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!
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Block specific words from the internet on firefox

As the internet is growing, so are the risk factors associated with it. A very innocent search term can lead the user to pornographic and other offensive material. Today if you browse through some popular websites you will most probably come across offensive words and other abuses in the comment section. If you are a youtube fan profanities is the standard language in their comments. Now parents can't actually stop their children from visiting all these sites. There are many parent control software available to avoid this exposure but they are mostly very limited, like you can block some sites on it or block pornographic contents but you never get the full control of the software to make your desired change suitable for your pupil. An excellent solution for this problem is to block specific words from the internet. Here is a Firefox addon which can accomplish this perfectly.


ProCon Latte Content Filter
ProCon latte is a very popular content filtering addon for the Firefox browser. It has wide range of features and is very customizable according to the users personal needs. Here are some of its most important features

• It has a blacklisted word section where you can provide the words you want to block. When the user tries to open a website it first quickly scans the website for occurrence of the blacklisted words. If it comes across such words it does not allow the browser to open the page and redirects the user to a website which has been provided by the admin.
• There is a profanity blocker where the admin provides a list of profanities to block or you can just subscribe to standard profanity lists provided by other users. While scanning the website if the addon comes across a profanity, it will substitute it with a string provided by the admin like" XXXX " etc.
• You can set a password for the addon to restrict the pupil from disabling the addon.
• All the lists are editable to give the admin total control. Specific features can be quickly disabled if the admin feels no need for them.

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Load next page on a website automatically (Firefox addon)

Today a average Internet user browses through hundreds of webpages each day. Due to high speed Internet and browsers with very fast javascript engines it has become possible to browse the net at lightening speeds. But one thing which slows down the user is the loading of next pages on a website. Now-a-days websites are providing very limited content per page, a single article is divided between many pages. This are techniques websites use to increase their page views. But this has a negative effect on the user's browsing speed, as you have to finish reading the page, then search the next page button, click it and then wait for the next page to load. Some may not care about this so much but a user who spends 5-6 hours browsing daily gets really frustrated with it. So here is a Firefox addon which won't actually cure the problem totally but will surely make it much more easy to live with.

AutoPager

AutoPager is a free Firefox addon which loads the next page of a website when you reach at the end of the webpage. Some of it's important features are

• It supports mostly all the important websites and search engines, a normal web user visits eg. Google, Yahoo, Bing, Blogspot, Cnet, wordpress etc.
• It works perfectly well with your other Firefox addons like Adblock WOT and greasemonkey scritps.
• It actually doesn't take you to the next page but loads the next page under the original page, so you can scroll down to view the next page. This feature is very useful when you have to refer something on the previous page. 
• It also has a light version for devices with less memory or low processing power.

To use it, first download it from HERE and then install it. After installing, every time you visit a website it will popup a window asking you permission to enable the rules to make AutoPager work on the particular site. This done, now every time you open the website and reach the end of the page a loading bar will appear which will load the next page without you doing a single thing.   

Copy Paste Text without Formatting and Hyperlinks

One of the most irritating things we across while copy-pasting text from online sources like Wikipedia is the hyperlinks and formatting it consists. When you paste the text in your word processor all this formatting is retained by the word processor. I have seen some people reformatting the text one word at a time. If you are a information gatherer like me, the reformatting of the text one word at a time will soon become a headache, so here are some of the popular solutions which you can use to prevent the unnecessary hardship. I have arranged the solutions, starting with solutions for occasional use to regular use.

1) One of the simplest method is to copy the online text, paste it first in your notepad. Then copy the text again from the notepad and paste it in your word processor.

2) If you are using Microsoft office, just select the text and pres Ctrl + Space bar.

3) Copy Plain Text (Firefox addon)
Copy Plain Text is a firefox addon which helps you to copy the online text without the hyperlinks and formatting. DOWNLOAD(out of date)

UPDATE:- Looks Like the above addon is out of date, here is a latest addon which works same as the above DOWNLOAD

4) PureText (Windows utility)

PureText is a small and free windows utility program to remove the hyperlinks and formatting of the online text. To use it, first Download and install the program. When you start, its icon will appear in the taskbar. Now copy the text you want and to paste it use "Windows button + v key". You can change this shortcut and set other preferences by right-clicking on the icon in the taskbar.
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BetterPrivacy - Security against long term tracking cookies.

According to me, today Internet is the biggest commercial platform in the world and information like user browsing habits, user's personal info etc are much valued here. Due to which a new variety of cookies called Local Shared Objects or commonly called 'Flash cookies' are used to gather this information. Flash cookies are a type of never expiring cookie which are stored on the users computer. Originally sites having flash content used the flash cookies to store the user's preferences on the site but in recent times there have been privacy concerns about them. Some of the security issues of the flash cookies are

• They do not expire.
• They are cross-browser meaning it doesn't matter which ever browser you are using till it supports flash content.
• The cookies do not need user or browser permission to send the information to its relative server.
• They are very well hidden and it is rather difficult to be aware of them.

