Favorite Firefox Extensions?

vwjeff asks: "Extensions are perhaps the greatest feature of Firefox. On my Firefox install, I use Foxy Tunes, AdBlock, IE View, Mouse Gestures, and Forecast Fox. What extensions do you use on your Firefox install? (assuming you use Firefox, of course)"

Comments

IE View

[killa62]

I use IE view with my Firefox 1.5.
It allows you to use the IE rendering engine within firefox to view IE pages, such as windowsupdates (which runs perfectly in a tab of firefox).
Get it at https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php ?application=firefox&id=1419

Re:IE View

[ElectricBrain]

Enabled Extensions: (15)

Allow Right-Click 0.2
Alt-Text for Links 0.2
BugMeNot 0.7
Compact Menu 1.7.2
CTC 0.3
DictionarySearch 0.9.3
Disable Targets For Downloads 1.0
Download Statusbar 0.9.3.1
Google Toolbar for Firefox 1.0.20051012
IE View 1.2.6
ListZilla 0.5.1
Menu Editor 1.2
miniT (drag+indicator) 0.5
PDF Download 0.5.1.2
SwitchProxy Tool 1.3.2
Disabled Extensions: (1)

ScrapBook 0.17.0

Re:IE View

[Kwai]

AdBlock
Tabbrowser Prefs
Copy Plain Text Links
Focus Last Selected Tab

Must haves for me.

Favorite Extensions

[vicgolgo13]

Definitely No Script, IE View, Forecast Fox, Tabbed Browser Preferences, and best of all Open Download. I download and test a lot of different programs, and I personally just open the programs rather than saving the executable to my harddrive. Saves me juat a few seconds, I know, but in the long run well worth it. And No Script is absolutely awesome, cause it stops scripts dead in their tracks.

Re:Favorite Extensions

[markild]

I too got the ForecastFox thingy.

What's with that? When i install a fresh Firefox, that is the first thing I install, but now, when I thinka about it, I can't seem to remember the last time I looked at it


My useful favourites though:

• Download Statusbar (Puts the downloading at the bottom, showing %, kbps and eta)

• FlashBlock (removes that awful 100% load in windows on flash-rich sites)

• Google Toolbar (of course! + it got spell check!)

• Movies and Music Search (all music and imdb search at a glance!)

• PDF Download (if Adobe did things right, this extension would be dead)

Well.. That's my top 5 :)

Re:Favorite Extensions

[ottothecow]

I always just look at my weather widget which gives me todays weather (more info) as well as a true forecast several days out.

Actually, I look at that less and less now that we installed a modded xbox with xbmc and a PSOne LCD into the bathroom of our dorm. I just take a peek at the day's weather before I step into the shower.

Re:Favorite Extensions

[markild]

*drool*

So many...

[Anonymous Coward]

Undoclosetab, Duplicate Tab, Disable Targets for Downloads, User Agent Switcher, Web Developer, etc.

Re:So many...

[imess]

why would you need flashblock when noscript already can block flash/java applet/etc?

Embedded Media for Linux

[benjamindees]

For viewing embedded videos on sites that refuse to support web standards, MediaPlayerConnectivity is a must-have extension.

Re:Embedded Media for Linux

[stuuf]

What the hell does it do? For some reason moz update won't let me see it because I'm using mozilla and the extension author only made it work with firefox.

Re:Embedded Media for Linux

[Matt Perry]

Here's the description from the web site:

Allow you to launch embed video of website in an external application with a simple click

• Replace the stream by a simple button
• Works with RealMedia, QuickTime, WindowsMedia streams, Playlists, Flash, background sounds, Nullsoft video, Shockwave
• Allow the use of any capable media player
• Support Media Metafiles (ram, rpm, wmv, wm, wma, asx, asf, ...)
• Activable per media format
• AutoPlay feature : automaticatlly start to play the first media
• Configuration wizard
• SmartPlay : automatically search and choose the best source using metafile ('+' icon) if exist
• Windows / Linux Languages : US, FR, GR, IT, ES, DK, SE, DE, NL, CZ, HE, ZH(tw & cn), PL, PT(br), CA

Imagezoom

[b00m3rang]

With right=click+thumbwheel zooming. Best feature ever.

The Answer is Plain

[ndansmith]

Copy Plain Text is up there as my number 1 or 2 (fighting with adblock, of course). It is so annoying for me when I copy something out of a webpage, paste it into some type of document, and find that all the HTML formatting has come with it, causing a bomb to explode in the middle of my otherwise clean page. In other words, Copy Plain Text is slowing my rate of hair-loss.

Re:The Answer is Plain

[Anonymous Coward]

It is so annoying for me when I copy something out of a webpage, paste it into some type of document, and find that all the HTML formatting has come with it

That's why word processors that support rich text have an option to ignore the markup features when using the clipboard. In OpenOffice (and Microsoft Word and Wordpad):

"Edit" -> "Paste Special" -> "Paste as text" -> "Okay"

It's an extra two clicks, I know - but you could figure out a short macro and stick that on a keyboard shortcut or toolbar button. No need for a Firefox extension.

Re:The Answer is Plain

[GrosTuba]

Or you could use PureText. Using 1.8 Megs of memory, it is a resident program that sits in your system tray and can remove all the extra formatting from the content of the clipboard. You define a "Paste withtout RTF/HTML formatting" shortcut (Windows key + V by default to look like Control-V) and voilà, no need for 'Edit -> Paste Special' anymore.

Obviously it only works on Windows.

Re:The Answer is Plain

[antdude]

I just paste into Windows' Notepad, Linux's Nano, etc. and recopy to paste. An extra step, but works well for me.

Re:The Answer is Plain

[Gulthek]

This extension is specifically designed to eliminate that hassle:

"Don't you wish you could just copy the text itself, without having to copy it, paste it into notepad, then copy it again? This extension gives you an option to copy text without the formatting. You can even set it to trim extra space in and around the copied text!"

