What are the "Must Have" extensions for Firefox

[~*Nat*~]

I'm quite fond of the extensions in

PRIVACY and SECURITY

Then there's

NoScript,
Adblock Plus,
Netcraft toolbar

And for fun:

Forecastfox (weather),
Gmail Skins,
and my good ol' trusty "Smiley Xtra" !!

[Capp]

I found a really cool extension call Leet Key. Ya'll should check it out.

[WSFuser]

i think ill update my original list:

Adblock Plus v0.7 + Filterset.G Updater (unless u have 3rd party tool)
BBCodeXtra
Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer
IE Tab
MR Tech Local Install
Tab Mix Plus

Some others I like but are not essential:

Greasemonkey
ImageBot
Menu Editor
Smiley Xtra
Stylish

Originally Posted by Capp

I found a really cool extension call Leet Key. Ya'll should check it out.

n0 n33d my fr13nd. 1 c4n 41r34dy typ3 l33tsp34k i could use more complicated dialects but then it gets harder to read.

[sosaiso]

Adblock + Filterset.G updater.
NoScript.
CookieSafe.
TabMix Plus.
Mouse Gestures.
Minimize to Tray.

These make browsing so much easier and cleaner that I even gave up Maxathon.

[A1SteakSauce]

Look below!

[WSFuser]

why does the image look condensed?

also i think i will check out url fixer. thx.

[solarpowered candle]

adblock plus
adblock filterset.G updater
NoScript
mcafee site adviser
Dr Web antivirus link checker

~snipped link TOS~ (plugin for firefox windows update)

for thunderbird
KnujOn 0.2 ( taken over from bluefrog )

[~*Nat*~]

Originally Posted by A1SteakSauce

Look below!

Heh! I didn't know that Weatherbug is available as a FF extension !

I wonder about it being Ad-infested like the free version you can dl ??

[WSFuser]

i cant find any comments regarding ads, perhaps its clean.

forecastfox is a good alternate if u dont want to try weatherbug.

[aigle]

I wan
s having about 15 extensions and many thesmes but I notuiced they make the launch of Firefox too slow, so I trimmed down aggressively, now having--

SpoofStick
SiteAdvisor
Robofrorm
All in one sidebar

with Noia extreme theme.

So these are my must haves.
Anyway I could do it as my main browser is Opera.
BTW, a bit OT but I will like to ask, is there any skin for opera just like Noia extreme( I like this ff skin too much).
Thanks.

[HelpFromFrance]

Originally Posted by ronjor

Spoofstick

Thanks to all that mentioned this extension!!! I feel better having it running. Never heard of it until this thread!! Thanks to one& all!

Have a nice day,
HelpFromFrance

[~*Nat*~]

Originally Posted by WSFuser

i cant find any comments regarding ads, perhaps its clean.

forecastfox is a good alternate if u dont want to try weatherbug.

I read a couple of comments about it. Doesn't seem as good as
forecastfox, which I use.

I was just curious about it.

[WSFuser]

well u know what they say: Curiousity killed the cat

[~*Nat*~]

Originally Posted by WSFuser

well u know what they say: Curiousity killed the cat

Funny. I'm the most curious of them all, and I'm still alive !


Sooo....ah yes ...i also found 1-ClickWeather. It's really one I would love soo much...but it doesn't work !!!

They had it since last year...and finally updated it a few weeks (months) ago i think. So i dl'd Again. And that darn thing still won't do as promised.

[ellison64]

I like
1.noscript
2.flashgot
3.colourful tabs
4.print preview
5.roboform
6.ieview lite
7.cookiesafe
8.popupmaster
9.spoofstick
10.media player connectivity
ellison

[GroverH]

Extensions for FireFox are intended to enhance your FireFox experience. Do a before and after analysis and keep those which are helpful and un-install the others.

Every time FireFox offers an upgrade, some extensions are dropped due to in-compatibility because the author has not updated its contents. Many of those so called "in-compatibile" are still fully functional. I use an extension called Nightly Tester Tools. This extensions adds a "Make All Compatible" button to the Extension display. This has worked very well for me because I have a couple extensions ("Download With") which is really important to me and this extension makes them workable. Needless to say, backups of FireFox are always recommended.

Check my Firefox link below should you want to know more about which extensions I use on a regular basis.

[screamer]

Here's mine.

[HandsOff]

I guess I should have asked "....AND WHY?!"


anyway when I wrote that I may not have had even one extension, but now I have quite a few. I decided to post my collections which I have catagorized. Ones that almost everyone has posted I may have ommitted.

The important catagories to the potential extension trier are the gifts that keep giving. One you have set them up your life is better!

