Author Topic: Firefox Extensions: Your favorite or most useful (Read 820798 times)

Curt · « **Reply #150 on:** March 12, 2007, 01:40 PM »

You can change the Zotero icon
-Dan Cohen (March 12, 2007, 01:19 PM)

Very nice update!

vegas · « **Reply #151 on:** March 29, 2007, 12:03 PM »

YES! YES! YES! Finally! Without having to edit my own file with zoom preferences on a page by page basis, my endless quest for a good text zoom addon has finally come.

I just noticed THIS NoSquint (http://urandom.ca/nosquint/) new addon over at the Firefox addons page (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/55/) for the never updated, less impressive, TextZoom.

This guy is my freakin hero! As with the previous text zoom, it will adjust the zoom permantly on a whateverpercentyouwant basis OR remember how you zoom on each domain you visit for each following visit. Awesome.
-vegas (June 15, 2006, 11:45 PM)

Just wanted to mention that my all-time favorite Firefox Extension, NoSquint (http://urandom.ca/nosquint/) has been updated to version 1.0 with many changes & fixes. It is MUCH smoother now that before, especially when loading multiple pages.

mouser · « **Reply #152 on:** March 29, 2007, 12:46 PM »

NoSquint looks really useful, how about adding a picture to your post and i can blog it.

Grorgy · « **Reply #153 on:** April 22, 2007, 06:25 PM »

I removed fasterfox to when i realised what it was doing, prefetching i'm thinking must increase the amount of bandwidth i use, and being on a satellite connection with 1gb limit b4 i pay 10cents a mb in downloads means i dont want to be getting stuff i may or may not want, i was stuck on a dialup service for so long that even a 264k satellite connection is sooo much faster anyway

f0dder · « **Reply #154 on:** April 22, 2007, 06:35 PM »

FasterFox only does prefetching if you have it turned on - and the other settings that it tweaks are useful... "persistent connections" is really great, and even decreases bandwidth usage by an extremely small amount

. Apart from the prefetching, all the other settings fasterfox do can be tweaked manually though, iirc. Still more convenient having access to them through fasterfox imho.

Grorgy · « **Reply #155 on:** April 22, 2007, 07:34 PM »

I stand corrected

will see if i notice anything, bit difficult tho, i only get to use the broadband on weekends at the moment as i am away during the week so it seems fast no matter what and the dialup i'm using during the week always seems slow lol

roadrunner2525 · « **Reply #156 on:** April 22, 2007, 09:01 PM »

TabMix Plus, Roboform, AdBlock Plus. Flashblock, Flashgot, IE View Lite, Add to Evernote and newly added, NoSquint

Nxqd3051990 · « **Reply #157 on:** July 07, 2007, 07:40 PM »

Generated: Sun Jul 08 2007 07:39:59 GMT+0300 (Egypt Daylight Time)
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070619 BonEcho/2.0.0.4 (tete009 SSE PGO)
Build ID: 2007061918

Enabled Extensions: [21]
- Adblock Plus 0.7.5.1
- All-in-One Sidebar 0.7.1
- Autocomplete Manager 2.0
- Autofill Forms 0.6.2
- Better Gmail 0.9.1
- del.icio.us Bookmarks 1.5.29
- FaviconizeTab 0.9.7.4
- Firebug 1.05
- FlashGot 0.5.99
- Forecastfox 0.9.5.2
- Gmail Notifier 0.6.1
- Google Browser Sync 1.3.20070523.0
- Greasemonkey 0.7.20070607.0
- keyconfig 20060828.1
- Linkification 1.3.3
- Menu Editor 1.2.3.3
- MR Tech Local Install 5.3.2.3
- Personal Menu 3.0.6
- SearchStatus 1.20
- Tab Mix Plus 0.3.6
- Web Developer 1.1.4

Installed Themes: [3]
- Firefox (default)
- Tango 2.0.1
- Tango Firefox Theme 0.8.3

Installed Plugins: (5)
- Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U1
- Microsoft® DRM
- Mozilla Default Plug-in
- Shockwave Flash
- Windows Media Player Plug-in Dynamic Link Library

Mine

Perry Mowbray · « **Reply #158 on:** July 08, 2007, 07:40 PM »

I've recently installed the iGoogle Sidebar at work, and am finding it to be very useful!

