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15 Browser Add Ons. No One Knows Them All!

nethackz.com — There are lots many add-ons for FireFox and you can fall in love with most of them, however these are such extensions, which take the simple & cool browser to a whole new level and shouldn’t be missed by anyone.

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  • ElBeh, on 06/16/2008, -7/+230Yawn, most of these addons are extremely well-known. Why doesn't anyone have a list with addons that are useful but not too used? :(

    Here are a few I know of:
    Better GCal: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/529 ...
    DejaClick: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/326 ...
    Dragdrobupload: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/219 ...
    ErrorZilla Plus: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/539 ...
    Fireshot: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/564 ...
    GooglePedia: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/251 ... (You will thank me for this one)
    Menu Editor: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/710
    Multiple Tab-Handler: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/483 ...
    Open Image in New Tab: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/224 ...
    Personas For FireFox: http://labs.mozilla.com/2007/12/personas-for-firef ... (Really cool)
    Searchload options: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/354 ...
    Smart Stop/Reload: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/740 ...
    Youtube Comment Snob: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/711 ... (This makes the Youtube comments much more bearable)
    • ElBeh, on 06/16/2008, -5/+40Oh, and yes, these are all compatible with FireFox 3.
      • robbiemuffin, on 06/17/2008, -3/+3no not yet. (errorzilla, smart stop/reload...)
        • ElBeh, on 06/17/2008, -2/+4Just use Nightly Tester Tools and they'll work fine.
    • Awspire, on 06/16/2008, -19/+3Googlepedia sucks. Your much better off installing the Greasemonkey addon then installing the "Lookitup2" userscript, which offers far more functionality and convenience for research, plus its easily customizable.

      One of the things I don't like about Googlepedia, is how the addon completely eliminates all of Google's ads. Scripters need to realize and take into consideration that free services such as Google, deliver their service free of charge because they generate revenue from their ads. You start making it convenient to block these ads with scripts, and other add-ons like Ad-Block, then guess what, those services will be free no longer.

      Then all the ***** idiots who boasted about blocking ads will be crying like a lil bitch that they now have to pay for what was once free.

      • Cenobite, on 06/16/2008, -2/+12While you make a valid point, I think you're getting dugg down because you're so angry about it. Life's too short to be so filled with angsty teen rage. Why don't you come back after you've turned down the rap music, picked some flowers and hugged a baby?
        • starsarebent, on 06/16/2008, -0/+7No. There are millions upon *millions* of Google users. A few hundred thousand using FireFox. Not even *half* of those are using Googlepedia. To suggest that an add on will destroy Google as we know it is retarded.

          Google would fail miserably the day you have to pay for it.
      • Murdats, on 06/17/2008, -1/+9your right, this whole using adblock since the mainstream usage of the internet has really destroyed it completley

        oh wait, the internet has been fairing as well as ever despite the fact ad blockers have existed as long as ads have.

        next you will be telling is PVR's will destroy tv because they let people skip ads.
      • kaiken1987, on 06/17/2008, -0/+3So are you telling me that the people who change the channel when commercials come on are destroying television?
      • xaeon, on 06/17/2008, -0/+2This is a completely bum argument, and I'll tell you why. I've been using the internet for what must be about ten years now. In that time, I haven't clicked on a single advert... ever. I've never clicked on an advert and I never ever plan on clicking on one. If I want something, I'll go looking for it; rather than having it "sold" to me.

