I thought it would be interesting to hear from those of the community, who swear by Firefox, what their favorite Firefox plug-in’s are.
I believe there’s hundreds of firefox plug-ins available, so please give a brief description of those you've found either invaluable, or just useful to have around, and is there any that you think are useless or pointless?
WR, cool idea!
Mine is, definitely, CoLT . It makes copying and pasting hyperlinks to forums and BBs a breeze. :)
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Here are some instructions and tutorials that I made for my friends on how to use CoLT.
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I'd like to thank BuBBy for pointing me to this and some other great add-ons.
Download Statusbar 0.9.6.3
I have a few more too!!!
This allows me to go to one game page and download as many games as I want, without closing the browser all the time!
I also have CoLT!
Suki
some dictionaries !!! - can't live without LOL
here is a little list of add ons I like to have ( no ranking )
PDF Download
Tabs Open Relative
Temporary Inbox
Line Marker
Image Toolbar
Hyperwords (for Firefox 3.0)
Hyperwords looks interesting, but I have not explored it into all directions.
firelox
I have a lot:
Adblock Plus 0.7.5.5
Adblock Filterset.G Updater
Adblock Plus: Element Hiding Helper
APNG Edit
CoLT
CustomizeGoogle
DOM Inspector
Download Statusbar
[Free Download Manager plugin]
GooglePreview
InspectThis
MediaWrap
PDF Download
RAMBack
Session Manager
Show Go!
Sxipper
Tab Scope
Tabs Open Relative
Toolbar Buttons
Unhide Passwords
Web Developer - hands down the best.
But, in all fairness, NoScript is the next best, and IETab is the most convenient.
Just discovered Zotero
I am using it as a replacement for Evernote at least until the web clipper add-on for Evernote gets compatibility with Firefox 3
Mine is IE View.. there are some programs that won't allow FireFox for updates, etc. Like Microsoft and McAfee, so I just right click on the page and view in IE, and WOT as a site advisor.
When I USED to use FF I liked ABP, NS, Tab renamizer, WOT, SA, Google Toolbar, Yahoo toolbar, and some others. Now I don't use it.
A couple of months ago, I told Mr. B in a post here that I wasn't going to switch to FF because of the learning curve and I have too many programs on my PC right now I need to learn. Well, The Mango Princess finally talked me into it about a month ago as she promised to help. And....she kept her promise. I still have some things I am still working on and learning, but all in all... "I'm Loving It".
What I have below is my Dump List....Mangoette sent me hers when I decided to switch and it was a "heaven sent" as it gave me a guide line as to what to first download as "add ons". If you don't want them, don't download. But it basically gives you an idea as to what you can do with your browser. I bookmarked the actual pages of the add ons as I was installing so if I needed help, I knew where to go. Keep in mind..these are add ons for
Firefox 2.
Application: Firefox 2.0.0.14 (2008040413)
Operating System: WINNT (x86-msvc)
June 27, 2008
Total number of items: 37
- Adblock Plus 0.7.5.5
http://adblockplus.org/
Firefox 1.5 - 3.0.*
Ads were yesterday!
- AI Roboform Toolbar for Firefox 6.9.89
http://www.roboform.com
Firefox 1.5 - 3.0.*
Allows the use of Roboform in Firefox.
- Bookmark Duplicate Detector 0.6.4
http://bookmarkdd.mozdev.org/
Firefox 1.0 - 2.0.0.*
Helps you find, move and remove duplicate bookmarks. It also notices you when you are adding a bookmark already in your Bookmarks.
- CacheViewer 0.4.7.1
Firefox 2.0 - 3.0.*
Allows searching and sorting cache files
- CoLT 2.4.1
http://www.borngeek.com/firefox/colt/
Firefox 1.5 - 3.0.*
Adds a Copy Link Text item to the browser's context menu.
- CS Lite 1.3.8
http://forum.softwareblaze.com
Firefox 2.0 - 3.1a1pre
Control cookie permissions.
- CustomizeGoogle 0.72
http://www.customizegoogle.com/
Firefox 1.0 - 3.1a1pre
Enhance Google search results and remove ads and spam.
- Download Embedded 0.5
http://extensions.aeruder.net
Firefox 1.5 - 2.0.0.*
Downloads all embedded objects on a webpage.
- Download Sort 2.5.7
http://downloadstatusbar.mozdev.org/downsort/
Firefox 1.5 - 3.0b5
Automatically save downloads to different directories.
- Download Statusbar 0.9.6.3
http://downloadstatusbar.mozdev.org/
Firefox 2.0 - 3.0.*
View and manage downloads from a tidy statusbar
- DownloadHelper 3.1
http://www.downloadhelper.net
Firefox 1.5 - 3.0.*
Download videos and images from many sites
- DownThemAll! 1.0.3
http://downthemall.net/
Firefox 2.0.0.8 - 3.0.*
The mass downloader for Firefox.