Greasemonkey is God's gift to geeks (which I am not, BTW)

I included ones I never use so you can tell me if I have missed anything

That movie thing kind of bugs me - There is no free lunch, why kid ourselves?
I question the safety, legality, and ease of use. Rebuttal?

Special thanks go out to Wilders moderators for two of my favorites:
-Spoofstick
-Google Customizer

Special thanks go out to Nat and others for the weatherbug, and smilelys... except all this time and I still haven't actually got them...neat ideas though!


Here is my partial list:

This WOULD be extremely useful for Flickrers

Greasemonkey 0.6.5.20060727
A User Script Manager for Firefox




The Gifts That Keep On Giving!

(even if you are to lazy to explicetly use extensions)
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CustomizeGoogle 0.49
Enhance Google search results and remove ads and spam.

PermaTabs 1.2.0
Create permanent tabs that don't close, and stick around betwee...

SpoofStick 1.06
A simple way to detect spoofed websites.




Ones I downloaded and never use Because I'm to lazy most likely, or
they just were not polished enough for my liking

Shazou 1.0
Shazou - we know WHERE... your server is!

DownThemAll! 0.9.9.6.3
The mass downloader for Firefox.

FlashGot 0.5.9.995
Enables single and massive("all" and "selection") downloads using ...

Answers 2.1.12
Alt+Click on any word or term for quick info (definitions, up-to-the...



Powerful but require some familiarity with a whole new geek world that
you know nothing about!

NoScript 1.1.4.1
Extra protection for your Firefox: NoScript allows JavaScript, Jav...



ones that appear dubious

anything to do with downloading movies
- I suspect these of trying to indoctinate me into Bit Torrent (sp?) or
some other questionable pursuit. How could it be safe for me to let
other people come and get files off my computer? Is it safe? It doesn't
sound safe



-Hands Off

[iceni60]

here are mine -

Application: Firefox 2.0.0.1 (2006121700)
Operating System: Linux (x86-gcc3)

- Adblock 0.5.3.043
- Adblock Filterset.G Updater 0.3.0.4
- BugMeNot 1.3
- Check4Change 1.6
- CookieSafe 2.0.3
- CustomizeGoogle 0.55
- CuteMenus2 2.0
- deskCut 0.5.0.5
- DictionarySearch 2.0
- DOM Inspector 1.8.1.1
- Download Manager Tweak 0.7.2b
- Dr.Web anti-virus link checker 1.0.14
- Extension List Dumper 1.7.1
- Fire Encrypter 3.0
- Greasemonkey 0.6.6.20061017.0
- ImageShack right-click 0.3.6
- Map+ 1.1.0
- MR Tech Local Install 5.3.2.3
- Nightly Tester Tools 1.2.1
- NoScript 1.1.4.5.061221
- Paste and Go 2 0.8
- Paste Quote 0.3.2
- Reveal 1.0.6
- Server Spy 0.1.2
- ShowIP 0.8.05
- Tab Mix Plus 0.3.5.2
- VideoDownloader 1.1.1
- View True URL 0.2.7
- Who Is This Person? 1.0

i've taken a screenshot showing some of them too

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/4...shotso3.th.png

A definite must have is Zotero [zotero.org]

Zotero About [zotero.org]

[Ice_Czar]

a few critical (IMO) ones not listed yet

Image Zoom
lots of Rclick options from Image fit to set percentages or define and automatic resizing with various mouse click combinations

CoLT
adds RClick Copy Link Text, Copy Link Location, Copy Link Text & Location as several code options (custom, html, BBtext ect). Lets you slam out the links when coding posts, blogs or news. easily convert html link code to BBcode or plain text on the fly

Cache View RClick link and select Google's Cache, Coral's Cache, Wayback Machine's Cache, Dot Cache, Tech Guru's Cache, and Cachebin's cache. Raise dead links from the grave
Highly recommended

British English Dictionary (though youd never guess that from my misspelled posts)

Forecastfox Enhanced

and I too have been playing around with zotero
as well as Web Search Pro

[tlu]

Originally Posted by iceni60

here are mine -

Application: Firefox 2.0.0.1 (2006121700)
Operating System: Linux (x86-gcc3)

- Adblock 0.5.3.043
- Adblock Filterset.G Updater 0.3.0.4

Adblock is outdated and should be replaced by the much better Adblock Plus. Filterset.G should not be used as explained here.

[ThunderZ]

Customize Google
No Script
Text Link
Paste and Go
and 15 others.

[screamer]

Thought I'd update my list:

[tlu]

All Firefox users are advised to read this thread with a list of extensions that should be avoided and have consequently been disabled on the Firefox add-ons page for some weeks because they were collecting data and uniquely identifying users without notifying them.