        All AdBlock does is mean that I never have to look at these ads again, taking up valuable screen real estate and bugging the crap out of me. If this add-on blocks the ads on google, well, that's just another tick in the plus column for me I'm afraid.
      • viggooo, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1Also look at who develops Googlepedia. http://code.google.com/p/googlepedia/
    • Simonft, on 06/16/2008, -1/+19Great list, post it online, submit to digg, and i will digg.
    • ctenn2ls, on 06/16/2008, -2/+8Much better list than the submitted article. Fission's pretty tight too when multiple add-ons start taking up space.
      • ElBeh, on 06/17/2008, -1/+5Oh yeah, totally forgot about that one. Fission is really cool and useful.
    • diggB, on 06/16/2008, -2/+6Just installed GooglePedia. Way cool. Thank you ElBeh!
    • ShoggothDreams, on 06/16/2008, -1/+12Menu Editor 1.2.6
      OMG Yes!! Finally, THIS is bar none the most needed Extension I have seem posted. I searched and searched for something to do this, and remove that ridiculous Send Image/Send Link choice in the menu. I am so tired of missing the actual Save choice and accidentally opening my e-mail app.
      Thanks so much! Your comment was, for ME, far more useful than the actual posting.
    • macfan93, on 06/17/2008, -1/+6For the youtube comment one, it hides every single comment. Us diggers are much more sophisticated.
    • slythfox, on 06/17/2008, -1/+2Searchload is perhaps THE most useful firefox extension. I'm still trying to get over how annoyed I am that the Searchload functionality isn't part of firefox by default.
    • mynameistux, on 06/17/2008, -8/+1where is down them all?
      • ElBeh, on 06/17/2008, -0/+5I didn't include DTA! because it's common. This is a list of great, lesser-known extensions.
    • acidmutant, on 06/17/2008, -2/+4personas for firefox is really cool....
    • Farik, on 06/17/2008, -1/+8I just installed 7 of those, thanks for the great list.
    • libertao, on 06/17/2008, -0/+2Better Gcal works great in tandem with the Gmail Addons greasemonkey script!
    • HueytheFreeman, on 06/17/2008, -0/+5Replace Fireshot with Screengrab, because it does the same thing except Screengrab isn't trying to cram its "premium" version down your throat each time you click the menu, and is open-source (which Fireshot does not claim to be). Also Screengrab is lighter (doesn't come with Fireshot's MsPaint clone).

      I'd also like to add that for the smart stop/reload this can be done through chrome (you'll need to place the stop button before the reload button to make it work however) in Application Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/[profile name]/chrome/userChrome.css

      #stop-button[disabled] {
      display: none;
      }
      #stop-button:not([disabled]) + #reload-button {
      display: none;
      }
    • tmahmood, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1Thanks! ^_^
    • Techeon, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1Googlepedia is by far my new favorite extension (add-on). Thanks!
    • viggooo, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1Thanks. Great list.
    • danman890, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1Personas is exactly what I needed on my mac, since not many themes look that great on osx. Instead of a major overhaul, it just spruces up firelight (the default for firefox 3).
    • theRIAA, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1InFormEnter?
  • aflaks, on 06/16/2008, -22/+13considering that none are compatible with firefox 3 yet, i'd say this article fails
    • IDIGTHEDIGG, on 06/16/2008, -7/+8I say you fail
    • Psythik, on 06/17/2008, -1/+1about:config > New > Boolean > Extensions.checkCompatibility > false.
    • NinjaJoey, on 06/17/2008, -0/+2^ Doesn't work on all.
  • smellytim, on 06/16/2008, -6/+66can anyone decipher that description?
    • dmacmattack, on 06/16/2008, -0/+26I'm still trying to decipher the title.
      • smrekar, on 06/16/2008, -1/+315 cool add-ons. These are ones that have never been featured in an article together.
      • iolo2007, on 06/16/2008, -1/+38It's something to do with pokemon I think
        • cakerun, on 06/17/2008, -0/+4Now I have an urge to collect ALL THE ADD-ONS.

          I have always wanted a browser even more useless than IE.
        • l1wulf, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1Hahah! I read the description and I thought something very similar. Too funny.
    • smrekar, on 06/16/2008, -0/+9Check out these neat plug-ins/add-ons.