It compresses and displays your iGoogle page in a sidebar: much easier to display, click, hide again.

mitzevo · « **Reply #159 on:** July 08, 2007, 10:46 PM »

web developer and firebug are good.

Curt · « **Reply #160 on:** February 07, 2008, 02:16 PM »

In the end of this post I have a question for you!

... explore Firefox once again. Only problem is, we all know it takes at least 10 extensions to achieve the features of an Opera or Maxthon. Ok, so be it, I'd like to ask everyone of their favorite or most useful/powerful extensions...
-vegas (December 02, 2005, 12:32 AM)

After a long brake I have taken up Firefox again.

Applikation: Firefox 2.0.0.11 (2007112718)

- Add to Search Bar 1.7
   [email protected]
   http://maltekraus.de...Firefox/search-tools
   Add any search on any page to the Search Bar.
- All Customized Links 1.5
   {E2C5E80C-79B5-485a-A493-3E87E28823A5}
   http://www.vietnewsonline.com/phonglu/
   Quickly navigate to customized URLs through right-click menu
- ColorfulTabs 2.0.8
   {0545b830-f0aa-4d7e-8820-50a4629a56fe}
   http://www.thestasis.com/
   Colorful Tabs colors every tab in a different color and makes them easy to distinguish while beautifying the overall appeal of the interface.
- CustomizeGoogle 0.69
   {fce36c1e-58d8-498a-b2a5-66ad1cedebbb}
   http://www.customizegoogle.com/
   Forbedrede Google søgeresultater, og fjern reklamer og spam.
- CuteMenus - Crystal SVG 1.9.2
   {63df8e21-711c-4074-a257-b065cadc28d8}
   http://www.cutemenuproject.com/
   Tilføjer ikoner i alle menuer.
- DOM Inspector 1.8.1.11
   [email protected]
   http://www.mozilla.o.../projects/inspector/
   Inspects the structure and properties of a window and its contents.
- Download Statusbar 0.9.5.3
   {D4DD63FA-01E4-46a7-B6B1-EDAB7D6AD389}
   http://downloadstatusbar.mozdev.org/
   View and manage downloads from a tidy statusbar
- DownloadHelper 2.6.1
   {b9db16a4-6edc-47ec-a1f4-b86292ed211d}
   http://www.downloadhelper.net
   Download videos and images from many sites
- Extended Statusbar 1.2.6
   {daf44bf7-a45e-4450-979c-91cf07434c3d}
   http://galeb.etf.bg....efox/extensions/esb/
   A Statusbar with Speed, Percentage, Time and loaded size (like Opera's one)
- Extension List Dumper 1.11.0
   [email protected]
   http://sogame.awardspace.com/
   Dumper en liste over alle installerede udvidelser.
- Extension Manager Extended 2.6.2
   [email protected]
   http://extended.spanglerco.com/
   Use the extension manager to view the id and the folder of an extension.
- Fasterfox 2.0.0
   {c36177c0-224a-11da-8cd6-0800200c9a66}
   http://fasterfox.mozdev.org/
   Performance and network tweaks for Firefox.
- FavLoc 1.1
   {472f4ef0-a825-11da-a746-0800200c9a66}
   http://favloc.fligtar.com
   Nemt download til ofte brugte steder.
- Image Toolbar 0.6.4
   {A4732521-77D9-447E-A557-B279AC923F06}
   http://www.cusser.net
   Provides easy access to common image functions.
- Launchy 4.2.0
   [email protected]
   http://gemal.dk/mozi...html?project=launchy
   Open links and mailto's with external applications like Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera, Outlook etc
- Linkification 1.3.3
   {35106bca-6c78-48c7-ac28-56df30b51d2a}
   http://yellow5.us/firefox/linkification/
   Konverterer tekstlinks til ægte, klikbare links.
- Open In RegEdit 0.1.2
   openinregedit@firefox
   https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/4478/
   Select registry keys in the page and open them in the registry editor
- Popup ALT Attribute 1.3.2005092702
   {61FD08D8-A2CB-46c0-B36D-3F531AC53C12}
   http://piro.sakura.n...ul/_popupalt.html.en
   Popups alternate texts of images or others, and show long descriptions in the multi-row tooltip.
- RealPlayer Browser Record Plugin 1.0
   {ABDE892B-13A8-4d1b-88E6-365A6E755758}
   http://www.real.com
   Detects all recordable content on the browser
- Restarter 1.0
   [email protected]
   http://bazzargh.blogspot.com/
   Add 'restart' to file menu see bug 336050
- RichScrollbar 0.1
   {9859aa37-9d17-4558-8ddd-11042c6f3390}
   http://dafizilla.sou...ge.net/richscrollbar
   Add to scrollbars some buttons to simplify common scrolling operations
- Stop-or-Reload Button 0.2.2
   {61D0D7AF-4FF6-476a-B68F-6531F613A6D8}
   http://v2studio.com/k/moz/
   Turns the stop and reload buttons into a single one.
   When you can stop, you have a Stop button, otherwise you have a Reload button. (Like Safari)
- Talkback 2.0.0.11
   [email protected]
   http://talkback.mozilla.org/
   Sends information about program crashes to Mozilla.
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Two of the many things I like about Maxthon 1.6 ("Classic") are 1) the Maxthon Start Page which gives me my recent favourite links at once, and 2) the extra toolbar with shortcuts to programs of my own choice.

