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Title: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: Alex Libman on April 07, 2008, 02:35:19 PM

I use FireBug (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843), Chinese Perapera-kun (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3349), FoxMarks (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2410), Download Statusbar (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/26), AdBlock Plus (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865), Image Zoom (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/139), SearchBar AutoSizer (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1172), Text Size Toolbar (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/472), and OrbitDownloader (http://www.orbitdownloader.com/) (stand-alone app w/ Firefox integration).

Now that I've made this post, reinstalling Firefox again would take 2 minutes instead of 5, yay!  :lol:

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: Tracer Tong on April 07, 2008, 02:37:55 PM

NoScript, nothing else.  Unless a less fugly-ass theme counts.

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: sillyperson on April 07, 2008, 03:02:02 PM

At work:
Adblock
Google Browser Sync (I *love* GBS and can't live without it)

At home, the above plus:
GreaseMonkey
DOM Inspector


At work I do real programming. I do frouffy web stuff for volunteer work (NHLA, FSP) hence the web development tools there,

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: Blackie on April 07, 2008, 03:25:02 PM

Quote from: d_goddard on April 07, 2008, 03:02:02 PM

At work I do real programming.

I thought you did project management crap.

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: sillyperson on April 07, 2008, 03:35:23 PM

Quote from: Blackie on April 07, 2008, 03:25:02 PM

Quote from: d_goddard on April 07, 2008, 03:02:02 PM

At work I do real programming.

I thought you did project management crap.

I am a manager. I do not do "Project management".. though in all truth management and meetings and stuff takes a lot of otherwise quality programming time. Which is why I often wind up working 12+ hours per day.

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: Blackie on April 07, 2008, 03:43:51 PM

A "people manager"?

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: Stobrawa on April 07, 2008, 04:18:20 PM

Craigslist Image Preview, Stumble Upon, Tab Scope

There are several more that I would prefer to run, except that I'm using FF3 B4 and most of the add-ons don't work with it.

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: Barterer on April 07, 2008, 05:05:00 PM

adblock, flashblock, dom inspector, noscript, tabbrowser preferences, unplug.

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: Kevin Freeheart on April 07, 2008, 05:16:20 PM

Download Statusbar and ShowIP... Which doesn't work on the Nightly Minefield builds. :(

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: Sam Gunn (since nobody got Admiral Naismith) on April 07, 2008, 05:25:15 PM

None, I use Opera and it has plenty of nice addons too.  Opera is much faster :) although it sometimes does break pages.

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: sillyperson on April 07, 2008, 05:59:41 PM

Quote from: Blackie on April 07, 2008, 03:43:51 PM

A "people manager"?

For the love of christ... you're a nosey one, aren't you?
The copy-and-paste of the internal HR website says of me:
Denis Goddard
Senior Development Manager ADE
... and now you're as wise as you were before

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: Stobrawa on April 07, 2008, 06:16:54 PM

you said "frouffy"

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: ReverendRyan on April 07, 2008, 06:22:19 PM

1-click weather (wether on my taskbar)
ie tab (can open a tab in ie if a site doesnt support firefox)
orbit download (accelerator)
tab mix plus (tab options)
tor button (anonymizer)

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: jimmed on April 07, 2008, 06:23:12 PM

Flashblock - I loves it.

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: Shakezula on April 07, 2008, 06:48:16 PM

Only Adblock Plus, Fission, Shareaholic, and Stumbleupon right now because I'm using FF3 beta 5.

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: bad_cab on April 07, 2008, 06:53:34 PM

adblock plus, download statusbar, duplicate tab, forecastfox, foxytunes, stumbleUpon and User agent switcher

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: freeAgent on April 07, 2008, 09:18:07 PM

Adblock Plus, Adblock Plus: Element Hiding Helper, CustomizeGoogle (really awesome features worth checking out), DeepestSender (on occasion), Distrust, Forecastfox, Google Browser Sync, IETab.

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: Caveman on April 07, 2008, 09:58:52 PM

Adblock, webdev, and firebug.

Don't use FF much for browsing though. I prefer Safari.

