What is your favorite, most cherished Firefox add-on? Some of mine are Gmail Manager, Colorzilla, IEtab, Download StatusBar, Viamatic Foxpose, Performancing, Tab Mix Plus, GooglePreview, Googlepedia, AdBlock, FlashBlock, Gmail Skins, and DownThemAll. What makes the best mix of Firefox add-ons is never the same for anyone. Everyone has different preferences and tastes obviously. This is why Firefox has advantages over IE, since IE is not customizable by any means. Your personal style can be adapted to Firefox, not IE particularly. I understand the need for security and privacy online, which is Microsoft's reason for locking down the UI so much, but can't we have security without losing that precious functionality we all crave so much? So, security issues aside, if you were stranded on a dessert island with nothing but Firefox, and only 5 add-ons, what would they be? What are your personal top five that take all the other extensions milk money? Which five reign supreme? You decide.What are your favorite Firefox add-ons?
What is your favorite, most cherished Firefox add-on? Some of mine are Gmail Manager, Colorzilla, IEtab, Download StatusBar, Viamatic Foxpose, Performancing, Tab Mix Plus, GooglePreview, Googlepedia, AdBlock, FlashBlock, Gmail Skins, and DownThemAll. What makes the best mix of Firefox add-ons is never the same for anyone. Everyone has different preferences and tastes obviously. This is why Firefox has advantages over IE, since IE is not customizable by any means. Your personal style can be adapted to Firefox, not IE particularly. I understand the need for security and privacy online, which is Microsoft's reason for locking down the UI so much, but can't we have security without losing that precious functionality we all crave so much? So, security issues aside, if you were stranded on a dessert island with nothing but Firefox, and only 5 add-ons, what would they be? What are your personal top five that take all the other extensions milk money? Which five reign supreme? You decide.
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7-26-2006 @ 2:58PM
Jay said...
Tab Mix Plus
Adblock Plus
Adblock Filterset.G Updater
ForecastFox
Viamatic foXpose
All-in-One Gestures
Flashgot
FasterFox
Flashblock
Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer
IE Teb
IE View
Refresh Blocker
Restart Firefox
Paste and Go
PDF Download
MinimizeToTray
SearchPluginHacks
Slim Extension List
SpellBound Development
Stop-or-Reload Button
Update Notifier
Verizon Minutes Used
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7-26-2006 @ 2:59PM
Jay said...
Here are the extensions I LOVE:
Tab Mix Plus
Adblock Plus
Adblock Filterset.G Updater
ForecastFox
Viamatic foXpose
All-in-One Gestures
Flashgot
FasterFox
Flashblock
Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer
IE Teb
IE View
Refresh Blocker
Restart Firefox
Paste and Go
PDF Download
MinimizeToTray
SearchPluginHacks
Slim Extension List
SpellBound Development
Stop-or-Reload Button
Update Notifier
Verizon Minutes Used
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7-26-2006 @ 3:04PM
MASA said...
I have 72 extensions installed but my favorites are:
Gabbly Chat sidebar
Reveal
Bugmenot
Colorzilla
Allinone sidebar
Middle click and go
All in one gestures
MenuEditor
FireFTP
lget
deepest sender
dictionary tooltip
Spellbound
Update Notifier
Pearl Cresent Page Saver
Extended cookie manager
Web devoloper toolbar
Search button
Copy Plain Text
and Search Engine Ordering
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7-26-2006 @ 3:17PM
Dt7 said...
MileWideBack is the one thing I can't browse without. I got used to it two years ago (I think) and now it's always the first thing I install with Firefox.
And the rest: Adblock Plus (w/ Filterset.G), CustomizeGoogle, Del.icio.us, Download Embedded, Download Manager Tweak, Fasterfox, Favicon Picker, Foxclocks, Greasemonkey, Menu Editor, RIP, Show Image, Slim Extension List, Stealther, StumbleUpon, Tab Mix Plus, ViewMyCurrency and of course Web Developer.
