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Browsers, Extensions, Toolbars and Players

These are web browsers (and extensions or toolbars) that add extra functionality when viewing web pages as well as a range of other players/readers

Key to Availability
£=cost; C =add code to web page/blog etc; D =download;  H = hosted service;  OS = Open source; FT=free trial

Top Browsers, Extensions & Players
 These are the tools voted Top Tools for Learning by learning professionals worldwide

Tool Summary Available
CoComment Tracks all the online conversations you're following in one place (browser extension) Free D  
Firebug Edit, debug and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page (Firefox extension) Free D  
Firefox Web browser Free D  
Flock Social web browser Free D  
Internet Explorer Browser for Windows Free D  
Opera Web browser Free D  
Safari Web browser for Mac and now Windows and Vista Free D  
ScribeFire Blog editor that lets you easily post to your blog (Firefox extension Free D  
Web Developer Firefox extension adds a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools Free D  
Zotero Collect, manage and cite research sources (Firefox extension) Free D  

Other Browsers, Extensions & Players

Tool Summary Available
3B Create your own 3D space in the 3D browser Free D  
Acoo Browser Powerful multi-tabbed Internet browser based on the Internet Explorer engine Free D  
Avant browser Web browser Free D  
Bitty Browser Helps you keep track of your favourite Web stuff by enabling windows directly within your favourite sites Free C  
BlogRovr Your blogs delivered, wherever you browse (via browser plugin) Free D  
Browzar Surf the web without leaving a trace Free D  
Browse 3D 3D web browser Free D  
Browzmi Browse, chat, share and discover the web together with your friends (in beta) Free D  
Camino Powerful, secure web browser (for Macs) Free D  
Clippings Saves and manages frequently-entered text for later pasting into Web page forms (Firefox addon) Free D  
CoReap Social search and bookmarking add-on for your web browser Free D  
definr Incredibly fast dictionary (and Firefox search extension) Free H/D  
deliGoo Extension for Firefox and Internet Explorer, searches on the sites, indicated in your del.icio.us bookmarks Free D  
Docufarm Firefox extension to view all kinds of documents Free D  
fichey Browse entire days of web content quickly, choosing to interact with specific pages Free H  
Firedoodle Turn the web into a whiteboard! And add intelligence to bookmarking while you're at it... (Firefox extension) Free D  
Flash plugin Standard viewer for Flash-based content Free D  
Fleck Add notes to any web page (for Firefox browsers) Free D  
Foxifly Collective browsing community that enhances your browsing experience Free D  
Foxmarks Bookmark synchronisation Free D  
FoxyTunes Control almost any media player and find lyrics, covers, videos, bios etc from your browser Free D  
gDocsBar Firefox extension lets you do everything you want with Google Docs Free D  
Google Gears Browser extension that enables web applications to provide offline functionality Free D OS
Googlepedia Shows a relevant Wikipedia article along with search results (Firefox add-on) Free D  
Google Toolbar Block popups, add buuttons, bookmarks Free D  
GroovyNotes Send browser-to-browser instant messages (requires Firefox). Free D  
GTDinbox Firefox extension that integrates the highly effective methodology of "Getting Things Done" into the popular email service Gmail. Free D  
hooey Records your browsing history to store and share links Free D  
i-Lighter The yellow marker for the web that collects, organises and shares  web content (plug in for IE and Firefox) Free D  
Irfanview Graphic viewer for Windows (free for educational use) £ D FT
Interclue Browser extension to check out new pages quickly and easily, and make your browsing more efficient. Free D  
iReader Preview before you click Free D  
Irfanview Graphic viewer for Windows (free for educational use) Free D  
JW FLV Player Flash video player Free D  
Jybe Browser plug-in supporting co-browser Free D  
kwout A brilliant way to quote! (Browser bookmarklet) Free C  

Leaptag News reader and content discovery tool, browser plugin Free D  
MadCat Media browser Free D  
Mahalo Follow Search toolbar for Firefox Free D  
Maxthon Powerful tabbed browser with a highly customizable interface Free D  
Medium Reveal the hidden world of people and activity behind your browser Free D  
Miro TV and video player Free D OS
Ook?  Video ook! Firefox add-on to download embedded videos from several systems Free D  
Opera Dragonfly The foundations of Opera's upcoming Developer Tools. Debug JavaScript, inspect CSS and the DOM Free D  
PageShare Provides Superior CoBrowse Software & Solutions for Enhanced Online Communication. £ H  
Personas for Firefox Add lightweight theming to your browser Free D  
PortableApps.com Integrated suite of portable software including Firefox, OpenOffice.org, etc Free D  
Real Player Player for Real media Free D  
QuickTime Player Player for QuickTime media Free D  
Scrapbook Firefox extension, which helps you to save Web pages and manage the collection Free D  
SeaMonkey Web-browser, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing made simple Free D  
share2me Browser plug-in to share your web favorites Free D  
ShareThis Toolbar for one-click sharing from your browser Free D  
ShiftSpace Annotate and remix a website (browser plugin for Firefox) Free D OS
Siphs Forward weblinks using a browser button Free D  
SlimBrowser Tabbed multi-site browser Free D  
SiteShuffle Turns your homepage into a website player  and gives you the ability to FF or REW through a linklist of your favourite websites. Free D  
Slickscreen Browse, record, annotate and share the web with non-overlapping multi-paneled interface.  £ D FT
Smart Bookmarks Bar Firefox extension - hides bookmarks names and only shows icons Free D  
Snap IE Search Plugin Free D  
SnipIT Use this Addon to send text selected in Internet Explorer as email. Free D  
SpaceTime 3D viewing and searching for the Web Free D  
SplitBrowser Splits the content area of the browser window as you like (Firefox add-in) Free D  
Stickies Read notes from your friends about what they are browsing Free D  
Strata Specialty browser for accessing and manipulating data from the web Free D  
Stumbleupon Discover new websites (toolbar to add in) Free D  
Swarm Browse the web (Firefox extension) Free D  
Teacher Toolbar Hand-picked K-12 resources, links and tools that teachers find useful in their classrooms, professional development and work with students. Free D  
Twitzer Firefox extension which lets you post text longer than 140 characters on Twitter Free D  
uBrowser 3D web browser Free D OS
UiKNOW Plug-in for Internet Explorer that helps you find, organize, create and share information Free D  
Web2Wave Navigate the web using multiple ’surflet’ in an intuitive visual tabbed environment Free H  
WebAssistant Proxy Offline Browser Transparently build a copy of all the pages you visit - so they're yours to surf offline (private edition) Free D  
WebAssistant Proxy Offline Browser Transparently build a copy of all the pages you visit - so they're yours to surf offline (professional edition) £ D FT
Weblin Makes you and others on the Web visible as small avatars Free D  
WebMynd Browser extension to keep track of what you do on the Web Free D  
Wyzo New browser that focuses on optimizing your online media experience,  integrates torrent downloads inside download manager Free D  
Xpanity IE add-on to let you chat on every web page Free D  
Zinkmo Synchronise bookmarks across computers Free D  
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