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Old 05-22-2008, 09:41 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Have a useful add-on for firefox? or a great looking theme? Post it here!

IE Tab - Got a webpage that doesnt load correctly in FF? Use this to use the IE engine:-

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419

Colorful Tabs - each tab that is opened is in a diffrent color, unless its from the same webpage.:-

http://varun21.googlepages.com/colorfultabs.xpi

Stumble Upon addon - Bored? this gives you random links based on categories you choose!:-

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/138

3d Tab Switching effect - Gives the "cube effect" when going between tabs
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4258

Shorcuts on the bar are icons only
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/4072/

WOOT watcher, puts a hot link to woot.com on the bottom bar
https://update.mozilla.org/firefox/4458/

FireFTP - A sweet addon that gives a powerfull ftp interface for FF
http://fireftp.mozdev.org/

Speed Dial - Gives you the abiliy to assign bookmarks to hot keys!!!
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4810
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Old 05-22-2008, 10:49 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Adblock Plus - Custom filters for removing ads and privacy invaders

Chatzilla - The simplest IRC client built-in to Firefox.

Foxmarks
- Bookmarks synchronizer across multiple computers. Easy and secure!

Video DownloadHelper
- Help download embedded videos and other files you clicked on

Evernote Web Clipper
- Browser integration with Evernote

OpenDownload
- Be able to "run" .exe straight out of the browser without saving.

Right-Click Link - Open any link by right clicking and selecting to open. Works for all links with a protocol in front (HTTP, IRC, etc)

Update Scanner
- Check and monitor for changes in websites. Useful if no RSS feeds are available.

Nightly Tester Tools
- Excellent set of tools to test builds and betas of Firefox. Includes addon version compatibility override and immediate addon installation.

MR Tech Local Install - The must have complement of Nightly Tester Tools. Adds all sorts of customization options in about:config and restart option.
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Old 05-23-2008, 02:23 AM   #3 (permalink)
 
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here is my contribution for addons:

Restarting Firefox is always difficult for those of us with dozens of tabs open, because you don't want to lose all the open tabs, but you might not want to bookmark them all either.
Thankfully there are a number of options to solve this:
1. Use the Restart Firefox extension.
2. Set Firefox to save all windows and tabs, every time.
3. Set Tab Mix Plus to save all windows and tabs (if you are using the Tab Mix Plus sessions instead of the native Firefox one.)
Use the Restart Firefox extension
First, you'll need to download and install the extension from Mozilla Add-ons (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1249) Then just look on the file menu, and you should see a shiny new menu item. This will restart Firefox



You can also use the toolbar button if you really want to, but that takes up too much space for me.

Set Firefox to save all windows and tabs, every time
You can configure Firefox to always save your current place by just going to Options, and then changing the dropdown to "Show my windows and tabs from last time".



When you close your browser, it will automatically pick right back up where you left off. Note that this makes the homepage setting somewhat irrelevant.

Set Tab Mix Plus to save all windows and tabs
This only applies if you are using the Tab Mix Plus session manager. If you open Tab Mix Plus Options, you can change "When Browser Starts" to "Restore".



You might also want to enable crash recovery… but I'd recommend using Firefox's built-in session restore instead, as it seems to work better for me.

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Old 05-23-2008, 03:02 AM   #4 (permalink)
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I use the following addons in FireFox:

Download Statusbar -View and manage downloads from a tidy statusbar - without the download window getting in the way of your web browsing.

DownloadHelper - The easy way to download Web videos from hundreds of YouTube-like sites.
This works also for audio and picture galleries.

Forcastfox - Get international weather forecasts from AccuWeather.com, and display it in any toolbar or statusbar with this highly customizable and unobtrusive...

PDF Download - PDF Download relieves the pain experienced when encountering PDF files on the Web. Whenever you click on a PDF file, PDF Download lets you know before trying to open it, and then offers you choices such as downloading, opening, or converting it straight to HTML.
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Old 05-23-2008, 07:23 AM   #5 (permalink)
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I'm using Firefox RC 1 but in version 2 I use site advisor, google toolbar, measureIT, split browser and some other ones too.
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Old 05-23-2008, 08:15 AM   #6 (permalink)
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My favorite Firefox addon would have to be the Codetech addon. It allows you to quickly edit webpages in WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Mode, and it really saves time when you can do that right inside a browser.

Another addon I like is the Greasemonkey addon. This addon allows you to create your own userscript and edit the way the websites load. You can browse through a website, click on a tool on the Greasemonkey toolbar, and delete/modify a setting on a website, and the script creates a custom userscript for you and loads it the next time you go to that certain website.
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Old 05-23-2008, 09:57 AM   #7 (permalink)
 
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Very nice contributions from everybody.Thanks.
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I had already installed these two:
Colorful Tabs - each tab that is opened is in a diffrent color, unless its from the same webpage.
FireFTP - A sweet addon that gives a powerfull ftp interface for FF

I'm interested in this one:
3d Tab Switching effect - Gives the "cube effect" when going between tabs
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4258

Anyway you can find all firefox official add ons here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/
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Thanks for the Mozilla link Larrabee.
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Thanks, I think there are over 2 000 add ons. I'm sure. But for everything you think there is already an add on!
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