User Agent Switcher turns your Firefox into an iPhone
by Uzair Sajid on July 25, 2009, under Browser Extentions, Reviews
Or at least its browser, Mobile Safari. User Agent Switcher is a neat Firefox extension that switches your User Agent on the fly with the help of a drop down menu, making it easier to test web applications for desktop and mobile deployments from within Firefox.
You can change your browser’s agent on the fly and disguise it as any browser or web crawler you want. The default options include Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 along with iPhone OS 3.0. You can also choose to be a search engine crawler like GoogleBot, the MSNBot or the Yahoo Slurp.
Firefox Universal Uploader: An FTP Tool for Social Networking
by Uzair Sajid on February 2, 2009, under Browser Extentions, Reviews
Social Networking has proved to be the core component in the success of Web 2.0, so its not a surprise that a new service or tool pops up everyday. Earlier, we reviewed Cooliris, another great plug-in which hangs our photos and videos from most social networking sites to a 3D wall and lets you browse through them. Today, I present Firefox Universal Uploader, an file transfer extension for social networking sites.
Firefox Universal Uploader (or FireUploader) for short acts like any other normal upload utility that most social networking sites offer to upload content. The advantage here is that you get a universal client that provides the same interface for every service. Currently, it supports 13 services including Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Picasa, Box.net, Adobe Share, Omnidrive, Google Docs and some others.
View your favorite photos and videos in 3D using Cooliris
by Uzair Sajid on January 25, 2009, under Browser Extentions, Featured, Reviews
Social networking was one of the main focuses of Web 2.0 and thus has resulted in numerous services and applications that have become a part of our daily lives. Not a long time ago (back in 2001) there were no such things as Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, Flickr or any other social networking service you can imagine. Nor were there any powerful web technologies like ASP.NET (it was in beta actually), AJAX, or even Firefox.
The web has changed a lot since then, but its still the same old 2D web pages that end up in our browser windows. Sure there are interactive technologies like Flash and SIlverlight, but their scope is limited. With advancement in technology, there should be a better way to view the web. Meet Cooliris (formerly PicLens)!
