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Favorite Firefox Extensions? 142

Posted by Cliff 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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  • IE View (Score:3, Informative)

    by killa62 ( 828317 ) on Wednesday November 09, 2005 @09:48PM (#13994499)
    I use IE view with my Firefox 1.5.
    It allows you to use the IE rendering engine within firefox to view IE pages, such as windowsupdates (which runs perfectly in a tab of firefox).
    Get it at https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php ?application=firefox&id=1419 [mozilla.org]

  • Favorite Extensions (Score:2, Interesting)

    by vicgolgo13 ( 879181 )
    Definitely No Script, IE View, Forecast Fox, Tabbed Browser Preferences, and best of all Open Download. I download and test a lot of different programs, and I personally just open the programs rather than saving the executable to my harddrive. Saves me juat a few seconds, I know, but in the long run well worth it. And No Script is absolutely awesome, cause it stops scripts dead in their tracks.

    • Re:Favorite Extensions (Score:2, Informative)

      by markild ( 862998 )
      I too got the ForecastFox thingy.

      What's with that? When i install a fresh Firefox, that is the first thing I install, but now, when I thinka about it, I can't seem to remember the last time I looked at it


      My useful favourites though:
      • Download Statusbar (Puts the downloading at the bottom, showing %, kbps and eta)
      • FlashBlock (removes that awful 100% load in windows on flash-rich sites)
      • Google Toolbar (of course! + it got spell check!)
      • Movies and Music Search (all music and imdb search at a glance!)
      • PDF Dow
  • For viewing embedded videos on sites that refuse to support web standards, MediaPlayerConnectivity [mozilla.org] is a must-have extension.
    • What the hell does it do? For some reason moz update won't let me see it because I'm using mozilla and the extension author only made it work with firefox.
      • Here's the description from the web site:

        Allow you to launch embed video of website in an external application with a simple click

        • Replace the stream by a simple button
        • Works with RealMedia, QuickTime, WindowsMedia streams, Playlists, Flash, background sounds, Nullsoft video, Shockwave
        • Allow the use of any capable media player
        • Support Media Metafiles (ram, rpm, wmv, wm, wma, asx, asf, ...)
        • Activable per media format
        • AutoPlay feature : automaticatlly start to play the first media
        • Configuration wizard
        • Smar

  • Imagezoom (Score:3, Informative)

    by b00m3rang ( 682108 ) * on Wednesday November 09, 2005 @09:54PM (#13994543)
    With right=click+thumbwheel zooming. Best feature ever.

  • The Answer is Plain (Score:5, Interesting)

    by ndansmith ( 582590 ) on Wednesday November 09, 2005 @09:57PM (#13994560)
    Copy Plain Text [mozilla.org] 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.
    • I just paste into Windows' Notepad, Linux's Nano, etc. and recopy to paste. An extra step, but works well for me.
      • This extension is specifically designed to eliminate that hassle:

        "Don't you wish you could just copy the text itself, without having to copy it, paste it into notepad, then copy it again? This extension gives you an option to copy text without the formatting. You can even set it to trim extra space in and around the copied text!"
        • Does it maintain table layouts in plain text? It would be very convenient to have the option of copying data from an HTML table and pasting a properly formatted plain text data table.

      • I just paste into Windows' Notepad, Linux's Nano, etc. and recopy to paste. An extra step, but works well for me.

        If you're a Windows user, you may find PureText [stevemiller.net] useful. It accomplishes the same thing but in 1 step (Win+V) instead of several (Win+R,notepad,Ctrl+V,Ctrl+A,Ctrl+C,Alt+F4,N,Ctrl+ V). Since it's a Windows program instead of a browser add-in, it works from any program and it's lightweight enough that I'm comfortable leaving it running in the background. Configurable for those with compulsive key
    • adblock slows page opening down too much for me (with multiple tabs opening at once), i just use a hosts file.
      i use:

      [RECOMMENDED]
      [f + t + m] - conquery [mozdev.org] (context-menu searches) + mycroft plugins [mozdev.org]
      [f] - openbook [chuonthis.com]
      [f + m] - optimoz: tweaks [mozdev.org] (sidebar autopopout)
      [f] - translate [mozilla.org]

      [OPTIONAL]
      [f] - autohide [krickelkrackel.de] & tbx [mozdev.org] for better fullscreen
      [f + t + m] - chromedit [mozdev.org]
      [f] - copyurlplus [mozdev.org]
      [f] - customize google [customizegoogle.com]
      [f] - extended statusbar [mozilla.org]
      [f + m] - image zoom [yellowgorilla.net]
      [f] - keyconfig [dorando.at]
      [f + m] - launchy [gemal.dk]
      [f + t + m] - optimoz [mozdev.org]

  • Why are these not built in to the standard distribution? Firefox is unusable without them.

