OMG! Never Click “Next Page” on a Web Page Again!
Rarely do I find a browser add-on that so revolutions my experience of the web... Today I did. And it's soooo elegantly simple. Never hunt for "Next Page" or a tiny little "[ 2 ]" again, the next page loads automatically at the bottom of your current page when you get near the end! Welcome to the world of FastestFox, a free add-on available for Firefox and Chrome!
It may not sound revolutionary at first, but start using it and you'll see just how much better it makes things to just be able to keep hitting page down (which you're doing anyway to see the whole page you're on) instead of needing to switch to your mouse and look around for the link to click. And the auto-loading of the next page starts in the background as you near the end of the current page, so you no longer need to wait for the next page to load, it's ready for you when you need it. And amazingly if you click a link which is several pages down the page you were looking at and then go back FastestFox is smart enough to rebuild the page (the one comprised of multiple pages) so you are back at the same position you were; that attention to detail is very impressive. And their parsing logic is quite good, I've been using it a week and on almost every site and page I've read it's figured out when it has multiple pages (it has a few times been confused and loaded something as a second page that really was just some other page on the site, but that's not really a problem).
The one caveat is that FastestFox gives you lots of enhanced search "features", which can be useful but can also be a little too helpful and too cluttering. The features include the ability to combine multiple search engine results in your normal searches, provide easy searches from selecting text, etc. I've turned off most of those features, it's all easily configurable. It's a reasonable assumption that those searches are how FastestFox makes its money and remains a free add-on, they no doubt get money when you buy from the Amazon search results they inject, from the other search engine links you click, etc. If you're like me you'll want to dial back their integration a bit. Nonetheless, can't blame 'em for trying to make a buck off something as awesomely useful as this.
Experience how nice it can be to read a multi-page web the way it should be! Maybe HTML 5 will have a way to officially designate pages in a multi-page document. Until then, use this!
Download FastFox for Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome !
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