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We have all seen them. The dreaded error pages forcing internet users to do little else but close the current tab, return back from where they came, or to find a corner to weep in. Ocassionally, we chance upon a website that has managed to make things a little more convenient by offering a somewhat informational error page to prevent complete disorientation.

Unfortunately, error pages do little else but signify that what you seek may no longer exist. Actually, what you seek does not exist. Fortunately, there is a handy extension known as ErrorZilla. Rather than feeding users a completely unhelpful page, ErrorZilla offers a handful of convenient “recovery” options including: a google cache, an archival snapshot from the wayback machine, a ping, a trace route, and a whois lookup. Hot stuff if you ask me. Install away and enjoy your browsing as the Internet Gods intended.