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skipscreenSkipScreen is Firefox extension which once you install, the splash screens on popular file sharing services, that show you advertisements and encourage you to upgrade to premium service to avoid having to wait, are a thing of the past. As you can see in the screenshot on the righ, the save file dialogue box popped up immediately while the count down was still in progress. Check out the video below to see it in action:




SkipScreen works on the following services: zShare, Mediafire, Sendspace, Sharebee, Rapidshare, Megaupload, DepositFiles, Divshare, Linkbucks, and Link-protector, with more on the way. If you have your own tips, tricks, or work arounds for getting the most from free file sharing services, sound off in the comments below. SkipScreen is free and works wherever Firefox does.

via http://lifehacker.com