FIREFOX
It’salwaysbeena
convolutedprocessto
getimagesfromtheweb.
Typically,youneedto
chooseSaveImage,
enterafilenametosaveit
asandthendownload–
andthat’siftheoptionis
evenavailableinthefirst
place,whichitoftenisn’t.
TheFirefoxadd-on
DownloadImagefromContextMenu(bit.ly/image4 89 )streamlinestheprocess
byaddinganew,usefuloption–‘Downloadimage’–whenyouright-clickany
imageontheweb,whetherinGoogleImagesoronawebsite.Simplyselectthis
optionandyourimageisdownloadedinstantly–nocheckingifyou’resure,or
decidingtochangethenameorsavelocation–it’ssentstraighttoyour
Downloadsfolder.
Best New Browser Tools
Tell us yourfavourite add-ons atwww.facebook.com/webusermagazine 27 Nov-10Dec 2019^33
Download any image from
theweb
Downloadvideosand audio
filesonline
Asifdownloadingimageswasn’t
time-wastingenough,gettingholdof
othermediafilesisusuallyeventrickier.
MediaDownload
Helper(bit.ly/
media 489 )
speedsthings
upbyscraping
allyouropen
tabsforvideos,
imagesand
audiofiles.
Clickthe
toolbarbutton
andthe
extension
presents you
withalistofall themedia it’s found,
alongsidethree options:‘Copyto
smartphone’,‘Copylink’ and Download.
When youselectthe firstoption, it
createsaQR code that canbescanned
by your phonetoopenthe link.
Belowthe previewimage arebuttons
that filter differentmedia types. Youcan
also choose to download everything on
thepage(includingasazip file,tosave
space).The add-onisabit cluttered,
particul arly with itssidebar of hot-links
andafooterfullofsettings,soit’sworth
spending some time withthetooltoget
themostout of it.
Tweakyour privacy
settings
Privacyfearsarenever
farfromourmindswhenwe’re
online,especiallywhenitcomes
topreventingwebsitesfrom
trackingyou.PrivacyTweaks
(bit.ly/tweak 489 ),newly
availableforOpera,Firefoxand
Chrome,makesitludicrously
simpletoexertmorecontrol
overyourbrowsing.Theadd-on
letsyoublocksevenmajor
privacyproblems,including
adverts,location,WebRTCand
themostcommontrackers.Just
ticktheboxandyoucanbrowse
alittlesaferthanbefore.Under
Settings,therearetimezone,
locationandproxyoptions,as
wellastheabilitytowhitelist
specificsites.Useemojiswith
ease
ThenewOpera
extensionEmojiKeyboard
(bit.ly/emoji 489 )makesiteasier
toaddsmileyfaces,thumbs-ups
andmuch,muchmoretoyour
onlinechats,tomakethemmore
interestingandentertaining.
With aclick of theadd-on’s
toolbarbutton, you’ll seeevery
availableemoji,whichcan be
clicked to copy
theemoji’s
‘code’.Thiscan
then be pasted
andconverted
into an imageon
websites,apps
andanywhere
else wherewords
just won’tsuffice.
In addition to
scrolling through
theoutra geouslylargelist, you
canalso filter emojibytypeand
search forspecific ones.OTHERBROWSERS
This fortnight’s mostuseful tips and add-ons tohelp you get the
mostfrom Chrome,Firefox,Operaand more
Convertfiles onyournew
tabs
FileConverterLive(bit.ly/convert 489 )
addsausefultooltoyourNewTab
page.Onthedownside,yougetthe
usualsearchbar–whichuses
nobody’sfavouritesearchengine,
Yahoo–aswellasthedate,timeand
weather.Butit’sthebaratthetop
that’simpressive.
AlongsidetheredundantQuick
Searchbar,thereisanoptionto
convertanyfiles.Justdraganddrop
–orbrowseviaFileExplorer–then
choosetheoutputformat.Thetool’s
smartenoughto know if you’re
convertinganimage ortext
document, andserves up related,
relevant file types. Once you’re set,
click Convert to begin theprocess.
Afterconversion, choose Download
Filetoretrieveyourfile.