Firefox Add-Ons

[ase]

Recently got in a conversation with ashcomp and lj-free wife J. about Mozilla and add-ons, so I'm posting my current set of add-ons for the curious.

Most used items bolded, for easy glance-'n-grab.

• Adblock Plus: like the name says.


• Auto Copy: Automatically copies selected text. I love this functionality in Trillian; let's see if it's great in Firefox or if it drives me nuts within a week.


• ColorZilla: color tool I mostly use for f-list tweaking.


• Converter: Highlight number and unit and right-click for unit conversion. Since I'm still shaky on my metric/english conversions, I think this is the best tool ever.


• Deepest Sender: Blogging tool. Never remember I have it.


• Dog Ears: Tag a spot in that 100 page .txt you pulled off Project Gutenberg. Would be more useful if I remembered I had it, instead of accidentally dog-earing things occasionally.


• Firefox Showcase: Can't find that one tab you want in the 20 you've got open? Click on the button at the end of the tab toolbar and get a visual representation of all tabs.


• FoxyTunes: control your music and other media player(s) from Firefox. Add "now playing" functionality to your gmail sigs, among other nifty tricks. Since I have hotkeys to get me to WinAmp, I never ever remember to use FoxyTunes.


• Greasemonkey: Javascript manager. Mostly got it for the "unfold all LJ comments" script, which is awesome.


• IE Tab: Pesky website not firefox compatible? Engage the IE engine with one click.


• Leechblock: Lets you block all those websites you waste time at. Perfect for the livejournal and slashdot addicts who'd like to actually get some work done.


• Link Alert: wave your cursor over a link and see if you're about to click through to a website, javascript, pdf, etc. Cute.


• MeasureIt: What are the pixel dimensions of that website element? Use this to find out.


• Organize Status Bar: Perfect for people with umpteen extensions and a control complex.


• Print Preview: adds a preview button to the toolbar and your right-click menu.


• Research Word: Highlight word, right-click, choose wiki or dictionary to look it up with. Only works when you remember you have it.


• Sage: RSS/Atom feed aggregator I never remember to actually use.


• Searchbar Autosizer: Start with small searchbar. Watch it grow as you type! Small but cool.


• Tab Mix Plus: Extra control over your tabs. Pretty cool.


• Zotero: Research tool I have yet to use. Probably good for paper-writing.

So. What are your favorite Mozilla extensions?

Comments

[ase.livejournal.com]

The next time I have two computers, I am totally going to be using that one. Thanks!

(And hi, just wandering through)

Hi! Always nice to have new people hanging out.