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Your browser usually has many 'plugins' or added features to help with multimedia content. Some of the most popular are listed below, and if they have been detected on your computer, we have posted the version. If you want to find out more about what each of these plugins do, simply hold your mouse over their logo. If you want to download the plugin, click on the logo and you will be directed to the download site.
Browser Plugins Detected on this PC
This report details the plugins detected for your browser.
Popular Browser Add-ons
There are a number of browser add-ons that you can install in your browser that will increase functionality and open up new features. Some of the popular ones are for Web Developers and can be found for most browsers. Firefox seems to have the most of them.
Some of the functionality you can get:
Proxy Switching
You can find Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Addons at Mozilla.
You can get Internet Explorer Addons from Microsoft. There is a page with cool addons for IE.
Some of our favorite Add-ons for Firefox
Colorzilla
Colorzilla adds a colorpicker eyedropper to your browser in the lower left corner as shown. This is useful if you are a web developer or simply if you need to know exactly what any color is on a webpage. You can see in the illustration below, that when the colorpicker eyedropper is clicked on, the cursor changes into crosshairs... the colors in RGB and HTML notation appear and you can then copy them to your clipboard easily.
SEO Quake
SEO Quake gives you all the information you need about any webpage including pagerank, Alexa Rank, domain information and more. This is an essential tool for anyone involved in web marketing, web design or SEO (Search Engine Optimization).
Proxy Switch
This is useful for anonymous browsing. Some people use it to post on sites which log your location, such as topix. You can easily set it up using anonymous or any type of proxy and set it to select them by country as shown in the screenshot below. Then when you post on any forum, you show up as from whichever country, state or city you so choose.
Fireshot
A tool for making screenshots. You can choose to make a screenshot of the entire webpage including parts that are scrolled off-screen. Fireshot was originally a Firefox add-on, but it is now also available for Internet Explorer too.
Firebug
A website analysis and debugging tool that is a must for any web developer. Too many features to list - you cannot develop websites without using a tool such as Firebug.
FireFTP
A free FTP client that is an add-on for Firefox. It has a simple to use interface and is a full-featured FTP client.
Your browser history record shows us the following:
Your location and language settings are:
UNITED STATES
DC
Washington
Your computer's language is: en
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The most popular browser plugins
Below is a list of the most widely used web browser plug-ins. Click on the name of the plugin to visit the official site and/or download the plugin.
Beatnik
Beatnik delivers high-quality interactive sound from websites. It is provided by Headspace, Inc. and is available for Netscape Navigator and Communicator on both Macintosh PowerPC and Windows 95/NT. The Headspace website offers detailed information on Beatnik. The official Beatnik website also has links to many sites that use the technology where you can see and hear it in action.
QuickTime
QuickTime, by Apple, Inc., delivers high quality multimedia such as movies, audio, MIDI soundtracks, 3D animation, and virtual reality. It is available for the Macintosh and Windows 3.x/95/NT operating systems. QuickTime package has a plug-in and helper applications. The QuickTime Plug-in allows QuickTime and QuickTime VR content to be viewed directly within your browser. The MoviePlayer and PictureViewer, helper applications, allow all QuickTime multimedia to be played (file creation and editing can be completed with QuickTime Pro).
RealPlayer
RealPlayer was one of the first streaming-media players and is a live and on-demand RealAudio and RealVideo player which functions without download delays. It is provided by RealNetworks, Inc. and is available for Macintosh, Unix, and Windows 3.1/95/NT as both a plug-in and helper application. To test your RealPlayer plug-in, visit any of the sites listed in their showcase. The plug-in is compatible with many popular browsers. For a complete listing visit the RealPlayer system requirements page.
Shockwave / Flash
The Shockwave plug-in, provided by Macromedia, Inc., allows multimedia files created using Macromedia's Director, Authorware, and Flash to be viewed directly in your web browser. The plug-in is compatible with Netscape Navigator 2.0 or later and Internet Explorer 3.0 or later on Macintosh and Windows 3.1/95/NT platforms. Macromedia's site also provides detailed information about Shockwave, including a section called Shockzone where you can view Shockwave in action.
VivoActive Player
VivoActive Player delivers on-demand video and audio from any website offering VivoActive content. This product, provided by Vivo Software, Inc., is available for Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer browsers on Power Macintosh and Windows 3.x/95/NT platforms. Learn more about the VivoActive Player and test its capabilities at the Vivo Software website.
Helper Applications
These are some of the most popular 'helper' type applications that are commonly added to browsers.
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Acrobat Reader allows you to access PDF files on the web. It is provided by Adobe Systems, Inc. and is available for Macintosh, Unix, and Windows 3.x/95/NT.
QuickTime
QuickTime, a product of Apple, Inc., is capable of delivering multimedia such as movies, audio, MIDI soundtracks, 3D animation, and virtual reality. It is available to Macintosh and Windows 3.x/95/NT. The QuickTime package contains a plug-in and helper applications. The QuickTime Plug-in allows QuickTime and QuickTime VR content to be viewed directly within a browser. The MoviePlayer and PictureViewer, helper applications, allow all QuickTime multimedia to be played (file creation and editing can be completed with QuickTime Pro).
RealPlayer
RealPlayer is a live and on-demand RealAudio and RealVideo player which functions without download delays. It is provided by RealNetworks, Inc. and is available for Macintosh, Unix, and Windows 3.1/95/NT as both a plug-in and helper application. To test your RealPlayer plug-in, visit any of the sites listed in their showcase. The plug-in is compatible with many popular browsers. For a complete listing visit the RealPlayer system requirements page.
