firefox browser extensions

[belividere]

Anyone here using firefox for their browser? I tried hijacking a very important discussion that seems to have disappeared with a question on extensions. So using firefox who has found any extensions they wish they always had?

For those wondering what the hell firefox is:
http://www.mozilla.org/

 

[Centaurion]

ieview - lets you view those annoying pages that are only for IE

 

[belividere]

I grabbed ieview a bit ago and have been very happy with it.

I have been messing around with stumbleupon since I spend most of my days in front of a computer recently and tonight came across this site:

http://pookmail.com/

 

[Page]

I use firefox. It kicks the fvcking shyt out of internet explorer.

The adblock extension is a must-have. It lets you block in-site ads by blocking all images from the ad server, so any ads coming from that server will be rendered invisible. I have most ad servers on my block list by now, so i don't see many ads anymore. It's just like the internet used to be.


The bugmenot extension is good-- it lets you bypass compulsory registration, for news sites, etc.

 

[Vincent]

I couldn't live without:

Tabbrowser preferences
Adblock
Forecastfox
Reload every
Gmail notifier
Mouse Gestures
miniT

With my favorite being Mouse Gestures

 

[TJSmitty]

Mouse gestures is a godsend.

 

[jiza101]

Links please, and what do they all do

 

[Vincent]

They're all on firefox's extensions page.

Read about um there.

 

[Centaurion]

thanks for the heads up on the mouse extension!

I <3 it

 

[belividere]

I'm not quite sure I love the mouse gestures yet. I've been messing around with it for a couple of hours and dont seem to get it yet. Then again by saturday I will probably be wondering how I managed to even log onto my computer last week. So far it seems that a lot of what I can do with mouse gestures i could have done before with the mouse wheel or simple keyboard combos. I do like how simple it is to open a new tab though.

Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[Derek Flint]

Be sure to install the Bookmarks Backup extension, as FF has a habit of losing your bookmarks during a hard crash.

I lost a years worth of bookmarks and didn't know this was an issue with FF until I went searching for a way to retrieve them.

Netscape has this "feature" as well.

Install that Extension now.

 

[Vincent]

Originally posted by belividere
Thanks for the suggestions.

It also has mouse button gestures (not sure if you found them or not).

They are: middle click + left/right button. Switch to coresponding tab

Right click +left/left+right
backwards/forwards