Re:The Answer is Plain

[quiddity]

adblock slows page opening down too much for me (with multiple tabs opening at once), i just use a hosts file.
i use:

[RECOMMENDED]
[f + t + m] - conquery (context-menu searches) + mycroft plugins
[f] - openbook
[f + m] - optimoz: tweaks (sidebar autopopout)
[f] - translate

[OPTIONAL]
[f] - autohide & tbx for better fullscreen
[f + t + m] - chromedit
[f] - copyurlplus
[f] - customize google
[f] - extended statusbar
[f + m] - image zoom
[f] - keyconfig
[f + m] - launchy
[f + t + m] - optimoz: mouse gestures
[f + m] - paste and go
[f] - permit cookies
[f + t + m] - preferential
[f] - target alert
[opt] - calendar

dozens more extensions available here: Update.Mozilla.Org and Extension Room and Pike's and Roachfiend and Extensions Mirror

Re:The Answer is Plain

[GCP]

Does it maintain table layouts in plain text? It would be very convenient to have the option of copying data from an HTML table and pasting a properly formatted plain text data table.

Re:The Answer is Plain

[nachoboy]

I just paste into Windows' Notepad, Linux's Nano, etc. and recopy to paste. An extra step, but works well for me.

If you're a Windows user, you may find PureText useful. It accomplishes the same thing but in 1 step (Win+V) instead of several (Win+R,notepad,Ctrl+V,Ctrl+A,Ctrl+C,Alt+F4,N,Ctrl+ V). Since it's a Windows program instead of a browser add-in, it works from any program and it's lightweight enough that I'm comfortable leaving it running in the background. Configurable for those with compulsive keyboard habits.

Multizilla

[Moderator]

It isn't out for Firefox, but Multizilla is probably the most useful extension that I've seen. It allows drag/drop tab placement, double clicking to close a tab, changing website permissions for each separate tab (Image loading, for example), and tons of other shit that the Tabbrowser extension for Firefox seems to miss. Multizilla and Adblock have made my browsing experience a pleasant one for years. Unfortunately, I can't switch to Firefox until Multizilla is ported over. Well, Multizilla and the integrated mail client. Okay fuck it, I have no plans of moving away from the suite.

tabbrowser extensions

[Lord Bitman]

Why are these not built in to the standard distribution? Firefox is unusable without them.

Re:tabbrowser extensions

[imess]

unusable? try firefox 1.5 (beta).
since 1.4 i don't need TBP (unless you want to put tabbar on bottom and don't want to edit css file or something)

Re:tabbrowser extensions

[imess]

and yes i was talking about TBE and TBP and the like.
not that no one needs them, just not "unusable"

Re:tabbrowser extensions

[Anonymous Coward]

Wouldn't it be better to handle tabbing in a window manager and run each tab in a seperate process? This would seem to make manipulating tabs far easier, and would also go a long way to solve the problem of one individual tab being able to crash or lock up all of the other open tabs.

Re:tabbrowser extensions

[Lord Bitman]

if I recall, I tried 1.5 for a day before the constant crashing and horrible "new and improved" (== "hey look, we copied IE more, like us!") everything made me switch back.

Wikalong

[phUnBalanced]

I'm a bit biased as the author, but Wikalong is my personal favorite.

Re:Wikalong

[schon]

Yeah, seems pretty cool...

Re:Wikalong

[Baricom]

I don't mean to criticize you or accuse you of doing this, but I have avoided Wikalong because it would make it trivially easy for you to compile an incredibly detailed browsing history of me. I'm not sure what you could do to alleviate that caution, but I thought I'd bring it up in case you had any other ideas as good as Wikalong :)

Again, this is not a personal criticism - just a general one. As a Slashdotter, you understand the concept of "tin-foil hat", right?

Re:Wikalong

[schon]

Is Wikalong broken? For some reason, whenever anyone posts links in the sidebar, I can't follow them in the browser - clicking on them shows the content in the sidebar, and middle-click doesn't work, and there is no context menu.

Re:Wikalong

[phUnBalanced]

Actually, yes, it was.

I hadn't noticed this. I've just fixed it. Shouldn't be a need to reinstall.

Thanks for pointing that out.

There are some other bugs here and there, but from this point, it should be more usable.

I'm hoping to release a new version before the end of the month.

Re:Wikalong

[phUnBalanced]

Heh, of course.

I've had people bring this up before. All I can say is, "Ok."

There's little I can do to assure people that I just don't care about what they're looking at. My theory is, it could become useful enough that those fears are outweighed. Or so I hope.

On an upside, and you can verify this yourself, it only relays said information when the extension is active, or in other words, when the Wikalong sidebar is open.

When the Wikalong sidebar is not open, no data is transmitted. I mean, I know that's not perfect, but hopefully should offer some reassurance.

Thanks for your comments though. Perhaps I'll come up with some way around this, but unfortunately, a lot of the more useful bits of info come from having the actual unencrypted URLs.

I guess it's sorta like del.icio.us in that, you don't bookmark private things in delicious, so perhaps you just don't browse private things with Wikalong on?

cannot afford to miss these!

[Gaurang]

The ones I use:

Themes:

Nautipolis by Alfred Kayser -- Never seen Firefox looking better.

Extensions:

SessionSaver -- backs up your session in case of normal shutdown, crash, or manual save

Bookmarks Synchronizer -- will synchronize your bookmarks vias FTP/SFTP, and save it in XBEL format, which you can by adding a XSL sheet, make a pretty looking webpage (and also convert it into HTML if you want)

Tabbrowser Preferences -- gives you "tab" power

GreaseMonkey -- will allow javascript plugins which modify behavior of pages

GreaseMonkey Scripts which I use:
Slashdot recolor, google maps zooming use mousewheel, and moveable-type stylecatcher.

Re:cannot afford to miss these!

[zoloto]

I know this is offtopic, but maybe others could help out those of us on Safari 2 (Tiger 10.4.3). I want to use custom CSS for slashdot, but only slashdot. Is there a way to do this? Easily (ala context menu)? And where can i get additional css files to use with slashdot?

Thanks.

Re:cannot afford to miss these!

[Gaurang]

Assuming safari is based off firefox, maybe you can customize slashdot recolor greasemonkey plugin? Thats the best I can say, or you can contact its author maybe.

Thanks.

my collection

[croddy]

My favorites are:

All-in-One Gestures
Download Statusbar (best download manager yet!)
Image Zoom
Linkification (turns plain text URLs into links)
Adblock
Web Developer (Ctrl+Shift+T)
Google Toolbar (with Gmail Notifier in place of the built-in Gmail button)

I also have:

Tabbrowser Preferences
Favicon Picker
BugMeNot
User Agent Switcher
hideBad
Firesomething (always set to Mozilla Hypnotoad)
Add N Edit Cookies (a good complement to the Web Developer ext.)