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: error on April 07, 2008, 10:01:44 PM

Adblock Plus
EC2 UI
Fasterfox
Firesomething
Live HTTP Headers
Live PageRank
Mugshot
QuickProxy
Session Manager
StumbleUpon
Tabbrowser Preferences
User Agent Switcher
Web Developer

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: Dan on April 07, 2008, 10:57:13 PM

Adblock ( now a package in ubuntu! )
EC2 UI
Firebug
FireGPG   <--- everyone GET THIS and start using it.  :)
Google Browser Sync  <-- damned first thing I install, keeps five desktops/laptops in sync for me
Splash
ubufox
User Agent Switcher
Web Developer  <-- mandatory for complex style sheets (see: freestateproject.org)

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: rabidfurby on April 07, 2008, 11:29:17 PM

Adblock Plus
Adblock Filterset.G Updater
Better Gmail
Firebug
Download Manager Tweak
Flashblock
Forecastfox
Mouse Gestures
Web Developer

Or my laptop, I have all of the above, except Vimperator (which gives Firefox a vim-like interface and keybindings, perfect for the small screen on my Eee) instead of Mouse Gestures.

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: kawaiimiyo on April 07, 2008, 11:41:52 PM

I Don't know what they are called, my husband usually gets all the addons for firefox, not me..... but we use the one that lets you download embedded objects, like youtube videos ......   open things in an IE tab, and other than that, just the ultra ultra basic things like adblock and such....

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: Kevin Freeheart on April 07, 2008, 11:50:44 PM

Quote from: 'rabidfurby'

Or my laptop, I have all of the above, except Vimperator (which gives Firefox a vim-like interface and keybindings, perfect for the small screen on my Eee)

Haven't you heard? Vi and it's offspring are the editor of the Beast, for it's number shall be VI VI VI.  :roll:

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: One two three on April 08, 2008, 12:15:16 AM

adblock plus, noscript, download helper

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: sillyperson on April 08, 2008, 12:16:17 AM

Oh yeah.. I almost forgot, also Web Developer and Video Downloader (at home)

I used FF3 Beta 2 for awhile. Looking forward to 3.0 production.

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: Alex Libman on April 08, 2008, 01:34:05 AM

Quote from: rabidfurby on April 07, 2008, 11:29:17 PM

... Vimperator (which gives Firefox a vim-like interface and keybindings, perfect for the small screen on my Eee) instead of Mouse Gestures.

I agree that hiding extra GUI panels makes sense if using an ASUS Eee PC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC) with 7" display, but using vi keys is probably an overkill.  The whole idea is that jumping back and forth between keyboard and mouse is a waste of time, which is why vi makes a whole lot of sense for things like shell scripting and command-line system administration, but if you're using a browser you're already married to the pointing device!  Sure you can enter links by number, but that's a pain in the arse and newer AJAX / Flash sites will be unusable.  A better solution would be a mouse-centric experience, with all toolbars and stuff "folded" out of view by default...

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: spicynujac on April 08, 2008, 09:25:13 PM

NoScript (ESSENTIAL security measure for disabling shitty javascript)
CustomizeGoogle (essential for websearches, autocompletes your search as you type and removes ads)
AdBlock Plus (essential if you don't want to see shitty ads everywhere)
ForecastFox Deluxe (Nice, SMALL weather icon in bottom right hand corner)
DictionarySearch (right click any word for its definition)
FireFTP (for when I need an ftp client)
I think there are a couple more I use at work but I can't think of them now...  I couldn't live without the first 3 though.

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: Reks on April 09, 2008, 11:11:16 PM

DictionarySearch
Duplicate Tab
FireShot
Hide Menubar
Image Zoom
Online Bookmark Manager Synchronizer <<<<kickass!
SearchWith
Sirius Player
VideoDownloader   {dont bother it stinks}
Wikipedia lookup extension

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: Barterer on April 09, 2008, 11:20:49 PM

Quote from: Reks on April 09, 2008, 11:11:16 PM

VideoDownloader   {dont bother it stinks}

Unplug is an excellent alternative to VideoDownloader. 

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: Alex Libman on October 13, 2008, 05:02:00 PM

Quote from: Alex Libman on April 07, 2008, 02:35:19 PM

I use FireBug (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843), Chinese Perapera-kun (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3349), FoxMarks (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2410), Download Statusbar (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/26), AdBlock Plus (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865), Image Zoom (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/139), SearchBar AutoSizer (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1172), Text Size Toolbar (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/472), and OrbitDownloader (http://www.orbitdownloader.com/) (stand-alone app w/ Firefox integration).