      Reminds me of a home star runner where strong bad rails on the email writer. "How did you seen out when you was a baby? How were you supposed to seen out when you was werry old? Length times width."
    • Meganova, on 06/17/2008, -1/+2http://digg.com/software/Firefox_3_Now_Available I think its out now
  • Taiyaki, on 06/16/2008, -10/+18What the hell is that crappy picture‽
    • DreKor, on 06/16/2008, -1/+12it is boobies
    • celer1ty, on 06/16/2008, -0/+20Firefox, making your porn browsing customizable, safer, and faster.
      • Simonft, on 06/16/2008, -0/+5I dunno, the awesome bar does not help.
    • Iwantawii, on 06/16/2008, -0/+14Dugg for using the greatest and most highly streamlined punctuation mark in the english language. It's a tragedy that our children are not encouraged to use or sometimes not even taught about the interrobang.
      • smrekar, on 06/16/2008, -0/+8same.
        ‽ - I love this thing.
      • savantidiot, on 06/17/2008, -0/+5Had to run to wikipedia for this one.

        "The interrobang is not a standard punctuation mark. Few modern typefaces or fonts include a glyph for the interrobang character. It is at Unicode code point U+203D. It can be used in HTML documents with ‽ or ‽, although the second form has poor support in common web browsers. The Interrobang can be used in some word processors with the alt code ALT+8253 when working in a font that supports the interrobang, or using an operating system that performs font substitution."
  • E3L1, on 06/16/2008, -9/+4finally someone recommends TabMixPlus and FEBE (requirements IMO) - no mention of Mouse Gestures though :/
  • mike1mb, on 06/16/2008, -4/+2Shame that last one Febe isn't FF3 compatible, Too many computers, soo little time.
  • dtd00d, on 06/16/2008, -10/+89How can they leave out PicLens?? Piclens is the flashiest reason to get Firefox.
    http://www.piclens.com/
    • smoothmann, on 06/17/2008, -0/+9Dude thats badass. I didnt know about that....thanks!
    • Xplodzion, on 06/17/2008, -0/+5Wow it's like I've been living under a rock, I just installed Piclens and I am stunned, it's like I'm using a browser from the future.
    • darkshadowfor, on 06/17/2008, -0/+2It used to be, but Piclens now also supports IE and Safari. It is quite awesome--although I wish it prefetched pics and/or had a preferences page. That's probably on the way though, as their dev team seems to rock.
    • SuperWinner, on 06/17/2008, -2/+2I dunno about piclens, it feels lot less like an addon and a lot more like a standalone app, it doesn't really seem to run in the browser.. but maybe its just me.
    • jamesmcginnis, on 06/17/2008, -1/+3Fantastic addon I can't believe I missed that one - thanks!
    • DrSnugglebunny, on 06/17/2008, -2/+2hummina hummina, me likey!
    • godofgodlygods, on 06/17/2008, -1/+1I just got invited to the beta team for PicLens. I'm trying to convince them to make a MediaCenter Software! And of course to make PicLens Linux friendly...
  • ritubpant, on 06/16/2008, -5/+8The article and comments here are giving me a lot more to add on Firefox ;-)
  • starsarebent, on 06/16/2008, -6/+1I hope to God they update FireNES for FF3
  • ELLIS1128, on 06/16/2008, -10/+4I am ready to fall back in love with firefox after so many crashes and bugs.
  • s0ritong, on 06/16/2008, -9/+2Anyone know if these would work in Flock?
  • Zenls, on 06/16/2008, -8/+2Too bad their isnt one for, keeping sites away from the digg effect. Damn!
    • twiztidsinz, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1Too bad there isn't one that prevents epic use of the comma and corrections for their/there, your/you're and other such mistakes.
  • 4321234, on 06/17/2008, -3/+9All-in-One Gestures
    CookieCuller
    CustomizeGoogle
    DownThemAll!
    Nightly Tester Tools
    NoScript
    Remove It Permanently
  • robthom, on 06/17/2008, -37/+2IE7pro > firefox
    • Lukesed, on 06/17/2008, -0/+7Hah, the other day I was trying to read some official windows support forum, I swear microsoft sabotaged the page to keep it form rendering properly in firefox. It wasn't just the weird overlaps and stuff badly coded pages often give you, posts were actually out of order in the thread unless you opened it in IE.
    • richbradshaw, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1haha! My sarcasm detector is confused though.
    • Plonq, on 06/17/2008, -0/+0IE7pro < Firefox by a long shot, but I will admit that it makes the IE experience a bit less sucky when you have no choice but to use IE at your workplace.
  • trogdoor, on 06/17/2008, -10/+5"FEBE: Installing and uninstalling of extensions can sometimes break the FireFox and this add-on helps you in recovering the whole profile as this helps you in creating the back of the FireFox’s profile and thus can save your lot of time."

