Are you among the scores of web surfers that are more visually than textually oriented? Or are you simply looking for ways to brighten the hours spent online?

Either way, a new extension for Firefox lets you enhance your search experience with thumbnail previews on your Google search. Once installed it gives each of your Google search results a little thumbnail with a preview of the page.

The thumbnails are provided by Thumbshots.org, an open initiative by Thumbshots.com, a provider of web preview technology. You can also see their thumbnail previews at Ask Jeeves. Point your mouse to the binocular icon by some of the search results, and a preview will pop up.

Like all Firefox extensions, GooglePreview is easy to install. You are likely to spend about a minute installing it, and if you should tire of the thumbnail previews, it is just as easy to uninstall. Your Firefox extensions are easily managed through the Tools -> Extensions menu.

Does this sound like just the thing for you, but you still haven’t installed Firefox? There’s no time like the present. It’s free, it’s safe, and it’s fun.

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