  • Wikalong (Score:3, Informative)

    by phUnBalanced ( 128965 ) on Wednesday November 09, 2005 @10:05PM (#13994601) Homepage
    I'm a bit biased as the author, but Wikalong [wikalong.org] is my personal favorite.

    • Re:Wikalong (Score:1, Redundant)

      by schon ( 31600 )
      Yeah, seems pretty cool...
    • I don't mean to criticize you or accuse you of doing this, but I have avoided Wikalong because it would make it trivially easy for you to compile an incredibly detailed browsing history of me. I'm not sure what you could do to alleviate that caution, but I thought I'd bring it up in case you had any other ideas as good as Wikalong :)

      Again, this is not a personal criticism - just a general one. As a Slashdotter, you understand the concept of "tin-foil hat", right?

      • Re:Wikalong (Score:3, Insightful)

        by phUnBalanced ( 128965 )
        Heh, of course.

        I've had people bring this up before. All I can say is, "Ok."

        There's little I can do to assure people that I just don't care about what they're looking at. My theory is, it could become useful enough that those fears are outweighed. Or so I hope.

        On an upside, and you can verify this yourself, it only relays said information when the extension is active, or in other words, when the Wikalong sidebar is open.

        When the Wikalong sidebar is not open, no data is transmitted. I mean, I know that's
    • Is Wikalong broken? For some reason, whenever anyone posts links in the sidebar, I can't follow them in the browser - clicking on them shows the content in the sidebar, and middle-click doesn't work, and there is no context menu.
      • Actually, yes, it was.

        I hadn't noticed this. I've just fixed it. Shouldn't be a need to reinstall.

        Thanks for pointing that out.

        There are some other bugs here and there, but from this point, it should be more usable.

        I'm hoping to release a new version before the end of the month.

  • cannot afford to miss these! (Score:4, Informative)

    by Gaurang ( 565357 ) <grkhetan@yahoo.cTEAom minus caffeine> on Wednesday November 09, 2005 @10:05PM (#13994602) Homepage Journal
    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.
    • I know this is offtopic, but maybe others could help out those of us on Safari 2 (Tiger 10.4.3). I want to use custom CSS for slashdot, but only slashdot. Is there a way to do this? Easily (ala context menu)? And where can i get additional css files to use with slashdot?

      Thanks.

  • my collection (Score:3, Informative)

    by croddy ( 659025 ) on Wednesday November 09, 2005 @10:05PM (#13994606)
    My favorites are:

    All-in-One Gestures
    Download Statusbar (best download manager yet!)
    Image Zoom
    Linkification (turns plain text URLs into links)
    Adblock
    Web Developer (Ctrl+Shift+T)
    Google Toolbar (with Gmail Notifier in place of the built-in Gmail button)

    I also have:

    Tabbrowser Preferences
    Favicon Picker
    BugMeNot
    User Agent Switcher
    hideBad
    Firesomething (always set to Mozilla Hypnotoad)
    Add N Edit Cookies (a good complement to the Web Developer ext.)

  • Print-It (Score:4, Interesting)

    by psykocrime ( 61037 ) <mindcrime&cpphacker,co,uk> on Wednesday November 09, 2005 @10:07PM (#13994612) Homepage Journal
    I use Print-It! [mozilla.org] to restore the Print command to the context menu. Of course it never should have been taken out in the first place, but that's an argument for another day.

  • Session Saver (Score:2, Interesting)

    by holy_robot ( 765525 )
    session saver

  • SessionSaver (Score:4, Interesting)

    by Guspaz ( 556486 ) on Wednesday November 09, 2005 @10:21PM (#13994698)
    I've got at least two dozen loaded, but SessionSaver is by far the most useful. Browser crashes (Because FireFox does crash with some regularity) are no longer a problem since I just open the browser again and all my stuff is back, even messages I was typing and cookies. I also now frequently simply close the browser window with lots of tabs open, and then re-open Firefox when I want to resume surfing. I save the memory (Firefox is pretty bloated memory-wise and has memory leaks, or one of my extensions do), and when I re-open the browser SessionSaver handles everything.