- EverNote Web Clipper 1.0.0.81
http://www.evernote.com/
Firefox 1.4.0 - 3.0a5
Provides a button and context menus to easily add a selection or an entire page to EverNote as a saved note
- Extension List Dumper 1.14.1
http://sogame.awardspace.com/
Firefox 1.5 - 3.0.*
Dumps a list of the installed extensions.
- Fasterfox 2.0.0
http://fasterfox.mozdev.org/
Firefox 1.5 - 2.0.0.*
Performance and network tweaks for Firefox.
- FavLoc 1.2
http://favloc.fligtar.com
Firefox 1.5 - 3.0.*
Easily download to commonly used locations.
- FEBE 5.3.1
http://customsoftwareconsult.com/extensions
Firefox 2.0 - 3.0b2
FEBE - Backup your Firefox data
- FireShot 0.50
http://screenshot-program.com/fireshot/
Firefox 2.0 - 3.0.*
Adds the ability to take a screenshot of the page, edit it and save, copy to clipboard, send to external editor or e-mail it.
- Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer 2.0.47.4
http://www.foxmarks.com/
Firefox 1.5 - 3.0.*
Synchronizes your bookmarks across machines.
- FoxyProxy 2.8.1
http://foxyproxy.mozdev.org
Firefox 2.0 - 3.0.*
FoxyProxy - Premier proxy management for Firefox
- Google Notebook 1.0.0.20
http://www.google.com/notebook
Firefox 1.5 - 3.0.*
Allows notetaking while browsing
- Google Toolbar for Firefox 3.0.20070525W
http://www.google.com/
Firefox 1.5 - 2.0.*
Take the power of Google with you anywhere on the Web!
- IE View 1.3.7
http://ieview.mozdev.org/
Firefox 1.0 - 3.0.*
Open pages in IE via Firefox menus
- Interclue 1.5.6
http://interclue.com/
Firefox 1.5 - 3.0.*
The ultimate link augmentation multitool
- Lazarus: Form Recovery 1.0.0
http://lazarus.interclue.com/
Firefox 2.0 - 3.0.*
Recover lost forms with a single click
- Linky 2.7.1
http://gemal.dk/mozilla/linky.html
Firefox 0.7 - 3.1a1pre
Open/download/validate links and pictures in tabs or windows
- Locate in Bookmark Folders 0.2.5
http://alex.muntean.name/
Firefox 1.0 - 2.0.0.*
Locates a bookmark in Bookmarks Manager's folders tree or in the Bookmarks Sidebar, complementing the Bookmark Search feature of Firefox.
- NoScript 1.7.1
http://noscript.net
Firefox 1.5.0.4 - 3.1a1pre
Extra protection for your Firefox: NoScript allows JavaScript, Java (and other plugins) only for trusted domains of your choice (e.g. your home-banking web site). This whitelist based pre-emptive blocking approach prevents exploitation of security vulnerabilities (known and even unknown!) with no loss of functionality... Experts will agree: Firefox is really safer with NoScript :-)
- Open IT Online 1.2.1
http://www.openitonline.com
Firefox 1.5 - 3.0.*
Open IT Online allows you to open your files online without the need of any software to be installed.
- Orbit Downloader Firefox Integration 2.02
http://www.orbitdownloader.com/
Firefox 1.0 - 3.0
Download files,social music,video and streaming media easy and fast.
- PDF Download 1.0.1.2
http://www.pdfdownload.org
Firefox 1.5 - 3.0.*
Allows you to choose what to do with a PDF file: download it, view it with an external viewer or view it as HTML.
- Save Image in Folder 1.2.2
http://mozext.achimonline.de
Firefox 1.0 - 3.0.*
Easily save images in personally customized folders.
- Save Link in Folder 1.4.2
http://mozext.achimonline.de
Firefox 1.0 - 3.0.*
Easily save links in personally customized folders.
- ShowIP 0.8.08r14b0251
http://code.google.com/p/firefox-showip/
Firefox 1.0 - 3.0.*
Show the IP address of the current page in the status bar. It also allows querying custom services by IP (right mouse button) and Hostname (left mouse button), like whois, netcraft. Additionally you can copy the IP address to the clipboard. This extension was formerly known as ipv6ident. License GPLv2 only.
- Talkback 2.0.0.11
http://talkback.mozilla.org/
Firefox 2.0.0.11 - 2.0.0.*
Sends information about program crashes to Mozilla.
- Tiny Menu 1.4.9
http://trac.arantius.com/wiki/Extensions/TinyMenu
Firefox 2.0 - 3.0.*
Replace the standard menu bar with a tiny menu popup.
- WOT 20080519
http://www.mywot.com/
Firefox 1.5 - 3.0.*
Web of trust.
When I first started using the security add ons, I felt like I was using a firewall. But in time, it "learns" and you are more secure.
