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10 Firefox Plugins for Lazy Afternoons

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The 10 Best Firefox Plugins for a Relaxing and Mindless Afternoon

Normally I don't have very much free time, and the time I have I spend on sports and work around the house. But every now and then I just can't get myself to do anything else but browsing the internet.

I'm sure I'm not the only one. That's why I present to you 10 of the best Firefox plugins to make these lazy afternoons better and especially more lazy.

Easy YouTube Video Downloader

Firefox extensionEasy YouTube Video Downloader is a Firefox add-on, that allows you to easily download any videos from Youtube to your computer. You can download videos in FLV, MP3 or MP4 format. A very good tool for downloading your favourite videos.

StumbleUpon

Firefox Add-onStumbleUpon is a web service, that can be rather addictive. It helps you to discover millions of web sites, that match your interests.

After you install this Firefox extension, the only thing left to do is selecting the topics, you are interested in. Now you just click the stumble button and it randomly selects a page in their database, that matches your interests and opens it. It's the perfect tool for mindlessly browsing the internet or getting new ideas. Warning, highly addictive!

TimeTracker

Firefox extensionTimeTracker is an above average Firefox plugin that helps you keep track of the time you browse the internet. You can keep track of browsing time across sessions and list sites that should not count. With this extension you will never again lose track of time, browsing the internet.

Tab Mix Plus

Tab Mix PlusTab Mix Plus makes tab browsing more useful and adds more features to the Firefox tabs. With it you can control tab focus, duplicate tabs, undo closed tabs and windows and much more. You can also use it as a session manager, since it includes such options as crash recovers and saving of tab combinations.

SpeedDial

Firefox extensionSpeedDial allows you to keep your most visited pages on direct access. It loads in a new tab and gives you a thumbnail view of all your favourite websites. The thumbnails are refreshed in the background automatically. It's not the greatest Firefox add-on you've ever seen, but it is quite useful.

AutoPager

Firefox pluginAutoPager loads the next page every time you reach the end of a site. It's perfect for forums or blogs. It works on many pages, like Google, Yahoo, Lifehacker, the New York Times,...

Don't worry about the pages switching while you still read, AutoPager loads the content of the new page and adds it to the end of the current one, so all you have to do is keep scrolling down.

It also includes adblock features, so you can filter out the ads from the content. It's a perfect Firefox add-on for mindless browsing.

NewsFox

Firefox add-onNewsFox is a 3-pane style Atom/RSS feed reader. It allows you to group your feeds and read content offline. You can also select how a feed should be retieved.

CoolPreviews

Firefox pluginCoolPreviews allows you to preview links and images without leaving your current page. This Firefox add-on saves you a lot of time. Just move your mouse over an image or link and a preview window appears, showing you the content the link or image points to.

You also have many options available to customize about everything about the preview window, like the opening speed or the activation method.

Readability

Firefox extensionsReadability is a simple Firefox extension, that removes all the clutter on a webpage and makes reading the content more enjoyable. It's easy to use (one button click) and useful for quickly printing any web page without worrying about all the additional "info" you don't need.

FoxVox

Firefox pluginFoxVox is an experimental Firefox add-on, that speaks any text you highlight on a webpage. It can also create audiobooks in various formats.

This way you can easily convert blogs or articles into podcasts. Or you can surf another web page while listening to the content of another site.
This plugin supports different languages.

Warning, only compatible with Firefox 4.0 and later.

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  • moonlitta Apr 8, 2012 @ 11:36 am | delete
    Those seem very useful. I think Time Tracker would be a really good idea for someone who also needs to have some work done instead of "mindless browsing"... still, all of them are fun!
  • Michey Mar 11, 2012 @ 2:25 pm | delete
    Great, useful info. Thanks
  • uneasywriter Feb 21, 2012 @ 4:18 pm | delete
    thank for your work on this lens! Some really good info here!
  • skiesgreen Nov 30, 2011 @ 5:14 pm | delete
    What a helpful lens. I had no idea these things werer availabe for my browser. Thanks for sharing and have bookmarked this to return.
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