Mozilla Firefox Add-ons

Since a lot of people use Firefox but don’t know that there also a lot of nice add ons what makes your browser safer and better in some ways. The good thing is you can choose what you want. I will post here some good add-ons what will help you to get a bit better firefox and maybe a safer one too.

Note: everything in the italic text is explanation from the site from firefox itself.

Also if you see a handy Add-on you would like to post here pls send me a pm so i can edit the first post so we got all handy add-ons in one post so it's easy to find fore a user.

Add-ons fore a safer Fifefox

Firefox No Script:

The NoScript Firefox extension provides extra protection for Firefox, Flock, Seamonkey and others mozilla-based browsers: this free, open source add-on allows JavaScript and Java execution only for trusted domains of your choice (e.g. your home-banking web site).

http://noscript.net/

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This Add-ons is one of the best, at least fore me it is. Why? Because it blocks dangerous scripts and scripts you don’t know. It also blocks scripts like spam or annoying net publicity. At first it will be a bit annoying because many scripts will be blocked and you have to give it permission to activate it. but after you done it to your regular sites where you come you will see this add-on is very handy to have.

Ad block plus:

Ever been annoyed by all those ads and banners on the internet that often take longer to download than everything else on the page? Install Adblock Plus now and get rid of them.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865

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This one speaks fore itself, I really hate those pop ups and on site you don’t know they can be dangerous since some pop ups carry viruses.

Fun and Handy Add-ons:

DownThemAll!:

DownThemAll is all you can desire from a download manager: it features an advanced accelerator that increases speed up to 400% and it allows you to pause and resume downloads at any time

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/201

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Fore me this tool is like heaven, it speak fore itself what it does ^^

Fasterfox:

Fasterfox allows you to tweak many network and rendering settings such as simultaneous connections, pipelining, cache, DNS cache, and initial paint delay.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1269

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I use this mostly to get a better page loading, and I can see when pages are temporary not working because of an overload on hits in the server etc.


Colorful Tabs:

The most beautiful yet the simplest add-on that makes a strong colorful appeal. Colors every tab in a different color and makes them easy to distinguish while beautifying the overall appearance of the interface. An essential...

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1368

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Sometimes I just go crazy because i got so many pages on in my browser that it’s hard too see which it which anymore, which this tool it helps to get things separated on a easy way.

Forecastfox:

Get international weather forecasts from AccuWeather.com, and display it in any toolbar or statusbar with this highly customizable and unobtrusive extension.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/398

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Because I work outside a lot and I don’t always watch the news I have this handy tool in my firefox browser. I can see what the weather will be at the moment or what the weather will be the next day.

Firefox Theme’s:

Themes are like new clothes for your Firefox. A theme can change only a few colors, or every piece of Firefox's appearance. It's another great way to personalize Firefox to your tastes.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:2

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If your bored with your standard firefox let’s pimp it then.

Don't know if it allowed, but I thought I would contribute :

Unplug :

UnPlug is an extension which lets you save video and audio which is embedded on a webpage - it's a video download tool.

Unplug

This one might come in handy when you suddently find this uncut version of Sensitive Pornograph on a random streaming-vids website ^^ It allows you to download said video, though you'll need VLC Media Player to play the ".flv" files.

Once installed, click on the green fish at the right-hand top corner of the screen


Megaupload SX.3.2

Free slots from Megaupload for other countries else United States...

Megaupload SX 3.2

Pretty self-explanatory I think ^^ Thanks to this little add-on, you will never get that annoying "free slots are full" message from MU ever again. Just go to Tools and Megaupload 3 to enable it.

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Fasterfox is a little bugged and, with some people (my case), can slow down your browsing even making online videos to glitch.

Video Download Helper:
It's another very useful add-on to download videos embedded in webpages. For example you can download videos from you-tube. The add-on download videos with .flv extension. You can play them with "Riva flv player" that you can find HERE. Setup install togheter with the player the encoder, that allow you to convert .flv in other formats.

Enjoy

Here are some of the helpful Firefox add-on's that I've been using...

IE Tab
This add-on allows you launch IE tabs within Firefox as needed. We've all been to a web-page that is only designed for IE, or won't load correctly in Firefox. This is the solution. It has a filter that you can add sites too that you visit often, so automatically it'll load in an IE tab when you browse too it.

