A new extension is added to my favorite Firefox extensions, Screengrab. Screengrab lets you save anything that is visible in the browser window as an image. You can either save the page or save the selection to clipboard, so that you can paste it into documents or emails. You can also save the entire scrollable webpage as an image. Try it!
Screegrab Homepage: http://www.screengrab.org/
Below is the image I have screengrabbed with this extension:
Few days after writing the post “Write Orkut scraps in Indian languages” using Greasemonkey script, Google has introduced that feature and now it is inbuilt in Orkut. Now, I will show you the way to embed Yahoo emoticons into your Orkut scraps. A little emoticon can express your feeling much better than words.
For this, we need, as usual, Firefox, GreaseMonkey extension for Firefox, and Yahoo Emoticons User Script.
Read my previous post about installing GreaseMonkey in Firefox. Now, go to the Yahoo Emoticons User Script on Userscripts.org and click on the black button “Install this script.” GreaseMonkey instantly recognizes it and comes up with a window asking for confirmation. Click “Install” and you are done. Now go to your scrapbook and you will see Yahoo emoticons appearing below the scrap box. Whenever you need an emoticon to be attached to the scrap, just click on the appropriate icon and a link will be inserted into your scrap that turns into an emoticon when it is posted. Enjoy!!!
These days I am heavily experimenting with GreaseMonkey scripts. This week I found few good scripts. I have already started explaining these scripts with my LiveLeak post.
Second in the series is an Orkut Indic transliteration script, which enables writing scraps in Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, and Malyalam. This script actually calls the Google’s Indic Transliteration module and shows the tool below the scrap box. It is very nice and transliterates almost exactly.
For this we need Firefox, GreaseMonkey extension for Firefox, and Scrapbook Transliteration script.
Read my previous post about installing GreaseMonkey in Firefox. Now go to the Scrapbook Transliteration Script on Userscripts.org and click on the black button “Install this script.” GreaseMonkey instantly recognizes it and comes up with a window asking for confirmation. Click “Install” and you are done. Now go to your scrapbook and you will see “Show Indic Transliteration” link below the scrap box.
Click to open the window and go on typing the words in English and it will on the fly converts them into the selected language.
When you finish typing, copy and paste it into the scrapbox and hit “Post Scrap.”
Update Dec 06, 2008: Orkut now supports typing in Indic languages. No need of this extension.
I am already using Andrew Spencer’s YouTube video downloader script to run my own YouTube video downloading site. Now this article shows you the way to download streaming video from LiveLeak in an FLV format.
What is LiveLeak?
Liveleak, based in the UK, is a website that lets users post and share videos, similar to sites like YouTube, but it allows some sexual content and emphasizes reality-based footage such as war scenes from various parts of the world, grisly accidents, executions, and crimes. – Wikipedia
Why I went to LiveLeak?
I was searching for educational autopsy videos in Google and I got link to a video shared on LiveLeak. I searched for the term “Autopsy” in LiveLeak and surprised to see number of videos, which aren’t available in any of video-sharing sites. Hey….don’t see the videos if you have a weak heart 
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So….let’s start the hacking. We need Firefox (I forgot IE and permanently deleted it from my XP ), Greasemonkey Firefox extension, and LiveLeak Greasemonkey user script.
What is this Greasemonkey?
Greasemonkey is a Firefox extension that allows you to customize the way web pages look and function. It’s a tiny extension that does wonders. Just head over to userscripts.org to see what Greasemonkey can do.
First, install the Greasemonkey extension for Firefox from here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748
Official homepage of Greasemonkey: http://www.greasespot.net/
Restart the browser and you will see a monkey icon on the status bar of the Firefox.
Then, go the LiveLeak Greasemonkey user script page here: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/6442 On the right side, you will see the link “Install this script.” Click that and it will popup a screen like this:
Click the “Install” button, and you are done. Now, you are ready to download the videos from LiveLeak. Go to any video page and you will see a download link like this.