Print-It

[psykocrime]

I use Print-It! to restore the Print command to the context menu. Of course it never should have been taken out in the first place, but that's an argument for another day.

Session Saver

[holy_robot]

session saver

MOD PARENT UP

[Anonymous Coward]

I love to use Multizilla its great!

Uhh no..

[billybob]

You are talking about IE tab, which is different than IE view. IE view is just a context menu item to open the current page in an IE window. IE tab works as you described.

SessionSaver

[Guspaz]

I've got at least two dozen loaded, but SessionSaver is by far the most useful. Browser crashes (Because FireFox does crash with some regularity) are no longer a problem since I just open the browser again and all my stuff is back, even messages I was typing and cookies. I also now frequently simply close the browser window with lots of tabs open, and then re-open Firefox when I want to resume surfing. I save the memory (Firefox is pretty bloated memory-wise and has memory leaks, or one of my extensions do), and when I re-open the browser SessionSaver handles everything.

Second favourite is MediaPlayerConnectivity. Third favourite is probably Google Suggest.

Re:SessionSaver

[tom8658]

I used to use sessionsaver like that, but sometimes if you open a page in firefox that opens a popup window and you close the popup after the main window, you loose all your saved sessions, replaced by the popup. That's why I stopped using it, I got really sick of losing my dozen or more open pages. However, it is awfully nice to be able to close it, firefox doesn't seem to survive my laptop's hibernate very well.

Re:SessionSaver

[dylan_-]

Use File...Exit instead of just closing, and it will keep all your windows.

Re:SessionSaver

[wedgehead]

I've definitely got to put in another vote for SessionSaver. Though support is dicey (is someone maintaining this code?), it's a necessary feature for those of us who heavily use Firefox's tabs. Even when Firefox is stable, SessionSaver saves you from restoring your tabs when the OS crashes/must be rebooted/etc.

So many...

[billybob]

I could't live without FlashBlock, AdBlock (with auto piercieve updater), Mouse Gestures, NoScript, IEview, or BugMeNot. Also a fan of Forecast Fox, Gmail Notifier, User Agent Switcher, and Faster Fox. :D

Ooh...

[Kraeloc]

Flashblock and NukeAnything Enhanced. Blcoks flashes from playing until you tell them to, and allows you to remove any objects from a page, just make it dissappear.

about:kitchensink

[Trepalium]

Spellbound gives me a fighting chance of having decent spelling. The Web Developer Toolbar comes in handy when working with websites. When you're done adding all the extensions, don't forget the most important one, the kitchen sink.

Been there, done that.

[sethadam1]

Read it here

Fire...fox?

[cryptoz]

I use Opera you, insensitive clod!

here is a short list:

[Fluffy_Kitten]

I use all of these: (the disabled ones are not compatible with 1.5rc1) Enabled Extensions: [20] - ChatZilla 0.9.68.5.1: http://www.hacksrus.com/~ginda/chatzilla/ - ColorZilla 0.8.3.1: http://www.iosart.com/firefox/colorzilla/ - Console 0.2.5: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=3181 02 - CuteMenus - Crystal SVG 0.9.9.20051027: http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showtopic =4360 - DOM Inspector 1.8: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/inspector/ - Download Manager Tweak 0.7: http://dmextension.mozdev.org/ - eReader 0.3: http://www.gutenberg.org/ - Forecastfox 0.8.2.4: http://forecastfox.mozdev.org/ - FoxyTunes 1.1.5.3: http://www.foxytunes.org/firefox/ - FoxyTunes Skin - OnyxOrbs 1.14: http://www.foxytunes.org/firefox/skins/index.php?s kin=9 - GooglePreview 1.1.2: http://ackroyd.de/googlepreview/ - MR Tech Local Install 4.0: http://www.mrtech.com/extensions/ - Right Encoding 0.2.1: http://heygom.com/extensions/ - ShowIP 0.7.11: http://l4x.org/showip - Tabbrowser Preferences 1.2.8.7: http://216.55.161.203/theonekea/tabprefs/ - Talkback 1.5: http://talkback.mozilla.org/ - Translate 0.6.0.8: http://ctomer.com/ - x 0.6.3: http://cdn.mozdev.org/ - x.xpi : http://www.google.com/search?q=x.xpi - About Firefox: Soviet Edition 2005.0606.1555: http://mithgol.ru/Mozilla/Firefox/ Disabled Extensions: [9] - Bandwidth Tester 0.5.5: http://www.roundtwo.com/product/bandwidthtester - Customizable Toolbar Buttons 0.1.5: http://www.google.com/search?q=Customizable%20Tool bar%20Buttons - fireFTP 0.88.3: http://fireftp.mozdev.org/ - Launchy 4.0.0: http://gemal.dk/mozilla/launchy.html - Leet Key 0.4.4: http://leetkey.mozdev.org/ - PONG! 2.16: http://www.captaincaveman.nl/ - ReloadEvery 0.6.1: http://reloadevery.mozdev.org/ - Tab Mix 0.2.2.3: http://tabmix.blogspot.com/ - Tab X 0.9.1: http://clav.mozdev.org/

I'll match your gestures and raise you a menu

[Hast]

Radial menues are IMHO way better than mouse gestures. For Firefox you can try RadialContext or Easy geastures. Personally I prefer the RadialContext plugin as I find that it's a bit cleaner.

The benefit you get from using radial menues instead of only gestures is that you actually get feedback as you perform the gesture. So if you can't remember the gesture then you can just right click and the menues will guide you through it. Once you know it you no longer need to look at the menues and only do the gesture directly.

I recommend those interested in gestures to take a look at it.

Re:I'll match your gestures and raise you a menu

[imess]

I kinda agree. One of the reasons I don't like Opera and other Firefox mouse gesture extensions is that they preload tons of gestures that they think are useful, but I can only remember so much to use regularly. So the first thing I do (yes I have Opera and Firefox All-in-one gesture) is to go to preference and remove ALL of them (except 1 or 2) and redefine my own (about 5).

(And a side note is, I actually like Mouse Gesture more than AIO Gesture, because the prior allows you to define custom javascript functions and more wheel rocker options; I use latter because it has the Acrobat-like drag page function)

(note 2: it would be great if someone can integrate mouse gesture + keyconfig + menu editor and provide an interface to define custom actions (built-in or js) on various mouse/key/menu combination. I try to write my own by was stopped by the lack of documentation... xulplanet and google and RTFS aren't that helpful (enough)... I was expecting something like msdn...)

