Block Flash Content

Day by day the Internet is getting more complex and dynamic. Earlier mostly all the websites contained only text and images. But today whole world's garbage is dumped onto the website, like annoying widgets, banners, toolbars, flash content etc. From them one of the most disturbing is the flash content. The flash videos and ads start playing automatically without the users permission therefore wasting valuable bandwidth and CPU power. Due to the the flash content websites take longer to load and put unnecessary load on your CPU, frequently crashing the entire browser. So here is a FireFox addon which can help you block the flash contents and make your online time more productive.

 Flashblock
   
Flashblock Is a firefox addon which blocks Flash content on a website. It currently blocks the following type of contents.

• Macromedia Flash
• Macromedia Shockwave 
• Macromedia Authorware

Instead of the flash content it provides you with a arrow button, which you can press to allow the flash content.
And don't be afraid that it will block the Youtube videos. There is whitelist option in the addon to add exceptions for sites like Youtube. So enjoy the flash free world!
Click here to get the addon

Checking Whether a Website is Down for you Alone

Have you ever tried to access a website, but instead sat there like for hours getting hypnotized by the revolving loading button?. Most of the time the reason for this is that the website is down (means the browser is not able to retrieve the information from the web server, due to some technical malfunction on the server side). Now most of the web administrators provide you with a message when the site is down due to some maintenance work or other up-gradation, but many times there is no telling why the site is not loading. So here is a website, which you can use to check whether a particular site is down for everybody or whether it is some internal problem from your part, like the website is not compatible with your browser, your ISP has blocked that particular site, the site is down for users from a particular region etc.

www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com