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Firefox Calculator

This Firefox add-on allows you to access a powerful calculator, and the interface is simple, like the calculator that comes with Windows.  Install the calculator add-on and launch it from the ‘Tools’ tab in your Firefox, as shown below.

Launch Firefox Calculator

Launch Firefox Calculator

This works fine with all the versions of Firefox.Here is an animation, which shows the smooth working of Calculator add-on, opened in Window mode.

Firefox Calculator in Action

Firefox Calculator in Action

This add-on provides a powerful with several functions, however talking about the appropriateness, it might not be very useful for very fine scientific calculations, which can be understood from the image below which shows the value of  (Pi) is both the calculators, the Windows one and this one.

Comparison : Windows and Firefox

Comparison : Windows and Firefox

So from this, it seems that the Windows calculator in scientific mode is more perfect, but as far as your want to make calculations where very fine rounding-up is not required, its efficient to serve your purpose. Try this and share your views about it, with us.

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Posted on 6th January 2009 by Manav Mishra , here to write articles about things which are somehow related to computers, internet (and at times, may be, to blogging as well). He wants to make an Identity for himself, he loves, testing new softwares and services which can really help to improve the productivity of individual. All posts by Manav Mishra | Connect with me @ Twitter | Stumble

4 Comments »

  • M G Harish said:

    Hey.. which software did you use to create that animated GIF image?

  • Manav (author) said:

    @ M G Harish, I use camtasia for creating gif animations.

  • Vadivelan said:

    Dear Friend

    Pls clear the Doubt for the link file

    http://img.technospot.net/calculator-add-on-for-firefox-in-action.gif

    How to make this type of video for yello roud with mouse point pls rectify.

    Thank you

  • Manav (author) said:

    @Vadivelan, I created this Gif file using Camtasia 6, however there is some issue and it doesn’t work well with Windows 7, so i have stopped posting such video, i hope it gets fixed soon, so that I can start posting Gif animations again.

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