Now that I've made this post, reinstalling Firefox again would take 2 minutes instead of 5, yay!  :lol:

I've stopped using the ones I've crossed out above, and I started using Zoom toolbar (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6118) (zooms both text and images in Firefox 3), Flagfox (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5791), and Transliterator (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/883).

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: Travis on October 13, 2008, 06:26:04 PM

Adblock Plus
Chatzilla (irc client)
Faviconize Tab (icon-izes tabs by double clicking - makes room for more tabs with out having to scroll)
Fission
TinyMenu
Download Status Bar

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: Russell Griswold on October 13, 2008, 08:31:46 PM

Adblock Plus, Forecast bar Enhanced, and Transliterator.

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: MacFall on October 13, 2008, 09:49:34 PM

Flashblock, Adblock, Cookie Culler, TORbutton, IE tab, Flash downloader

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: Dan on October 22, 2008, 08:30:27 PM

add Foxmarks to my list

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: rabidfurby on April 04, 2009, 09:33:15 PM

I discovered Tree Style Tab (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5890) today. It's awesome.

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: sillyperson on April 05, 2009, 08:26:34 AM

Quote from: rabidfurby on April 04, 2009, 09:33:15 PM

I discovered Tree Style Tab (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5890) today. It's awesome.

Sucks up too much screen real estate

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: rabidfurby on April 05, 2009, 09:57:39 PM

Quote from: d_goddard on April 05, 2009, 08:26:34 AM

Quote from: rabidfurby on April 04, 2009, 09:33:15 PM

I discovered Tree Style Tab (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5890) today. It's awesome.

Sucks up too much screen real estate

How big is your monitor? On a 22" widescreen, it's damn near perfect, since 1680 pixels is too damn wide for a single browser window. I tried running two windows side-by-side, but that made them too narrow for a lot of sites.

I think you can set the tab-bar to auto-hide in the preferences, and if you have the Mouse Gestures extension, you can switch tabs without it, by holding down the right mouse button and using the scrollwheel.

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: Alex Libman on April 05, 2009, 10:13:11 PM

Foxmarks is now Xmarks (http://www.xmarks.com/) - it's going multi-browser.

I still use the same add-ons I've mentioned above, except I'm on the "bleeding-edge" alpha version of Firebug (http://getfirebug.com/releases/firebug/1.4X/?C=M;O=A).

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: AL the Inconspicuous on March 01, 2010, 02:51:40 AM

I'm still using Firefox.  I said I was gonna transition to Chromium once the Linux/BSD versions are stable for licensing reasons (http://bbs.freetalklive.com/index.php?topic=28400), but never did...

My current add-ons: Adblock Plus (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865), Download Statusbar (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/26), Firebug (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843), Flagfox (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5791), Lazarus (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6984), NoSquint (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2592), Transliterator (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/883), and Xmarks (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2410).

The Windows version also gets polluted with a "Free Download Manager plugin" and "Java Console" from third party apps.


From another thread (http://bbs.freetalklive.com/index.php?topic=32845):

Quote from: John Shaw on February 28, 2010, 07:16:50 PM [...]  Firefox extensions: Adblock Plus - Blocks Ads Downloadhelper - Download embedded shit of all sorts. I use it to gank flash games and youtube vids. Flashblock - Blocks Flash Gmail Notifier - Obvious Reloadevery - Sets open tabs to reload periodically Stumbleupon - Click for random awesome, vote for what you like or don't get better results the more you use. Webmail Notifier - Obvious

Quote from: freeAgent on February 28, 2010, 09:02:17 PM [...]  and Firefox with: AdBlock Plus Download Helper IE Tab Weather Watcher Live Xmarks

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: gibson042 on March 01, 2010, 02:29:58 PM

Greasemonkey

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: Sam Gunn (since nobody got Admiral Naismith) on March 01, 2010, 03:03:42 PM

Opera.

Title: Re: Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
Post by: anarchir on March 01, 2010, 03:50:29 PM

My laptop is outta service ATM but one I thought I'd mention is Illimitux which allows you to avoid megavideo time limits.