Lu.ly is a toolbar (browser extension), powered by Conduit, which brings Twitter and Facebook into your browser. It’s supported in Internet Explorer, Safari and Firefox.
I already mentioned Lu.ly once in 25 Twitter Apps You Never Knew Existed, but I felt it was necessary to explore Lu.ly further, because, I believe it does a little bit more then just bringing Twitter and Facebook into your browser.
Here’s what Lu.ly REALLY does for your browser and you:
- Twitter and Facebook live search in your toolbar along with regular search (Google), Image search (Google Images), News (Google News), Soft Search (Soft Tonic), Dictionary Search and the ability of Searching the site you’re already on.
- Email notification. Lu.ly supports all the major email services including Gmail, Yahoo, AOL and Hot Mail. It also allows you to pick a sound from your computer to notify you of new email-which I thought was very cool.
- View tweets and Facebook updates
- Update Twitter and Facebook status using the toolbar
- Reply, ReTweet and Send Direct Messages
- Shorten and Share URLs with a click
- Weather Forecast
- Online Radio
- more Gadgets are on the way
And if you get tired of Lu.ly or you just aren’t using it at the moment-you can either shrink it or hide it completely and restore back up again whenever you feel like it.
If you wish to install Lu.ly on your browser, please use the links below:
1. Basic Lu.ly Install or 2. Customized IgorHelpsYouSucceed Lu.ly Install
*difference between the the installations is that the custom IgorHelpsYouSucceed toolbar delivers instant IgorHelpsYouSucceed Twitter updates right into your toolbar. If you’re a regular here, I would recommend the second version of the toolbar.
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