Well, I finally got a Blog.

Here are the FireFox Extensions I like/use:

Remeber you need to get the ones for your version (probably listed as:( 0.8+ - 1.0) or (>1.0) or somesuch)
If you've got install turned off, it'll pop a little bar at the top of the window, you can click the edit button, allow the site & re-click the install link....
Or right click & save as & install later, that way you have backups!

EASE OF USE:
TabBrowserExtensions - NOTE: FF developers do not recommend! all functions can be reproduced by other extensions... Still, it's my favorite, I've not really run into any of the reported bugs, and it is only one thing to hunt down & install:

Tabmix - TabBrowserExtensions too scary? try this one for most of the feature set. I have not tried, as I use TabBrowserExtensions:

Jumplink - strips surrounding code from redirect/captured links:

Checkboxer - allows mass manipulation of check boxes:

Menueditor - allows editing which items show up in the context menu:

Ext2abc - alphabetizes the extension list window:

AllowRightClick - disables java sites ability to disable your right clicks:

Stop/reload - combine those 2 button into one:

Bugmenot - registration filler:

Textlinks - turns plaintext urls into links!!! (no copy/paste, just click):

Paste&go - adds right click option for address bar to "paste&go" (saves having to press enter):

Scrapbook - Save Web page, Save snippet of Web page, Save linked Web page, Organize the collection in the same way as Bookmarks tree, Full text search and quick filtering search of the collection, Simple Editing of the collected Web pages:

Tripleselect - enable windows triple click paragraph select:


SECURITY:
Foxtrail - removes current page from history:

Permit cookies - allows cookies for the current site & session, when cookies are disabled:

Cookieculler - keep cookies you want while deleting the rest:

Spoofstick - shows the real domain of spoofed sites:


BOOKMARKS:
Flat bookmarks - edit bookmarks directly in BM manager instead of going to links properties:

Bookmarkshome - sets your bookmarks as your home page (I think it's neat, but even a local file slows new tabs/windows loading):

OpenBook - expands tree in add bookmarks dialog:

Bookmark links checker - check validity of bookmarks:


GMAIL:
Gmail notifier - checks gmail for new mail & one click login:

Gmail compose - opens mailto links in gmail!!
updated: GMail/Yahoo/Hotmail/Netscape/OperaMail/Mail.com/Horde/Squirrel
now called WebMailCompose


ENTERTAINING:
Forecast fox - weather.com for selected area displays in toolbar/statusbar:

Foxytunes - controls for your mp3 player that run in the firefox status bar:

Mapit - shows [your favorite map site] lookup of highlighted address:

Smileyextra - for using lots of smileys in forum posts...


GRAPHICS:
Imglikeopera - allows control of image loading - none/cached/all:

Image tool bar - the IE style buttons that show up on mouse over of images:

Imagezoomer - zooms images:

Measureit! - onscreen ruler:


DOWNLOADS:
Downloadthemall - advanced content downloader:

Disabletargets - keeps blank page from opening for d/l from sites:


ADVANCED\HACKING\PROGRAMMING:
Gcache - shows google cache of page, allows rightclick surf to cache on links:

Live http - displays http headers:

Refspoof - allows sending a different referer to websites(rtclk menubar to hide/unhide):

Mass install - reinstall helper - make text file(now!) w/ links (can be local{cd/usb?}to all ff extensions, save, when time to reinstall, install FF, then massinstall, restart FF, installs all listed extensions & restarts FF! hmmm you can select all the extensions stored locally & drag & drop onto the extensions window for same effect... still good for offsite backup, in case of catastrophic failure:

Switchproxy - change between proxies on the fly:

Tabsource - view source in a tab, instead of the view source window:

Showanchor - show anchor tags:


Conkeror - I don't actually use this one, but it's interesting, check the screen shot:


that's all for now...

posted by monkeyboy @ 7:10 AM