Tuesday, July 25, 2006

The Best Of The Best Firefox Extensions

I've been a Firefox user for over a year now and I'm really big on personalization. After reading so many "Must Have Firefox Extensions" lists, I realized i have just about every one of the extensions they put on their list only my list is much bigger. So I have decided to make a list of my own combining the best of the best Firefox extensions.

All-in-One Sidebar - Allows you to view your extensions, themes, downloads, and more in the sidebar.

BlogThis - Adds right-click access to Blogger's BlogThis popup.

BugMeNot - Bypasses registration for most popular websites.

Colorful Tabs - Colors every tab in a different color and makes them easy to distinguish.

del.icio.us Complete - del.icio.us is a social bookmark manager. It allows you to easily add sites you like to your personal collection of links, to categorize those sites with keywords, and to share your collection not only between your own browsers and machines, but also with others.

deskCut - Adds desktop shortcut creation to the context-menu. Also allows drag and drop.

Download Embedded - Downloads all or selected embedded objects on a webpage. Can be used for downloading movies, mp3s, flash, QuickTime, or other embedded files.

Download Statusbar - View and manage downloads from a tidy statusbar - without the download window getting in the way.

Firefox Extension Backup Extension (FEBE) - FEBE backs up your extensions, themes, and (optionally) your bookmarks, preferences, passwords, cookies and just about everything else Firefox offers. You can also use Compact Library Extension Organizer (CLEO) in addition to this extension to make one convenient .xpi file. (Thanks Shadoefax)

Firefox Showcase - Creates thumbnails in a tab allowing you to view, magnify, close, and select Multiple tabs.

Forecastfox Enhanced - The best weather extension out their for Firefox including forecast, current conditions and radar.

FoxyTunes - Puts a skinable music controller right in your browser. Supports WinAmp, iTunes, Yahoo Music Engine, Pandora, foobar2000, Windows Media Player, Xbox Media Center, Musicmatch, Quintessential, J. River, jetAudio, XMPlay, MediaMonkey, Media Player Classic, Sonique, wxMusik, Real Player, XMMS, Noatun, Juk, Amarok, Music Player Daemon, Rhythmbox and many other players.

Gmail Notifier - Puts a Gmail notification icon in the statusbar.

GooglePreview - Inserts preview images (thumbnails) of web sites and Amazon products into the Google and Yahoo search results pages.

Greasemonkey - Allows you to customize the way a webpage displays using small bits of JavaScript. Hundreds of scripts, for a wide variety of popular sites, are already available at http://userscripts.org.

IE Tab - Embedding Internet Explorer in tabs of Mozilla/Firefox.

Image Zoom - Easily zoom in, zoom out, fit image to screen or set custom zoom on individual images within a web page.

MR Tech Disable XPI Install Delay - Disables default delay when installing extensions.

Nuke Anything Enhanced - Allow hiding of almost anything -for example before printing - via context menu "Remove Object". The effect of this extension are temporary, you can use "Remove It Permanently" if you want your removed objects to be remembered.

PDF Download - Allows to choose if you want to view a PDF file inside the browser (as PDF or HTML), if you want to view it outside Firefox with your default or custom PDF reader, or if you want to download it.

RiteOfTongue - Right-click on a typed word inside a web form to check if the word is spelt correctly and get alternate suggestions if it is wrong. Then select the word from the popup menu to change it. The words are obtained in real-time over the Internet using the dictionary service from Dict.org.

Screen grab! - You can save the entire page as an image (it scrolls around the page taking shots and stitches it together), just the visible portion, or the browser window.

Search Engine Ordering - Rearrange and delete the search engines in Firefox's search bar.

SearchWith - SearchWith extension allows you to search selected text with various search services. It adds a "Search With" sub menu on the context menu (right-click menu) with a configurable list of search services that can be used to search the highlighted text. It also adds the custom search engines you've added to your search bar..

SessionSaver - SessionSaver restores your browser -exactly- as you left it, every startup, every time. Not even a crash will phase it. Windows, tabs, even things you were typing -- they're all saved. Use the menu to add + remove sessions; right, shift, or middle-clicking will delete. "Simple mode" for peace of mind, or "Expert mode" for advanced flexibility.

superT - Main Features: Tab Clicking Options, Tab Bar Options, Undo Close Tab, Duplicate Tab, Tab Picker, New Tab Button, Tab Overflow Menus, Multi-Row Tab Bar, and more!

Tabbrowser Preferences - Enables enhanced control for some aspects of tabbed browsing.