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Favorite Firefox Extensions?

Posted by Cliff on from the customize-your-browser dept.

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)"

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  1. The Answer is Plain by ndansmith · · Score: 5, Interesting

    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.

  2. cannot afford to miss these! by Gaurang · · Score: 4, Informative

    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.

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  3. Re:IE View by ElectricBrain · · Score: 5, Interesting

    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

  4. I'll match your gestures and raise you a menu by Hast · · Score: 4, Interesting

    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.

  5. My Extensions window lists... by darkwhite · · Score: 4, Interesting

    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.

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  6. Favorite _Mozilla_ extensions by stuuf · · Score: 4, Interesting

    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

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