My Top 14 Firefox addons
This is more of a note for myself in case my Firefox browser gets completely screwed up and I lose all my favorite add-ons. The following are Firefox add-ons I frequently use on my computer.
Bookmark Duplicate Detector. Helps you find, move and remove duplicate bookmarks. It also gives you a notice when you add a bookmark that’s already bookmarked.
DownloadHelper. Download videos and images from many sites. Useful for downloading videos from youtube.
Evernote Web Clipper. One of my best note keeping tools. Provides a button and context menus to easily add a selection or an entire page to Evernote.
Favicon Picker. Allows you to replace bookmark icons using the properties dialog.
FireGestures. Executes various commands on your browser (like closing your current window) with mouse
gestures. Very cool when you are a mouse person.
FoxClocks. Displays local times around the world in the statusbar/toolbar. Supports virtually all time zones. Very helpful when you work with different people in different time zones.
Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer. Synchronizes your bookmarks across machines. Very nifty if you switch between two or more computers and use a browser extensively.
LogMeIn Remote Access Plugin. If you haven’t tried this service yet and you keep using the windows Remote Desktop, I suggest you try it and see the difference.
ScribeFire. A full feature blog editor that integrates with your browser and lets you easily post to your blog. Matter of fact, all of the posts here are courtesy of ScribeFire.
SearchStatus. Display the Google PageRank and Alexa ranking with search-related tools. Pretty accurate most of the time.
SeoQuake. Quick view of site parameters in the search engine result page. Very helpful for SEO and wannabes like me.
Smart Bookmarks Bar. Hides bookmark’s names in the bookmarks bar. Keeps your bookmark toolbar neat and clean.
Tamper Data. View and modify HTTP/HTTPS headers etc. Track and time http requests, very handy for debugging web sites.
Web Developer. Adds a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools. Extremely helpful for web developers and designers.
I know there are plenty more great add-ons out there that I should have in my arsenal, but I’m a minimalist and I only install what I need and use. This is just my personal preference working as a project manager and developer. I’m using the latest Firefox version 3 and so far with these add-ons, I never had any crashes or freezes yet. Or then again, I guess I’m just lucky. ^_^
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right now i’m using the following:
greasemonkey
web developer
firebug
google toolbar
ubiquity
colorzilla
measureit
delicious
measureit
@tildemark
Looks like a good list. I’ll definitely check out some of the add-ons you use. I used google toolbar before, but removed it since I don’t want a very cluttered toolbar, I only use it for PR checking anyway. Just a personal choice.
I use the toolbar for pr only so i hide it with its settings “replace firefox search and hide toolbar” also it makes allows me to easily choose the google country for search.
also if you are using basecamp i recommend basecode its not on my list above but im using it.
greasemonkey is definitely a must to have, it allows me to customize anyway i want with the browser content not to mention the userscripts for various apps on the net.
@tildemark
I’ll definitely look up greasemonkey. I’ve never used basecamp before but I’ll look it up as well. Thanks for the tips, I’ll probably edit this list later on as I add more add-ons that I actually use.
tenks.. hehehe I’ve searched elsewhere for a list. I can’t believe my search would lead me to my very own husband’s blog.. *kisses*