MORE THAN A BROWSER: 19 Alternative Ways to Use Firefox

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Browsing? That's so 90s. With the myriad of available Firefox plugins, you can do pretty much anything with your favorite browser, and many of these don't have anything to do with browsing the web. From managing your groceries with Firefox to playing classic arcade games offline, we present 19 browser extensions that have nothing to do with, well, browsing.

Time Killers

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Cards - A collection of solitaire card games including such games as Aces Up, Double Klondike, Double Solitaire, and many more.

Clines - An addictive game in which you must build colored lines to win.

Froggr - Relive the classic arcade game, Frogger, from the comfort of your favorite browser.

Mines - Another classic game - Minesweeper - in your browser window.

Mozteroids - A variant of the classic arcade game Asteroids you can play in your browser.

Pag-Man - A Pac-Man clone with a two-player mode.

PingPong - For those people who find playing Pong against other people too difficult, you can just play against the computer.

PONG! Multiplayer - Play a game of the classic game Pong while chatting with people online.

Snake - A clone of the popular game Snake and Worm.

Xoom - A top-down car racing game.

Xultris - Bringing the love of the colored block game Tetris to your browser.

Utility Tools

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A Contacts Manager - Import your contacts and manage them from your browser.

Calculator-Bar - Adds a calculator above your status bar.

Converter - Turn your Firefox browser into a handy metric/Imperial distance converter. It can also do temperatures and time zones.

cYMStatus - Change your status on Yahoo Messenger without changing programs, or even add the site you are currently visiting to your status.

eQuake Alert - Feed your earthquake phobia with this handy earthquake alerter.

FoxSaver - Turn your idle Firefox into a screen saver with daily updated pictures.

Grocery List Generator - Store grocery lists by recipe, or other items you need

ReminderFox - Lets you add date-based reminders and to-do's directly into Firefox.

Got any more good suggestions? Add them in the comments.