The document summarizes various tools for webmasters including Firefox extensions, web development tools, widgets, and other online resources. SafeCache and SafeHistory are Firefox extensions that protect privacy. FoxMarks synchronizes bookmarks across devices. FEBE backs up Firefox extensions and custom data. Other mentioned tools include chat widgets, document syncing services, image tools, translation services, and more. The document provides brief descriptions and links to many different online resources and tools for libraries, web development, and collaboration.

1. Widgets, tools, and doodads for library webmasters Darlene Fichter Data Librarian University of Saskatchewan Frank Cervone Director – Library, Information, and Media Studies Chicago State University

2. Photo by: aaardvaark (Creative Commons license) They have got WAAAAYYYY to much stuff to talk about! Well, I hear that they’re supposed to be amusing But I doubt they have our sense of balance!

3. Firefox tools SafeCache SafeHistory FoxMarks FEBE

4. SafeCache Protects your privacy Defends against cache-based tracking techniques Embedded content is cached Segments the cache according to the domain of the originating page. Enable/disable in the Privacy pane of the Options menu. Learn more about Protecting Browser State using Same Origin policy ( paper ) www.safecache.com

5. SafeHistory Protects your privacy by defending against visited-link-based tracking techniques. It allows offsite visited links to be marked only if the browser's history database contains a record of the link being followed from the current site. Enable/disable SafeHistory in the Privacy pane of the Options menu www.safehistory.com

7. FoxMarks Automatically synchronizes bookmarks Access your bookmarks anytime at my.foxmarks.com. Works in the background to keep your bookmarks up-to-date on all your computers www.foxmarks.com

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10. FEBE Firefox Environment Backup Extension Quickly and easily backup your Firefox extensions Easily synchronize your office and home browsers May specify user defined items Backup virtually any data on your computer customsoftwareconsult.com/extensions/febe/febe.html

12. Other webtools for collaboration Meebo chat widget LinkBunch DocSyncer Twirl polldaddy

13. Meebo Chat Widget www.meebome.com

14. Let’s stretch it Add it to your catalog. Add it to your null results page. More info: David Lee King’s Blog Post

15. LinkBunch Lets you put multiple links into one small link Firefox extension creates a bunch from all your open tabs Twitter bot in the works Isn’t finished yet linkbun.ch

16. DocSyncer Automatically finds and syncs your document files to Google Docs This means everything “ Users are even reporting that launching a document directly from their desktop using DocSyncer is FASTER than launching the document natively in Microsoft Office!” Yeah…right www.docsyncer.com

19. twirl Desktop client for twitter www.twhirl.org What is twitter?

20. polldaddy: Get interactive polldaddy.com

21. Webtools for web development VisCheck Feng GUI Browsershots Flickr photo badge Photoshop Express Addthis Google countdown Babelfish/Google translate

22. VisCheck A computer simulation of the entire process of human vision Way of showing what things look like to someone who is color blind Online service Image files Web pages Downloadable Windows and Mac www.vischeck.com/vischeck

23. Tritanope Protanope Deuteranope Full color

24. Full spectrum Red/green deficiency Blue/yellow deficiency

25. Feng GUI www.feng-gui.com Automatic alternative to eye-tracking Creates heatmaps based on an algorithm that predicts what a real human would be most likely to look at

26. www.fenggui.com

27. © 2006-2008 Feng-GUI - Feng Shui for graphic user interfaces.™

28. google.com

29. flickr.com

30. useit.com

31. Browsershots Creates screenshots in different browsers Open source, online service How it works: Submit your web address Added to the job queue Distributed computers open the website in their browser They create screenshots and upload them to the browsershots server browsershots.org

35. Flickr Photo badge http://flickr.com/badge.gne This is also a great example of progressive tutorial.

36. Photoshop Express Tutorial http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v =4LT9Sb-iYFY Geoff Baum – CNET News www.photoshop.com/express

37. Forget location: Think web site distribution http://addthis.com

38. Pick a button – Grab your code

39. Bookmark button statistics Top Bookmarks (Past Week/Month/Year) Top Bookmark Services Used

40. Google countdown short url: http://urltea.com/32m0

41. Altavista Babelfish site translator www.altavista.com/help/free/free_searchbox_transl

42. Google translate my page Short url: http:// urltea.com/32lx

43. Nifty utilities Process Tamer File Hamster Syncback Freeware LinkExtractor reCaptcha Anonymouse Prism

44. ProcessTamer Monitors CPU usage of processes Reduces the priority of apps that hog the CPU Windows only www.majorgeeks.com/Process_Tamer_d4651.html

46. File Hamster Real-time backup and archiving of your files while you work Monitors files or directories Automatically creates incremental backups Store notes about the changes that have been made www.mogware.com/FileHamster

48. Syncback Freeware Backup all files anytime with a single click Scheduler to automate backups Versioning Synchronization Incremental backups Machine to machine via ftp Encryption Compression www.2brightsparks.com/downloads.html

52. LinkExtractor www.webmaster-toolkit.com/link-extractor.shtml

53. Moving large files 100 MB, 7 days 500 MB, 7 days 100 MB, 7 days 100 MB, no time limit 1 GB Peer to Peer

54. reCaptcha recaptcha.net

55. Anonymouse Want to private Check if resources are accessible outside your IP range or not http://anonymouse.org/

56. Prism An application that lets users split web applications out of their browser and run them directly on their desktop Web platform integrated into the desktop experience Developers don’t have to target it separately Windows today Mac and Linux available soon labs.mozilla.com/2007/10/prism

58. More Widgets & Gadgets Widgetbox http:// www.widgetbox.com / Google Gadgets http:// www.google.com/ig/directory?synd =open Previous Cool Tools Presentations http://library2.usask.ca/~fichter/cool_tools/

59. All work and no play lolinator.com

60. Thanks! Darlene Fichter Data Librarian University of Saskatchewan [email_address] Frank Cervone Director – Library, Information, and Media Studies Chicago State University