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Mozilla Firefox Helpful Tools
Miz 3/23/2011 said:With the release of Firefox 4, this Thread will be undergoing some changes so that it is more community involved and of course has the some of the more cooler addons that have been added over time.
So stay tuned for updates.
This is a list of helpful extensions used for the Firefox browser. All addons here were ether recommended by Mozilla Firefox's site or Recommended by our own Members.
Get the latest Firefox version at the top right corner of the post or Here (FireFox 3 Download)
What are Addons?
Add-ons are programs that are able to be downloaded and will be put into Firefox. These programs extend Firefox giving you personalized browser. Addo
How do you install Addons?
Read the support Tutorial Here
All Addons and extensions can be found Here (Mozilla.org)
Scroll down to find more useful information and addon comments from other users. Also Feel free to post any other extensions that you have found useful, or any other tweaks that you have used to increase the performance or usability of your Firefox browser. Please avoid posting comments without any of the above to keep this thread clean. Thanks.
Never be annoyed by a Flash animation again! Blocks Flash so it won't get in your way, but if you want to see it, just click on...
The best security you can get in a web browser!
Allow active content to run only from sites you trust, and protect yourself against XSS and Clickjacking attacks.
Ever been annoyed by all those ads and banners on the internet that often take longer to download than everything else on the page? Install Adblock Plus now and get rid of them.
StumbleUpon discovers web sites based on your interests, learns what you like and brings you more.
Personas are lightweight, easy-to-install and easy-to-change "skins" for your Firefox web browser.
Get international weather forecasts from AccuWeather.com, and display it in any tool bar or status bar with this highly customizable and unobtrusive extension.
FoxyTunes lets you control almost any media player and find lyrics, covers, videos, bios and much more with a click right from your browser.
Better Privacy serves to protect against undeletable long-term cookies, a new generation of 'Super-Cookie', which silently conquered the internet. This new cookie generation offers unlimited user tracking to industry and market research. Concerning privacy 'Flash' and 'DOM Storage' -cookies are most critical.
FoxClocks lets you keep an eye on the time around the world - or just your local time - by putting small clocks in your statusbar. Choose from a set of useful time formats or create your own - custom formats are easy to create and very flexible.
IE Tab - an extension from Taiwan, features: Embedding Internet Explorer in tabs of Mozilla/Firefox.
A customizable mouse gestures extension which enables you to execute various commands and user scripts with five types of gestures.
A clean, easy to use and highly extensible Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client.
FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers.
Displays a country flag depicting the location of the current website's server and provides quick access to detailed location and webserver information.
If you use Firefox on more than one computer, you'll want Foxmarks. Install Foxmarks on each computer, and it works silently in the background to keep your bookmarks and (optionally) passwords synchronized. Foxmarks also keeps your data backed up and safe from computer failures. If you're away from your computer, Foxmarks allows you to access your bookmarks online by logging into my.foxmarks.com.
ImageTweak started as a small enhancement to allow viewing images in an acceptable way, but has now become an image viewer with dragging and zooming.
The Minimap Addon gives you a suite of in-built maps and mapping tools for your web browser. Drag and Drop addresses or address links you find on web pages to view their location in the Map Sidebar, or by manually adding locations. Preview addresses from within any webpage using the Map Panel and get larger scale maps with the Map Tab. Import/Export KML, GPX, minimap xml file, CSV (export only). View traffic Info, drag and drop kml files, local search, Google, Yahoo and Live Local directions, view in google earth, tagzania, platial, geourl and many more. Address/Location points are stored locally for later use. Geodiscovery reveals geoURLís or geotags as you browse, with microformat support available in Firefox 3 (Adr and Geo).
Read It Later allows you to save pages of interest to read later. It eliminates cluttering of bookmarks with sites that are merely of a one-time interest.
Do you spend too much time on Firefox? Do you open tabs faster than you can close them? Cannot get things done? Keep track of how much you browse with TimeTracker.
The first and only download manager/accelerator built inside Firefox!
Fast Dial replaces blank tabs with a panel of thumbnails of your favorite sites.
FoxyProxy is an advanced proxy management tool that completely replaces Firefox's limited proxying capabilities. It offers more features than SwitchProxy, ProxyButton, QuickProxy, xyzproxy, ProxyTex, TorButton, etc.
TwitterFox is a Firefox extension that notifies you of your friends' statuses of Twitter.
Use PDF Download to do whatever you like with PDF files on the Web. Regain control of them and eliminate browser problems, view PDFs directly in Firefox as HTML, and use the all-new Web-to-PDF toolbar to save and share Web pages as high-quality PDF files.
Turns Idle FireFox into a ScreenSaver and Photo Viewer! Nice non-offensive pictures updated daily! Or your own pictures. FullScreen. Works great on Linux or dual monitors! Resouce Efficient! Support Media RSS. Recommend your own favorite pictures!
