My Top 5 Favorite Firefox Extensions!
I know, I know. You are hit with one of these every once in a while. You may be tired of them, but are you really that surprised that I am making a list? Of course not.
- Tab Mix Plus - This is one of those Must-Have extensions that I don’t know if I could live without. TMP is the reason I use Firefox instead of Camino on my G3 iBook. Sure, it takes longer for Firefox to load, but you don’t get the inkling of the joy of fully customized tabbed browsing. If you don’t have this, check it out. It’s totally worth it.
- Fire FTP - This extension provides an FTP client within the Firefox browser window. This comes in very handy when you manage a webpage and you have to upload stuff and you don’t need very many bells or whistles. Ultimate utility.
- Growl Notifications - Ok, this is a Mac only extension that integrates notifications into your UI. It pretty much notifies you in a way that you choose (small balloon in a corner, block of yellow with text on it, the whole screen flashes, or a note pops up telling you that your download has completed) that certain things have been accomplished. This is really handy in conjunction with Fire FTP because it tells you when your upload is complete.
- DownThemAll - This is a great add-on that lets you download embedded videos from sites like You Tube and Google Video. It does a whole lot more than that, but that’s what I use it for.
- Forecast Fox - This plugin gives you your current weather, a three day forecast and the ability to see Doppler Radar and/or cloud cover for whatever area you choose. I used this extension all the time with Windows but now I use Mac and it has the Dashboard with a weather widget. It comes in pretty handy.
Ok, your turn to let me in on your secret add-on passion. *Note - I said add-on, not strap-on! Leave a comment and let me know what Firefox Extention you can’t live without.
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11 Users Responded In This Post
i love being able to use firefox’s http://FTP… its so ez and fast and efficient, especially since i manage a few websites.
I’m surprised to not see adblock plus in there. >:-)
Thanks for the info I didnt know firefox had a ftp extension just installed it and going to check it out!
Hehe! Good work!
DownThemAll sounds interesting, I’ll check it out. I love Foxmarks–it synchronizes my bookmarks so no matter which computer I log onto, all of my Firefox links are available.
Thanks! I am downloading Foxmarks and DownThemAll as we speak. I don’t have my Fire Fox pimped up enough!
Damn, I was gonna do my top 5 strap-on list until I read all the way to the end
The only plugin I use thus far is for StumbleUpon but I’m gonna check that ftp one out - could be quite a timesaver.
NoScript extension is one of the reason i use firefox
Very nice site, i love it!
I actually tried to download Tab Mix Plus but it’s not available for Firefox 3.0.1 yet. And I didn’t want to try a dev build… but I really wanted try it given the glowing review.
Firefox is a revolution browser for me, i love it very much, i’m a web developer, and Firefox really really helpful
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