technovert
Premium
join:2007-06-14
Canada
clubs: | [FireFox] Essential Firefox Addons I really run a pretty stock firefox, haven't experienced too many addons, and have decided to begin trying some, so I ask users of Firefox, what addons do you use on a regular basis? | |
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Jesse2
join:2006-07-22
canada
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| Re: [FireFox] Essential Firefox Addons I use:
Adblock Plus(with EasyList, EasyElement, and ABP Tracking Filter)
CookieCuller
CustomizeGoogle
FasterFox
Talkback:p
NoScript(its good once you get used to it)
Update Notifier
Flashgot
Download Statusbar
That's it! | |
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DataDoc
My avatar looks like me, if I was 2D.
Premium
join:2000-05-14
Greenville, NC | Re: [FireFox] Essential Firefox Addons BTW, Filterset.G isn't recommended for use by Adblock Plus any longer. | |
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Maxo
Your tax dollars at work.
Premium,VIP
join:2002-11-04
Tallahassee, FL
clubs: | Adblock Plus
CustomizeGoogle
Mr Tech Local Install
I run others, but I consider these three absolutely essential to any FF install. | |
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Fedorov
Premium
join:2002-09-11
| Re: [FireFox] Essential Firefox Addons Ad block plus
IE Tab
Tab Mix Plus
SmoothWheel - why this isn't built into Firefox as a standard I'll never know, just try it for ONE week, get used to how smooth your browser scrolls with your mousewheel then try going back to jerk-o-vision  | |
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JTM1051
Premium,MVM
join:2000-07-08
Moorpark, CA
| Only have a total of 20 extensions, following are my essential extensions; i.e., ones I use regularly:
NoScript
Tab Mix Plus
MR Tech Local Install
CookieSafe
Bookmarks Menu Button
Print/Print Preview (Button)
Stop-or-Reload Button
Download Manager Tweak
IE View
Image Zoom
Toolbar Extras | |
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Sentinel
Premium
join:2001-02-07
Florida | I only use NoScript, FlashBlock and SpellBound. That's it and I love them. | |
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Curiosity
join:2001-10-01
Dawson Creek, BC
| * Adblock Plus 0.7.5.1
* BlockSite 0.6
* Bookmarks LinkChecker 0.6.8.4
* Controle de Scripts 0.5.0.1
* DOM Inspector 1.8.1.4
* Flashblock 1.5.3.1
* JSView 1.2.9
* Live HTTP Headers 0.13.1
* MIME Edit 0.60
* MR Tech Local Install 5.3.2.3
* Remove It Permanently 1.0.6.3
* Stop Autoplay 0.4.3
* Talkback 2.0.0.4
* UnPlug 1.6.03
* Web Developer 1.1.4 | |
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DownLow
Nope...I Got Nothing
Premium
join:2001-04-25
Long Island | Re: [FireFox] Essential Firefox Addons Lan - all broken links, or just me? | |
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Lanik
Lab-nik
Premium,ExMod 2002-03
join:2001-06-25
Bay Area
1 edit | Re: [FireFox] Essential Firefox Addons Looks like a target=_blank was added in the wrong place. Thanks
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Jesse2
join:2006-07-22
canada | Yes and same with Babar. | |
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Lanik
Lab-nik
Premium,ExMod 2002-03
join:2001-06-25
Bay Area
| Re: [FireFox] Essential Firefox Addons I can't take all the credit for discovering this extension Grail Knight  turned me on to it. 
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Pentangle
With our thoughts we make the world.
Premium
join:2006-06-01
Vancouver BC
 ·Shaw
| said by Lanik :These are part of every Fx install I have done so far. In your opinion is MR Tech Local Install useful for the "average" FF user?
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Lanik
Lab-nik
Premium,ExMod 2002-03
join:2001-06-25
Bay Area
| Re: [FireFox] Essential Firefox Addons Thats a matter of an opinion, for me its a necessity since I use just about every tool MR Tech Local Install provides, however for an average user I think the only option which is useful is "Install Extensions" which is built into FireFox already. To answer your question no I don't think Joe User needs to have MTLI as part of their install.