    Second favourite is MediaPlayerConnectivity. Third favourite is probably Google Suggest.
  • I could't live without FlashBlock, AdBlock (with auto piercieve updater), Mouse Gestures, NoScript, IEview, or BugMeNot. Also a fan of Forecast Fox, Gmail Notifier, User Agent Switcher, and Faster Fox. :D
  • Flashblock and NukeAnything Enhanced. Blcoks flashes from playing until you tell them to, and allows you to remove any objects from a page, just make it dissappear.

  • about:kitchensink (Score:3, Interesting)

    by Trepalium ( 109107 ) on Wednesday November 09, 2005 @10:26PM (#13994732)
    Spellbound [sourceforge.net] gives me a fighting chance of having decent spelling. The Web Developer Toolbar [mozilla.org] comes in handy when working with websites. When you're done adding all the extensions, don't forget the most important one, the kitchen sink [mozilla.org].

  • I'll match your gestures and raise you a menu (Score:5, Interesting)

    by Hast ( 24833 ) on Wednesday November 09, 2005 @10:45PM (#13994829)
    Radial menues are IMHO way better than mouse gestures. For Firefox you can try RadialContext [mozilla.org] or Easy geastures [mozdev.org]. 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.
    • I kinda agree. One of the reasons I don't like Opera and other Firefox mouse gesture extensions is that they preload tons of gestures that they think are useful, but I can only remember so much to use regularly. So the first thing I do (yes I have Opera and Firefox All-in-one gesture) is to go to preference and remove ALL of them (except 1 or 2) and redefine my own (about 5).

      (And a side note is, I actually like Mouse Gesture more than AIO Gesture, because the prior allows you to define custom javascript fun
  • NoScript [noscript.net] has to be on the top of my list (right after Adblock and Greasemonkey)...Disabling JS globaly and only allowing it where it is necessary keeps out almost all ads...pages load faster, and you don't have to worry about information leaks...

    Some others I use...BetterSearch [g-blog.net], LinkPreview [brownhost.com], Outfoxed [getoutfoxed.com], BugMeNot [roachfiend.com], del.icio.us [mozdev.org] and Farky [fark.com]...

    • Re:NoScript... (Score:3, Funny)

      by jZnat ( 793348 )
      NoScript is definitely one of the most useful extensions ever! Have a site that somehow gets pop-ups past you? Well, they work via javascript, so fuck 'em! New security vulnerability due to JS somehow? Fuck 'em again! Ads in general? Fuck 'em, they use JS! Badly coded tag soup websites that depend on JS? Fuck 'em and their incompetent web developers!

      Enabled Extensions: [14] (astericks denote highly recommended extensions)
      Adblock Plus 0.5.10.20051107 [sitesled.com]*
      All-in-One Gestures 0.17 [wanadoo.fr]*
      DOM Inspector 1.9a1 [mozilla.org]
      FoxyTu [foxytunes.org]
  • It is an EXCELLENT way to maintain a common bookmark list across multiple Firefox installations.

    I REALLY wish the same concept could be created for profiles. Every time I install FireFox, it's the same routine: Download extensions, configure everyting, tweak the interface, adjust settings...

    But It would be nice if some sort of remote synchronization to maintain profiles.

  • For Web Developers (Score:3, Informative)

    by jasonwea ( 598696 ) * on Wednesday November 09, 2005 @11:10PM (#13994964) Homepage

    My favourites:

    Makes developing websites and web applications that much easier.

  • and the most valuable script I've found so far is the Netflix Queue Manager. Sadly, the combo doesn't work right now, in FF RC1. I may downgrade for the duration.

  • how 'bout Mozex? (Score:3, Informative)

    by tldraben ( 66711 ) on Wednesday November 09, 2005 @11:21PM (#13995009)
    Lets you edit any textbox with your favorite editor. Also good for Wikis and submitting comments, feedback, or questions. Check it out:

    http://mozex.mozdev.org/ [mozdev.org]

    Other favorites have already been mentioned: all-in-one gestures, flash block, and Googlebar.

  • My Extensions window lists... (Score:5, Interesting)

    by darkwhite ( 139802 ) on Wednesday November 09, 2005 @11:27PM (#13995028)
    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.
  • Can't believe more people don't use this one.