You can get protection against this cookies by using a popular Firefox addon called "Better Privacy"


BetterPrivacy

BetterPrivacy is a popular and one of the most recommended Firefox addon, because it is easy to use and very effective. With one click it displays all the Flash cookies stored on the computer. Using its easy to use manager you can select which cookies to delete and which to keep. You can also select the automatic clean up option where it cleans all the cookies after the browser is closed. You can protect some of the cookies which you think necessary from the automatic cleanup.
To download and know more about the addon CLICK HERE

 

Search subtitles using firefox addon

If you are a movie buff and like to see all the critically acclaimed movies irrespective of the nationality and language, then subtitles are a very important element of this movie watching process. All movies may not include subtitles, due to which you may sometimes have to get the subtitles externally for the movie. At times this can be a headache because the subtitle's frame-rate should perfectly match with that of the movie or the voice and text will not appear in sync. So here is a Firefox addon which helps you to find the subtitles without worrying about the frame-rate and other things.

Subtitle matcher 
Subtitle matcher helps you to find subtitle of any language perfectly matched with the movie, using the unique movie hash code.

• To use,  DOWNLOAD and install it.

•  In the Browser go to "Tools" --> Subtitle matcher. There you will find many options (refer to the image to find the uses.)

 

Google Search by Image (Firefox Addon)

Most of you must be familiar with the Google search by image service. If not, then Google search by image is a service which enables the user to search the web using image, by either uploading image or by providing it's URL. For more information visit www.images.google.com.
But sometimes it can become a bit boring to open the website every time you want to search. This is where the Google search by image addon can be very useful. The addon adds a context menu item, so that you can right click on any image and search the image without going to the website. This can save significant time if you are regular user of the Google service.
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Monitor text for updates automatically with Check4Change (Firefox Addon)

Today most of the people get their daily doses of news and information from the Internet, as the latest news and information are constantly updated. Things changes in seconds, but you can't always wait for them to change, but you would also not like to miss them. Here is were the Firefox addon Check4Change comes into the scene.

NoScript - Security against active contents (Firefox Addon)

As the Internet is getting more popular, different types of security vulnerabilities are exploited everyday. One such security threat is presented by the active content on  the web like javascript , flash, silverlight etc. The user may not even know, when he or she fell victim to it. Now there are many security measures you can take against it and one of the best is NoScript Firefox addon.

NoScript
NoScript is a very popular Firefox addon. It is one of the most recommended security addon on the net. What it basically does is stop any active content from executing in your browser without permission. You can choose the websites you trust and allow active contents from them to execute. Some of its important features are

• It protects the user from harmful server-side active content and scripts.
• It provides client-side protection against cross site scripting attack.
• It protects the user from Clickjacking attacks.
• It can force the browser to always use HTTPS.

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Firefox addon to protect against homepage and search hijacking

Today Internet is flooded with new softwares and apps. Thousands are uploaded everyday and most of them are free. Due to this the user can't overcome the temptation to download and try the new softwares. But one should always be careful while using new software, because they can posses many security threats. One of such threats is browser homepage and search hijacking, where the software changes the configuration setting of the browser and resets your homepage and search options. There are special software to prevent this from happening but instead of using this software you can just use a Firefox addon.

 BrowserProtect


 BrowserProtect is a small Firefox addon that protects the browser against homepage and search hijacking. It monitors the browser's configuration against malwares which hijack your homepage and search configuration.
If it detects any suspicious change in the configuration it blocks it and reports it to the user.

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Bypass Compulsory Web Registration

Are you fed up of sites which force you to register to access their information or to get extra privileges?. The web is supposed to be a symbol of freedom., were every information is available to the users without any restriction. But today websites are promoting a closed system where only people registered with them are granted information and privileges. Many netizens won't mind registering but the thing like spams, unwanted newsletters etc which show themselves in the users inbox after registering is simply a headache. But every lock has its key. So here are some sites and addon which may solve your problem.

Generate TinyUrl Links with a right-click (Firefox Addons)

Most of you must be familiar with TinyUrl URL shortening service. If you don't  "TinyUrl is a website which allows the user to shorten a long URL into a simple short URL in the form 'www.TinyUrl.com /some number & alphabet' when you use this link it just redirects you to the original link. This comes in real handy if you want to open the link on a mobile phone where it is impossible to type such lenghty URLs. It is also very useful when creating long lists of URLs. But sometimes it becomes boring and time wasting to go to the TinyUrl site every time you want to create a short URL. But don't worry there is a popular Firefox addon which can make this task as easy as right clicking the URL. Here is the addon,

Faster Fox (Make your Firefox work faster on XP)

While searching for ways to increase the Firefox page load speed, i came across this great Firefox addon.

