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484 fansFirefox is my browser of choice. One of the best things about Firefox is the huge variety of add-ons available to improve your browsing experience.
I like the keep things fairly simple so there are three add-ons that I consider absolute must haves and while I’ve tried a selection of others they eventually got disabled because they were more clutter than they were useful.
TimeTracker is going to shock you back to reality. It creates a little clock in the lower right hand corner of your browser that keeps track of the time you actively spend browsing the internet. If you’re anything like me, you’ll likely discover that what you thought was just a few minutes here and there actually add up to many hours a day. It’s a real eye opener and I now try to limit my online time to no more than 8 hours a day as an absolute maximum.
StumbleUpon is a social bookmarking tool that helps you discover new websites that are relevant to you. The Firefox toolbar is an absolute essential because it makes it so easy and simple to stumble and rate sites. If I’m interested in a topic but I’m not sure specifically what I’m looking to learn about it then I love to use the StumbleUpon search feature so I can see what other users thought were the greatest sites related to that topic.
Tab Mix Plus is an add-on that will finally give you the option to duplicate a tab. I can’t tell you how many times I desired that option before I found this add-on. It includes a variety of other tab management functions, but duplication is the essential.
What are your essentials?
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