4 months old, and for Firefox 1.0...

[lpangelrob]

...but it's not bad.

My Firefox Extensions

NoScript...

[OneFix]

NoScript has to be on the top of my list (right after Adblock and Greasemonkey)...Disabling JS globaly and only allowing it where it is necessary keeps out almost all ads...pages load faster, and you don't have to worry about information leaks...

Some others I use...BetterSearch, LinkPreview, Outfoxed, BugMeNot, del.icio.us and Farky...

Re:NoScript...

[jZnat]

NoScript is definitely one of the most useful extensions ever! Have a site that somehow gets pop-ups past you? Well, they work via javascript, so fuck 'em! New security vulnerability due to JS somehow? Fuck 'em again! Ads in general? Fuck 'em, they use JS! Badly coded tag soup websites that depend on JS? Fuck 'em and their incompetent web developers!

Enabled Extensions: [14] (astericks denote highly recommended extensions)
Adblock Plus 0.5.10.20051107*
All-in-One Gestures 0.17*
DOM Inspector 1.9a1
FoxyTunes 1.1.5.4
Linkification 1.1.6*
Location Navigator 0.6* (for porn)
Menu Editor 1.2
MR Tech Local Install 4.0
Nightly Tester Tools 0.7.9.10
NoScript 1.1.3.3*
Permit Cookies 0.5*
Redirect Remover 0.43* (for porn)
Update Channel Selector 1.0.1
WebmailCompose 0.6.1

Bookmark Synchronizer, but what about Profiles?

[jbarr]

It is an EXCELLENT way to maintain a common bookmark list across multiple Firefox installations.

I REALLY wish the same concept could be created for profiles. Every time I install FireFox, it's the same routine: Download extensions, configure everyting, tweak the interface, adjust settings...

But It would be nice if some sort of remote synchronization to maintain profiles.

Re:Bookmark Synchronizer, but what about Profiles?

[Bobsledboy]

Try MozBackup. It's not an extension and it's Windows only. But it's close.

Re:Bookmark Synchronizer, but what about Profiles?

[imess]

put your firefox profile and a custom shortcut to use that profile in usb key?

For Web Developers

[jasonwea]

My favourites:

• Web Developer
• HTML Validator
• DOM Inspector and
• Live HTTP Headers

Makes developing websites and web applications that much easier.

the one I use most is Greasemonkey

[artifex2004]

and the most valuable script I've found so far is the Netflix Queue Manager. Sadly, the combo doesn't work right now, in FF RC1. I may downgrade for the duration.

how 'bout Mozex?

[tldraben]

Lets you edit any textbox with your favorite editor. Also good for Wikis and submitting comments, feedback, or questions. Check it out:

http://mozex.mozdev.org/

Other favorites have already been mentioned: all-in-one gestures, flash block, and Googlebar.

My Extensions window lists...

[darkwhite]

SessionSaver - invisible and absolute persistency
TabMix Plus - tab rearrangement, scrollable tab bar, one window rule enforcement, tab highlighting and permissions, and a lot more
Flashblock - replace all Flash on a page with clickable banners
ImageZoomer - zoom in or out of images via context menu
Nuke Anything - remove any element of a page via context menu, useful for annoying page elements when you just want to read the text
Permit Cookies - cookie management via alt+C
downTHEMall! - occasionally useful for mass downloads short of wget
Google Suggest - occasionally useful for searching with the Google box

I don't use AdBlock because the combination of Flashblock and /etc/hosts based filtering is sufficient for me.

Re:My Extensions window lists...

[limegreen]

Flashblock does the same for Director objects too, which is neat.

I would also add fxif, the Firefox EXIF viewer from http://ted.mielczarek.org/code/mozilla/fxif/ , and the Google Toolbar, of course, for PageRank and the spell checker.

Re:My Extensions window lists...

[Anonymous Coward]

The Quickgallery Greasemonkey script preloads images from an image gallery and lets you navigate them with the keystrokes.

http://www.vandenoever.info/software/greasemonkey/

Re:My Extensions window lists...

[Matt Perry]

Is there any advantage to using SessionSaver rather than using the save session feature that is built into Tab Mix Plus?

Re:My Extensions window lists...

[darkwhite]

I've been happy with SessionSaver so I kept it and didn't use the save session feature in Tab Mix. If it does all the same things, then eventually I'll switch to that.

Don't be Afraid...

[iamcadaver]

...Be Ready!

The Homeland Security Threat Level Indicator!

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/extensions/ homeland_security_threat_level/homeland_security_t hreat_level-0.2-fx.xpi

Impress your friends.

SessionSaver!

[EvlG]

Can't believe more people don't use this one.

It saves your tabs state (and things you have typed into forms). Very useful for when your browser or computer crashes, you accidentally close a tab with important information, or even accidentally close a whole window.

Also, you can restart the web browser for installing extensions (or to save memory when playing a game) and not worry about getting your state back.

This extension is a must!!

All the usual above and TargetAlert

[iamcadaver]

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/extensions/ targetalert/targetalert-0.8.9.4-fx+mz.xpi

Provides a visual cue for the destination of a hyperlink by appending a link with an icon that shows what type of file it leads to, or the effects it may have, such as opening a new window or leaving a secure site. Icons can be set to appear only when mousing over a link (default), or they may be added to links automatically when the page loads. TargetAlert makes it easier to locate links to important document types while also providing warnings for links with undesired effects.

Set it to show on mouseover and it doesnt mess up content flow. You get so used to it it feels missing from all the other browsers.

Linky!

[t482]

Linky is excellent and on occasion completely changes the way I browse.

Other useful ones are:
Linkification - turn text into link

also
Live HTTP Headers
Web Developer
User Agent Switcher
Spellbound's ok

Web Developer Extension

[Scott Swezey]

the web developer extension helps, and gives easy access to source code, window resizing, page information, as well as has many options for dealing with css, forms, images and javascript.

It was the first extension I ever got, and the first one I always install.

Oh, the flashblock extension is cool too. Altho either Flash 8 is broken in firefox, or that extension is messing it up. (I cant see flash things in FF anymore -.-)

Re:Web Developer Extension

[luserSPAZ]

Mozilla bug 309044 caused Flash8 + Flashblock to stop working. It's fixed in the FF1.5 release candidates.

