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If you are one of those who prefer to use IE over other browsers like Firefox, or the only reason that you switched to firefox was the lack of power tools and add-on’s in IE, think again. Here in this post i give out few addon’s that are not only comparable to firefox’s ones, but also are better in some sense.

The addons that I recommend are:

1. IE Developer Tools: The IE Developer Tool’s provides lots of features for exploring and understanding web-pages. In essence it is more or less like Firebug for Firefox browser. It allows your to view, edit, debug and monitor XHTML, CSS and JavaScript in any webpage. Personally as of today, while writing this post, i like the IE Developer Toolbar more than Firebug. Just try it, you’ll find out why!!!
2. ieSpell: ieSpell is a free Internet Explorer browser extension that spell checks text input boxes on a webpage. It should come in particularly handy for users who do a lot of web-based text entry (e.g. web mails, forums, blogs, diaries). Even if your web application already includes spell checking functionality, you might still want to install this utility because it is definitely much faster than a server-side solution. Plus you get to store and use your personal word list across all your applications, instead of maintaining separate ones on each application.
3. Fiddler: Fiddler is a Web Debugging Proxy which logs all HTTP(S) traffic between your computer and the Internet. Fiddler allows you to inspect all HTTP Traffic, set breakpoints, and "fiddle" with incoming or outgoing data. Fiddler is designed to be much simpler than using NetMon or Achilles, and includes a simple but powerful JScript.NET event-based scripting subsystem.
4. Inline Search: Inline Search is an extremely useful free add-on for Internet Explorer that mimics Firefox’s search behavior. It turns searching in a web page into a non modal research experience coupled with a find as you type facility. It integrates flawlessly into IE (version 5.5 or above), giving it that little extra that makes you a lot more efficient when you are looking for a specific piece of information.
5. Adblock Pro: Adblock Pro is a small, effective, and intelligent ad blocker for IE & IE7. It can remove annoying ads of website without human intervention and features a smart engine that can identify possible ads and remove them even before you can see them. Adblock Pro can block annoying pop-ups, banner Ads, flying Ads, flash Ads, inline text ads and other Internet Ad annoyances. It not only eliminates the annoyances, but also improves your surfing speed as well. 
6. IE7 Pro: IE7 Pro is the most desired addon for Internet Explorer. It host a plethora of features to make IE more useful and friendlier. It includes most of the addons mentioned previously. It has an inbuilt spell checker, an Inline Search, Ad Blocker, support for Greasemonkey User Scripts, and a mini Download Manager called MiniDM, IE Faster to customize pre-fetching so as to make the maximum use of the bandwidth.
7. FoxyTunes: FoxyTunes lets you listen to music while you surf. It allows you to control most media players and find covers, lyrics and more with just a click in the browser. iTunes, Winamp, and Windows Media Player, among others, are supported.

There are many other great addons available on the web, but ask anyone and you’ll see that this list covers some of the best of the best. I personally use these, as I need to check my pages on both IE and Firefox.

Don’t just browse, empower yourself. Have Fun Browsing.

Yes, foods do boost our memory. Everything in our body depends on the type and amount of food that we take. Genetic factors do exists, but to a certain level only. The right type of food in right quantity would certainly enhance our system. Following is a list of food items that are proved to improve our memory and concentration, thereby improving the overall brain power.

1. Omega-3 fatty acids: Omega3 fatty acids are one of the most vital element for our brain. It improves the overall brain activity and are necessary for proper nerve activity. Foods rich in Omega3 fatty acids include Deep Sea Fish(Wild Salmon, Tuna, Sardines), Flaxseeds, Walnuts.
2. Antioxidants: Antioxidants are not only important for the brain but for the whole body. They decrease the free radical damage that comes with age. Antioxidants are found in berries(blueberries, blackberries, strawberries and raspberries), spinach, sprouts, broccoli, avocados, oranges etc.
3. Zinc: Zinc helps increase mental alertness. It is mainly found in seafood, oysters, fish, legumes, cereals, whole grains, pumpkin seeds and meat.
4. Vitamin-B: Among all the present vitamins, Vitamin-B is the most vital for the brain. Numerous research have proved that Vitamin-B reduces memory loss. So start munching on whole-grain foods, eggs, milk, grain cereals, almonds and green vegetables.
5. Rosemary and Sage: Rosemary helps in improving the blood supply to the head and stimulates the brain
6. Iron: Iron helps red blood cells to send oxygen throughout the body and plays an important role in the transmission of signals to the brain. They are easily found in leafy vegetables, raisins, peanut butter, eggs, liver, shellfish, meats and soybeans.
7. Isoflavons: They are the natural plant oestrogen which act on oestrogen receptors in the human brains, which is a crucial area for memory. They are easily found in soya products like soya milk, tofu and soya atta, so do add some to your diet.

Remember, just adding the above mentioned foods to your diet alone won’t help. You need to give your brain the required rest to keep it healthy. A proper lifestyle coupled with an increased amount of the above food would give you great results.

via [thedietchannel]  [cookinggoddess]