Assuming we all have
moved on from Internet Explorer in this day and age and no longer use it, the
top competing browsers would be FireFox, Google Chrome and Opera. And if for
any reason you have not then now would be the time to do it. Firefox and Chrome
have a large amount of extensions to use for your everyday needs. Internet
Explorer does, but it's extensions come nowhere as close as the numbers that
Chrome and FireFox have. If you haven’t moved on from IE, then do it. Assuming
you have, let’s begin.
1.
Adblock Plus
Adblock Plus, Probably the first
extension I download each time I get on a fresh install of a new browser or
what I install on other people’s computer. Nobody likes ads. They hog up the
screen, they blink and flash and tempt our epilepsy. And then you get the ones
that bounce around the page, skipping like Richard Simmons. Adblock Plus takes
care of that. It trims the pages down, lets you view with ease. An older pc’s
and slower connections, you no longer have to wait for the page to load so slow due to the embedded flash
ads, embedded videos, and animated pictures. This is where Adblock truly
shines.
2. Unbaby.me
Unbaby.me has prevented me from literally
screaming at people. I work with the public, I hear crying kids all day, every
day. It gets old. So when I come home and get on Facebook the last thing I want
to see is the posts from the person who takes 50 pictures of their baby or
children and posts them one by one. Yes, I could block you from my wall, but I
might miss you posting something decent from time to time. And When I can just
block everybody from posting this it makes it even better instead of singling
out people and then finding yet another chronic poster.
3. Social Fixer
Social Fixer is a nice extension for facebook
with many uses. It can organize your entire wall, group posts together into
certain categories and it can also block annoying posts from never showing up.
I have put this to good use to block the annoying political posts from users or
the users who have to give me a status update every 5 minutes. No, we don’t
care about your latest jog nor do we care to have your political or religious
views shoved down our throats. Thank you social fixer!
4. The Great Suspender
If you are using a lower end computer, this
is a life saver. And in some cases, those higher end pc’s can use this too. If
you are like me, you more than likely keep a lot of tabs open while browsing.
I’m usually reading news articles, doing research for homework or hobbies, and
also browsing forums. After a while,
having all of those tabs open will hog many of your systems precious resources.
The Great Suspender performs like it’s name suggests, it suspends those tabs
you are not using and saves your resources. A must have those late nights while in college
and doing your research.
By Chris Whitt
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