    It saves your tabs state (and things you have typed into forms). Very useful for when your browser or computer crashes, you accidentally close a tab with important information, or even accidentally close a whole window.

    Also, you can restart the web browser for installing extensions (or to save memory when playing a game) and not worry about getting your state back.

    This extension is a must!!
  • http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/extensions / targetalert/targetalert-0.8.9.4-fx+mz.xpi [mozilla.org]

    Provides a visual cue for the destination of a hyperlink by appending a link with an icon that shows what type of file it leads to, or the effects it may have, such as opening a new window or leaving a secure site. Icons can be set to appear only when mousing over a link (default), or they may be added to links automatically when the page loads. TargetAlert makes it easier to locate links to important document types

  • Linky! (Score:2)

    by t482 ( 193197 )


    Linky is excellent and on occasion completely changes the way I browse.

    Other useful ones are:
    Linkification - turn text into link

    also
    Live HTTP Headers
    Web Developer
    User Agent Switcher
    Spellbound's ok
  • the web developer [mozilla.org] extension helps, and gives easy access to source code, window resizing, page information, as well as has many options for dealing with css, forms, images and javascript.

    It was the first extension I ever got, and the first one I always install.

    Oh, the flashblock extension is cool too. Altho either Flash 8 is broken in firefox, or that extension is messing it up. (I cant see flash things in FF anymore -.-)
  • besides many already mentioned, like adblock (with filterset.g updater), copy plain text, user agent switcher, etc..

    http://bookmarkshome.mozdev.org/ [mozdev.org]
    creates a nice start page with your bookmarks (and live bookmarks)

    https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php ?id=82 [mozilla.org]
    cookie culler (better cookie management)

    https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php ?id=253 [mozilla.org]
    magpie (media leecher)

    https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php ?id=827 [mozilla.org]
    dnsstuff.com toolbar (easy access to network tools)

    and not an e
  • hands down one of the handiest firefox extensions i have ever seen. so you know those mailto links? yea so with webmail compose when you click a mailto link it will go to the compose page of your web-based email, propogating all relevent fields (to, subject). i also use gmail notifier, which basically puts a tiny icon on firefox that stays logged into gmail and will notify you if you have any new mail. gmail notifier + webmail compose = web-based email fully integrated into firefox = master p unnngggghhhh
  • My favorites are:

    1. Greasemonkey
    2. Download Statusbar (which should be the default download manager, imo)
    3. Favicon Picker (though I can't find a decent 16x16 dilbert icon to save my life, and what's the point of using the generic one which the bookmarks bar never seems to keep? Gotta love just dropping the text, I can fit 50 icons across the front.)

    Extension Developer and DOM Inspector are also important. And Adblock/Flashblock are indispensable. Also loved Session Saver, until it broken in deerpark.

  • Live HTTP Headers (Score:2, Informative)

    by Evro ( 18923 )
    LiveHTTP Headers - see the HTTP headers as they come in

    Web Dev - Lets you do all sorts of stuff like disable CSS / JS / Forms / resubmit POST forms as GET & vice versa (iirc).

    The one that lets you not open PDFs in the browser

    Flashblock
    • Ablock Plus [sitesled.com] - Auto pull of filterset-g, whitelists, and "give the website credit by downloading but don't display"
    • Translate [ctomer.com] - Quick translation of any page by selection from the tools menu
    • Live HTTP Headers [mozdev.org]
    • EditCSS [mozdev.org]
    • Tab Mix [blogspot.com] - Most features you would expect from a tab extension, including session save and recovery
    • Web Developer [chrispederick.com]
    • Disable Targets for Downloads [cusser.net] - prevents blank windows/tabs from being opened when you try to download a binary file
  • Pornzilla. [squarefree.com]

    Really. I'd probably be using opera if it weren't for the pornzilla suite.
  • Extensions I use on both my desktop and portable Firefox:
    Tab Mix Plus (IMHO the best tab extension)
    Mouse Gestures
    BugMeNot [bugmenot.com] (For those "free subscription required" sites")
    Adblock Plus and updater (Never have to worry about an ad again in my life)
    Bookmarks Synchronizer (A necessity for portable apping)

    Other on my desktop:
    User Agent Switcher (I can be any OS running any browser)
    Inline Autocomplete
    Forcastfox
    Auto Copy
    FoxyTunes
    FirefoxView (for those progams that insist on opening IE)

  • Conquery [mozilla.org]

