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GleeBox Firefox Add-on
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Magic Box Browser Just Boxes You In
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Facebook Tips and Tweaks
I like using Facebook to keep tabs on my friends, but I don't like the endless stream of "so-and-so took this quiz" and "Joe became friends with Jane" messages. I just became a fan of Facebook Purity, an add-on that removes those notifications from your Facebook home page. Facebook Purity is a script that requires Greasemonkey. Once you've installed that and restarted Firefox, just install the FP script, start up Firefox again, and fire up Facebook.

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