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Grail Knight
Who Dares Wins
Premium
join:2003-05-31 | I second what Lanik said. | |
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Trooper
Premium
join:2005-05-18
USA
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Carol
Premium
join:2001-07-08
united state
clubs:
| - Adblock 0.5.3.043 - Filters ads from web-pages
- Adblock Filterset.G Updater 0.3.1.0 - Synchronizes Adblock with Filterset.G
- ColorZilla 1.0 - Advanced Eyedropper, ColorPicker, Page Zoomer and other colorful goodies
- Copy Plain Text 0.3.3 - Copies text without formatting
- DOM Inspector 1.8.1.4 - Inspects the structure and properties of a window and its contents.
- DSLR Notifier 1.2 - DSLR/BBR IM and updated post notifier
- EditCSS 0.3.6 - Stylesheet modifier in the Sidebar.
- Forecastfox Enhanced 0.9.5.2 - Get international weather forecasts and radar images and display it in any toolbar or statusbar with this highly customizable extension.
- Gmail Manager 0.5.3 - Gmail accounts management and new mail notifications.
- Google Notebook 1.0.0.17 - Allows notetaking while browsing
- Html Validator 0.8.3.9 - Adds HTML validation to the View Page Source of the browser. The validation is done by Tidy from W3c.
- IE Tab 1.3.3.20070528 - Enables you to use the embedded IE engine within Mozilla/Firefox.
- IE View 1.3.3 - Open pages in IE via Firefox menus
- Image Zoom 0.3 - Adds zoom functionality for images
- LinkChecker 0.6.1 - Check the validity of links on any webpage.
- MeasureIt 0.3.6 - Draw out a ruler to get the pixel width and height of any elements on a webpage.
- MR Tech Local Install 5.3.2.3 - Local Install power tools for all users. (en-US)
- People Search and Public Record Toolbar 1.0 - Firefox People Search and Public Record Extension.
- Plain Text Links 0.3 - Treat plain text urls as links, right click to open
- ScrapBook 1.2.0.8 - Helps you to save Web pages and organize the collection.
- SecurePassword Generator 0.5.4 - Creates a toolbar icon and dialog which helps to create secure passwords.
- Smiley Xtra 4.1.1 - Insert smilies from an online database into forum posts, blogs and more!
- SmoothWheel 0.44.9.20061102 - Scrolls the document smoothly when scrolling the mouse wheel
- SnagIt Firefox Extension 1.0.1 - Captures images, scrolling web pages and more right from Firefox!
- Talkback 2.0.0.4 - Sends information about program crashes to Mozilla.
- TAW3 en un clic 0.9.6 - Test de Accesibilidad Web. Verifica online, con un solo clic, la accesibilidad de los sitios Web que visitas mediante las Pautas de Accesibilidad del Contenido Web (WCAG 1.0) del World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
- TinyUrl Creator 1.0.4 - Convenient tool to create small url redirects from longer ones.
- Update Notifier 0.1.5.3 - Notifies you when updates are available for your extensions and themes.
- Verizon Minutes Used 0.990 - Displays Verizon cellphone usage in the status bar. You need to have an account to access your Verizon account online. The user name and password are saved using Firefox's password manager. If you already have a Verizon Web account and have saved your user name and password in Firefox's password manager, the extension will automatically use it to access your account.
- Web Developer 1.1.4 - Adds a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools.
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IE TAB
@comcast.net
| Re: [FireFox] Essential Firefox Addons said by Smuuth :Enabled Extensions:- IE View 1.3.3 You might want to check out IE Tab instead
»ietab.mozdev.org/
IMHO, it's much nicer.
Thanks to grail knight for his post above which let me find this in the first place.
