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Firefox Extension Guide and More
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on Sun Apr 09, 2006 09:45 AM
from the i'm-feeling-extended-right-now dept.
from the i'm-feeling-extended-right-now dept.
Anonymous Coward writes "A comprehensive list of Firefox extensions geared for the average power user and web developer includes description and screenshots of featured extensions. Plus Firefox Hacks and keyboard command guide. Always updated with the latest Firefox extensions, and tweaks."
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Nice Idea, but No Thanks (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:Nice Idea, but No Thanks (Score:5, Insightful)
It's called addons.mozilla.org
Re:Nice Idea, but No Thanks (Score:5, Informative)
(Last Journal: Saturday February 25 2006, @11:02PM)
I find it preferable to have a no-install zip file than a windows installer and the mozilla site lags waaay behind in providing a no-install version.
Re:Nice Idea, but No Thanks (Score:5, Insightful)
(http://jimstips.com/)
Re:Nice Idea, but No Thanks (Score:4, Insightful)
(http://jvillalobos.blogspot.com/)
I would like to see a site that *does not* have a comprehensive list and instead shows something a little more useful, like the extensions that are not in alpha or beta stages, and the extensions that are not the "my first useless geek" extension. A list of good extensions.
I like addons. But I think it still has a long way to go to become user friendly. On the other hand, extensions are generally aimed to more tech-savvy users, because average users may be afraid to try them. Are these sites aiming at the right demographics or leaving out a very large potential audience?
Re:Nice Idea, but No Thanks (Score:5, Informative)
(http://www.efinke.com/ | Last Journal: Wednesday March 29 2006, @03:30PM)
Re:Nice Idea, but No Thanks (Score:5, Informative)
(http://parsed.nl/)
There are, how about the Extend Firefox contest [mozilla.org] or CNET download.com's Best Firefox Extensions [download.com] and Optimizing Firefox [download.com].
And this article doesn't even mention ScrapBook [vis.ne.jp] even though it has to be one of the most revolutionary ways to organize reference material. Just check it out, it won 'Most Useful Upgraded Extension' in the Extend FF contest.
Correction -- (Score:5, Funny)
(http://trolltalk.com/ | Last Journal: Sunday November 11, @07:43PM)
1 post and its already inaccessible.
No wonder the guy submitted it anonymously.
CORAL CACHE WORKS BEAUTIFULLY (Score:5, Informative)
Firefox extensions and plugins are good. (Score:1, Interesting)
(http://www.awhiteflame.net/)
That being said, coral cache, google cache, mirrordot and the original link all seem to not be working for me, so I can't comment on TFA.
Link to chached text (Score:1, Informative)
(Last Journal: Saturday December 30 2006, @10:26PM)
From that list, I use Adblock Plus. Great extension if you have dialup, like me :)
the list as I would have written it. (Score:2, Informative)
(Last Journal: Monday January 02 2006, @01:32PM)
It's cool. Seriously! It's way, way cool. And I mean that. Totally.
Best plugin evar.
2. I forgot.
My extensions (Score:5, Informative)
(http://slashgeo.org/ | Last Journal: Wednesday October 17, @09:03AM)
Adblock
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.ph
Needless to say, the most important extension to me. But even better with this one: Adblock Filterset.G Updater 0.3.0.3 https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1136/ [mozilla.org]
TabFX
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.ph
while we wait for Firefox 2.0
FlashGot
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.ph
but I never really used it on a regular basis
Page Update Checker
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.ph
That one should be in the built-in features. Very useful.
And not to forget (not listed on Firefox's website): Bug me not:
http://roachfiend.com/archives/2005/02/07/bugmeno
Very useful for the soul-sucking registration-required articles on slashdot
Cheers.
Slashdot Extension (Score:5, Informative)
The TFA was quickly Slashdotted.
The perfect moment to suggest the Slashdot Firefox Extension:
Slashdot Extension [slashdot.org]
Generates TFA mirror links and other handy features...
