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Useful tools
Look up a country code
Scan a server for images
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 |
Add-ons
Firefox's search page for add-ons. |
Tineye
Right click on an image
and see if it appears anywhere else on the web.
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showIP
displays a site's IP address in the corner of your
window & does whois search. |
Errorzilla
gives you access to Google cache and the Wayback
machine, if the page you wanted is down. |
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. Goes well beyond the "prtscrn"
button! |
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. |
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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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