Thread: Recommended Firefox Addons

I've been using Firefox for years now and I'm still coming across great add-ons both new and old. That and the fact that based on site usage data I know the majority of our community use Firefox (all data is anonymous don't worry!) I thought I would share my top 5 add-ons as well as well as my current theme in the hope that others would do the same and maybe I'll find a few new gems

1. Adblock Plus - Blocks *almost* all website advertising
2. Xmarks (Formerly Foxmarks) - Synchronises your bookmarks across multiple computers as well as making them available to you on the move by logging into their site. There is also the option to syncronise passwords between computers (turned off by default).
3. Download Statusbar - shows current downloads in the status bar instead of a popup making it easier to track progress, it is also highly configurable to auto-hide certain file extentions etc...
4. Tabinta - allows you to set a key combination to insert a tab into a text area (doesn't work on most forums but great for coding)
5. Personas - allows advanced customization of the default Firefox theme with a variety of styles. Good for brightening up your browser to your own taste

My current theme is Cromifox Extreme - after using Chrome a few weeks back for compatibility testing of the new site I fell in love with the minimalistic UI and larger view area. Chromifox Extreme makes Firefox look practically identical to Chrome but without all the quirky web-parsing problems and all your favourite addons you can't leave behind

Default User Agent.

So if you have a website thats only for IE8 or IE7 while on FireFox you simply press IE7 or IE8 and the website starts running.

DownThemAll!, a great download-accelerator and download manager. Check it out! (For FireFox by the way)

Maniche

I've got personas on my other computers firefox, great theme add-on!

Dont forget FireBug! Best tool for webdevelopment!!

Firebug is amazing I also like the Webdeveloper toolbar and ColorZilla for when you can't find your colour chart

I like to believe that fancy firefox doodads make the world go round

I like to think so as well I just wish they'd fix the performance bugs in Firefox - it's taking up one of my cores all the time these days even after a fresh install! It's also crashing at least every hour