FasterFox

Fasterfox Lite allows you to easily tweak many network and rendering settings such as simultaneous connections, pipelining, cache and initial paint delay. Unique to this Lite version are included options for SSL Pipelining, timer-based content reflows, UI Responsiveness, Link Prefetching, IPv6 DNS lookups, and by default the Page Load Timer is disabled. If you want to manually change the "about:config" settings, then the Fasterfox Lite preset must first be saved to the "Custom" setting. This is to prevent the configurations from being different from a selected preset's settings.
Fasterfox Lite comes with pre-configured tweaks to improve the browsing speed of Firefox when using most broadband internet connections. Fasterfox Lite will speed up your web browsing right out of the box with no assembly required.
To change the settings go to the addons option in your Firefox browser and select the options button of FasterFox there you can manually tweak the Firefox settings or use the pre-defined tweaks.

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NOTE :- This addon only works on Windows XP. Many user have reported that it doesn't work on Win 7 and instead makes the page load slow.

Emulate Internet Explorer In Firefox (using "IE Tab" Firefox addon)

Firefox users have many times faced the problem where you need Internet Explorer to display certain web pages. This problem occurs mainly on websites of educational institutes. Its a waste of time to start Internet Explorer every time the user comes across such webpages, some Firefox users may feel very uncomfortable using the unfamiliar Internet Explorer. The unnecessary hardships and mental strain can be easily avoided by using a popular Firefox addon IE Tab. Click on "read more" to know about the addon.

IE Tab

It is a very easy to use Firefox addon, which can be used to emulate Internet Explorer in Firefox. Just right click on the website you want to open in IE and select the option "view page in IE". It opens a new tab in Firefox and displays the page as it would be displayed in Internet Explorer. There is another option "view page in Ext.App." which can be used to start the original IE on your PC and display the webpage in it. You can even set some websites to always open in the IE Tab, if you think they are displayed better in IE tab. It is also very useful for web developers to quickly check how their website will appear on Internet Explorer.
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Note:- It only work on Windows. Mac and Linux support is currently in development.

BLOCK ADS IN FIREFOX USING ADBLOCK (Firefox Addon)

Now-a-days the web experience is truly degrading due to heavy advertisements on websites. Due to this ads the overall browsing speed also decreases. In this context the  Firefox addon  Adblock can be very useful.
ADBLOCK is one of the most useful addon for Firefox. So much that many of the users are still using Firefox just for Adblock. I would say the first addon you should be adding in Firefox should be Adblock. It's main features are

• More than 40 filter subscriptions provided by users in many different language can be used, to automatically configure Firefox to block ads and keep the user's safe from known malware domains.
• Adblock Plus also allows you to customize your filters with the assistance of a variety of useful features, including a context option for images, a block tab for Flash and Java objects, and a list of blockable items to remove scripts and stylesheets.

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DownThemAll (Firefox Download Manager)

DownThemAll is one of the most popular Firefox addon to accelerate and manage your downloads. Here are some of it's main features

1) It uses a smart technique called "Multipart Download". Using this technique it splits the files in multiple section, which it then tries to download simultaneously. The developers claim this these technique can increase the download speed up to 400%.

WORLDIP (firefox addon)

WorldIP is a firefox add-on, which when installed into your Web browser, shows up-to-date information about real physical location (country, flag, AS network, Provider/Datacenter and IP address, reverse DNS) of a web server you are currently visiting.WorldIP extension is one of WIPmania's products based on WorldIP geolocation database.

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Greasemonkey (firefox addons)

Greasemonkey is a firefox addon which allows the user to install scripts which are loaded automatically as the web page loads in the browser. They are site specific means they work only for that site and not any other. Gresemonkey is very useful to add your own function to the web page to make your work easier and faster. it can be used for auto filling forms, to change the view of the web page, add hyperlinks or multimedia  to the web page and make your experience on the site more enjoyable.There are wide range of useful scripts which are easily available.

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To automatically find grease monkey scripts you can use another firefox addon  GREASEFIRE       Download

NOTE :- Please use the scripts from reliable source many malicious scripts can cause harm and affect your security.

ShowIP- firefox addon for quickly seeing IP address of websites

Shows the IP address of the current page in the status bar. It also allows querying custom services like whois, netcraft etc by clicking on the IP address in the status bar. Additionally you can copy the IP address to the clipboard. This extension was formerly known as ipv6ident.

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