4 not mentioned yet...

[sdnoob]

besides many already mentioned, like adblock (with filterset.g updater), copy plain text, user agent switcher, etc..

http://bookmarkshome.mozdev.org/
creates a nice start page with your bookmarks (and live bookmarks)

https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php ?id=82
cookie culler (better cookie management)

https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php ?id=253
magpie (media leecher)

https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php ?id=827
dnsstuff.com toolbar (easy access to network tools)

and not an extension, but very handy..
http://tinyurl.com/ bookmarklet

I'll second Scrapbook

[Burz]

Its awesome for archiving web pages, searching them, and even sharing web archives between computers. Saying that Scrapbook is feature-rich would be putting it mildly.

http://amb.vis.ne.jp/mozilla/scrapbook/

MiniT merged into browser

[superyooser]

Note about miniT (drag+indicator): "This extension has been discontinued as functionality is fully available on Firefox 1.5." So, you should uninstall it after upgrading Firefox.

Also, Slashfix will not be needed in 1.5.

Webmail Compose

[JAYOYAYOYAYO]

hands down one of the handiest firefox extensions i have ever seen. so you know those mailto links? yea so with webmail compose when you click a mailto link it will go to the compose page of your web-based email, propogating all relevent fields (to, subject). i also use gmail notifier, which basically puts a tiny icon on firefox that stays logged into gmail and will notify you if you have any new mail. gmail notifier + webmail compose = web-based email fully integrated into firefox = master p unnngggghhhhh

IE View makes me barf.

[NoMoreNicksLeft]

My favorites are:

1. Greasemonkey
2. Download Statusbar (which should be the default download manager, imo)
3. Favicon Picker (though I can't find a decent 16x16 dilbert icon to save my life, and what's the point of using the generic one which the bookmarks bar never seems to keep? Gotta love just dropping the text, I can fit 50 icons across the front.)

Extension Developer and DOM Inspector are also important. And Adblock/Flashblock are indispensable. Also loved Session Saver, until it broken in deerpark.

Live HTTP Headers

[Evro]

LiveHTTP Headers - see the HTTP headers as they come in

Web Dev - Lets you do all sorts of stuff like disable CSS / JS / Forms / resubmit POST forms as GET & vice versa (iirc).

The one that lets you not open PDFs in the browser

Flashblock

So many to choose from...

[_mythdraug_]

• Ablock Plus - Auto pull of filterset-g, whitelists, and "give the website credit by downloading but don't display"
• Translate - Quick translation of any page by selection from the tools menu
• Live HTTP Headers
• EditCSS
• Tab Mix - Most features you would expect from a tab extension, including session save and recovery
• Web Developer
• Disable Targets for Downloads - prevents blank windows/tabs from being opened when you try to download a binary file

Pr0nzilla

[Dolly_Llama]

Pornzilla.

Really. I'd probably be using opera if it weren't for the pornzilla suite.

My life made easy

[Braedley]

Extensions I use on both my desktop and portable Firefox:
Tab Mix Plus (IMHO the best tab extension)
Mouse Gestures
BugMeNot (For those "free subscription required" sites")
Adblock Plus and updater (Never have to worry about an ad again in my life)
Bookmarks Synchronizer (A necessity for portable apping)

Other on my desktop:
User Agent Switcher (I can be any OS running any browser)
Inline Autocomplete
Forcastfox
Auto Copy
FoxyTunes
FirefoxView (for those progams that insist on opening IE)

Conquery

[HD Webdev]

Conquery

I can query selected text using any online service I want to. It's great for dictionary, movie, abbreviation, transaltion, plus thousands of other lookups.

Using InfoLister extension:

[deezilmsu]

* Adblock Filterset.G Updater 0.2.6
        * Adblock Plus 0.5.10
        * Autofill 0.2
        * BBCode 0.4.1.2
        * CustomizeGoogle 0.34
        * Download Statusbar 0.9.3.1
        * downTHEMall! 0.9.4
        * fireFTP 0.88.3
        * Forecastfox 0.8.2.4
        * FoxyTunes 1.1.1
        * Greasemonkey 0.5.3
        * HostIP.info Geolocation Plugin 0.3.1.1
        * InfoLister 0.8.2+
        * Launchy 4.0.0
        * Menu Editor 1.2
        * Mines 1.0
        * ReloadEvery 0.6.1
        * Sort Extensions 2.1.3
        * Tab Mix Plus 0.2.5.2
        * TinyUrl Creator 1.0
        * SearchPluginHacks 0.1.1

A Few Essentials

[BSDevil]

- Web Developer
- BugMeNot
- CustomizeGoogle
- Plain Text Links
- IEView
- Download Statusbar

As well as six or seven personalized Mycroft search engines.

Give opera a chance

[Jmechy]

I know this is probably going to be modded as flamebait, but its worth a shot. Try opera. Opera already has many (if not all) the features you are looking for in firefox extensions. Now that Opera is free (and version 9 tech preview 1 is out) you have no reason to pass it by. Give it a try with an open mind for a week or two, then go back to your firefox extension search if it hasn't changed your mind.

Re:Give opera a chance

[Anonymous Coward]

Already tried it for a week. It was bloated, cluttered, and slow.

Every single feature of Opera that everyone seems to love (every. single. one.) is available as a Firefox extension, not to mention the countless other features not included in Opera. You get only the features YOU want, without the excess bloat.

Re:Give opera a chance

[Anonymous Coward]

Opera already has many (if not all) the features you are looking for in firefox extensions.

Yeah? When did they add ad blocking? When did they add flash click-to-play functionality?

Opera has nice session management, and nice zooming, but that's it. Apart from those two nice features, it's let down by its clunky interface. And it's closed-source. If I wanted proprietary software, I'd buy a Mac and use Safari.

To the mods: parent is not flamebait. Just completely OFFTOPIC. Mod accordingly.

Dictionary Tooltip

[Matt Perry]

Dictionary Tooltip is great. Double click on a word to get a popup with the definition.

Perhaps less important, but...

