Firefox Universal Uploader or FireUploader is an add-on for Firefox which will allow users to upload files. It is a pretty useful add-on for people who regularly upload photos and files to websites.

As the name says, this Firefox extension allows you to upload/download files from any website using a friendly interface. Upload files/photos/videos to Flickr, Picasa, Youtube and Box.net(1GB of free space) in this version. Next versions would support other websites like Google Videos, Webshots etc. You can add multiple files to the queue at a time. Extension will take care of uploading them for you.

The advantage of using this add-on are;

• It shows the local folders and remote folders which enables you to upload files by single click.
• You can upload any number of files at a time.
• You can upload files to multiple websites using a single interface (using only one extension).
• Ability to add multiple accounts and upload files to each account independently.

The uploader can be selected from the Tools menu. The uploader screen has 2 panels. The first panel shows the files in the local system. Users can chose the website to which files are to be uploaded using the dropdown above this panel. There is also a button to login and authorize your account. Once authorized and selected, the files already available in the account is shown in the right side panel.

Uploading the files is very much fast and also multiple files can be uploaded. It also shows a preview of the existing photos in Flickr and Picasa. The author has created a user guide and it can be viewed here.

You can download the add-on from here.

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