CiL 2008: Widgets, Tools, & Doodads for Library Webmasters

Speakers: Darlene Fitcher & Frank Cervone

Firefox:

• SafeCache – prevents applications from accessing your browser cache
• SafeHistory -prevents applications from viewing browser history
• FoxMarks – automatically synchronizes bookmarks
• Firefox Environment Backup Extension – synchronize between computers, including other preference settings

Other web tools for collaboration:

• Meebo Chat Widget – IM chat for reference; good on the null search page of a OPAC and everywhere else
• LinkBunch –  put multiple links into one small link
• DocSyncer – sync docs on local machine to Google Docs (this means everything)
• twhirl – microblogging or keeping tabs on what colleagues are doing
• polldaddy – put a poll on your website
• VisCheck – check the colors on your website for various color blindness compatibilities
• Feng GUI – alternate to eye-tracking
• Browsershots – creates screenshots in different browsers
• Flickr Photo badge – photos from your library’s photo stream
• Photoshop Express – free online photo editor
• AddThis – button that allows users to bookmark or share pages; also provides stats on use
• Google Countdown – widget for announcing events
• Altavista Bablefish site translator – translate your pages on the fly
• ProcessTamer – keep tabs on processes that bog down your computer
• File Hamster – keep track of versions of files w/out having to use MS
• Syncback Freeware – backup files, scheduler for automating, synchronization, machine to machine via ftp
• LinkExtractor
• reCaptcha – “stop spam. read books.” using captcha to clean up OCR scanning
• Anonymouse – check if resources are secure outside of IP range or for privacy
• Prism – use web applications as a local client

More!

• Widgetbox
• Google Gadgets
• past presentations

Fun:

• LOLinator

[will add missing URLs later when I have more reliable connection]