Install the Download Status Bar and every download generates a new button on the status bar, so it's visible whatever tab you happen to be using. When you're downloading several large files then it can be annoying to keep switching to the download window to see how they're progressing. It can take a little while to set this extension up to suit your requirements, though, so it pays to spend a few minutes reading the documentation at before you start. Fortunately Adblock Plus will block just about everything, saving you time and ensuring you only download the content you need. Porn sites used to be renowned for bombarding you with popups and banner ads, but now it's common practice just about everywhere. The service imports your existing bookmarks so it's easy to get started, and you can then access them from any convenient PC. Use StartAid and you can save your favourite sites online, instead.
If others make use of your PC occasionally then you might not want them to see your more, hmm, specialist bookmarks. It can download videos, too, but if that's your main interest then we'd recommend a more specialist tool like Video DownloadHelper. Drag and drop video links into the playlist and you can play them in your sidebar, without having to revisit the original site each time. Videos? That's more of a challenge, but YouPlayer can help, at least with the big sites (YouTube, Google Video, MySpace and Metacafe). Just select the thumbnails you want to view, right-click an empty part of the page, and click Linky > Open All Image Links In Tabs to open them automatically. You could do the right-click "open link in new tab" thing for every thumbnail, but it's much easier to use Linky. Sometimes your image searches will lead you to forums or websites with large thumbnail galleries.
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