    I understand that the maker of the extension probably doesn't speak English as his first language but you could have translated for us instead of just copying and pasting.
  • bowe, on 06/17/2008, -10/+4Since site seems to be down, I'll share my extensions. I've got (all 3.0)
    del.icio.us for firefox (just came out for FF3)
    Greasemonkey
    Stylish
    Customize Google
    DownThemAll
    AdBlock Plus(Obviously)
    Easy DragToGo
    Firefox Showcase
    Google Notebook
    Hide MenuBar (for that Vista look)
    LinkAlert(know when you're hitting pdfs, and other weird stuff)
    Stumbleupon (don't use it much anymore...)
    TableTools (really awesome for selecting and copying tables)
    Web Developer
    • zwaldowski, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1If you're wanting the Vista look, search for the Glasser extension on Mozilla Addons. You'll love it.
    • tmart, on 06/17/2008, -0/+2Firebug is also another nice tool.
  • merrickx, on 06/17/2008, -8/+1Who is my system administrator?
    • lineman60, on 06/17/2008, -0/+2Me, The BOFH quit goofing off and get back to work or I'll rm -rf your home directory!
  • digitalmischief, on 06/17/2008, -9/+7buried. these have been posted before, are very common and actually, not all that great. Also, the page the story is on takes way too long to load.
  • Batiu-Drami, on 06/17/2008, -11/+16My suggestion (I tried submitting this but I'm not connected, so they go nowhere):
    Vista + Glasser + Hide Menubar + Phoenity Aura (or your theme of choice) = SO PRETTY

    Screenshot: http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/8907/soprettyrb ...
    Glasser: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/733
    Hide Menubar: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/476
    Phoenity Aura: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/627
    Edit: If you like it, feel free to digg it? :) http://digg.com/software/Glasser_Make_your_Firefox
    • bowe, on 06/17/2008, -1/+1Cool. I like having glasser on vista, it really makes firefox look like a native application. Already had the hide menubar extension. Try locationbar2 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/401 ...
      if you like the bread crumbs style navigation of explorer in vista.
    • jcannonb, on 06/17/2008, -6/+3Bravo on actually using Vista...
      • Batiu-Drami, on 06/17/2008, -2/+6Pfft. Ignore the haters, Vista is actually pretty good. Not a huge step up, but a definite step up from XP.
    • IndigoMoss, on 06/17/2008, -1/+1Wow dude, thank you so much. I've been looking for an add-on with this ever since I installed Vista. I always felt that Firefox looked a little out of place without the transparency support, especially with this new Vista skin for Firefox 3.
    • Kalior, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1not bad looking, how much does it actually slow the browser down?
      • Batiu-Drami, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1I haven't noticed any slowdown, but it does eat up a bit more RAM than usual (about 15MB, but hard to tell). Nothing major though.
    • danman890, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1Your submission is missing... ? :(
    • ry4nsm1th, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1So what you are saying is, make it look nearly identical to IE?
    • reformation, on 06/19/2008, -0/+0That looks really terrible - so messy.
  • Lazer32, on 06/17/2008, -14/+9I saw this story and all I could do was laugh!