[1336]

I keep a list of useful extensions here of which I use the ones with a version number next to them; most of those have already been mentioned, but here are some of those that I find quite useful that I didn't see (either weren't mentioned so far or I skimmed over them, sorry ;)

Slim Extension List (0.1) tidies the extension manager by reducing the display size of entries. (Good for people with too many extensions ;)
Stop-or-Reload Button (0.1) make more room on your toolbar by combining the stop and reload buttons.
Flashblock (1.3.1) prevents autoloading of flash files; one click starts them going.
BugMeNot (0.8) extremely useful for browsing news (and other) sites that normally make you 'register for free' when you don't want to.
DictionarySearch (0.9.3) highlight a word and then look it up with just a couple clicks!

Finally, I should mention Cards (0.16.1) 27 Card Games for Firefox (including Solitaire ^_-) Now, you might ask how that's useful, but you'd be surprised how much that can interest some people who have never tried Firefox before... and getting them to switch from IE is a good thing, ne? ;-)

firefox extensions

[vgluvsu]

I use foxy tunes, forecast, No Script, Flashgot, Adblock and many more. Its added advantage and all the more its one in all application. Firefox is fast becoming a all in one tool for an Internet browser(the person who uses it). Its my favorite since a year or odd. viva firefox!!!

No question - StumbleUpon

[themusicgod1]

StumbleUpon is the next iteration of the evolution of the WWW. It's both addicting as hell, and helps to create content. Don't just be a blogger; be a Stumbler! StumbleUpon:Generica blog::Computer:Television.

Re:No question - StumbleUpon

[Dan Ost]

StumbleUpon might be a great way to increase FireFox mindshare. Lots of the sites I find with StumbleUpon are small sites that would be very hard to find accidentally and once they're rated in StumbleUpon, FireFox suddenly becomes the dominant browser in the server logs for that site since that site is shared with other StumbleUpon users. Once the site owner notices this, the becomes more important to the site owner to make sure FireFox works well with their site.

Now, these small sites haven't historically been IE-only, but it seems like a good thing to raise awareness.

Just a thought.

Re:No question - StumbleUpon

[thempstead]

StumbleUpon is truely evil software. I would highly recommend against installing it if you value your time at all. I have it installed and every time I use it then its suddenly 40 minutes later!!!

Just kidding, its great to find strange sites you would not normally see but its very addictive ...

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Cookie Culler

[ET_Fleshy]

I love cookie culler, as I can still allow all sites to use cookies, but only the ones I want are saved session to session.

Favorite _Mozilla_ extensions

[stuuf]

Multizilla Lost of enhancements for tabbed browsing. You can drag tabs around, move tabs between windows or into new windows, etc. Qprefs Included with the above. Quick access to UA spoofing, disable javascript, referer spoofing Mouse Gestures Saves a lot of time not having to move the mouse all the way up to the toolbar. Download statusbar Replaces the download manager with a bar that pops up at the bottom of the browser window when downloads are active Web developer toolbar Lots of commands for debugging web pages. turn off style sheets, add your own, quick access to W3C HTML/CSS and Section 501 validators. Even lets you upload a file to the HTML validator, for local files, POST forms, slashdot... Live HTTP headers adds a tab to the page info window that shows the HTTP request/response headers for the current page, also lets you request a page with custom request headers. AdBlock Probably mentioned several times before Enigmail GPG encryption and signatures for mail

three extensions are must-have for me

[dunkelfalke]

first one is forecastfox - no need to explain
second one is tab killer - i hate tabs and without this extension i sometimes open pages in new tabs
third one is a bit modified tocyrillic - to type in russian without knowing russian keyboard layout

I also like...

[arun_s]

Session Saver: Saves sessions, snapback closed tabs, restore last session...
MileWideBack: Go back/forward by right- or left-clicking anywhere on the entire left edge of the window.
BookmarksHome: My homepage! Makes a neat page out of all your bookmarks.
ScrapBook: Save web pages with a simple right click. Very useful, 'cos when you're browsing an rfc or something offline from ScrapBook, you have other tools like highlighting, adding text boxes etc.

My own list

[zanglang]

Personal favourites

Firesomething - Titles like "Microsoft Evilhamster" simply rocks. ;)
Mr Tech Local Install - Simply indispensible if you're an extension-junkie running nightlies.
Tab Mix Plus
Mouse Gestures
Text Link - Opens unanchored URL links by just double-clicking. I can't remember when was the last time I had to press Ctrl-C.
AutoCopy - Ditto.

Others:
# Adblock Filterset.G Updater 0.2.6
# Adblock Plus 0.5.10
# Bookmarks Synchronizer 1.0.2.1
# BugMeNot 0.8
# ChromEdit 0.1.1.1
# ClamWin Antivirus Glue for Firefox 0.2.3
# Download Manager Tweak 0.7
# Extended Statusbar 1.2.4
# Feedview 0.9.7
# Forecastfox 0.8.2.4
# Greasemonkey 0.6.2
# gTranslate 0.2.6
# IE View 1.2.7
# OpenBook 1.3.4
# OpenDownload 0.2.1
# Right Encoding 0.2
# SearchPluginHacks 0.1
# Sort Bookmarks 0.5.0.1
# SwitchProxy Tool 1.3.2
# Update Bookmark 0.0.4
# Update Channel Selector 1.0.1
# XUL Error Haikus 0.1

Re:Not to bash Firefox...

[Anyletter]

There's a site, http://firefoxopera.blogspot.com/ that has compiled all the important extensions to make Firefox work like Opera. Hell, if you're one of us old school opera users, you can even get an extension for the ad bar on that site. Always the first one I go to when installing FF.

Or not.

[Anonymous Coward]

I tried StumbleUpon a few months ago. Aside from being *INCREDIBLY* buggy, it was a rather boring extension. True, it was kind of cool at first... it found a few good sites. Then, I started to notice a few repeated sites. Pretty soon, it was a rare occasion that I stumbled upon a site I hadn't already seen.

funny that you ask...

[ghee22]

i put up a page on my wiki just for this purpose, maybe we can collaborate together on the most useful extensions (and why). http://help.gheemedia.com/help/doku.php?id=firefox

AutoCopy

[cwebb1977]

http://autocopy.mozdev.org/ AutoCopy, just mark the text and it's in your clipboard. Sound familiar?

Re:AutoCopy

[Matt Perry]

Yeah, it sounds familiar. It's the worst feature of X11 and xterm. Copy something, select what you want to replace, and then pas... oops, selecting to replace something copies it into the clipboard. You just lost what you were copying. [rips out hair] No thanks. I'm not into abusing myself.

yes, sixteen years of X has definitely made me bitter.

