1.Enable HTTPS for better security
To avoid being snooped on to while accessing Facebook from public wi-fi hotspots it is highly advisable to turn on the secure HTTPS option of Facebook.
-Go to Account > Account Settings > Account Security > Enable the Secure Browsing (https) option
2.Use Facebook Chat outside Facebook with IMO.im
imo.im makes communication easier between you and the people you care about. imo's text, voice and video chat make it fast and easy to share experiences with your family and friends. Simply log in with your Facebook account, and you will have your chat going in no time.
3.Bring back the old photo viewer to Facebook
Download userscript to revert back to the plain old photo viewer.
4.Increase font size
To get back to the old font size: hit the Ctrl + + (Cmd + + on OS X) key combination on any web browser. On the downside, this may break the site design, especially if Zoom Text Only option is enabled. For increasing font size without breaking anything: use the F.B. Purity extension.
5.Remove yourself from spammy groups
In case you have been added to a spammy group: click on the See All link on the left sidebar of your Home page > My Groups list. Hover over the group you want to remove, and click on the cross icon.
6.Remove Facebook clutter with F.B. Purity
F.B. Purity is a Facebook customising browser extension. It alters your view of Facebook to show only relevant information to you. It removes annoying and irrelevant stories from your newsfeed such as game and application spam, ads and sponsored stories. It also hides the boxes you don't want to see on each side of the newsfeed.
7.Automatically post your favourite YouTube videos to Facebook
To have your favourite YouTube videos to appear on Facebook automatically: Go to your Activity Sharing page on YouTube > connect your Facebook account with the link provided > choose the actions that you’d like to share and you're good to go.
8.Create an auto-updating calendar of your friends’ birthdays
To grab the webcal URL: Go to the Friends’ Birthdays page > click on the Export Birthdays link > grab the webcal URL, and add it to Google Calendar.
9.Get Facebook notifications on your desktop
Mac OS X users can use the official Facebook Notifier app to do the same. Windows 7 users can download Internet Explorer 9, open facebook.com in a tab, and pin the tab to the taskbar to get notifications. Meanwhile, Ubuntu users can add their Facebook account to the built-in Gwibber app for the same.
10.Stay clear of malware on Facebook with BitDefender SafeGo
BitDefender SafeGo will scan your account for bad links and apps while also letting you know if you’re publicly sharing stuff that you shouldn’t.
11.Stop Facebook from tracking you with Ghostery
Ghostery is the web’s largest, most comprehensive and most user-friendly privacy tool. An easy add-on for every major browser and available as an iPad and iPhone app, Ghostery helps people around the world understand and control more than 1,900 trackers that are tracking them when they browse.
12.Improve your Facebook experience on smartphones with native Facebook apps
Facebook has apps for iOS, Android, Windows Phone 7, and Blackberry that are usually much faster than the mobile site, and also provide better integration and more features.
13.Use Docs.com to efficiently collaborate with your Facebook friends
Docs.com is a good office suite that hooks into your Facebook account to provide powerful collaborative features for your projects and documents.
14.Video chat with your Facebook friends with Skype
Install Skype, connect your Facebook account to it and you can start video chatting with your biddies. This works only the Windows and OS X clients of Skype for the moment.
15.Like any web page on Chrome with the Facebook Likes extension
Facebook Likes Chrome extension lets you like any website you’re on, with two quick mouse clicks.
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