    *Bad Grammer
    *Crappy Picture
    *And all of the comment makings of people desperate to ride this story to the front page

    Its Digg GOLD!
  • solidcube, on 06/17/2008, -1/+3515 AMAZING lists of blogs each containing 7 MUST-HAVE lists of productivity blogs each containing 10 LISTS of the best expensive pens to go with your overpriced Moleskine!
  • Lane5slacker, on 06/17/2008, -3/+10I knew 14 of those addons and I don't even use Firefox. (Before you castrate me, no I don't use IE)
  • nibkey, on 06/17/2008, -2/+8Zotero https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/350 ... is a total godsend when doing references for academic projects - saved me hours and hours and it's so easy to use (as well as free!). My most used plugin evar (after Flashgot I guess)
    • btraxx, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1might have to use this next semester
    • shdwfthsun, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1Thank you! This is going to help so much in the future.
  • y0urcl0ne, on 06/17/2008, -5/+6Mouse Gestures is the best addon ever.
  • Civilizationist, on 06/17/2008, -3/+4My most favorite extensions of all time:

    Swift Tabs!
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/380

    I set it up so I hit right arrow (or right scroll wheel) to go to the next tab, left to back, and the delete key to close the tab.
    It works with FFX 3, you have to disable compatibility checks though.
  • danomagnum, on 06/17/2008, -5/+4Adblock Plus
    Add to Search bar
    Digg Firefox Extension
    Extended Statusbar
    Firesomething
    Flashgot
    FoxyProxy
    IE Tab
    Tab Scope
    Rickroll Blocker
  • Briii, on 06/17/2008, -6/+3the digg effect lives!
    • Freezingmoose, on 06/17/2008, -0/+2...And lets nothing else live.
  • scottelsdon, on 06/17/2008, -7/+3Here's my list, although I will be updating it soon for the FF3 release and compatibles

    http://www.elsdon.net/wordpress/?page_id=226
  • chesss, on 06/17/2008, -11/+4Dosen't matter how many 'cool' extensions there are. Fact is u can only install and use so many extensions. Try installing even 5 of the above mentioned extensions and u'll start regreting it.
    Not to forget compatibility problems woth ff3
    Firefox -great for occasional use, to make use of that 'cool' extension
    OPERA - simply fabulous for regular use. and now with 9.5 the gap between the browsers has only widened.

    wake up ppl Opera a is a faaaar better browser, if you don't plan to install like 30 extensions to ur ff setup. assuming ifcourse u r dumb enough to try it
    • rob263, on 06/17/2008, -2/+9Maybe you're having so much trouble with Firefox extensions because *you're* the one who's retarded. I've never heard of anyone else having problems with FF extensions, and even in FF3, everything works great.

      You must be a Mac user. It's a wonder you can even figure out how to turn your computer on.
      • chesss, on 06/17/2008, -3/+2Are you new to the internets. Ever heard of extensions incompatible with future versions of firefox??
        • zwaldowski, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1Yes. Even on the intarwebs, humans are still an integral part. Gasp!
      • p3ngwin, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1as of right now i am using the following "minefield" nightly trunk build (you know what that is right CHESS?) and extensions perfectly fine.

        Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.1a1pre) Gecko/2008061613 Minefield/3.1a1pre - Build ID: 2008061613

        Adblock Plus 0.7.5.4
        ColorfulTabs 3.0
        Cooliris Previews 2.6.4
        Dict 0.6.73
        Download Statusbar 0.9.6.1
        Fasterfox 2.0.0
        FishEyeTabs 0.14.4
        Glasser 1.0.16
        Menu Editor 1.2.6
        MR Tech Local Install 5.3.2.6
        Nightly Tester Tools 2.0.2
        OpenDownload 1.0.0
        PicLens 1.7.0.3458
        Reliby 1.2.0
        Resizable Form Fields 0.2.4
        Shareaholic 1.4
        SmoothWheel 0.44.14.20080509
        Update Scanner 2.2.0
        Weave 0.1.30



        ........"Fact is u can only install and use so many extensions"........whatever you say CHESS.













      • twiztidsinz, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1Are YOU new to the internets? (When you ask a question, it's proper to end it with a question mark.) Ever heard of "Nightly Tester Tools"? (When you ask a question you only need to use a single question mark.)