My favs??? Download Embedded, InterClue, COLT, Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer, DownThemAll! and FEBE - Backup your Firefox data(I just found this one today and it's awesome!) Sorry I can't just pick ONE!
WebMail Notifier Is great if you like being notified when you receive new email, you can even insert your own 'WAV' sound file to alert you to new mail, my wife LOVES this program, and the funny alert sounds I put on it for her, one is Bugs Bunny saying 'Whats this? A letter for me?'
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4490
Thanks delenn13 got some great add-ons from your list!
fullbug.. where did you get some of those funny alert sounds?? I just installed the webmail notifier addon... sounds like fun!
Well, the Bugs Bunny thing I got here- http://www.nonstick.com/sounds/
But the files are in MP3 I think, you need to have a program that can convert files to WAV, once you have that you are set....
If I remember any other sites for sounds I will post them....
Here is another one, they are already in WAV format, the Bugs one is on the first page, funny enough....
http://simplythebest.net/sounds/WAV/cartoon_wavs.html
most used is noscript.
I'll add my suggestions a little later - after I've removed the ones already mentioned.
I'll try to keep it to 5 or 6 general purpose ones that everyone can get some use from.
(hmm - now to reduce my list of favorites down to 5 or 6. Not an easy task).
OK. 5... 10... so I decided to include a few extras...
Snap Links for Firefox 3
http://www.ghacks.net/2008/06/25/snap-links-for-firefox-3/#more-5047
Resizable Textarea 0.1d
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3818
Taboo - I won't explain - Screencast
http://overstimulate.com/projects/taboo
PicLens - The coolest picture/image viewer.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5579
Link Alert - Changes the cursor to indicate the type of link.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3199
NoSquint - Manage the text zoom settings for each site (works really well)
http://urandom.ca/nosquint/
InfoLister - Generates a report of everything you have added to FireFox. (Handy to document what you have installed)
http://mozilla.doslash.org/infolister/
Update Notifier
http://www.longfocus.com/firefox/updatenotifier/
Reminder Fox - Manage reminders, ToDos, Alarms etc in Firefox, Thunderbird etc.
FAQ- http://reminderfox.mozdev.org/faq.html
http://reminderfox.mozdev.org/
Xippee Extension (also for IE, Opera & Safari)
http://www.xippee.com
Finally,
Some interesting firefox reading (daily articles)
http://www.ghacks.net/category/browsing/firefox/
Thanks, BuBBy, for this list of add ons.
Some of them were new for me. I hope, the Resizable Textarea will work as advertised. Some textareas are really too small for ramblings ;)
graylox
Thanks BuBBy for sharing your favorite extensions list.
Hello Gray!
:)
Hi, to all :
Robert
Goody
fullbug
Copy
suzzy
delenn13
guest32
better
christo
programmer
suki
maizey
whiterabbit
I hope I didn't forget anybody.
BuBBy's link to
Resizable Textarea
works, as I could see in this field.
But "my"
Hyperwords
is a wee bit annoying. The pop-up-window pops always at the "wrong" place up.
Could not find a settings-tool to change this.
investigatorlox
Thanks BuBBy the NoSquint is awesome for those of us with "older" eyes! Got some from your earlier list also.. Hi graylox!
fullbug, thanks for the sound links, and thank you BuBBy for the add on links! Those resizer ones sound like something I can really use!
I also use a lot of the already mentioned add-ons.
One other I find to be extremely useful - in fact I couldn't manage without now, is Paste Email.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1063
Paste your email address (or any other text) into text fields.
No problem copmom, if you run into any funny WAV files let me know....
Wot is also for IE even though it has nothing to do with the question. I also liked a few, even though I can't come to think of the names.
OK fullbug.
FABScott, I just installed Paste Email, thanks for that, but isn't it kind of like a program called Short Keys and also Typing Assistant?
@ copmom
I'm not sure to be honest, I don't think I've tried the two you mention.
FABScott: here's a link to their 'lite' version, which is free. First I used that for quite some time, then I did finally buy their full version. I do complete paragraphs with a shortkey. Most of the emails I get are for our business, and when I confirm an order, it got tiring having to type the same thing over and over.. so I use it to insert things into emails, Word, and everything else I run on here: http://www.shortkeys.com/lite.htm
Some of my very favorite Firefox extensions are:
RSS Ticker (It shows all my rss feeds in a ticker, and is customizable)
Colorful Tabs (I like having different colors for my tabs to kind of keep them separate)
Autofill Forms (Now when I have to type something in on a different computer, I get all frustrated!)
eQuake Alert (Just so I can see where big earthquakes are taking place)
Forecast Fox (Instant access to the weather, although it goes to Accuweather.com, and sometimes the radar there is so far off it's funny. But I do get accurate temps and somewhat accurate forcasts)
Download Helper (For those YouTube videos I just have to have)
Now all I need is for some of my other favorites, like Tab Mix Plus and Evernote to be updated to work with Firefox 3.0, and I'll be happy.
Cindy
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