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Save Time with Six Firefox Extensions

May 7th, 2008 @ 9:21 am

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Categories: Time-Savers, Web Tools

Tags: Firefox Extension, Rick Broida

tinyurl.jpgMakeUseOf lists six Firefox extensions that can save you time, usually by automating or simplifying common tasks. For example:

Hyperwords - All in the Right Click!  This is undoubtedly one of the best Firefox extensions available and my favourite too. It adds a huge number of options to the mouse right-click, thereby saving you a lot of time.

For example: You want to look up the meaning of a word, translate it to a different language, check it in Wikipedia, find the Whois or Google links info about a page — you get all that in the right click. You don’t need to open a separate tab and go to another web page.

The author also mentions TinyURL Creator, one of my personal favorites. (It turns long URLs into short ones, a task that normally requires copying, pasting, and a visit to the TinyURL site.) Not mentioned: AutoCopy, my all-time favorite. It automatically copies selected text to the clipboard.

What Firefox extensions save you time? List ‘em in the Comments.

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    saurabhl

    05/08/08 | Report as spam

    My fav exensions/addons to firefox

    Fast Dial-Fast access to favourite pages thru thumbnails.

    Imacros for firefox.

    Reminder fox

    Fireshot.

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