What are the "Must Have" extensions for Firefox

Awesome theme for FF:
http://soapyhamhocks.deviantart.com/#/d425ffz
with this together:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tabs-always-in-titlebar/

 

This is very useful:
Search Tabs
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/prospector-search-tabs/

Select text and click on search tab at bottom (it fades in) with desired search engine for results. Works with address bar too.

 

Has anyone mentioned Collusion yet? http://collusion.toolness.org/ https://secure.toolness.com/xpi/collusion.html

 

LOL! SeaMonkey #1 series is all of three years old.

Does it require any particularly special skills to use it?

Speaking of extensions, I quite like this dictionary & Session Manager.

 

Readability is now compatible with Firefox 6. Oddly, I now prefer this.

 

I don't remember Mosaic, but I quite like this retro Mosaic theme. I bet it brings back memories for some people.

 

The only retro stuff I like is music, Julie London being an example. I avoid Fx themes and prefer to get the appearance I need using the Stylish extension largely because this is one add-on that is being actively developed and has an active community. Further, themes affect a minor overall area of the visible area and so I don't quite get what the excitement over themes is. My loss to be sure There's also a chance, however remote, of a theme not playing nice with something or the other.

 

I just thought it might be fun. You're right, themes can sometimes not work with other extensions. This seems fine, apart from Webutation's icon being a little squished in appearance in the task bar. I thought it looked nicely 'retro' on my portable.

Julie London? Did she ever tour with Echo & the Bunnymen?

 

Man that one is very cool. Thanks!

 

1: Fx themes shouldn't affect the task bar at all. Isn't that Windows territory?
2: I don't think so.

 

Maybe I mean the 'add-ons' bar. It (Webutation's icon) is squished even without any theme in the GUI, I can't figure why. It is OK dragged from the 'Customisation' window down to the add-ons bar. I have other icons there: NoScript, Ghostery, Reader, ABP, Translator, Recently closed tab (session manager) etc.

The only other thing is that the Mosaic theme drags them all to the right of the bar, I normally have some on the left. Apart from that, they all work perfectly well in the Mosaic theme. I have discovered that I can't drag & drop URLs from the runbar to the toolbar, which you can in any other theme. Although, you couldn't probably do that with the original. So it makes the whole re-living the '90s thing have a verisimilitude of sorts LOL.

Oh ... that Julie London.

 

This seems to be a very complicated add-on!
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/event-spy/?src=discovery-learnmore

"Lets you watch JavaScript events as they occur."

 

Firefox 6.0.1 with:

Adblock Plus - strip out ads
Add to Search Bar - "make any pages' search functionality available in the Search Bar"
BetterPrivacy - "protect against special long term cookies"
Context Search - "expands the context menu's 'Search for' item into a list of installed search engines, allowing you to choose the engine you want to use for each search"
DownThemAll - download manager
FireGestures - use mouse gestures
Is It Compatible - "are your addons compatible with the next version of Firefox?"
LastPass - password manager
Menu Editor - edit menus, including context menu
NoScript - selectively block scripts per domain
OptimizeGoogle - change how Firefox interacts with Google
Organize Search Engines - "organize your search engines with separators and folders"
Perspectives - "securely bypasses Firefox HTTPS security errors by verifying certificates using a collection of Network Notaries"
QuickJava - "allows quick enable and disable of Java, Javascript, Flash, Silverlight, Images, Stylesheets and Proxy"
Resurrect Pages - see old versions of page from various archive services
Search Site - "searches current site from searchbar or context menu"
SearchWith - "search selected text with various search services"
Sidebar Bookmarks Search Plus - show location of a given bookmark in the bookmark tree
Site Information Tool - "provides information about a webpage (or website) including rankings, domain registration data (whois), IP information, server response and page data, thumbnail and more"
SortPlaces - "sorts your bookmarks in a variety of ways"
Tab Mix Plus - customize many aspects of tabs
VTzilla - "simplifies the process of scanning Internet resources with VirusTotal"
Web of Trust - "website reputation rating tool"
Xmarks - bookmark backup and synchronization

 

eCleaner is an excellent addon.

Since I do have most popular extensions installed (~10) and tried out quite a few extensions prior to deciding which ones to keep, it does what it claims.

 

For the privileged:
http://www.ghacks.net/2011/09/05/google-manager-for-firefox/

 

Looks mighty useful, thanks.

 

An alternative which is more powerful, IMHO, is Preferences Cleaner.

 

You're welcome. It's simple yet powerful.

 

Thanks, but since its description is not in English I will wait to try it out when/if the developer will be inclined to translate. Requests for translation (in reviews) were submitted months ago. Shows as being more complicated than eCleaner. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?q=eCleaner

 

http://www.freewaregenius.com/2011/...o-ad-clips-with-adblock-video-firefox-plugin/

https://addons.mozilla.org/el/firefox/addon/grooveshredder/

 

Yes, but the GUI of that extension is in English, and for the description on AMO you can use Google Translate or, e.g., Quick Translator.

 

Has anyone tried Trust My Web?

 

IPvFox, Display All Connections A Web Page Makes

and

-https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ipvfox/?src=cb-dl-updated-

 

Silent Block - a dedicated 'hosts' file just for Firefox:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/silentblock/

Tip: Create a shortcut to contentblock-regex.txt for quick editing.