Summary of Essential Firefox Add-on Recommendations

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Adblock Plus: A must-have ad-blocking plugin for Firefox that makes those pesky flying ads disappear.

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Add to Search Bar: Not enough search engines in the drop-down list at the top right corner of your browser? Add the ones you want, like VeryCD, Douban, the full suite of Google, and the full suite of Baidu, all to the search bar.

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Auto Context: Tired of having to right-click to search after highlighting a segment of text every time? This plugin lets you complete tasks instantly. It automatically brings up the right-click menu, which can be customized.

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Autofill Forms: Do you have to repeatedly input your name, email, and website when commenting on a friend's blog? With this plugin, everything is automatic. It helps auto-fill all commonly used forms.

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Better GReader: Let my subscribed feeds display Favicon icons, offers various Reader themes, and allows direct reading of the original article within the reader page (great for dealing with feeds that don't output the full text).