Diigo

     My experience with Web browser addons hasn't been great. Most of the addons I have experienced have been on others' computers, which include poorly downloaded "smiley toolbars" and other toolbars they barely use but do not know how to opt out of downloading. I have had a couple of Antivirus toolbars installed on my browsers, and they have helped me out a little, by providing safer searches. I had a video download thing once too, and it helped me out immensely with a lot of media I needed for research purposes. Overall, with the toolbars I have owned, they have been helpful, for the toolbars I have experienced as a whole, they have been more obtrusive with popups and whatnot.
     The Diigo addon works very well! I have, so far, highlighted, bookmarked, and sticky noted 3 websites with ease. It is non-obtrusive, and is only there when I need it to be.
     I use Mozilla Firefox, I have used Google Chrome in the past, and my girlfriend uses it, but I am used to Firefox, so I am alright with what I have. The addons tend to work in a sort of "App" system. There are many different things you can download from a sort of "marketplace" and many of them are required for some websites/ programs to work, but a lot of them are there to help, or hinder, your internet-going experience. I like this in some ways: it makes it easy to download what I need to work programs because they can be downloaded on the spot, restart browser and continue working where I left off. It also makes it easy for me to browse different options for toolbars, rather than being bombarded by popups.
     An Addon is a program that is downloaded and installed into the user's web browser that enhances the user's internet experience. The addons are typically search bars, or other helpful tools, such as Diigo, or Youtube helpers, or antivirus software. They can get in the way, though, as many programs from the internet install their own toolbars to the browser and can get in te way with ads, popups, and just generally taking up space. I tend to stay away from addons as toolbars for my browser, so currently I only have the Diigolet addon installed.

     I feel Standard 3d. "Model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning." This is because this program helps facilitate learning and the outcomes of those learning since students can learn double of what they are researching using the annotations from people around the world on articles they are reading.

     My Diigo Library is posted under my favorite links tab on the right of this post and is open to the public, as far as I know.

Michael Robinson