LastPass is known to be one of the most used applications to maintain our passwords in browsers and computers, and now they are offering the extension for Opera browser.
LastPass extension existed to all other popular browsers: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari and Google Chrome; and now they will be available for Opera.
Opera is providing a new beta version (Opera 11) for a browser which will support extensions, and fortunately combining browsing with some nice extensions will be possible.
LastPass is a nice a simple tool and very recommendable if you have several passwords to remember and you need to maintain those synchronized.
You can download the Opera extension from this link: https://addons.labs.opera.com/addons/extensions/details/lastpass/
Typing Speed Monitor it’s a Google Chrome extension which records your typing speed. This extension also includes some interesting data about your typing.
If you are always looking for a way to improve your typing speed and want to know some of the facts about your daily work with the keyboard, the Typing Speed Monitor should fit perfectly: How long you’ve spent typing, what characters you’ve typed most, and provides you with a keyboard visualization that tells you statistics about each of the keys you’ve typed.
I think this tool to be more useful could include some other data about your typing, for example: words we usually mistype, average speed / average mistyping, or even some exercises about how to improve your speed or accuracy.
Twitter seems to be all the rage. I used to be a naysayer, but have found great uses for it, both for internal business and personal marketing and networking. Despite the scaling issues that plagued the program a month ago, Twitter seems stable thus far and gaining support in terms of users.
Here is a list of the top Twitter add-ons for Firefox:
TwitterFox: The most popular for a very large margin. The add-on places a Twitter icon at the top of your browser which can alert you when your friends update their stream. There is also a field for you to type your latest updates, preventing you from having to visit the site itself. Very handy for the busy Firefox user!
Twitterbar: An interesting add-on. Rather then take up valuable browser real estate, this add-on places a gray Twitter icon in your search and become active when you click on it. You are then able to post your message directly to your Twitter account. If you leave your cursor over the icon your letter count appears giving you an idea of how much more you can type. Does not give you status updates for your friends.
TwitKit 1.0: TwitKit places a side bar onto your browser which can be opened can closed at your request. This add-on offers tabs which breaks down your account by various categories to few specific information. You can type your updates and submit through the window, as well as view all recent updates by your friends. An aspect of this add-on is that you can customize it, though it’s a little restrictive.
Twitzer: Tired of the 140 character limitation? No worries, Twitzer offers you an opportunity to type what you want and post it. The add-on will take your text, summarize it, offer a link for your friends to click on so they can read the full text version. If you want to share more with less, then try out Twitzer!
