Friday, November 28, 2008

7 Firefox Add-ons for Bloggers

When it comes to blogging, there are a lot of tools out there to help you out, if you know where to look. Why you should use Firefox and not IE ? This is really simple : faster browsing and download , better security and of course Microsoft sucks … Get Firefox One proverbial rock that is worth uncovering is Firefox and the many blogging add-ons it provides.These 25 Firefox plugins will increase your productivity, and make you a better blogger:

ScribeFire Blog Editor - ScribeFire is a full-featured blog editor that integrates with your browser and lets you easily post to your blog.

Clipmarks - Instead of copying and pasting links, Clipmarks is like adding a pair of scissors to your browser, letting you capture exactly what you want others to see (text, images or video).
FireShot - Allows you to take screenshots of web pages. Unlike other Firefox plugin though, this one provides a set of editing and annotation tools, which let users quickly modify web captures and insert text and graphical annotations. FireShot lets you capture the entire web page or only the visible part of the web page. This plugin is very useful for bloggers who don’t have a premium screenshot taking utility and editor like SnagIt.
DashBlog - DashBlog lets you quickly collect videos, images, text/quotes, songs and screen-captures from any web page and publish them to your blog (word press, blogger/blogspot, tumblr) and/or twitter.
Zemanta - Inserts a box in your right hand sidebar in the WordPress write panel and it enables you to paste images and links in your post related to your content with a single click. Once you’ve written about 300 characters, it automatically adds related images and articles in the right sidebar. You can easily insert the images you like by clicking on them. The images are creative commons. Click on the above image to get a glimpse of what it can do. Very cool plugin. It also supports LiveJournal, Blogger and WordPress.com.
Split Browser - This splits the the content area of the browser window as you like. It’ll save you a lot of time if you research and write your post simultaneously.
Email This! - Will send your recipient the link, title, & highlighted text of the page you are viewing using GMail, Google Apps GMail, Yahoo, and Stand-Alone Mail Clients like Outlook Express, Thunderbird, & More! If you hate toolbar buttons don’t fret. I’ve included a right-click pop-up menu and access keys!

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