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If you work with digital media on a daily basis it is easy to overlook certain aspects of your website in the face of approaching deadlines and quick turnarounds.  While the phrase “content is king” holds true for most adult websites, just as important is knowing how your users interact with your content. With Firefox 4 in beta and version 3.5 already, here are five Firefox add-ons your audience is using to make their porn surfing easier.

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IE Tab

Has this ever happened to you? You’re trying to view a trailer off a site only to find that it requires a special plugin or java applet in order to stream properly. It used to be you had to go through the timely process of opening a separate Internet Explorer browser and re-enter the site URL in order to view the appropriate trailer. Fortunately we now have the IE Tab. IE Tab is a Firefox icon that appears in the bottom right side of your browser and with the click of the mouse turns the current Firefox tab into an Internet Explorer one. Firefox isn’t perfect, so when you come across a site where Firefox mistakes a site for malware or appears distorted in the browser window you’ll want IE Tab on your side.

Delicious Bookmarks

Don’t get me wrong, I think Firefox’s bookmarking system is exceptional, but if you’re a proficient tuber like me and like to bookmark everything under the Tuscan sun than you’re going to want two things: (1) better customization and (2) to have your bookmarks stored on an internet site rather than on your computer.

Delicious is a social bookmarking site that allows you to do just that. Its Firefox add-on, however, is equally impressive. The “tag” button located at the top of the browser allows for quick bookmarking, allowing you to further customize descriptions as well as tags for each site you bookmark. Each bookmark can be set to ‘private’ or can be shared among the friends in your network. A must-have!

Download Statusbar

Whenever you download something in Firefox, whether it is an image, video, or sound file, a separate smaller window appears displaying its contents. While this can be disabled in the options menu, many hardcore downloaders find it frustrating switching from one window to the next to see if their contents have finished downloading.

The Download Statusbar appears as a thin bar at the bottom of the browser where multiple downloads can be viewed, paused, and accessed without resorting to a second window. Each download also gives relevant information such as speed (kilobytes/second), time remaining on the download, and how much of the download is completed.

Firefox’s Search Engine

While not technically an add-on (as each Firefox browser comes with a standard search engine in the top right-hand corner) if you’re looking to make your searching for particular scenes, movies, and actors/actresses easier, it might be a good idea to sign up for several customizable search engines including IMDB (Internet Movie Database), Wikipedia, Youtube, and Google. In the long run it’s sure to save you hours of searching every year.

Wisestamp

If you’re a freelance writer like me and send out a lot of emails on a regular basis then you know there’s nothing more important than standing out. And what better way to do that with an amazing email signature. Wisestamp allows you to do just that. In addition to adding different fonts, colours, and text, Wisestamp allows you to add a photo, internet links, as well as icons from at least a dozen different social media websites that link directly to your account. And with a click of a mouse (Wisestamp allows you to own two – a personal one and a business one), you’re completely customized email signature is placed at the bottom of your email. A must have.

Youtube Player

This add-on is one of the most popular add-ons on Firefox and rightly so. With one click of a mouse on the YP icon in the bottom right corner of the browser, out pops on the left hand column of Firefox a Youtube Player above your own customized playlist of videos. If YouTube is one of your favourite sites on the internet, this is a must-have.

Shareaholic

Shareaholic has quickly become a force as one of Firefox’s ultimate, user-created add-ons. Basically here’s how it works. A green square appears on the left side of the URL address bar, once clicked a drop down menu of ten links to various customized social media sites appears allowing for quick bookmarking of the current site to your account. If you have a lot of accounts across various social media websites, this will drastically cut down on your time.

All there you have it, hope this helped.