GSpace

This add-on allows you to access your GMail account as if it were remote file storage. It has a nice little GUI that lets you drag-and-drop files to your GMail storage space (currently 6.3GB and counting).

GMail Manager

Simple browser-based GMail utility that logs in and checks your email while you're browsing, and lets you see new mail as it arrives and easily switch between accounts. It runs in the status bar at the bottom of the browser.

Flashblock

Do you ever hate when you visit a website with tons of flash videos and they all start playing at the same time? Flashblock fixes all of that. It stops all Flash from loading until you're ready, and click "Play". It can be customized to allow flash from certain sites, and none from others.

Download Statusbar

Makes downloading pretty, plus allows you to close the browser window and continue the download.

FireFTP

For every dork who still uses FTP. This is simple, resource-easy, and works well. Requires basic knowledge of FTP.

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Well, there you go... that's what I like to use with my Firefox. Hope they come in handy for someone out there. These have all been reliable for me, and have not caused any problems. Good luck and stick with Mozilla/Firefox!

Fetch Text URL

Have you ever seen a URL link but it was not formatted properly? So instead of hovering over it and clicking it to go to it's destination, you have to highlight and copy & paste it in URL bar or create a new tab and paste the url link etc.

i.e.

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https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/518

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With this addon, it makes it easier so that when you highlight it, you can right click and go to the website in a new tab, current tab or new window.

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Dictionary Lookup

I like to read journal papers, articles etc and sometimes you'll come across words you do not know the meaning. This addon will define the highlighted word after you right click it.

As the subject here is firefox add-ons, I wonder if someone could tell me how to disable a window that pops up when you open your brower and it tells you something like 'trying to access a non-local URL'.

It started to appear after my last update and it is pretty annoying! >_<

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Originally Posted by sephslover

As the subject here is firefox add-ons, I wonder if someone could tell me how to disable a window that pops up when you open your brower and it tells you something like 'trying to access a non-local URL'.

It started to appear after my last update and it is pretty annoying! >_<

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Have you tried disabling one add-on at a time to determine which one causes it? So go to Tools > Add-ons , then disable one add-on and then restart firefox until the pop problem stops.

Dictionary, 2nd version.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7869

There's one I added to firefox so it can spellcheck my emails... but I can't find the link. ¬¬
Will post if I find it.

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Originally Posted by dm.su

Have you tried disabling one add-on at a time to determine which one causes it? So go to Tools > Add-ons , then disable one add-on and then restart firefox until the pop problem stops.

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I've tried that already but it doesn't work. The only think I still have is the MU Toolbar. It's weird cause nobody else seems to have seen this window. :?

Well, anyway, thanks for your suggestion. ^^

My favourite:
Stylish

It's great because you can have a google this cool... :hearteyes: -->
My Google

I use a varitiy of add-ons, some that have been mentioned (IE Tab, DownThemAll) but one add-on I don't think I could live without is Foxmarks ( http://www.foxmarks.com/ ). I have five computers in my room, and the ability to have them all have the SAME bookmarks saves me the trouble. I can also just login online to their server and find my book mark when I'm away from one of my computers.

Those of you into web building and such, I also use
Flagfox ( displays what country the server is located and gives detailed information on it. )
JSVIEW ( Javascript code viewer )
URL Fixer ( Fixes .cmo to .com, does not always work for small issues though. )
And I use to use Cooliris at one point, allows you to view a site by just hovering over the link.

I will have a look soon trough all new add ons and see if there new good add ons. Then i will update the post.

I see nobody mentioned the Remove It Permanently add-on which IMHO shouldn't lack in a Firefox installation

I also recommend these two add-on PopupMaster or Yes Popups because even though firefox comes with it's own block popup option, sometime some popup are able to evade that.

Ah, and another fun add-on is Persona. It's like themes except without the fancy button change. :D

Grease monkey
Grease monkey is usefull for some sites, it allows custom scripts to be runned(Java if I remember correct) and example add features to youtube or automate some boring tasks.

Hmm I recommend to use
Fastest Fox
It's make easier in reading manga because we can scroll the page 'till one chapter of manga (this just can be used at Mangafox). and it give other feature like giving website links, etc.

Inline Translator
for translating other language, by block the word that you want to translate, it's easy to use. There are many language that available to translate like Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, Japanese, Korean, etc.

FireShot
FireShot is a Firefox extension that creates screenshots of web pages (entirely or just visible part).