    I can query selected text using any online service I want to. It's great for dictionary, movie, abbreviation, transaltion, plus thousands of other lookups.
  • * Adblock Filterset.G Updater 0.2.6
    * Adblock Plus 0.5.10
    * Autofill 0.2
    * BBCode 0.4.1.2
    * CustomizeGoogle 0.34
    * Download Statusbar 0.9.3.1
    * downTHEMall! 0.9.4
    * fireFTP 0.88.3
    * Forecastfox 0.8.2.4
    * FoxyTunes 1.1.1
    * Grease
  • - Web Developer
    - BugMeNot
    - CustomizeGoogle
    - Plain Text Links
    - IEView
    - Download Statusbar

    As well as six or seven personalized Mycroft search engines.
  • Dictionary Tooltip is great [mozilla.org]. Double click on a word to get a popup with the definition.
  • I keep a list of useful extensions here [members.shaw.ca] of which I use the ones with a version number next to them; most of those have already been mentioned, but here are some of those that I find quite useful that I didn't see (either weren't mentioned so far or I skimmed over them, sorry ;)

    Slim Extension List [v2studio.com] (0.1) tidies the extension manager by reducing the display size of entries. (Good for people with too many extensions ;)
    Stop-or-Reload Button [v2studio.com] (0.1) make more room on your toolbar by combining the stop and reloa
  • I use foxy tunes, forecast, No Script, Flashgot, Adblock and many more. Its added advantage and all the more its one in all application. Firefox is fast becoming a all in one tool for an Internet browser(the person who uses it). Its my favorite since a year or odd. viva firefox!!!

  • No question - StumbleUpon (Score:3, Interesting)

    by themusicgod1 ( 241799 ) <.jeffrey.cliff. .at. .gmail.com.> on Thursday November 10, 2005 @03:32AM (#13995987) Homepage Journal
    StumbleUpon [stumbleupon.com] is the next iteration of the evolution of the WWW. It's both addicting as hell, and helps to create content. Don't just be a blogger; be a Stumbler! StumbleUpon:Generica blog::Computer:Television.
    • StumbleUpon might be a great way to increase FireFox mindshare. Lots of the sites I find with StumbleUpon are small sites that would be very hard to find accidentally and once they're rated in StumbleUpon, FireFox suddenly becomes the dominant browser in the server logs for that site since that site is shared with other StumbleUpon users. Once the site owner notices this, the becomes more important to the site owner to make sure FireFox works well with their site.

      Now, these small sites haven't historically
  • I love cookie culler [mozilla.org], as I can still allow all sites to use cookies, but only the ones I want are saved session to session.

  • Favorite _Mozilla_ extensions (Score:5, Interesting)

    by stuuf ( 587464 ) <[sac+sd] [at] [atomicradi.us]> on Thursday November 10, 2005 @03:56AM (#13996052) Homepage Journal
    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
  • first one is forecastfox - no need to explain
    second one is tab killer - i hate tabs and without this extension i sometimes open pages in new tabs
    third one is a bit modified tocyrillic - to type in russian without knowing russian keyboard layout

  • I also like... (Score:2, Informative)

    by arun_s ( 877518 )
    Session Saver: Saves sessions, snapback closed tabs, restore last session...
    MileWideBack: Go back/forward by right- or left-clicking anywhere on the entire left edge of the window.
    BookmarksHome: My homepage! Makes a neat page out of all your bookmarks.
    ScrapBook: Save web pages with a simple right click. Very useful, 'cos when you're browsing an rfc or something offline from ScrapBook, you have other tools like highlighting, adding text boxes etc.

  • My own list (Score:2, Informative)

    by zanglang ( 917799 )
    Personal favourites

    Firesomething - Titles like "Microsoft Evilhamster" simply rocks. ;)
    Mr Tech Local Install - Simply indispensible if you're an extension-junkie running nightlies.
    Tab Mix Plus
    Mouse Gestures
    Text Link - Opens unanchored URL links by just double-clicking. I can't remember when was the last time I had to press Ctrl-C.
    AutoCopy - Ditto.

