If you want to make your life easier and more socially productive, then these 23 social networking toolbars and plug-ins for the Firefox web browser will speed up your interaction with the leading social networks. No need to visit the sites direct; just post information via your browser - bookmarks, blog posts and more.
Delicious: If you are a Del.icio.us user, then this is a plug-in is for you. You can quickly add to Del.icio.us bookmarks, manage those bookmarks, and have quick access to your most visited and recently visited bookmarks.
Digg: Digg is one of the most well known sites for user-generated content, and with this Firefox toolbar by Conduit, you can have easy access to the top Digg stories from the toolbar. It even shows you your local weather.
Smart Digg: If the above isn't enough for you, then Smart Digg might be the answer. This one really is smart as it determines if the web page you are on has been submitted to Digg. If the web page has been submitted, it will display the number of Diggs that story currently has on your status bar. If you press the button, and it has not been submitted, it will take you directly to the Digg site to submit it as a new article.
Fleck: Annotate the web with this plug-in. Fleck gives you the ability to add "sticky notes" to web pages. People who visit that page who also have Fleck installed, will be notified if their are annotations on that page, and they can view them as well.
Facebook: You have Facebook on the web and Facebook on the cell phone. Why not Facebook on your Firefox? This extension gives you the ability to stay up to date with your Facebook friends. Alerts, messages, pokes, and invitations are all notified to you through this useful toolbar. You can also share content quickly with this toolbar.
Kaboodle: If you like to share things, then look no further. Kaboodle allows you to share almost anything you find on the web (particularly items you want to buy) with other Kaboodlers. Also useful is the fact that it tries its best to automatically take the "thing" you want to share and add the appropriate description, title, image, and anything else with it so you don't have to spend that much time providing input.
Linkedin: This LinkedIn FireFox toolbar gives you the ability to utilize the LinkedIn services more easily. It allows you to search, save, and find data all related to the LinkedIn services all from within Firefox.
LiveJournal: If you are a LiveJournal user, then the LiveJournal extension for Firefox will give you quick access to important information regarding your LiveJournal account. This includes, tracking friends, birthday reminders, comments, messages, and much more.
Myspace: For the millions who use MySpace constantly, this toolbar makes getting updates from MySpace easy by delivering them to you. Most of the notifications you receive through the MySpace website can now be delivered to you through your Firefox browser.
MySpace blog editor: If you like to blog on Myspace, then this toolbar gives you the ability to post blogs to your Myspace account directly through this extension. It also supports the drag and drop ability, so if you have content such as images or text on a web page that you would like to blog about, just drag it to the editor without breaking a sweat.
Newsvine: This toolbar allows quick access to your column and frontpage for your Newsvine.com account. It improves your Newsvine experience and gives you the ability to search the Newsvine site quickly. It also features an automatically updating watchlist, as well as a seed status checker.
Nowpublic: Quickly grabbing information from web pages is now easy. If you feel like being a reporter, then this extension allows you to almost act like one by allowing you to copy content to NowPublic.com and then people can write articles on it.
Orkut: Orkut Helper provides you with options for interacting with your Orkut account.
RatePoint: Rating and connecting with people is now made easier with the RatePoint extension. This toolbar allows you to rate sites and connect you to like-minded people all from within this toolbar. It also allows you to form a discussion. The RatePoint extension is a must have for existing RatePoint users.
Simpy: Simpy is a social bookmarking service. Similar to Del.icio.us, this toolbar allows you to quickly add bookmarks and content to your Simpy account and share it with the world.
Squidoo: The Squidoo extension allows you to search Squidoo content within Firefox easily. Much of the vital functionality of Squidoo can be accessed with this toolbar and if you are a Squidoo user, this toolbar couldn't hurt.
Stumbleupon: This Firefox toolbar allows you to take StumbleUpon to its full potential. It allows you to rate, stumble, and send web pages. It also lets you see your friends and favorites on your StumbleUpon account.
Twitbin: Twitbin is Twitter in Firefox. It gives you the ability to post and see comments right from within your Firefox browser.
Twitter: The Twitterbar is another simple extension that allows you to easily post to your Twitter account by simply typing in the address bar, and pressing a button near the bar to post a tweet.
Technorati: The Techno(rati) Bar provides Technorati information in a sidebar, including blogs linking to the current site. A handy feature for you Technorati users.
Skype: The Skype Web Toolbar will enhance your interaction with Skype by allowing you to connect to phone numbers on web pages easily, without even having to type numbers in manually to the Skype application. Handy.
YouTube: YouTube, being one of the most popular sites in the world, deserves a toolbar of its own. The Watch YouTube toolbar lets you watch YouTube videos right in the browser. 15 of the top viewed, top rated, top favorites, recently added and more.
Wikipedia: Editing Wikipedia is now much easier. It allows a myriad of options for editing and managing Wikipedia content right through this toolbar.
From now on you have no excuse from not being socially connected to the web. So be sure to pimp out your Firefox browser with some of these extremely useful social networking toolbars and plug-ins.