Important Plug-ins for Opera Web Browser

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In computing today, Plug-ins play an important role. They consists of a computer program that interacts with a host application to provide a certain, usually very specific, function on demand. Similarly when we use any Web browser, here i am talking about Opera, plug-ins extend the capabilities of Opera in specific ways. A plug-in could give you the ability to play audio samples or view video movies. Software companies are developing plug-ins at a phenomenal rate, so check back here frequently to download the latest programs. Opera supports most Netscape Compatible Plug-ins.

Here i have a list of some useful Plug-ins that an Opera user must have to enhance the browsing experience.. Just go through this :-

Audio and video Plug-ins:

• Beatnik : Beatnik is a leading provider of standards-based audio software solutions for wireless devices that enable an enhanced, interactive user experience for mobile handset consumers. It is a free multimedia plug-in for video and music over the net.
  
  
• Flash Player (Adobe) : View high-impact, animated Web content. Flash Player is a cross-platform browser plug-in that delivers breakthrough Web experiences to over 99% of Internet users.
  
  
• QuickTime : QuickTime is the Apple technology that makes video, sound, music, 3D and virtual reality come alive for Macintosh and Windows.
  
  
• RealPlayer : Free, plays live and on-demand Real content. Quantum leap in audio and video quality. Instant access to great audio and video content from player.
  
  
• Shockwave Player (Adobe) : Shockwave Player displays Web content that has been created by Adobe Director. You can have access to some of the best the Web has to offer - including dazzling 3D games and entertainment, interactive product demonstrations, and online learning applications.
  
  
• Windows Media Player: Netscape Navigator 4.x users: During installation, Windows Media Player 6.4 will automatically install the plugin if it detects that Netscape Navigator is already on your PC. If you installed Netscape Navigator 4.x after Windows Media Player, you will need to install this plugin manually or re-install Windows Media Player 6.4.

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Bookmark Managers Plug-ins for Opera Web Browser:-

• Columbine Bookmark Merge: Columbine Bookmark Merge is a program which allows you to merge bookmark files together, eliminate duplicate bookmarks, and convert bookmark lists from one browser format to another. Columbine works with the following Web browser formats:
  
  • NetScape bookmark files
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer (MSIE) favorites files (16 and 32-bit versions)
  • NCSA Mosaic hotlist files
  • Opera Hot List files
  
  
  
• Compass: Compass is a manager for Netscape bookmarks, Internet Explorer Favorites and, naturally, Opera's Hot List, written by Daniel Liu. What makes Compass unique is the power of handling the hierarchical structure of folders. With Compass, you'll be amazed how easy you can find and organize your bookmarks the way you want, and how easy you can integrate all bookmarks from different computers or different browsers.
  
  
• PowerMarks: It is a highly recommended bookmark managing program from Kaylon Technologies, PowerMarks manages bookmarks from Netscape, Internet Explorer and Opera. It Backup and synchronize your bookmarks across the Internet using NetSync. Powermarks can also create a new bookmark given only a URL - the name, keywords and description fields are automatically retrieved from the actual web page.

Download Organizers Plug-ins for Opera Web Browser:-

• GetRight: The GetRight plug-in is a great way to manage your downloads and resuming broken ones. GetRight's developer has worked closely with Opera programmers in order to ensure that the plug-in works with Opera and has set up a dedicated page on how to get GetRight to work with Opera.
  
  
• Go!Zilla : Improve your downloads with Go!Zilla. Never lose a download again with this Download Manager and Download Accelerator software for Windows. It recover from download errors and resume failed downloads, manage and categorize files to download later and get those files from the most unresponsive site with Go!Zilla.
  
  
• NetAnts: NetAnts is a download manager designed to maximize throughput by making multiple FTP or HTTP connections. NetAnts allows you to easily perform batch downloads. Easy to use and very convenient. It is also translated into more than twenty languages. To integrate NetAnts with Opera, simply unzip npants1.zip and run NPAnts.exe to install the plug-in.

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Cache Organizers Plu-ins

• About My Cache : About My Cache is a powerful utility to help you keep track of what's going on in your Browser's Cache Directory. "About my Cache" provides an easy way to (re)view the contents of your cache-directory by creating a HTML file which contains "readable" hyperlinks to your cached files.
  
  
• Cache and Cookie Washer: The Cache and Cookie Washer for Opera is a great little shareware program for simplifying the emptying and editing of your Cache and Cookies and History in Opera. Download a demo version of the program and try it for yourself.
  
  
• Opera File Explorer: Opera File Explorer is a tool which allows users of the Opera web browser to view and maintain its cache, cookies, global history, and visited links.

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Graphic - Picture Viewers Plug-ins for Opera :-

• Adobe Acrobat: The free Adobe Acrobat Reader allows you to view, navigate, and print PDF files across all major computing platforms. Acrobat Reader is the free viewing companion to Adobe Acrobat 3.0 and to Acrobat Capture software.
  
  
• AnimaFlex: AnimaFlex animations are special Web animations that can be embedded into Web pages for smooth, high speed playback. The AnimaFlex player will stream AnimaFlex animations to begin playing before the entire animation has downloaded.
  
  
• Cosmo Player: The Cosmo VRML player is the highest-performing viewer for VRML, an open standard for 3D on the Web.
  
  
• CPC View: CPC View is a web browser add-on providing powerful image viewing capabilities for documents stored in a variety of document image formats, including TIFF, CALS Type 1, JEDMICS, and CPC. CPC View supports sophisticated, best-of-breed features such as document navigation, scaling, rotation, anti-aliased images in both a page view and thumbnail view, extensive annotation capabilities, and much more.
  
  
• Envoy: Envoy allows you to view standalone Envoy documents and Envoy documents embedded in HTML pages.
  
  
• IPIX: An IPIX is an interactive, spherical image offering users a complete field of view, from earth to sky, floor to ceiling, horizon to horizon. Never before has a technology so thoroughly captured the way we see the world with our own eyes. To immerse yourself in an IPIX, you must first install the IPIX Viewer Plug-in, available free from this site.