Re:AutoCopy

[cwebb1977]

Well, you don't often want to replace anything in your browser. Just disable it in text-boxes and you'll be fine.

Sage

[ZeroEpoch]

I personally use Sage for my RSS needs. I know it's not as good as others out there such as straw but it fits in nicely.

Different experience

[SilentJ_PDX]

If the price for extensions is memory leaks and frequent crashes, I'm perfectly happy with my Standard Browsing Experience.

Re:Different experience

[GCP]

So why is this modded down as a troll? The notion that tricking out a rapidly evolving system with rapidly evolving hacks might not be smart is worth considering, unless you are a "political activist".

I would certainly use more extensions if they didn't risk make Firefox even more unstable than it already is. I'm sick of Firefox crashes, Firefox often going into manic 95% CPU burning mode on return from laptop suspends, etc. I keep using it because of its net advantages, but it simply is not as stable as IE yet. Something like SessionSaver ought to be a standard feature of Firefox (at least available from the Tools > Options... dialog) because losing your work is a problem in any app, even when they *are* stable (your computer itself has its own instabilities that the app can't do anything about except to frequently save your work for recovery in case of crash. Firefox should have a "restore everything on restart" option no matter how stable it is.)

I lost about 20 windows when Firefox crashed on me a couple of hours ago. I would use SessionSaver now if it didn't have the reputation of actually *increasing* the chance of crashes and occasionally nuking all of your windows for whatever random reason.

i know!

[mrselfdestrukt]

My G/f likes the firefox extention that makes it 4 inches longer.

Adblock, of course...

[seanellis]

...but Adblock along with the excellent Filterset.G Updater. Also NoScript and BugMeNot.

Since I'm a web weenie, I also have View Formatted Source and Copy Plain Text.

Add Bookmark Here is very useful too.

One thing worthy of particular praise is NoScript's user interface - you can easily unblock items on a page temporarily or permanently, from the status bar of page itself. Now, why can't the cookie manager do this? I run with cookies blocked normally, but when I want to allow a site to use cookies, I have to go to a menu item, the site name isn't filled in, there's no "Use Current Site" button, and I can't even cut-and-paste from the address bar because it's a modal dialog.

Re:Adblock, of course...

[quiddity]

get the Permit Cookies extension.
http://mfe.gorgias.de/#pcookies
alt-c to change per sites permissions. choose full allow, or only session cookies. or remove cookies.

FlashGot

[Domini]

It can control with which app you want to download (or with none) at the time of downloading.

Useful if you have a download accelerator with which some sites don't work, and you have to restart your browser every time you want to disable it.

Very useful if you use a DL manager.

Get it here: http://www.flashgot.net/

I love Firefox!!!

[TheZorch]

99% of the time I'm online, when I'm not playing Final Fantasy XI I'm using FireFox. I hardly ever use IE anymore.

The Extension I use are...

FasterFox - A browser network optimization extension for FireFox, Mozilla, and Thunderbird that actually works realy good.

Web Developer - Adds a toolbar with all sorts of nifty stuff for us Web Designers.

FlashGot - Aids in the integration of download maanger with FireFox. I use Star Downloader (freeware) and FlashGot works better with it than the Star Downloader FireFox Integration Extension that was made for it.

Gmail Alerter - Get notification of Google Mail messages inside FireFox without the need to install Google's Gmail program.

I've heard about AdBlocker and some other Extensions. I'm going to add them as well. These features are what really make FireFox stand out from IE. Of course, expect to see similar features appear in future versions of IE. If MS can't kill off FireFox or buy out Mozilla.org they'll just emulate its features in the hopes that the Microsoft name alone will motivate people to use IE again.

Repeated sites

[themusicgod1]

Repeated sites is an option that you can turn off. I don't know what version you were using that it was so buggy, but I'm pretty sure all bugginess stopped many versions ago. We're on version 2.1 now, iirc.

Besides, with time the network that stumbleupon has access to will grow as the people on it both grow in number and experience.

Granted I don't want to give you the idea that stumbleUpon is perfect; It's just pretty damn good and the main reason you cite (that it repeats sites) isn't a bug; it's a feature, that can be turned off. (The idea is for people on dialup or who don't Stumble very often, a small prefetched list is often enough. Power users of course, need more).

Webdeveloper

[babycakes]

The only one I really use and install immediately after a fresh Firefox install is the Webdeveloper toolbar extension - easy access to CSS, image control, outlining of HTML elements, form information etc...fantastic during web development.

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CLUSTY for non native english speakers

[neves]

Clusty toolbar is developed by this search engine. It has two features I, as a non native English speaker, can't live without: on screen dictionary, and wikipedia search. Right click a work and select dictionary or wikipedia search. The definition is displayed as a tooltip. You don't have to loose your reading context just for discovering what a word means.

Others I can't live without: Gmail notifier, Diggler (as in konqueror you can clean the address bar with one click), Launchy (integrate with your email client), Google toolbar (spellcheck!), Duplicate tab (make the back button work your new tabs), Single window, Aardvark (clean a page before printing it), Session saver (keep your work even with an always crashing browser full of extensions).

Web developers can't miss: live http headers, Venkman, Web Developer.

EditCSS

[scumbaguk]

Most useful I've found so far is EditCSS, grate help when making modifications to the style of a wesbite.

LiveHTTPHeaders

[slasher999]

LiveHTTPHeaders has to be my favorite, unfortunately it hasn't yet been updated to work with FF 1.5 (betas or rc). Also installed are ForecastFox and IEView. Love them all!

RadialContext

[fleck_99_99]

I'm hooked on the RadialContext extension. It provides a circular "radial menu" around your pointer when you right-click. If you hover for a moment, it explains what the menu options are, and some of them are expandable -- but, once you've used it for a while, it's almost like having gestures. Or rather, it's like having gestures from the beginning, but with training wheels...

Mouse Gestures and GreaseMonkey

[Phreakiture]

The subject says it all. There are a lot of extensions out there, but GreaseMonkey is effectively a meta-extension. Using it, I have Ad Blocker (clobbers flash ads), freetables (allows me to see table-formatted pages across the whole width of my 1600x1200 screen, not just the left-hand half), and Slashdot-Add Mirrors, which automagically adds links to Mirrordot, NYUD, and Google Cache for every link.