Unlike other extensions, this plugin provides a set of editing and annotation tools, which let users quickly modify web captures and insert text annotations and graphical annotations. Such functionality will be especially useful for web designers, testers and content reviewers.

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Originally Posted by gokunaruto

Video Download Helper:
It's another very useful add-on to download videos embedded in webpages. For example you can download videos from you-tube. The add-on download videos with .flv extension. You can play them with "Riva flv player" that you can find HERE. Setup install togheter with the player the encoder, that allow you to convert .flv in other formats.

Enjoy

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Just a heads up on this add-on. I've recently found that this add-on severely bogs down Firefox when browsing this forum. I'm running Firefox on a Mac, and don't know if this is the case with the Windows platform (could someone with this add-on confirm this?), but something to keep in mind.

If you normally use a lot of tabs and worry about firefox using too much memory because of that, Bartab might be the add on to check out. You can set the options to where it automatically doesn't load home tabs until you click on them, and they will still be in the background, just not eating up a lot of memory. Its worth a try at least if you have problems with firefox and memory usage, or if you use many tabs at once.

I recommend Better Privacy

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...betterprivacy/

"Better Privacy serves to protect against not deletable longterm cookies, a new generation of 'Super-Cookie', which silently conquered the internet. This new cookie generation offers unlimited user tracking to industry and market research. Concerning privacy Flash- and DOM Storage objects are most critical.
This addon was made to make users aware of those hidden, never expiring objects and to offer an easy way to get rid of them - since browsers are unable to do that for you."

I'm using Echofon (Echofon) -- in fact, this is the only extension that keeps me away from Google Chrome. A very neat Twitter client! <3
Beside Echofon, I also use AdBlockPlus for blocking ad, Personas (Personas for Firefox | Dress up your web browser) for styling the FF toolbar *I use Junjou Romantica Persona <3*, Fasterfox , and User Agent Changer (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...gent-switcher/) to access sites designed specifically for IE/Chrome, or access mobile version of a site in Firefox to save your internet usage quota.

I love firefox's add-ons if it wasn't for that i might have changed browsers. For me the add-ons that do it are

Read it later, which allows you to out a page on the list by clicking an arrow in the search bar, you can see the list not far from the search bar, when ou click it, you have to create an account so you can see it it any computer that has firefox and that add-on.

I'm translator, for the tricky words you just have to select the word and press the i'm translator and it translates the word. and final but not least

Xmarks which saves my bookmarks and internet history so you can acess it on other computers.

Not to revive a dead topic, but I also like to use OpenDownload (http://home.arcor.de/der_tuxman/ext/...load/index.htm) to open files rather than be forced to download them, especially with EXE files.

Here is something some people don't think about firefox main page bookmark images. I know that's not what there called but that is a easy a to explain it.

When you have firefox 30.0 and when you open up firefox it can be set to automatically go to your home page. Now here's the cool part. Now when you click the little plus mark tab to open anew tab you will see a page with nine (9) squares on it. You can select your favorite bookmarks to add there. Mine are youtube,aainfantasy forum,and couchtuner and a few others. But you can put your top 9 there which is pretty cool I think.

All in one gestures

This addon allows you to "draw" different gesture by holding down your right click button, and move your cursor.
The gestures will automatically completes tasks on Firefox such as

• Going back to last page(draw a straight line to the left)
• Closing current window/tabs(draw down, then right)
• Switching to the right/left tab(up, left or right)
• Open a link in a new window/tab(place your cursor on the link, then draw a line up).

Pretty much any minuscule actions you perform while browsing can now be accomplished instantly by using your mouse to draw simple gestures.

Prefect addon for lazy efficient users like me, who consider even reaching left hand to the keyboard to use hotkeys is too tiresome!

Thanks for good thread! Previously I used Google Chrome, but it was incovinient. Then I started to use Mozilla.

I use Privatix to see blocked sites in my country and AdBlock Plus to block advertising.

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Originally Posted by KaiLi

Dictionary, 2nd version.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7869

There's one I added to firefox so it can spellcheck my emails... but I can't find the link. ¬¬
Will post if I find it.

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Makes downloading pretty, plus allows you to close the browser window play baccarat and continue the download.

I'm here just to give a heads-up to people using the Mozilla archive format and the unmtl add-ons fairly soon these two add-ons will no longer be supported in firefox future editions..but will still work on previous ones.these two add-ons add the ability to save entire pages with active links and all images intake...