These days, we’re all looking for ways to boost our productivity. There just isn’t enough time to get it all done- for anyone. You are not alone in your frustration as you search for ways to avoid the seemingly inevitable time sucks that common distractions make. Did you know that the average worker loses more than 2 hours a day to distractions?? Those distractions can be internal or external, meaning they come from yourself and others. External distractions can range from clicking high heels and fingernails to co-worker chatter to whatever else your office offers. Few, if any, are immune to distraction at work. That’s why so many people are looking for ways to cut down on distraction. Forgive me if you already have these, but here are some great finds for those of us legitimately looking to be more productive. {note that these are all for Firefox.}
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Customize Google
LeechBlock: a Firefox add-on that allows you to block sites so you can avoid their distraction.
- Customize Google: CustomizeGoogle is a Firefox extension that enhance Google search results by adding extra information (like links to Yahoo, Ask.com, MSN etc) and removing unwanted information (like ads and spam). All features are optional and easily configured.
- FlashGot: Download all the links, movies and audio clips of a page at the maximum speed with a single click, using the most popular, lightweight and reliable external download managers.
- StatusBar: View and manage downloads from a tidy statusbar – without the download window getting in the way of your web browsing.
- Flashblock: Flashblock is an extension for the Mozilla, Firefox, and Netscape browsers that takes a pessimistic approach to dealing with Macromedia Flash content on a webpage and blocks ALL Flash content from loading. It then leaves placeholders on the webpage that allow you to click to download and then view the Flash content.
- URL fixer: URL Fixer is an extension for Mozilla Firefox that corrects typos in URLs that you enter in the address bar. For example, if you type google.con, it will correct it to google.com (asking first, if you enable confirmation).
- Tab Mix Plus: Tab Mix Plus enhances Firefox’s tab browsing capabilities. It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus much more. It also includes a full-featured session manager.
- ScrapBook: Helps you to save Web pages and organize the collection.
And, a final productivity booster for any browser:
- Free White Noise Generator: a free online generator to cover noisy distractions that any browser can use.