WebMail Notifier checks your webmail accounts and notifies the number of unread emails...
Supports: gmail, yahoo, hotmail, daum, naver, empas, nate and more
Tab Mix Plus enhances Firefox's tab browsing capabilities. It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus much more. It also includes a full-featured session manager.
Gspace
This extension allows you to use your Gmail Space (2 GB) for file storage. It acts as a remote machine. You can transfer files between your hard drive and gmail. This is similar to "Gmail Drive" on windows platform. Your gmail account looks like a FTP host and you can upload and download your files. After you install, you get an option called "GSpace" in your "tools" menu clicking on which opens the window for transfer of files/folders
Fasterfox [Experimental]
Performance and network tweaks for Firefox. Fasterfox allows you to tweak many network and rendering settings such as simultaneous connections, pipelining, cache, DNS cache, and initial paint delay. A popup blocker for pop ups initiated by Flash plug-ins is also included.
Download StatusBar
View and manage downloads from a tidy statusbar - without the download window getting in the way of your web browsing.
Facebook Toolbar
Integrate your Facebook life into your browser...
McAfee SiteAdvisor Add-On for Firefox
When you search with Google, Yahoo!, or Live Search, SiteAdvisor's safety ratings appear next to search results.As you browse, a small button on your browser toolbar changes color based on SiteAdvisor's safety results. Menu options on SiteAdvisor's toolbar let you customize SiteAdvisor or see a site's detailed test results. Detailed test results for every site are just one click away. [See Post 5]
Meebo firefox extension
Instant messaging across all the major IM networks is now built right into your browser. The Meebo Firefox Extension gives you a sidebar with a smart buddylist and visual notifications when your friends IM you. Drag internet links and images directly to your buddies, all while surfing the Web!
ColorfulTabs [Recommended by Mozilla]
The most beautiful yet the simplest add-on that makes a strong colorful appeal. Flock version available at http://binaryturf.com/software/colorfultabs-for-flock/. Colors every tab in a different color and makes them easy to distinguish while beautifying the overall appearance of the interface.
Cool Previews
CoolPreviews (formerly known as Cooliris Previews) gives you the power to browse and share Web links and rich media faster. Just mouse over any link, and the preview window immediately appears to show you the content. To email it, just click.
Perapera-kun: Japanese Popup Translator 1.0
Popup Japanese Translator. Modded from Rikai-chan and uses the EDICT dictionary. Allows you to see the pronunciation and English meaning of Japanese words when you place your mouse over them.
Video DownloadHelper
Great little addon here. Basically just goto a site like YouTube and play a video. Then right click on some empty space on the page and you'll see a DownloadHelper menu. Scroll to it and it'll list the video your watching, and you can download it. This works on a variety of other sites too.
EditCSS
This a useful addon which let's you see the CSS of the page you are viewing and you can edit the CSS and see what the page looks like with your modification/s. (Thanks to UndeadDragon)
CSSViewer
If you want to know some useful CSS tricks, then this addon is useful. You first activate it in the Tools menu and then if you hover over an element on a webpage it will display it's elements. For example, if I hover over the quick reply box, it displays: font-family, font-size, line-height, verticle-align, background-color, background-position, height, width, border, margin, display and cursor. (Thanks to UndeadDragon)
FireShot is a Firefox extension that creates screenshots of web pages (entirely or just visible part). Unlike other extensions, this plugin provides a set of editing and annotation tools, which let users quickly modify web captures and insert text annotations and graphical annotations. Such functionality will be especially useful for web designers, testers and content reviewers. (Thanks to CaptDeath)
Pencil is a Firefox add-on to do GUI prototyping and simple sketching (Thanks to CaptDeath)
Firebug
Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of web development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page. (Thanks to ReVolver)
Stylish
Stylish allows easy management of user styles. User styles empower your browsing experience by letting you fix ugly sites, customize the look of your browser or mail client, or just have fun. With an online repository at userstyles.org, you don't even need to know how to write styles yourself; just a couple clicks and the chosen style is applied. Stylish is to CSS what Greasemonkey is to JavaScript, and unlike other methods of using user styles, most styles take effect immediately. (Thanks to ReVolver) - See More in Post #11
Greasemonkey
Allows you to customize the way a webpage displays using small bits of JavaScript. (Thanks to ReVolver) - See More in Post #11
AutoPager
This addon will load up the next page on a huge variety of sites. It is also programmable on sites it doesn't detect it on, for those who know what they're doing.
Reminder
Feel free to post any other extensions that you have found useful, or any other tweaks that you have used to increase the performance or usability of your Firefox browser. Please avoid posting comments without any of the above to keep this thread clean. Thanks.