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This Week’s Top Downloads

13 09 2008

- Shelf Web Pages Instantly (and Get Back to Work) with ReadItLater (Firefox)
  “Surely you come across web pages during the workday that are completely unrelated to actual work, but that you’d love to save for later?and the previously mentioned (and award winning) Firefox extension ReadItLater does just that really well).”
- TabsLock Puts Your Browser One Keystroke Away (Windows)
  “Free system tray utility TabsLock launches and focuses a new tab in Google Chrome (and Firefox… keep reading) at the press of your Caps Lock key.”
- LabelLinks4Gmail Nests Labels in Gmail and Then Some (Firefox with Greasemonkey)
  “The LabelLinks4Gmail Greasemonkey scripts creates nested labels in your Gmail sidebar.”
- Privoxy Can Block Ads in Google Chrome (Windows)
  “If annoying web site advertisements are the only thing holding you back from using Chrome, a user at the Geekzone forums explains how to block ‘em without an extension.”
- Smart Shutdown Offers More Ways to Turn Off Your PC (Windows)
  “Just when you thought a simple shutdown button was all you needed to turn off your computer, Slawdog’s free Smart Shutdown utility offers so many more useful options.”
- Greasemetal Brings (Some) User Scripts into Google Chrome (Windows)
  “Thanks to open-source hacker Kazuho Oku, early adopters of Google Chrome can now run the custom JavaScript bits known as Userscripts in the browser using Greasemetal.”
- AnyColor Tweaks the Default Colors of Firefox’s Chrome (Firefox)
  “Firefox extension AnyColor tweaks the look of Firefox on they fly, letting you choose custom colors for every pixel of the Firefox chrome.”
- Dropbox for Linux Adds Online Backup to Desktop (Linux)
  “Dropbox, the free, web-based backup service previously available only for Windows and Mac computers, has added a free, open-source client for Linux to its offerings.”
- Fast Dial Puts Thumbnails of Your Favorite Sites in New Tabs (Firefox)
  “Firefox extension Fast Dial replaces blank, empty tabs with thumbnails of your favorite sites.”
- Photoshop Alternative Artweaver Helps Edit Your Images (Windows)
  “Free application Artweaver isn’t just a Photoshop alternative like GIMP, but a fair clone of Photoshop itself.”