useful firefox extensions list
These are all the firefox extensions I’m currently using .. and I’d be lost without many of them. Enjoy! :)
- AutoAuth - so you don't have to press enter on sites using HTTP authentication if you've already saved a password
- Delicious Bookmarks - to synchronize ff bookmarks with my del.icio.us
- Download Statusbar - so you can see current downloads in the statusbar
- DownloadHelper - for saving youtube videos and image/video galleries
- Facebook Toolbar - shows notifications about facebook events
- Fast Dial - thumbnails on an empty tab .. just like in Opera
- Firebug - to debug javascript apps and change stuff on loaded sites
- FireStatus - shows what's new on my twitter + to post new items
- Flashblock - shows a big play button instead of any flash on the site .. and you can start each flash thingy manually or allow flash for whole site
- Forecastfox - so you know the weather outside
- GCal Popup - overlays the current site with a google calendar view
- Google Gears - for offline apps such as Google Docs, Google Reader and Remember The Milk
- Google Notebook - shows a small Google Notebook so you can save snippets of a page
- Google Reader Watcher - to see how many unread posts you have
- Greasemonkey - to customize various sites (see my next post)
- gui:config - well, easier than tweaking about:config items
- Image Zoom - right click + wheel scroll on an image resizes it .. great for viewing comics in Google Reader
- Open in Browser - adds an option to the open/save dialog so you can view stuff on any mimetype in the browser (great for all those javascripts with Content-Type: application/data)
- Open IT Online - adds an option to the open/save dialog so you can open documents directly in Google Docs (and others)
- Operator - shows any microformats on current page
- Perspectives - to get rid of some of the annoying Invalid SSL Certificate warnings
- ReloadEvery - to reload the current tab every n seconds/minutes
- Resizeable Textarea - so you can grab and resize any textareas
- Snap Links - middleclick and drag to open many links simultaneously
- Tab History - preserves history of the parent tab in the new tab when you open a link in a new tab
- Mobile Barcoder - shows the current tab url as QR-Code
Comments:
Most addons from this post are included in my addon collection: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collection/himdel on useful firefox extensions list himdel on 6/10/09