enough for you (hey, where's Maxthon?!) you can manually configure additional browsers.

Optool is not quite free, although it's close. If you find you use it regularly, the author of Optool requests that you send him a postcard from your location. Hey, that's not too much to ask, right?

[via Chris Pirillo]

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