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We all spend a lot of time on the internet but how much of that time is really productive? Imagine if you could speed up your browsing experience and save valuable time. With these nifty Firefox add-ons you can make your browsing experience on Firefox far more efficient.

Interclue

How many exciting sounding online news articles and links have we all clicked on only to have our expectations shattered by shoddy content. With Interclue you just have to point your cursor on a link and without clicking a compact window will appear with a preview of what lies ahead. No more having to press the "back" button or open dozens of new tabs. It will also warn you of dead links, malware and phishing sites.

WebMail Notifier

How much time do we all spend logging into our multiple email accounts countless times a day to check for new mail? WebMail Notifier does all the checking for you. Install the add on for Firefox and add the username and password of all your email accounts into this add-on's settings page. It will then periodically checks (you can set how often) all your accounts for mail and notifies you if there is any new mail without you having to lift a finger. It can also tell you how many unread messages you have in each one of your accounts. This add on supports Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail and several other popular web mails. The days of compulsively logging in to GMail are over.

SmarterFox

This neat add-on offers a set of features to help you get stuff done faster with Firefox. You can search by highlighting text and then clicking on the the pop up bubble. Google results will automatically show up in the URL bar while you type so you can avoid actually going to Google. You can set the option to automatically copy text when you highlight it and paste it when you right click your mouse. You can also automatically turn text URLs into clickable links.

HyperWords

A Firefox add on answer to Microsoft's accelerators. Install this add-on and when you highlight and right click on text on a web page you can choose from a list of common tasks such as search, convert, translate, email, facebook and more. An easy to use wonderful time saver.

DNS Prefetch

This add on increases the speed at which web pages load by resolving and caching DNS look ups before you click on any links. Potentially reduce web page download speed by 250ms on average. Every little helps!

Autopager

This clever add on will be loved by all. Ever read an article on a webpage by having to click on countless "next page" buttons at the bottom of the screen? With Autopager the next page of the site/article will automatically load and attach it self to the bottom of the current page so you just need to scroll down further to read the rest of the content. This add on works with a lot of popular sites including Google, digg, New York Times, Yahoo and more. You can configure the maximum number of next pages it shows at once.

Pluribo

This innovative little add on acts as a handy sidekick to amazon-aholics. It rapidly scans hundreds of Amazon.com user reviews for a product and presents you with a concise but informative and quite accurate summary of what buyers think. It doesn't work for some product categories though (under works) and I wouldn't recommend relying solely on it to decide whether to purchase, but it's still quite an awesome little helper.

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