Resize Images Online Just Using Firefox

There are many photo editing softwares out there, that you can use to apply effects, add captions, enhance colors…but why all those functions when we just want to resize an image?

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Recently I have published an article on the best services that you can use to edit your images online, but today I want to share with you some web-based tools to resize your image online, just using a web browser.
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Edit Images Online Just Using Firefox

Are you on a business trip and need to edit a picture but you don’t have your computer with your photo editing softwares? Tired of using PhotoShop to simply crop or rotate an image?

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Photo Credit: Nicolo’ Canali De Rossi

In this mini-guide I have collected some of the best web-based photo editing tools that you can use to edit your images online with no need to use PhotoShop or any other software.
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Create Text Documents Online And Invite People To Edit Them: xyWrite.it

Everyone sometimes has written a document using some text editor, whether paid or free software, to write a text for an exam, an article, or any written document.

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Sometimes we would love to carry those document with us, but it is not always possible as you might forget your hard memory at home or lose it somewhere in the streets.

And we would need other people to review that document, but we can’t be bothered sending that document to ten people, waiting for their reply and mixing all the modified versions together.

xyWrite.it is a free web-based collaborative writing tool, that anyone can use to create and store text documents online, letting other people work on them, just using an Internet connection and your favorite browser.
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Share Files Online Just Using Firefox

What do you do when you have to send a file to someone, but it is too big to be sent using a normal instant messenger or your email does not support such a large file?

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Photo Credit: Sophie – Edited by Nicolo’ Canali De Rossi

In this mini-guide I want to list all of the best services that anyone of you can use to share and send any type of file just using a browser and an Internet connection.

If you want to contribute with a new service that no one knows about or you think it is the best out there, do not hesitate to post it in the comment section below.
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Convert Any File To Any Format Just Using Firefox

Yesterday was the last day of 2007, and I was trying to convert an SVG file (Scalable Vector Graphics) to an editable image file format (png or jpg).

I tried all my converters that I had installed on my machine, but I couldn’t find anything that would help me out of this.

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Photo Credit: Nicolo’ Canali De Rossi

So I opened Firefox, and started looking for something that would solve my issue, and I found it!!

I discovered that it’s full of online converters out there in the immense universe of the Internet. Converters that can catch any file and turn it into another, no matter what format you want.

These are the best FREE web-based file converters that I found during my research, and I am going to show you how they work, even if they all are deadly simple to use.
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Send Any Type Of File With No Size Limitation: PipeBytes

PipeBytes is a simple web-based service which allows you to send any type of file with no size limitation, just using Firefox or any other browser.

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PipeBytes requires no installation and no upload process: it just connects your PC to your friend’s, and sends the file directly in a private and secure way.

Here’s what to do to use it:

  1. Go to PypeBytes.com and click “Send File”
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  3. Browse for the file you want to send and push “Start Upload”.
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  5. You will be provided with a pickup code, or simply a pickup URL.
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  7. When your friend pastes the URL in his browser, or goes to the Pickup page and types the code, your computers will automatically be connected, and the file will be transferred directly, avoiding any upload process.
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The service is completely free to use and doesn’t require and registration.

Link: http://www.pipebytes.com/

Convert And Download Videos Just Using Firefox: Filsh.net

Filsh.net is a web-based service that you can use to convert videos from your PC or any video-sharing site, just using Firefox.

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Is it really easy and fast to use, and it allows you to get any video file converted in your favorite format in three easy steps, completely for free, without any registration.

  1. Go to Filsh.net and select whether you want to convert a video from a video sharing service, or directly from your computer.
  2. Basing on the option you have chosen, paste the video URL, or browse for it through your folders.
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  4. Select the output file format (.mpg, .avi, .mov, .3gp, .mp4, .flv, or even audio only .mp3 or .ogg), video and audio bitrate, video proportions, and click next.
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Your video will then be processed and a download link will be provided for you to download your file.
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