        Why don't you go ahead and click the Close button, you're giving Opera users a bad name with your excessive fail.
    • Atomic1fire, on 06/17/2008, -1/+3How?
      Opera may have certain features but they end up replicated through a firefox extension anyway
      Opera requires you to create your own search plugins and while its not an issue Its nice to be able to set the most used (on mozilla addons) in one place and have opensearchfox for everything else.
      Firefox's biggest strength is customizabillity
      and while it may not have entertaining widgets it has a factor of customization Opera does without.
      • chesss, on 06/17/2008, -2/+6Like I said even if Opera's features can be replicated through extensions, that works only in theory. Practically speaking one would need 50 extensions to get near Opera's features. Installing such a large number of extensions wld just won't work.

        • twiztidsinz, on 06/17/2008, -1/+1Practically speaking one would need OVER 9000! updates for Opera to get the usability that Firefox has with Add-on's.
          And if you have issue running 'even 5' extensions then maybe you should update to something faster than 200mhz.
    • twiztidsinz, on 06/17/2008, -1/+2Maybe someone should switch to a browser that has a built-in spellcheck.
  • GregFD3S, on 06/17/2008, -5/+4IE Renderer FTW! This saves me so much time!

    Now if only somebody can come up a FireFox addon that automatically fixes IE rendering errors for you.
  • Kvasaari, on 06/17/2008, -8/+3Most of these addons are useless.
  • sagat, on 06/17/2008, -16/+6Most of what Firefox needs..............

    .............OPERA has! ......and faster.
    • ElBeh, on 06/17/2008, -2/+3No.
    • twiztidsinz, on 06/17/2008, -1/+3I sure do love Opera's Add-on's.
      Wait, whats that?
      Opera still doesn't support Add-on's?
      Oh.... Now I just feel silly.
  • antdude, on 06/17/2008, -1/+24http://duggmirror.com/software/15_Browser_Add_Ons_ ...
  • ineedaname, on 06/17/2008, -6/+3Buried because the description makes no sense...
    • Assezdefromage, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1I didn't bury it, but here's my favorite: "Installing and uninstalling of extensions can sometimes break the FireFox"
  • ConfusedCartman, on 06/17/2008, -2/+4Here's what I use, along with a brief description so you don't have to look every single one up.

    Adblock Filterset.G Updater
    -Automatically updates the filter Adblock Plus uses.

    Adblock Plus
    -Pretty obvious what this does.

    Autofill Forms
    -Fills out registration forms and the like automatically. It screws up sometimes, but overall it saves me a heap of time.

    Better Gmail 2
    -I like the changes to the interface this addon presents.

    Color Management
    -Forces firefox to adhere to your video card's custom color profile when rendering images. Results in richer colors.

    Distrust
    -Because porn leaves a trail.

    Download Statusbar
    -Better than the download manager, in my opinion.

    Firebug
    -Fun to mess around with when bored, and turns out to be pretty useful if I actually have to scour through source code.

    Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer
    -Syncs my bookmarks to a server to allow me to retrieve them from anywhere. Especially useful if Firefox ever crashes and loses that info.

    Gmail Manager
    -Constantly updated info on the status of my Gmail inbox.

    Nightly Tester Tools
    -I like to force-install incompatible addons.

    Personas for Firefox
    -Because the Viva Firefox theme is awesome.

    Piclens
    -Browse videos and images in a 3D environment.

    Searchbar Autosizer
    -Dynamically resizes the searchbar so it only takes up space when you need it.

    Youtube Comment Snob
    -Because most Youtubers haven't hit puberty.
    • DixonPro, on 06/17/2008, -2/+1How about a brief link so that I don't have to look every single one up?
      • ConfusedCartman, on 06/17/2008, -0/+5I'm sorry you don't know how to copy and paste, but it's pretty easy. Highlight the text you want, and hit ctrl-c. Then click into Google's search box, and hit ctrl-v. Saves me lots of time.
    • djclay, on 06/17/2008, -0/+4Dude, most of those are cool but your Adblock Plus subscription sucks.
      Read the several reasons from the makers of ABP here: http://adblockplus.org/en/faq_project#filterset.g
      I highly recommend EasyFilter+EasyElement which blocks almost every ad I've seen (or not?) and removes the whitespace left behind, and can be obtained here: http://adblockplus.org/en/subscriptions

      I hope this helps make ABP even better for you!
      • ConfusedCartman, on 06/17/2008, -0/+2Thank you for pointing this out, I honestly had no idea.
    • yohnstoppable, on 06/17/2008, -1/+1That personas plugin is ugly as *****
    • rkiga, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1-answers
      alt-click any word (or phrase) and a box will pop up with either the definition, or the wikipedia page. GREAT addon to quickly find out info on anything you're reading.