Right click on it and select the option “Save Link As” to save the video to your desktop. You can use Wimpy standalone tiny FLV player or VLC Player to play the FLV video.
Today morning, when I saw at the status bar of the Firefox for Adsense statistics, I surprised to see a big amount floating on the status bar. I never got that much. Immediately, I have opened the account to see the statistics and felt sad 
to see that Adsense Notifier is showing the “Clicks” count as “Earnings.” I felt that Google has updated the script and looked at AN’s homepage, Mincus Code. Allen of Mincus Code posted that he will be updating the script tonight or tomorrow. I setup the extension to show the statistics every one hour and it has become a habit for me to look at the status bar every hour or so.
I am eagerly waiting for the updated version of Adsense Notifier. If you are also fan of Adsense Notifier, start refreshing the AN’s home page to see if it is updated
Update: December 2, 2007: Updated version (0.9.5) has come that is working fine. Download it here: http://code.mincus.com/3/adsense-notifier/
These extensions are especially useful for webmasters. That’s why, I made another post for these three useful extensions.
MeasureIt: After installation, a button appears on the statusbar of the Firefox. Just click it and drag on the webpage to measure the width and height of a particular area. It is helpful for me while measuring the banners and images to be inserted.
Description: “Draw a ruler across any webpage to check the width, height, or alignment of page elements in pixels.”
ColorZilla: Another useful extension. It also makes a button on the statusbar of the Firefox. Click on it and click on the image or text to read the color of it. It also has eyedropper built in it. I use it in designing my blogs and sites.
Description: “Advanced Eyedropper, ColorPicker, Page Zoomer and other colorful goodies.
With ColorZilla you can get a color reading from any point in your browser, quickly adjust this color and paste it into another program. You can Zoom the page you are viewing and measure distances between any two points on the page. The built-in palette browser allows choosing colors from pre-defined color sets and saving the most used colors in custom palettes. DOM spying features allow getting various information about DOM elements quickly and easily. And there’s more…”
Adsense Notifier: Shows your Adsense earnings on the statusbar and updates the stats automatically at chosen interval.
Description: “Adsense Notifier simply shows your adsense stats on the status bar and updates the stats automatically. This is wonderful for anyone with OCD ( or GAD as some have called it ) who needs to check their stats every three seconds to see if they have gotten any more clicks :-p”
I have been using Firefox for the last one year and I like it. I have started using it because of tabbed browsing (now, new version of IE also has this feature). When I learned about extensions, I installed few and surprised at the extra features they add. I don’t think I will return to IE anymore. Extensions are small add-ons that add new functionality to Firefox, from a simple toolbar button to a completely new feature. They allow you to customize Firefox to fit your own needs and preferences, while letting Firefox itself light and lean. Below is a list of my favorite extensions:
VideoDownloader: I use it to download videos from Youtube and Google Video. Then I use an FLV to MPEG converter for viewing it in Media Player. You can also use VLC Player to play the FLV files directly. It’s an open source software and you can download it for free.
Description: “Download videos from Youtube, Google, Metacafe, iFilm, Dailymotion… and other 60+ video sites ! And all embedded objects on a webpage (movies, mp3s, flash, quicktime, etc) ! Directly !
VideoDownloader adds a small icon on the status bar at the bottom of your Firefox window, and a toolbar button. Just click that and download the video you are watching!”
Adblock Plus: I use it to avoid display of Ads in Rediffmail and Yahoo mail. It also blocks the images, banners, etc. You can add the ad servers list to it to block the ads shown from that particular server. For example: Google, Yahoo, Clicksor, Adbrite, Bidvertiser, etc.
Description: “ Ever been annoyed by all those ads and banners on the internet that often take longer to download than everything else on the page? Install Adblock Plus now and get rid of them.
Right-click on a banner and choose “Adblock” from the context menu - the banner won’t be downloaded again. Maybe even replace parts of the banner address with star symbols to block similar banners as well. Or you select a filter subscription when Adblock Plus starts up the first time, then even this simple task will usually be unnecessary: the filter subscription will block most advertisements fully automatically.”
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