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join:2005-11-19
| Re: [FireFox] Essential Firefox Addons said by IE TAB :You might want to check out IE Tab instead » ietab.mozdev.org/IMHO, it's much nicer. I note that IE Tab is on Mozilla'a page of Problematic extensions. The page was last modified 15 June 2007, so it looks like IE Tab is still thought to possibly cause a problem. I don't know how many would agree with that but perhaps worth a mention. | |
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ZZZZZZZ
Premium
join:2001-05-27
PARADISE
| Just a few in one of my profiles...I like to try different extensions to see how they work with the different profiles I use!
Cooliris is my new favorite!
»www.cooliris.com/
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| MmmPancakes
join:2007-05-29
Toronto, ON
·TekSavvy Solutions..
| Re: [FireFox] Essential Firefox Addons Ones that I would consider ESSENTIAL that I use are:
- FEBE (Firefox Extension Backup Extension, lol a mouthful)
Backs up all your Firefox extensions (other than itself ) in a folder of your choice. Also does history, Firefox preferences, cookies, bookmarks (but I don't use it, see below why) and other backup settings too.
- Foxmarks Bookmarks Synchronizer
Sign up for an account online and allows you to upload all your bookmarks in one place. If you have multiple computers, Foxmarks keeps all the Firefox bookmarks in sync with the server. Of course I keep a hard copy of my bookmarks too.
- Tab Mix Plus
A nice all in one tool for tab solutions. Gets rid of the need for standalone extensions like FLST or Duplicate Tab or Session Saver. Highly highly configurable.
- Rewind/FF buttons
Helps quite a bit if you've got an image gallery or something that you can 'fast-forward' through.
- Stop or Reload button
Hey, you don't need to press stop AND reload . So when a page is loading it'll turn to stop, and when a page is stopped it turns to reload.
- Gmail Notifier
I know Gmail has their own app. But this one is so much more configurable. It allows you to check multiple accounts at the same time, something Gmail's app can't do.
Other not-so-essential but useful/cool extensions:
- ChatZilla - IRC client right in your browser, has all the functions mIRC has, very cool.
- FoxyTunes - if you listen to music while FF'ing, then you need this. It controls your music player from within the browser and supports so many music players.
I'm still browsing through this thread for some more extensions to add to my ever-growing list . I haven't found a need for ad blocking yet though. I find that my anti-spyware/virus utilities (Spy Sweeper and NOD32) does a good enough job keeping away this stuff. | |
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lordpuffer
I Was Very Drunk At The Time
Premium
join:2004-09-19
West Hollywood, CA | Question About Cookiesafe I just installed Cookiesafe. It said that it would appear on my taskbar as an icon. However, I can't find it. Can anyone tell me how? | |
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lordpuffer
I Was Very Drunk At The Time
Premium
join:2004-09-19
West Hollywood, CA | Re: Question About Cookiesafe Sorry....Ignore my previous post. I found it. | |
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Pentangle
With our thoughts we make the world.
Premium
join:2006-06-01
Vancouver BC | The vast majority aren't using FasterFox. Any ideas as to why not? | |
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Lanik
Lab-nik
Premium,ExMod 2002-03
join:2001-06-25
Bay Area
| One of the reasons is because the author of that extension insists on using an incorrect setting for prefetching which doesn't do anything what so ever. Unless I hacked the extensions it didn't really work, plus why would I go through all that trouble when I can implement everything the FasterFox uses with the above link.
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Pentangle
With our thoughts we make the world.
Premium
join:2006-06-01
Vancouver BC
·Shaw
| Re: [FireFox] Essential Firefox Addons said by Lanik :One of the reasons is because the author of that extension insists on using an incorrect setting for prefetching which doesn't do anything what so ever. Unless I hacked the extensions it didn't really work, plus why would I go through all that trouble when I can implement everything the FasterFox uses with the above link. Thanks for the info Lanik. I've implemented GK's speed tweaks and they're terrific. I do love my Firefox! | |
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