      -trashmail
      right click and it will create and paste a temporary e-mail account into a form. i set it to forward 2 e-mails and then expire. no more having to open a new tab, going to an email generator site, and copy+pasting.

      -mouse gestures redox
      brings to firefox the best thing imo about opera. right-click and drag left to go back a page, right-click and draw an "L" shape to close the tab, etc. it's as usefull to me as middle-clicking to open links in new tabs. much better than "FireGestures" imho (because you can set a timeout period)

      -anyone know an addon that lets you make a shortcut for the "next" button on image galleries / google search pages? opera has this built-in to the mouse gesture for "page forward" even before they have been visited. but the "nextplease" addon doesn't work with ff3 :(
  • jfg84, on 06/17/2008, -2/+1Wow, this is awesome. Do you have to go to the website to download the picture?
  • JNudda, on 06/17/2008, -0/+3A couple more useful ones

    Menu Editor
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/710

    Find Toolbar Tweaks
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/258 ...
  • prsurfer, on 06/17/2008, -8/+3Opera 9.5 - is the quickest and smartest browser ...

    www.opera.com
    • novemberdobby, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1I'm an Opera fan, but there's no need for mindless spamming of the link in a FIREFOX article.
  • ultradust, on 06/17/2008, -0/+14The comments here are better than the dugg article!

    Jomar from Asia.
    (DIRM-does it really matter?)
    Yup
  • SuperRoach, on 06/17/2008, -0/+4The first thing I thought when reading this title: Wouldn't the author know all 15 plugins?
  • mdman, on 06/17/2008, -7/+2So, you take a browser that is a memory hog, and load it up with who knows what.. and what do you get?

    A bloated POS...

    Why?...
  • neko, on 06/17/2008, -3/+1Bruce Schneier knows about all Firefox extensions, including ones which haven't been written yet.
  • LavaWarrior, on 06/17/2008, -0/+5Adblock should definately be first.
  • tylermenezes, on 06/17/2008, -2/+3I knew all of them.
  • stevehanler, on 06/17/2008, -2/+0Anyone else think this sentence was too long:
    "Those days are gone when a simple browser was more than enough for our daily tasks and as web has evolved, our demand from a web browser has also increased and in order to fetch maximum from a browser, developers create plug-ins and we are going to cover the best add-ons for the major browsers i.e. FireFox, Internet Explorer, Safari and Opera."
  • digitallysick, on 06/17/2008, -1/+3Adblock Plus
    Flashblock
    Download them all

    Thats about it for me, i do the about:config tweaks to
    • grndslm, on 06/18/2008, -0/+0That's the basics, for sure. Everybody should have those.

      I also like Foxmarks to keep bookmarks synced up, Image Zoom for zooming in on tiny images, & All-In-One Gestures for a number of features.

      As per recommendations above, I'm now trying dragdropupload & Menu Editor. Hopefully they won't be a waste of my time.
  • rollerboy, on 06/17/2008, -0/+2Wow the Webmail notifier is really useful. Firefox is great because it makes so many things easier to use. I feel like I'm taking back the web when I use firefox.
  • xtremdav45, on 06/17/2008, -0/+3Context Search is one of the best add ons for Firefox, and it is highly underrated.
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/240
  • saqibku, on 06/17/2008, -7/+1here is my collection http://dreamxtream.wordpress.com/
  • bensonjacob, on 06/17/2008, -1/+2any one go a mirror????
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