Twitter for firefox

I used to tweet lot of information whatever I see in internet. So every time it was tough to short the URL by going bit.ly (which I prefer) and open twitter and paste the short URL. These are the following addons I am using to tweet in different manner from my Firefox.

• Echofon (Formerly TwitterFox)
Echofon is an addon for Firefox. The addon can be installed from here.  

Some of the features are :
• Easy updation of status to twitter.
• Shows unread tweet count on firefox
• Multiple accounts can be added
 

 
• InstantTweets
An addon for Firefox using which you can post any URL into twitter. It is located on the address bar. Click on the blue bird posts into twitter. Even it shows how many more characters are left to update the status. Click here to install it.  

 
• Shorten URL
Shorten URL is an another Firefox add on, I found quite useful. The combination of Shorten URL and instant tweet is too powerful. If instantweet had shown URL is too long, it can be shortened by Shorten URL and post it.  

  Shorten URL can be configured to any URL shortening service. It can be configured from options.
• Long URL Please
Long URL Please is an must have Firefox addon for frequent twitters. It reveals the shortened URLs in the twitter. More about URL shortener can be read here 

Hope you will also have good time in tweeting with this Firefox addons.

URL Shortners - The risks involved

Most of the people on twitter, tweets with shortened URLs. Have you ever thought of the risk involved in those links? Since the shortened URLs won't give you much details about the page you are about view, you might be fooled. We cannot blame twitter or shortened URL providers for the cause, so be cautious rather than be a fool later.

What should I do

• Avoid clicking
The best option is to avoid clicking on the link, if you don't trust / know the person who tweeted.
• Long URL addons
There is an addon for mozilla, Long URL Please which will help to expand the shortened URL into the actual long URL.

Click here to read what Symantec says.