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Share your favourite Firefox extensions
JurassicMark
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What Firefox extensions do you find most useful and would recommend? Here are some of mine:
Gmail Notifier
Get a pop-up with sound whenever you get a new email.
Click on the icon to get a large pop-up window, where you can read those emails then mark as read, delete, archive, etc.
Handy Dictionary
Double click on any word on a web page and get pop-up box displaying the meaning of that word.
Adblock Plus
Blocks banners, pop-ups and video ads.
Easy Copy
Copy certain web site detail into the clipboard, ready for pasting elsewhere.
Used this to create links on this post, without having to use the 'Insert link' button.
Rain Alarm
Get a pop-up alert whenever there is a risk of rain where you live.
Click on the icon to get a pop-up window showing a sequence of rainfall satellite imagery.
Scroll To Top
Quickly scroll to the top (or bottom) of a web page by clicking on an arrow.
Have several others, but will leave it there for now.
What about you? Also, let me know if you think you have better alternatives to the ones I've listed.
Gmail Notifier
Get a pop-up with sound whenever you get a new email.
Click on the icon to get a large pop-up window, where you can read those emails then mark as read, delete, archive, etc.
Handy Dictionary
Double click on any word on a web page and get pop-up box displaying the meaning of that word.
Adblock Plus
Blocks banners, pop-ups and video ads.
Easy Copy
Copy certain web site detail into the clipboard, ready for pasting elsewhere.
Used this to create links on this post, without having to use the 'Insert link' button.
Rain Alarm
Get a pop-up alert whenever there is a risk of rain where you live.
Click on the icon to get a pop-up window showing a sequence of rainfall satellite imagery.
Scroll To Top
Quickly scroll to the top (or bottom) of a web page by clicking on an arrow.
Have several others, but will leave it there for now.
What about you? Also, let me know if you think you have better alternatives to the ones I've listed.
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https everywhere
FireFTP
Stylish
forecastfox
The addon bar (restored)
VLC Youtube shortcut
Xmarks
Classic Theme Restorer
ColorfulTabs
Download Helper
Evernote Web Clipper
Foxclocks
New Tab Homepage
PersonasPlus
Stealthy
Stylish
YouTube 2 MP3
DownloadHelper
Facebook Disconnect
Flashblock
NextPlease
NoSquint
OneTab
Tab Mix Plus
Yet Another Smooth Scrolling
Blur (formally Do Not Track) not liking the new version though so might switch to Ghostery
Element Hider for Adblock+
Internet Download Manager extension
LastPass
NoScript
WOT
Adblock Plus
Add-ons Manager Dialog Returns
Autofill Forms
checkCompatibility
Classic Theme Restorer
Download Status Bar
FindBar Tweak
Firebug
FireGestures
GMarks
Hide BookmarksBar
iReader
LastPass
Mozilla Labs: Prospector - Speak Words
Multiple Tab Handler
Paste and Go 2 0.3.4.3
Send Link in context menu
Tab Mix Plus
X-notifier
Ghostery
Lastpass
Click and Clean
Evernote clipper
Pocket
Clearly
CoolPreviews
Fire IE
Google auto next page
MouseZoom
SpeedDial (FVD)
Plenty more, but, that's enough for now.
Omnibar
Masking Agent
Click & Clean
Bookmarks Menu
Stealthy
Anonymox
Ghostery
Facebook Disconnect
Used to have one for video downloading but I can't remember the name for it at the moment
So Many.
I bet your PC or whatever goes @ a crawl.
I Have just 2
Adblock Plus & Media Hint.
Firebug - developer tools (e.g. examine DOM, show network activity etc.)
DownloadHelper - download media from pages where download is not offered
FireFTP - FTP client in a webpage
Zoom Menu - indicates zoom status
Theme Font & Size Changer - make GUI text larger/smaller
Ghostery
Cookie Whitelist
VideodownloadHelper
Session Manager
Undo Closed Tab
Minimum Tab Width
etc
I don't have any problems at all. I know others have problems with extensions but I don't. Of course, occasionally I have problems with a particular extension but not to the extent of crippling my browser or PC.
The ones I mention add value for me, that's why I use them.
Autofill forms
Hide Bookmarks bar.
Why do you need these extensions?
When both are available in Firefox settings
Download Status Bar. Does this do something extra not already in Firefox settings?
Just asking
Well, strictly-speaking you don't need any extensions do you? they're all conveniences.
Autofill forms is a one-click form filler. It's not the same as auto-complete. Probably least used of the ones I list though.
Hide Bookmarks bar provides a keyboard toggle that I prefer to the mouse. Most of the time I don't display the bookmarks bar. But occasionally want to invoke save to Instapaper, which has a button on the bookmarks bar.
Download status bar is just nicer than the default but each to their own.
Flashblock seems to be having problems with some sites again so I've had to switch to FlashControl for the time being.