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Useful tools
n.b. this site accepts no
responsibility for external apps, add-ons, plug-ins, programs or
websites. Download at your own risk. Please email this site if you
have any questions or concerns.
Firefox Add-ons
All sorts of extra applets can be
used within the Firefox browser. To find and install these, open
Firefox, go to the "Tools menu and choose "Add ons". Here are some "add
ons" that are useful to researchers:
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Firefox Add-ons |
Adblock Plus
Stops many of the ads that pop up and around the pages
you are viewing. |
Reverse image search
with Google Images. Right click on an image
and see if it appears anywhere else on the web. See also
Tineye.
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Flagfox
Displays a national flag with the current server's, next
to its url. Allows you to identify and visually trace a
server. |
Resurrect Pages
Bring back deleted or
changed pages from the Wayback Machine, Google Cache and
other sources. |
Firefusk
Right click on an image
and if it has a numerically guessable address, Firefusk
can scan the server for related images. |
Image zoom
Right click on an image to zoom into it |
No Script
A vital resource! Stops malicious code. Allows you to
pre-approve any automated features on a webpage. |
Screengrab
Saves entire webpages as images. See also the amazing
Pixlr Grabber which gives extended editing. |
Easy
Youtube
Downloader
adds a box to every youtube page allowing you to
download the videos to your computer.
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Right to Click
Lovely add-on that
overrides the "no right click" javascript annoyance. |
Domaintools Whois
Add an extra whois button
to your Firefox. |
Facebook
Translate
Translate foreign language comments posted to Facebook. |
Exif
Viewer
Reveal hidden details in images on the web. |
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Portable Firefox for
Researchers (Windows)
Look up a
country code
Scan
a server for images
Bookmarklets / Favelets
Special automated
functions can be stored as favourites and displayed as clickable buttons
on your browser's toolbar. This page contains research-related
bookmarklets (or "favelets") that provide useful functions
related to pages you are visiting. Thanks to Jesse Rudman, Codehouse,
Squarefree and any other creator.
Installation instructions
for Internet Explorer users can be found
here
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