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Originally Posted by SerenaFairfax
Would someone please enlighten me as to what is an "add on"?
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An add-on is a piece of software that can be added into a web browser to add new functionality. The Firefox web browser has
many add-ons available as does Chrome. I'm not sure if other browsers support them nor how extensive their collections of add-ons may be.
I use Firefox and have quite a few add-ons installed:
- Dictionary ToolTip - Double-click on any word and see a pop-up window with the word's definition.
- NoSquint - Forces the browser to zoom the page size by a certain amount (I have it set at 120%). I can change also change the zoom value to another amount for specific sites. For example, I have everything at 120% but set wikipedia sites at 150% because that is easier for me to read. I wouldn't be able to use the web without this add-on because the text size on most web pages is far too small to read.
- gTranslator - Translate a web page into another language with a single click.
- EPUBReader - Read epub files right in the web browser.
- Zotero - Powerful add-on that lets you organize research and sources. Integrates with Microsoft Word to automatically output citations and bibliography.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. There are many thousands of add-ons for Firefox.