I really need this website (Score:3, Funny)
Average power user? (Score:4, Informative)
Combating the dreaded Flash (Score:5, Informative)
(http://www.fugitivethought.com/)
Adblock may handle most everything else, but it is still lacking in its ability to handle {Macromedia|Adobe} flash.
The solution is FlashBlock [mozilla.org], and it works incredibly well. Not only does it make browsing faster, it reduces the bright flashing 'bunch bush to win $10' ads to whitespace -- tis much easier on the eyes.
For those rare occasions where you actually want to see the flash, just click on the play button that adblock substitutes for the embedded swf.
Exelent use of all possibilities Firefox has to of (Score:1)
TFA (Score:4, Informative)
Forecastfox [mozdev.org] - Get international weather forecasts from AccuWeather.com, and display it in any toolbar or status bar with this highly customizable and unobtrusive extension.
FlashGot [flashgot.net] - Download one link, selected links or all the links of a page at the maximum speed with a single click, using the most popular external download managers for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and FreeBSD (dozens currently supported products, see http://www.flashgot.net/ [flashgot.net] for details). FlashGot offers also a Build Gallery functionality which helps to synthesize full media galleries in one page, from serial contents previously scattered on several pages, for easy and fast download all.
Adblock [mozdev.org] - One of the best plug-ins ever written. Adblack allows you to block elements of a web page, images, flash, i-frames, etc This will help make pages load faster and with zero ads!
Adblock is a content filtering plug-in for the Mozilla and Firebird browsers. It is both more robust and more precise than the built-in image blocker.
Adblock allows the user to specify filters, which remove unwanted content based on the source-address. If this sounds complicated, dont worry: its not.
Just add a few filters. Every time a webpage loads, Adblock will intercept and disable the elements matching your filters. See?- nothing to it.
Adblock Filterset.G Updater [pierceive.com] - This is a companion extension to Adblock and should be used in conjunction with it. This extension automatically downloads the latest version of Filterset.G every 4-7 days. Filterset.G is an excellent set of filters maintained by G for Adblock that blocks most ads on the internet. In addition, this extension allows you to define your own set of filters that you can add along with Filterset.G during an update.
Tabbrowser Preferences [216.55.161.203] - This extension provides a comprehensive UI for changing a number of the hidden tabbed browsing preferences in Firefox. It also provides the ability to control how internal and external links are opened in the browser and how the browser will react when links are sent to it.
IE Tab [mozdev.org] - IE Tab - an extension from Taiwan, features: Embedding Internet Explorer in tabs of Mozilla/Firefox. Note, this will also allow you to run Windows Update also.
Wizz RSS News Reader [wizzcomputers.com] - News is the new frontier for the web. With the up-and-coming rss and atom technologies, news is becoming easier to read and more accessible, but Firefoxs livebookmarks are rather lacking when it comes to features.
Wizz RSS News Reader is the solution. Over the past year, its evolved into a mature feed aggregator. Although the UI lacks polish, it includes a number of powerful features, such as the watch list, OPML support, and the ability to subscribe to podcasts. The documentation is extensive and the author maintains support forums, so its easy to get help too :)
Viamatic foXpose [mozilla.org] - The Viamatic foXpose plugin is a tiny little extension that lets you view all your tabs inside a browser window.
Duplicate Tab [mozdev.org] - Duplicate Tab allows you to clone a tab along with its history.
SessionSaver [mozilla.org] - 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 theyre all saved. Use the menu to add + remove sessions; right, shift, or middle-clickin
The same in french (Score:1)
Horrible list of extensions. (Score:1, Informative)
I've replaced 3 other extensions including Tabbrowser Preferences with this and I will never turn back.
http://tmp.garyr.net/ [garyr.net]
Oh Come On! (Score:3, Insightful)
(http://acidzebra.blogspot.com/ | Last Journal: Thursday November 14 2002, @11:49AM)
Me, I like to keep it light:
Adblock plus, Bugmenot, Downthemall, Sessionsaver, Greasemonkey, Tabmixplus.
