Hi Firefox users, dear fellows!
I'd like to know what Firefox extensions you're using, and why
Here are the Firefox extensions that I use!
- Adblock plus: most effective ad blocking tool ever! I haven't seen a single ad banner or logo.
- Adblock plus: element hiding helper: I don't remember what this is for but it came with Adblock iirc.
- Always remember passwords: on some pages there's a sort of protection that doesn't let Firefox save password... well this makes password saving possible on every page! wooyay
- Download statusbar: manage your downloads with a nice statusbar, much better than the default download manger imo.
- externalIP: shows your external (=not local) IP address at the bottom of your browser
- Favicon picker: lets me assign my own icons to bookmarks
- Flashblock: disables and hides flash animations, unlick you click them (one of the most useful extension ever tbh)
- Flashgot: send download links to FlashGet (download manager tool)
- FormFox: I just installed this one, not sure what it does but I think it tells you the destination page when submitting a form
- Long titles: allows long hint boxes (multiline hints)
- Save complete: when saving a page with firefox, some elements may be omitted (backgrounds from CSS), this extension lets you do a full backup of the page. Very useful.
- Smart middle click: some links don't directly point to webpage but execute a javascript function instead (links of the form "java script: something('blabla');"). These links normally can't be opened in new tabs using a middle click. Well, this extension makes it possible.
- SwitchProxy tool: if you have several proxy configurations, this tool lets you switch between each configuration easily
- Tab scope: hovering a tab shows a thumbnail of the page and lets you perform some actions like refreshing the tab, going back/forward, etc.
- Tamper Data: allows you to intercept & edit HTTP & HTTPS headers before they're sent to the server
- Undo closed tabs button: you probably know this useful feature in Firefox: when you accidentally close a tab, you can reopen it and it keeps the text that you had entered in the input fields! Well this extension adds a button in the toolbar that lets you reopen those tabs very quickly.
- Unhide passwords: Firefox remembers password so you don't even have to type them when you get on an authentication page. However sometimes you need to actually view this password. This extension reveals the text from the password fields.
- View cookies: adds a tab to view cookies in the "page information" window.
That's all I'm using at the moment. I've got loads more, but I don't need to enable them permanently.
What extensions are you using?
I'd like to know what Firefox extensions you're using, and why
Here are the Firefox extensions that I use!
- Adblock plus: most effective ad blocking tool ever! I haven't seen a single ad banner or logo.
- Adblock plus: element hiding helper: I don't remember what this is for but it came with Adblock iirc.
- Always remember passwords: on some pages there's a sort of protection that doesn't let Firefox save password... well this makes password saving possible on every page! wooyay
- Download statusbar: manage your downloads with a nice statusbar, much better than the default download manger imo.
- externalIP: shows your external (=not local) IP address at the bottom of your browser
- Favicon picker: lets me assign my own icons to bookmarks
- Flashblock: disables and hides flash animations, unlick you click them (one of the most useful extension ever tbh)
- Flashgot: send download links to FlashGet (download manager tool)
- FormFox: I just installed this one, not sure what it does but I think it tells you the destination page when submitting a form
- Long titles: allows long hint boxes (multiline hints)
- Save complete: when saving a page with firefox, some elements may be omitted (backgrounds from CSS), this extension lets you do a full backup of the page. Very useful.
- Smart middle click: some links don't directly point to webpage but execute a javascript function instead (links of the form "java script: something('blabla');"). These links normally can't be opened in new tabs using a middle click. Well, this extension makes it possible.
- SwitchProxy tool: if you have several proxy configurations, this tool lets you switch between each configuration easily
- Tab scope: hovering a tab shows a thumbnail of the page and lets you perform some actions like refreshing the tab, going back/forward, etc.
- Tamper Data: allows you to intercept & edit HTTP & HTTPS headers before they're sent to the server
- Undo closed tabs button: you probably know this useful feature in Firefox: when you accidentally close a tab, you can reopen it and it keeps the text that you had entered in the input fields! Well this extension adds a button in the toolbar that lets you reopen those tabs very quickly.
- Unhide passwords: Firefox remembers password so you don't even have to type them when you get on an authentication page. However sometimes you need to actually view this password. This extension reveals the text from the password fields.
- View cookies: adds a tab to view cookies in the "page information" window.
That's all I'm using at the moment. I've got loads more, but I don't need to enable them permanently.
What extensions are you using?