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7-26-2006 @ 3:19PM
Brian O said...
tab x
del.icio.us
download statusbar
fasterfox
scrapbook
I have a few others, but these are my top 5.
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7-26-2006 @ 3:19PM
murph said...
#1 - 72 extensions??!! how much RAM do you have? 1.21 Jiggawatts?
1. AdBlock
2. Swift Tabs
3. Auto Copy
4. All-in-One Gestures
5. Copy URL+
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7-26-2006 @ 3:23PM
SW Dude said...
All-In-One Search Button
Sage
FireFTP
Mouse Gestures
Super DragAndGo
Tab Mix Plus
del.icio.us
IE Tab
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7-26-2006 @ 3:33PM
James said...
I can't browse without Mouse Gestures.
I also like adblock, gmail notifier, del.icio.us tagger, and download status bar
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7-26-2006 @ 3:35PM
MASA said...
#4 - 1GB. It's an alienware.
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7-26-2006 @ 3:35PM
Nathan said...
I have a nice list on my site http://throwthemind.com/blog/2006/03/08/a-test-using-bbcodextra-extension/
everyone of those extensions I can't live without
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7-26-2006 @ 3:46PM
MASA said...
You can see my extension list here:
http://gamespotting.net/firefox.php
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7-26-2006 @ 4:24PM
Adam said...
Adblock (w/ Filterset.G), Download Statusbar, Fasterfox, Highlighter, Restart Firefox, SearchPluginHacks, Tab Mix Plus
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7-26-2006 @ 4:41PM
Sure said...
Here's my list:
- Anti-Pagination.
- No Script.
- Download Statusbar.
- Fire FTP.
- Showcase.
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7-26-2006 @ 4:45PM
stev said...
i have.........
adblock
adblock filterset.G updater
all in one sidebar
customize google
flashgot
foxytunes
ie tab
mcafee siteadvisor (i like to have it for when i switch to ie)
menu editor
noscript
printable sparknotes
searchpluginhacks
tab mix plus
and
update notifier
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7-26-2006 @ 5:03PM
Michael said...
I've got 50 extensions installed, but if I had to choose 5, it'd be:
1. Tab Mix Plus
2. IE Tab
3. Googlepedia
4. Yoono (for synching bookmarks)
5. Metawishlist Toolbar (to keep track of the stuff I want so I'm not scrambling for birthday/Christmas ideas for myself)
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7-26-2006 @ 5:17PM
Ray Balhorn said...
Bookmark Sync and Sort (the only reason I switched to Firefox).
Chatzilla
IE View (something simple to open up certain pages in IE - not overboard like IE Tab).
Target Alert (helpful for knowing what you are clicking on)
Unclose Tab (saved me several times)
Colorzilla
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7-26-2006 @ 6:21PM
Steve said...
50 Exts. on my work PC.
1. Web Developer
2. Colorzilla/ CssViewer
3. Stylish / Adblock Plus
4. All-in-One Gestures
5. Googlepedia
6. MeasureIt
7. Gmail Space
8. IETab
9. Firebug
10. Google Bookmark Button
See my full list. My Home PCs have about half of these.
http://bigslim.googlepages.com/pimpmyfox2
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7-26-2006 @ 7:11PM
mike said...
I keep it simple and only install the stuff i really need.
adblock + filterset g ruleset
Extended Statusbar
Show IP
Customize google
FoxClocks
Web Developer Toolbar
Tabbrowser Prefs
:D
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7-26-2006 @ 9:04PM
Thilak said...
You guys forgot to quote Delicious and StumbleUpon Extension
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7-27-2006 @ 12:17PM
Bud Landry said...
The search bar engine additions get the most use.
PDF Download fixes something that shouldn't be broken
(who really would rather view a multipage PDF in the browser? I guess that can beat Acrobat, but still....)
Linky is used the most by far, usually on self written pages of selected links.
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