Optionally Aardvark, Del.icio.us, enhanced history manager, and IEtab.
Plug-ins to Avoid unfairly targets fasterfox (Score:2, Interesting)
Fasterfox does some nice things and IMO belongs on the list of good extensions..
As far as the author's claim.. In the fasterfox config there is a tab for "Enhanced Prefetching" which comes disabled by default and has the following warning:
That page has some interesting answers on prefetching and seems to show that fasterfox is playing by the rules. I don't think the author has shown much expertise in the extensions field. Also if he's upset at fasterfox for bandwidth wait until he gets the bill from this slashdotting
compatibilty issues (Score:1)
Another good extension for CSS (ab)users.. (Score:3, Informative)
(http://moreati.org/)
I found it very useful for closing the loop between code and result.
NoScript? (Score:2)
(Last Journal: Saturday October 22 2005, @04:02PM)
Extensions and Security (Score:1)
extension request (Score:2)
(http://www.schoenfeldt.com/)
Missing Link? (Score:1)
(http://www.goldengod.net/)
One thing I wasn't sure was why he neglected to include Window Resizer [mozilla.org] in the Web Design section. When I'm doing design, this thing is hella valuable because you can just hit a button and switch your window size to what it would be maximized on 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1600x1200. Great for seeing how your site will look on multiple resolutions.
Missing Faves: All in one gestures, Google toolbar (Score:2)
(http://monsterden.net/)
I use Flashblock to eliminate most annoying flash advertisements, but so many webpages are just filled with so much crap that it's best to get rid of the clutter altogether. Even block flash ads take up space in the middle of text, and even not animated images can be distracting. By remapping "Hide Object" to the simple left gesture and "Undo Hide Object" to the right gesture I can quickly trim down most webpages. This is also useful for a few webpages which use small text but have poorly coded layout which gets screwed up when the text size is increased, as sometimes eliminating unimportant layout blocks can put things back in order.
The Google toolbar is also a great extension. Sure, Firefox already has Google search built into its toolbars, but I love having a spellchecker that works in any webform. Search history also proves handy every once in a while.
BAH! (Score:2)
(http://4sure.co.nz/)
EASYGESTURES is the greatest aid to navigating the web since the invention of the hyperlink. There simply is no substitute for opening multiple tabs in the background: it improves the speed and amount of information available to you, in a way which does not cause any waiting.
Every single person I have taught to use Easygestures (and this includes 8-year olds to an 88-year old!) admits that it is "the best thing anyone ever taught me about the Internet".
So what are you waiting for? http://easygestures.mozdev.org/ [mozdev.org]
Bookmark sync extension, not mentioned in TFA (Score:1)
http://www.foxcloud.com/wiki/Main_Page [foxcloud.com]
From that page: "Foxmarks is an extension for Firefox that synchronizes bookmarks across multiple machines."
Digg?? (Score:1)
Opera (Score:1, Offtopic)
(http://cakepoker.com/?share=112024 | Last Journal: Saturday January 31 2004, @09:47AM)
No Mozex? (Score:2)
The official version is way of out date, since firefox keeps on changing the way extensions work... but there's an updated version here:
http://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/~iam23/code/mozex/ [ucl.ac.uk]
Why one should need an extension to force a browser to do what should have been built in from the start is another matter.
I can only imagine the mozilla people sat around one say and someone said, "Let's see . . . we can either write our own crappy text editor from scratch and *force* every user to use it. Or, we can give people the option of using any of hundreds of exisiting editors with decades of development history behind them." And someone else said, "You know, I've always wanted to write a text editor. But since there are so many good ones out there, no one would ever use mine unless we forced them to do so. Let's go with the first option."
Re:Are extensions the only advantage of Firefox? (Score:1)
Slashdot is working towards a Sunday trifecta (Score:1, Redundant)
(http://www.lostrange.com/index.htm)
2. TFA is slashdotted after the first post
3. I'm waiting for the dupe.
Ah, Sunday mornings in cyberspace.