ColorZilla

[beholder77]

ColorZilla is great for web developers. It's like a dropper tool you can use anywhere on the page. Has a ton of other features too, but I only use the dropper.

Coralize

[mhesseltine]

The Coral Cache extension, which allows you to open a link using the Coral Cache. It's great when sites get Slashdotted, Farked, etc.

Filterset.G, Prefbar, & TinyURL

[antdude]

Prefbar (configure settings in Web browsers), FilterSet.G for Adblock (and Plus) [more ad strings to block and always updated by the author -- can send in requests), and TinyURL Creator (duh, make tiny urls. I use these in Mozilla suite, not Firefox.

My Extensions

[AntiDragon]

On my Windows/Work machines:

IE View: Still can't escape that good 'ol ActiveX from time to time. Plus of course IE only sites. I probably use this the most actually due to the number of MS downloads I have to make while working.

googlebar: Why not.... :)

Autofill: Like IE View, a time saver. So many sites need me to register or fill in details.

Web Developer: So I can better investigate at the naff CSS and JavaScripting on dodgy sites and laugh....My own sites included!

View formatted source: See above!

fireFTP: Haven't used it to be honset. No need...

infoRSS: Gotta have some kind of RSS client running! Need my daily real world dosage!

infoRSS and IE View are the only two I would have to have. Of course, IE view is missing from my Linux box... ;)

Thank you!

[elemental23]

Wow, I had no idea that IE Tab existed. My job involves occasional use of two third-party, IE-only web applications (I'm looking at you, Covad and Blackberry!). I'm so tired of having to remember to open IE for them instead of just continuing to use Firefox.

I've installed IE Tab, added these two sites to the "always use IE Tab" list, and my headaches have been solved. Thanks for the tip!

.ORG

[tverbeek]

My favorite extension is .ORG

Followed by .COM

Though .INFO is growing on me.

Surprised myself

[biglig2]

When figuring out the answer to this question I was surprised to realise that out of the various extensions I normally run, the one I'm most fond of is the most useless one; WellRounded. All it does is round the edges of the address and search boxes, but I just like the way it looks...

The most recent one I've installed is the Goolge toolbar, because I was thinking to myself that I hated switching the search bar between wikipedia, google, and dictionary (because although this is easy enough to do I walways forget to switch back to google before my next search.) The google toolbar lets me have one search box for wikipedia, and one for google. that the google one can search against images or dictionary with a single non-permanent click is a bonus.

None

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't trust extensions, nor their developers (minus a few exceptions, who I know personally to be trusted longstanding mozilla developers). The code of extensions does not go through code review like the real Firefox/gecko code does, and most extension developers are not qualified to be able to work on real core code.
Take the case of the "Tabbrowser extensions", once hailed as essential to Firefox and one of the most popular extensions ever, which when examined by a core Mozilla developer was revealed to have (accidentally) re-opened a number of security holes which had long since been fixed in Mozilla core code, and to be a complete inefficient mess beyond that.
Added to this, the incentive for making an innocuous looking but ultimately malicious extension is growing daily (with every download of firefox), and the process for getting extensions listed on mozilla's website does virtually no security checking either.

Also see this enlightened /. comment.

no spiderzilla on firefox :-(

[aneroid]

spiderzilla currently still works only under mozilla. dunno why it hasn't been updated to work with firefox yet.

Do you want the Firefox crashes fixed?

[Futurepower(R)]

Do you want the Firefox crashes fixed? Vote for this Bugzilla bug report: All instances crash. Memory leaks.

Since Bugzilla does not accept referrals from Slashdot (?), copy and paste this URL:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22266 0. Remove the space inserted by Slashdot.

Do you want the Firefox crashes fixed?

[Futurepower(R)]

Do you want the Firefox crashes fixed? Vote for this Bugzilla bug report: All instances crash. Memory leaks.

Since Bugzilla does not accept referrals from Slashdot, copy and paste this URL:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22266 0. Remove the space inserted by Slashdot.

I possibly over do it but.....

[Allnighterking]

CustomizeGoogle - Make searching less of a chore
Tabbrowser Preferences - So I can stop saying "I wish I could"
Sage - A great RSS/Atom reader
Calendar Help - For Moz Calendar
EditCSS - Real time editing of CSS
Image Zoom - Postage stamp killer.
Mozilla Calendar - I'm supposed to WHAT WHEN!
TextMarker - Highlighter for websites
TinyUrl Creator - turn that 300 character URL into something easy
Translate - Key Euro and Asian languages to/from English
I must not fear! - Teaching from the Bene Gesserit
BugMeNot - For people tired of filling out registration forms
Bookmark Backup - corrupted .mozilla folder prevention.
Linkification - turns plain text url's into clickable links
xMirror - More xpi locations
Configuration Mania - this and the next one offer more config options
Things They Left Out - see above.
Google Pagerank Status - No reasonable reason I just like to know.
Bookmark Duplicate Detector - Cause once sometimes is enough.
Research Buddy - a great tool for cataloging and sharing research links
Allow Right-Click - defeat the anti capture javascripts.
Objection - gets rid of Local Shared Objects (Flash Cookies)
Download Manager Tweak - makes the DL manager work right.
Google Send to Phone - SMS messages from the browser.
Mimetype Editor - Edit mime types
Ext2Abc - Alphabatize your extensions
Gish It! - Anti Spam tool create tempory e-mail addresses.
Mozile - Developer tool.
MediaPlayerConnectivity - great for controlling all of those win only sites
SwitchProxy Tool - for use with Tor
Browse Images - cruise those pics easily and quickly.
AJAX Yahoo! Mail - Just cause it's pretty.

The best of all is......

quitomzilla - This IMHO the reason It's been 10 months 3 days and 22 hours since I last smoked!

Foxytunes...

[ToasterofDOOM]

...is awesome. I also use the Gmail notifier, Google web accelerator, and ChatZilla.

Web Developer

[zerofret]

At work I have the Web Developer Extension installed on my web development box. This very useful toolset has helped me to diagnose and solve many tricky design issues. I highly recommend it.

Adblock + Filterset.G

[OctaneZ]

Adblock is great, but paired with the Filterset.G Updater it is even more powerful! Filterset.G is a continuously updated list of ad sites/keywords, between the two you can remove nearly all ads from pages.