We generally try to limit the number of extensions we install for security, performance, and because we use a lot of different systems. That’s not to say there aren’t a lot of interesting addons out there and Mozilla has recently announced the winners of their Extend Firefox 3 Contest. Lifehacker has a full rundown of each of the winners. Nothing really stands out in our eyes (although we might try Last.fm’s toolbar).
The three extensions we always end up installing are Firebug, Greasemonkey, and Flashblock. What are yours?
I almost always get URL fixer. I’ve typed .con so many times its not funny.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2871
adblock plus is essential for me
I type .xom constantly
I couldn’t live without FoxMarks to sync my bookmarks across systems, and I use AdBlockPlus.
I use FlashGot, Gmail Notifier, Download Statusbar, and Web Developer! That is my standard set of addons to firefox! I have some other that are disabled until i realy need them! :D
TamperData is totally crucial.
RAMBack https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5972
Noscript for blocking urchin.js and those increasingly annoying scripts that prevent you from viewing a page if adblock is turned on.
adblock plus
colorful tabs
foxmarks
gmail manager
wot
mouse gestures (optimoz)
i cant live without foxmarks…
I also use Adblock plus.
@7: Never heard of that!
I always use Adblock Plus Download Status bar and something called Compact Menu Blue, It shrinks down the top menu, and if u use the ifox theme, instead of using an ugly blue logo, it gives you a nice pretty apple button, I use a few others too… but none to important to others to use, like an add-on that turns off the automatic playing of flash files, If I want to view them I click on them and they play. Great For annoying adds that shout in your face when you blaring tunes… you know… the ones that say something g a y like “CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE JUST WON…” YEAH RIGHT!
BTW I run Vista x64 Ultimate on my PC and XP on the laptop… I must say… I like vista, when using more than 10 plug in’s for Firefox… but if using less than that… XP and Vista opens Firefox about the same.
I generally find myself installing Firebug, FoxyProxy, Hackbar, NoScript, FlashBlock, Web Developer Toolbar, Foxmarks, Modify Headers, Tamper Data, and User Agent Switcher. Greasemonkey usually ends up on some boxen here and there.
AdBlock Plus, baby!
Adblock plus
disable backspace navigation
desk cut
I’ve got a few others but the former are those I find to be the most useful. The last two should’ve been integrated into Firefox by default though.
download status bar is a must! I hate the standard download screen. I use Adblock Plus as well, great add on.
adblock plus
Tab mix plus
Stumbleupon
That’s my list :)
Foxmarks,FlashGet,Add2Search Bar
For all you “.com” mis-typers, a shortcut:
Type the name of the .com you want, for cnn.com, type ‘cnn’ in the address bar, and press Control+Enter. It adds the “http://www.” and “.com”.
You can also do Control+Shift+Enter, Shift+Enter, etc.
What about the Google Toolbar? That’s one of the best addons, it has support for multiple systems and navigators, has popup blocker, spellchecking, it’s multilanguage, has search feature, bookmarks and a long etc.
User Agent Switcher
adblock plus
pdf download
But where’s the torrent search?
Splitbrowser. You can split the browser in half; great for side-by-side browsing of different web pages, especially on those giant, 22″ widescreen LCD’s.
Apart from the usual adblock/noscipt/flashblock and some developer/maintenance stuff I also insist on slimsearch and when at some point I saw it featured tried flagfox which I find to be surprisingly interesting, it adds a little country flag for every site you visit using an internal db and it’s often surprising and elucidating.
As for google toolbar… I consider it malware just by the way they try to push it alone already.
I find iMacros quite useful: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3863
adblock plus
tamperdata
download statusbar
bugmenot
IE Tab
Save Session
noscript, firebug and tamperdata ;)
My list:
* adblock plus with all filters
* tamperdata
* noscript
i allways install googlepeida. it puts the wikipedia article on the right side of the google results page for what ever you were searching for.
Is there one that makes FF3’s interface not suck?
Noscript,Google toolbar and FEBE are good for me
I can’t believe I am the only one who finds Speed Dial essential…
It can seriously speed up your daily operation
my top 3:
1) Adblock Plus
2) Filterset.G Updater (for adblock plus)
3) NoScript (like flashblock)
others:
DownThemAll / Flashgot
Customize Google
GreaseMonkey
Stylish
addons from FF2 I wish they’d update:
Fasterfox
Tabbrowser Preferences
I don’t notice addons until their not there..
Adblock
WebDeveloper
FireBug
Weave (to sync bookmarks, passwords, cookies, tabs)
adblock plus
cs lite (with the auto-updated blocklist)
download statusbar
url fixer
stop or reload button
update scanner (for website without rss)
bugmenot
Adblock Plus, Mouse gestures and greasemonkey are my indispensible ones. I’ve never come across a site that wouldn’t let me view it with adblock on (and tend to forget that the internet has adverts until I have to go back to IE), but put instructables on the whitelist anyway because aw shucks, they asked so nicely.
Colourful tabs (or whatever it’s called) is useful at work when I have a lot of google and msdn tabs open to make them stand out from the rest.
I basically NEED Tab Mix Plus to use firefox. It lets you set it so that tabs can span multiple rows. Right now I have 5 rows of tabs open, 6 columns per row.
Image Zoom lets you right click on any image and increase / decrease its size using the scrollwheel (and other features)
IE Tab with the auto-sites filter for sites that just refuse to work in FF
Forecast Fox – I like it on the top of FF on the same row as the Menus
Adblock Plus of course
BugMeNot for random crappy news sites
AdBlock Plus, TamperData, Download Statusbar, and l337key are my essentials.
Wouldn’t know what to do without em!
user agent switcher
adblock plus
tweak network
batch downloader
interclue
Download the best firefox 3 extensions which offer variety of extensions including for Improved interface, Multimedia, Daily life and research, etc.
http://forums.techarena.in/guides-tutorials/994211.htm
Adblock Plus
All-in-One Gestures (for rocker gestures)
Speed Dial
StumbleUpon
DownThemAll
Fetch Text URL (great one, check it out if you haven’t seem it)
Tab Mix Plus
Greasemonkey
Firebug
Gmail Notifier
Leet Key
Firefox Throttle
Greasemonkey
Greasefire
Tab Mix Plus
AdBlock Plus
Aardvark
Coral IE Tab
QuickJava
Mr. Tech Toolkit
Remove It Permanently
Skipscreen
Stumble Upon
Page Hacker
I use
foxlingo
flashgot
downthemall
videodownloadhelper
stausbar
and adblock plus
speed dial, stylish and new tab homepage