Re:Are extensions the only advantage of Firefox? (Score:4, Interesting)
Firefox caches a lot of pages in memory because studies show that the "back" button gets heavy use in average browsing situations. So cacheing recently visited pages improves performance.
Re:Are extensions the only advantage of Firefox? (Score:4, Funny)
(http://zooid.org/~vid)
Firefox is also a visionary product, looking forward to the day when the browser is the only application one uses.. if it's not, it certainly doesn't leave much room for other apps.
I mean, seriously, I *heart* firefox, but it's scary when it consistently uses twice as much memory as the traditionally most bloated of all apps, a Java IDE.
Re:Are extensions the only advantage of Firefox? (Score:2)
What it does suffer with is instability. While it was an improvement when I moved from Internet Explorer a few years back, Konqueror and Opera are both definitely better browsers. Familiarity with the UI, keyboard shortcuts, and the range of extensions are what keep me in Firefox, not the quality of the app itself - similar to what kept me in Windows for about a year after discovering Linux, incidentally.
Re:So you blame Firefox for Adobe's product? (Score:1, Informative)
Re:Are there any extensions... (Score:3, Interesting)
(http://www.slashdot.org/~lukewarmfusion/journal/ | Last Journal: Tuesday August 02 2005, @02:49PM)
Firefox keeps downloaded items in the download list, even when they're completed. Unfortunately, this can add up quick - so you should make sure you clear out that list frequently. I heard about this and discovered my list was hundreds of items long. It took nearly thirty seconds just to register the download.
There are also memory problems with using a lot of tabs. I used to restart Firefox five or six times a day because it was either crashing or moving so slowly that it wasn't usable.
Finally, I removed most of the extensions I had. The stuff I didn't use on a regular basis or that were further sources of my headaches (FoxyTunes is great except that it caused iTunes to open [and lock FF up)]any time I hit certain key combos).
My solution?
I use Flock [flock.com] and the only extensions I use are Web Developer, AdBlock, and IE View. There are plenty of others, but I decided I can afford to skip them. Also, I find it far prettier than Firefox and any of the skins I've tried.
Just my $0.02, of course, but it might work for you.
Re:Are there any extensions... (Score:3, Informative)
(http://quizzes-online.com/)
Re:Firefox in Linux is a memory hog (Score:1)
Some have reported that extensions can cause the memory usage to be worse; try Firefox's safe mode (which basically lets you run without extensions or themes, but the same prefs are used) to see if that might be the problem.
Re:Are there any extensions... (Score:1)
One thing I've learnt about opening PDFs is... well, don't open pdfs. Check the link first, then unless I know it's a mediocrely sized file, right-click, 'Save as'. Haven't tried the PDF Download extension others are recommending though, trying to keep my extensions at a minimum.
Re:Firefox is the most unstable program in common (Score:3, Interesting)
(http://slashdot.org/ | Last Journal: Monday November 03 2003, @03:59PM)
But no, it's a link to another posting by you. You cite all sorts of interesting bugs in Firefox, which are bad and wrong, but don't add up to justifying your statement that it's the "most unstable". Clearly many users find it "stable enough", especially at the price ($0), and more usable than the leading competitor (i.e. IE).
By the time I got to posting this you'd already been modded "offtopic", which isn't entirely right: the article is about FF extensions, and you're validly pointing out that extensions make FF even more unstable. You devote a lot of space to a memory bug which does need to be fixed, but debugging details aren't relevant in this forum. Nor is your repeated assertion that FF users are some sort of cult who are intent on covering up the bugs by modding you down.
So you're gonna get modded down, and you're probably going to take that as more proof of your persecution. I wanted to take the time to suggest that if you struck a more reasonable tone in your arguments, focusing more on the bugs and their effects than the ad hominem attacks on FF developers and users, then you might find a more tolerant audience.
Re:Firefox in Linux is a memory hog (Score:2)
Seeking mature, sensible moderator... (Score:1, Troll)
(http://www.fishgame.com/)
Re:Are there any extensions... (Score:2)
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php [foxitsoftware.com]