Dec 13
2006
My Favorite Firefox Extensions
I’ve noticed many people making lists of their favorite Firefox extensions. I made a list a while ago, but since the list is ever-changing, I thought I’d hit you with an update. These are in no particular order.
For those of you not using Firefox… you’re missing out.
- Web Developer Toolbar. If you have anything to do with website function or layout, download this extension. It’s a time/life saver!
- Cookie Button. Adds a button in your toolbar (or status bar) to quickly set cookie permissions for the site you’re viewing. So awesome and handy!
- Iget. Initiate a direct download. It sounds useless since clicking on a download should download the file right? But have you ever clicked on a video or sound file and it just starts playing through your browser? Annoying! This extension solves that problem.
- NoScript. I’m paranoid. No script on my browser (unless you’ve got something really cool).
- Search Status. Oooh yes. This tells me a site’s pagerank from Google. It sits in the status bar.
- PDF Download. What do I want to do with a link to a PDF file? View it, download it, or cancel (because I didn’t know it was a PDF file). Thank you for giving me options!
- Tab Mix Plus. It’s not Firefox until you install this extension. I love tabbed browsing. With this extension I can have my browser my way. Kind of like Burger King.
- Clear Private Data. This is useful as a designer. Starting with a fresh browser (clear of history and cache) is easy with this one-click button.
- FireFTP. File management baby! This may be the most useful extension I use. I can upload/download to my servers with just a few clicks. It’s so nice.
As far as themes go, I like Mostly Crystal the best. I like it because there is an icon for everything (even menu items). It also saves my favicons in my toolbar and bookmarks.
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Screw this. I’m not even reading this blog. I like my Internet Explorer and I’m going to stick with it. Therefore, I’m passing right over this shit. Peace out hizzy!
You’re crazy. I’m sure you have at least one of these problems with internet explorer. At the very least -> PDF download. And if you ever open up more than one window at time (so you can look at more than one site at a time), you would love tabbed browsing.