One of the quickest way to maintain online privacy from other users is by deleting webpages history from the Internet browser.You can view browsing history in firefox is by pressing ctrl+h keys or even better use Mozilla History View utility from Nirsoft for viewing, saving and removing browsing history from Firefox browser in a snap.
Mozilla History View fetches the bookmark and visited pages Internet history from the application data of firefox and displays them according to the number of visits and date the webpage was accessed.This will help you to organize the browsing history in a better way! You can remove history and save the file in html or xml format, import them on your new computer easily.For those of you who are looking to make a full password bookmark backup can check out these firebox backup addons
Firefox has functionality of addons whereas Opera browser has widget support which makes it a competitive browser in the web market.Though not everyone uses Opera but for those of you who are browsing the web using Opera,here is a widget which checks for updates and displays if your current opera version is updated or not i.e, Opera Update Checker is a simple tool to check Opera latest version!
Though the widget addon seems to be useless because whenever you open Opera,it automatically checks for update and upgrades the browser only if there are any available updates.But for some of you who doesn’t close the Opera web browser for days together (Yes,I know some of them 
) can have benefit by using this update checker widget!
Opera has launched a update to upgrade all opera 9.5 or 9.6 version which I downloaded recently.After upgrading latest Opera browser (Opera 9.6.1 beta download) I hopped over at Opera Skin community and found out a nice looking Cloned Safari browser opera skin.
This Safari theme resembles the Apple Mac Safari browser and is one of the neat Opera Skin I have been using for a while now.It has a animated loading icon and small good looking RSS and folder icons.So far I keep switching inbetween the Safari skin and Chrome Opera skin.The theme is not a native Mac skin, (For Windows, Mac AND Linux) but can be downloaded on your opera browser.Works with Opera 9.5 and Opera 9.6 Version
Download Safari Opera Skin from here
Here is a Windows based Firefox addon called as Chm reader (download) that lets you view .chm format files.Viewing those CHM files on Firefox browser removes the need of installing any application on your desktop,download the chm reader 0.2.3 for embedding the CHM file viewing feature on your browser.This is a easy way to read chm files while doing online activities from your web browser.
Related – CHM reader for Mac OSX
After downloading Chm reader extension,restart Mozilla firefox and to open any chm files you have to move on to File –> Open Chm file.Also you can view the table of contents and other hyperlinked pages of chm file in the sidebar which are neatly organized.The latest Chm addon works with Firefox 3 and is pretty useful extension for windows based users.
Gmail manager is a small Firefox addon which lets you manage your Google mail account and login to multiple gmail address to check mails quite effectively.
Related : Multi Gmail Widget for Opera users
As Gmail manager allows multiple email check option,you can also view mail snippets which flashes as a small window showing 30+ odd unread messages without the need of opening Gmail website.You can also switch between your different Gmail accounts with a single click.
The installation of the addon is pretty simple,download Gmail manager and restart the firefox browser.The addon will pop up a window where you can add your Gmail username and passords,alternately you can import/export Gmail login details.A small icon appears in the status bar reflecting number of spam mails and unread messages in your inbox!
After updating my Opera to 9.52 version recently,I found out opera has released the new out-of-beta Opera 6.0 version for download.So far the changes in the latest version makes the browser run faster and smooth as many neglected bugs in Opera 9.5 were solved in the new version.
Another noticeable feature is the feed preview which allows you to preview the feeds of any blog/website before subscribing to them.Introduction of low bandwidth option for Opera Mail, also called M2 are also present in the latest version along with the new synchronization option.
Opera 9.6 desktop browser is available for Linux, Mac and Windows platform.Just downloaded the Opera 9.6 and love the promised fast browsing as well as multi feed column preview option! If you haven’t done yet then go for it now 
After updating my Opera web browser to the new latest version,I wanted to change the look of the default theme to something different which will not cause much strain on my eyes while browsing the Internet.I am glad to find out a skin based on Google chrome browser for my Opera which really has a classy look!
The latest version of Opera (9.52) is smooth and loads pretty quick with smart address bar showing up histories,bookmarked url when you are searching for some keywords.The Chrome-Opera skin has similar layout color with a fresh blue color and easy dragging tabs feature.So far,the theme resembles Chrome theme including the icons on the menu bar.
Installing the skin is pretty easy,just open your Opera browser and download the skin from here.Activate the theme and you are done!
Thanks to Google chrome,webkit browsers are being released almost every week and one such browser for Mac OS X available for download is Stainless browser.Inspired by Google chrome,Stainless browser has features resembling Google’s chrome! We know that the initial development of Chrome for Mac is underway,Mac users will find Stainless browser useful as the features of this browser are similar to Chrome (lets say Chrome clone )
Just like Chrome,the Stainless browser uses up memory for each tab and has the feature to kill pages/tabs which consumes more memory or stops responding i.e, each tabs opened in Stainless browser runs in a separate process.
Here are some of the features of stainless Mac OSX browser
- Multi processing browse
- Easy tab dragging between windows
- Single bar to search and type url
- Private browsing mode
Currently Stainless is available for Mac OS X leopard users and is free to download.Many new features of managing bookmarks and downloads will be added in the later updates!