Flagfox Add-on for Firefox

                                                                                                                                    

Flagfox Add-on

      Hi, friends!

               Sometimes we want to know the websites location where they are hosted and some time their IP address. Sometimes we may open sites which may have malicious code unexpectedly which may cause a virus attack, then how to know whether a site is secure or not? Sometimes we may want to find similar sites. Sometimes we may share long URLs with our friends, but seeing long URLs may irritate your friends then you have to shorten them. But how? For doing all these things there is an Add-on for Firefox namely "Flagfox".

              

To add this Add-on to your browser, open Firefox browser and follow this link:  http://goo.gl/ONAd1.

Features:

                     After adding this add-on to your firefox you will notice a country flag  in address bar. If you move cursor on to the flag in address bar, it will shows us the IP address, Server location and Nationality of the domain. If you right click on the flag, it will show you a list of options.

Flagfox Options

Details:

• Geotool

                   It is the tool which shows us the complete information of server including the map.

• Whois

                       It is a link to domaintools.com, which shows us the complete registration information of  a web site.

• Alexa

                       It is a link to alexa.com, which shows us the ranking information of a web site.

• SiteAdvisor

                      It is a link to McAfee site ad visor site. It tells us whether a site is secure or not. 

McAfee site ad visor

• bit.ly URL Shortener

                     It is a link to bitly URL shorter service. To share a long link to our friends we can use this site. 

• Xmarks

                     Through this site you can find similar sites and also this site provides us a tool to organize our bookmarks.

• Web Of Trust(WOT Scorecard)

                     This is a link to mywot.com, which provides us ratings for a web site and security information for a web site.

• Google Translate

                       This is a link to http://translate.google.com/ by which we can translate a web site or any information to our own mother tongue.

• Ping 

                       This is a link to http://tools.pingdom.com. We can test connectivity of our network to server through this web site.

• MyInfo

                       This is also link to geotool but when you click on this link you will get the information of your ISP (Internet Service Provider).
                   
                         These are the features of Flagfox add-on.

 How to Use Flagfox Add-on:

                        
                       Usage of Flagfox add-on is very simple. For example, if you want to know a website's server's complete information then

• First open  the web site that your wish.
• Right click on Flagfox icon which resides in Address bar, then it shows a list of menu.

Flagfox Menu

• Now just click on Geotool option in the Menu. 
• Then it will fires a new tab which shows you the map of server's location and other details.

Geotool showing the server information of Google

                                This is the process of using the Flagfox add-on. This process is same for all other options. Remember this is only works for Firefox.
                               

                                 Friends if you find any mistakes in this information please place a comment in comment box. I receive your feedback with smile.