Streamlining the FireFox experience

[rpm]

FireFox:streamlining the experience

Add-ons are one of the appealing elements of the Firefox web browser – this list picks out some of the best

 

[CrzWaco]

What no adblock plus, Tap Mix Plus?
Two of the best addons in my eyes.

and flagfox its great been using it since it was I got firefox

 

[hawker]

IMO adblock should be the number 1 on any list like this.

 

[Zenbaas]

And autopager I loves it

 

[rogerwe]

Ask any web developer and they'll tell you FireBug an indispensable tool in their toolbox.
IE Tab and Secure Login are also pretty neat.

Otherwise, AdBlock Plus definately the #1 for everyday browsing.

 

[eltherza]

I'll say the main reason to stay with Firefox is adblock. Any cool browser can come out, but if it doesnt have adblock like feature - I wont use it.

 

[Bismuth]

I'll say the main reason to stay with Firefox is adblock. Any cool browser can come out, but if it doesnt have adblock like feature - I wont use it.

I see that people have got an AdBlock Plus-type thing working in Chrome, as far as I can tell you subscribe to the same lists. But it does require a bit of manual configuration. I couldn't be bothered doing this at the moment, as FF is my primary browser, and use Chrome when I want to test something out.

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[Mineer]

As a non FF user "my choice is chrome" One has to have to wonder how crap those add-on's are if the article list one useless function in the TOP 5 list

 

[davemc]

Those addons listed seem vaguely interesting, but, I simply could not be bothered to try to 3D my experience.

I love Flashblock.
And that addon that prevents Adobe Acrobat Reader from automatically embedding.

 

[TheMightyP]

I'll say the main reason to stay with Firefox is adblock. Any cool browser can come out, but if it doesnt have adblock like feature - I wont use it.

+1 - adblock ftw!


Two others:

- Firebug (essential developer's tool)
- Fast Dial (it looks great!)

 

[murraybiscuit]

xmarks all the way (adblock is obvious)
i can't stand delicious as i prefer to use folders than tags for information categorisation. xmarks also supports tags anyways. the only issue with xmarks is that it doesn't support opera, which is my mobile browser, so i can't get multiple device bookmark integration.

 

[SWB]

no mention of Web Developer add on for FF?

I've been using Fastest Fox for the past 2 weeks now and its great! What I like is that it automatically loads the next page while you scroll down to 2/3's of the current page you're on.

For example: You're browsing this thread which has rolled over to more that one page, while scrolling down reading the posts Fastest Fox will automatically load the next page so you just scroll down over where the first page ended.

 

[suPerb0b]

The nagios checker plugin for all admins is a must

 

[Globetrotter]

I find the following Firefox add-ons useful:

- Adblock Plus (no more ads for me!)
- Tab Mix Plus (complete control over tab functionality)
- Mouse Gestures Redox
- XMarks (way to go if you have more than one computer on the network)
- Easy DragToGo
- Video DownloadHelper (download videos from many youtube-like sites)
- Gmail Manager (mail notifier)
- Webmail Ad Blocker
- DragDropUpload (drag files to GMail composed messages)
- Download Statusbar
- FoxClocks
- Echofon (Twitter updates)
- Firebug (web development tools)
- Colorzilla (includes eyedropper, colorpicker etc.)

 

[SWB]

I find the following Firefox add-ons useful:

- Adblock Plus (no more ads for me!)
- Tab Mix Plus (complete control over tab functionality)
- Mouse Gestures Redox
- XMarks (way to go if you have more than one computer on the network)
- Easy DragToGo
- Video DownloadHelper (download videos from many youtube-like sites)
- Gmail Manager (mail notifier)
- Webmail Ad Blocker
- DragDropUpload (drag files to GMail composed messages)
- Download Statusbar
- FoxClocks
- Echofon (Twitter updates)
- Firebug (web development tools)
- Colorzilla (includes eyedropper, colorpicker etc.)

thats a very nice list

what I hate about video download helper is the annoying icon next to the home button
Other than that, its quite useful.

It only crossed my mind now, nobody using stumbleupon?

 

[suPerb0b]

It only crossed my mind now, nobody using stumbleupon?

My gf "stumbles" quite a lot. She says it helps her find inspiration with her designing (when she stumbles arty stuff)
Other than that I guess its good for finding random porn

 

[SWB]

My gf "stumbles" quite a lot. She says it helps her find inspiration with her designing (when she stumbles arty stuff)
Other than that I guess its good for finding random porn

haha, I used to stumble quite often but not any more, this is what happened to a good friend of mine from stumbling to much.