    Others:
    # Adblock Filterset.G Updater 0.2.6
    # Adblock Plus 0.5.10
    # Bookmarks Synchronizer 1.0.2.1
    # BugMeNot 0.8
    # ChromEdit 0.1.1.1
    # ClamWin Antivirus Glue for Firefo

  • AutoCopy (Score:2, Interesting)

    by cwebb1977 ( 650175 )
    http://autocopy.mozdev.org/ [mozdev.org] AutoCopy, just mark the text and it's in your clipboard. Sound familiar?
    • Yeah, it sounds familiar. It's the worst feature of X11 and xterm. Copy something, select what you want to replace, and then pas... oops, selecting to replace something copies it into the clipboard. You just lost what you were copying. [rips out hair] No thanks. I'm not into abusing myself.

      yes, sixteen years of X has definitely made me bitter.

  • ...but Adblock along with the excellent Filterset.G Updater. Also NoScript and BugMeNot.

    Since I'm a web weenie, I also have View Formatted Source and Copy Plain Text.

    Add Bookmark Here is very useful too.

    One thing worthy of particular praise is NoScript's user interface - you can easily unblock items on a page temporarily or permanently, from the status bar of page itself. Now, why can't the cookie manager do this? I run with cookies blocked normally, but when I want to allow a site to use cookies, I have to
  • It can control with which app you want to download (or with none) at the time of downloading.

    Useful if you have a download accelerator with which some sites don't work, and you have to restart your browser every time you want to disable it.

    Very useful if you use a DL manager.

    Get it here: http://www.flashgot.net/ [flashgot.net]
  • Clusty toolbar [clusty.com] is developed by this search engine. It has two features I, as a non native English speaker, can't live without: on screen dictionary, and wikipedia search. Right click a work and select dictionary or wikipedia search. The definition is displayed as a tooltip. You don't have to loose your reading context just for discovering what a word means.

    Others I can't live without: Gmail notifier, Diggler (as in konqueror you can clean the address bar with one click), Launchy (integrate with your email

  • LiveHTTPHeaders has to be my favorite, unfortunately it hasn't yet been updated to work with FF 1.5 (betas or rc). Also installed are ForecastFox and IEView. Love them all!

  • Mouse Gestures and GreaseMonkey (Score:3, Informative)

    by Phreakiture ( 547094 ) on Thursday November 10, 2005 @10:22AM (#13997181) Homepage

    The subject says it all. There are a lot of extensions out there, but GreaseMonkey is effectively a meta-extension. Using it, I have Ad Blocker (clobbers flash ads), freetables (allows me to see table-formatted pages across the whole width of my 1600x1200 screen, not just the left-hand half), and Slashdot-Add Mirrors, which automagically adds links to Mirrordot, NYUD, and Google Cache for every link.

  • ColorZilla [iosart.com] is great for web developers. It's like a dropper tool you can use anywhere on the page. Has a ton of other features too, but I only use the dropper.
  • The Coral Cache extension [coralcdn.org], which allows you to open a link using the Coral Cache. It's great when sites get Slashdotted, Farked, etc.
  • Prefbar [mozdev.org] (configure settings in Web browsers), FilterSet.G [pierceive.com] for Adblock (and Plus) [more ad strings to block and always updated by the author -- can send in requests), and TinyURL Creator [mozmonkey.com] (duh, make tiny urls [tinyurl.com]. I use these in Mozilla suite, not Firefox.
  • My favorite extension is .ORG

    Followed by .COM

    Though .INFO is growing on me.

  • When figuring out the answer to this question I was surprised to realise that out of the various extensions I normally run, the one I'm most fond of is the most useless one; WellRounded. All it does is round the edges of the address and search boxes, but I just like the way it looks...

    The most recent one I've installed is the Goolge toolbar, because I was thinking to myself that I hated switching the search bar between wikipedia, google, and dictionary (because although this is easy enough to do I walways f
  • CustomizeGoogle - Make searching less of a chore
    Tabbrowser Preferences - So I can stop saying "I wish I could"
    Sage - A great RSS/Atom reader
    Calendar Help - For Moz Calendar
    EditCSS - Real time editing of CSS
    Image Zoom - Postage stamp killer.
    Mozilla Calendar - I'm supposed to WHAT WHEN!
    TextMarker - Highlighter for websites
    TinyUrl Creator - turn that 300 character URL into something easy
    Translate - Key Euro and Asian languages to/from English
    I must not fear! - Teaching from the Bene Gesserit
    BugMeNo
  • Adblock [mozilla.org] is great, but paired with the Filterset.G Updater [mozilla.org] it is even more powerful! Filterset.G is a continuously updated list of ad sites/keywords, between the two you can remove nearly all ads from pages.

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