Browser Boosters

Auto Copy
Chances are, if you select some text on a Web page, you’re going to copy it to the Windows Clipboard. Microsoft hasn’t figured this out, but developer Michael Lidman has. Compatible with Mozilla’s Firefox browser, his Auto Copy add-on automatically copies selected text, so there’s no need to mess with the Edit menu or additional keystrokes. To paste, simply press a mouse button. Or you can do it the old-fashioned, convoluted way. Your choice.

Download free from addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/229

AllPeers
Fed up with e-mail attachments? With this Firefox extension, swapping massive multimedia files is actually easy. Click on the AllPeers icon and up pops a list of files sent by friends, family, and colleagues, right there inside your browser. Then, with another click, you can download each one to your hard drive. To share your own files, simply drag them onto a friend’s name and off they go. (Should someone tell the major record labels?)
Download free from www.allpeers.com

Forecastfox
If you’re like most hard-core Web surfers, you don’t even know what time of day it is, let alone what the weather’s like outside. Fortunately for you, Windows has a little clock down in the lower right-hand corner and Mozdev.org gives you Fore-castfox. This nifty add-on grabs weather info from AccuWeather.com and displays it right there on your browser toolbar. You can adjust the number of days being forecast, and if you mouse-click on a particular day, up pops a new window with all sorts of additional weather info.
Download free from forecastfox.mozdev.org