Block Websites on Mozilla Firefox

When on the computer, the risk of distraction is everywhere. The whole World Wide Web is available at the click of a button, which can be a major time black hole. By blocking sites in Firefox that you know will distract you, it's possible that you can get more done, and get it done faster.

How to Block Websites in Mozilla Firefox

Though the idea of slowing the websites you prefer, should Net Neutrality fail in congress, is not a good thing, the ability to control which websites will be viewable on your browser is. This may be done for many reasons. If you have kids, you may want to limit their ability to watch salacious material or violence. If you work at home, you may want to limit your ability to go onto websites that are a personal “time suck”, such as Pinterest, Facebook, YouTube, and online shopping sites. Depending on your needs, there is a way to completely block these sites, password-protect them, and even to block these sites during certain hours to keep you from using them when you are supposed to be working on something else. Here are the two main ways to block sites on Mozilla Firefox. 1. Parental Controls: Parental controls are a great way to block sites for kids, and many of them come with the additional ability of blocking sites you don’t know about in order to give better protection. Mozilla has a few free add-on versions that can be found at https://addons.mozilla.org/. Windows 7 has a program called Family Safety that you can enable for free on any computer.