Firefox Extensions: Your favorite or most useful

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All Customized Links is an "okay" substitute for half of the Maxthon Start Page, so my biggest problem with Firefox is that the only add'on I have found that comes close to the toolbar for "fav progs" is Launchy, and the author gave up updating this program two years ago, even though I think it still needs a lot in userfriendliness. The prime feature of Launchy is still working fine, but it is a nightmare to add links to other programs if you are not a coder. And it is for such a feature, links to other programs, I became interested in the first place.

So I came here to ask if 'you' know of a program / an add'on that will add such a feature to Firefox, making it easy to reach my favourite programs from the inside of Firefox 2, please?

Curt · « **Reply #161 on:** February 07, 2008, 05:30 PM »

Oh, I forgot to tell that the primary reason I installed Firefox again is the program Firefox Preloader which CyberNet News just wrote about. The preloader is from February 2005 but is working okay with both Firefox 2 and 3, and I cannot understand why 'no-one' have told about it before. Of course you might not care for Firefox Preloader if you are running Vista with Superfetch enabled, but on my XP the preloader does magic. Nothing less!

(...) the open source Firefox Preloader. It can be set to startup when you turn your computer on, and with it Firefox will always be at your beckon call. If there are multiple versions of Firefox installed on your computer you can decide which one you would like it to work with.

This feature does come at a cost though. When the preloader first started up on my computer it used about 4MB of memory itself, and Firefox was using about 10MB. Those aren’t drastic numbers, but for those of you conscious about the memory usage you might want to think twice before using the preloader. Also, when you close Firefox it doesn’t actually close all the way, instead it’s just tucked away so that it will still start quickly the next time you go to use it.

Firefox Preloader (for Windows only)
http://cybernetnews....er-with-a-preloader/

https://sourceforge.....php?group_id=129464

tinjaw · « **Reply #162 on:** March 11, 2008, 02:34 PM »

I use a different version of a preloader. It comes standard on all Windows version and consists of two parts. The first is the Startup folder and the second is the Minimize Window button.

Curt · « **Reply #163 on:** March 11, 2008, 02:55 PM »

Yes, I should have stressed out that I didn't had Firefox as my default browser. I didn't want it in Start. But now I have it placed in Start, and I don't use the Preloader anymore, because I've found two old add-ons doing an even better job:

- MinimizeToTray 0.0.1.2006102615+
   {31513E58-F253-47ad-86DB-D5F21E905429}
   http://minimizetotray.mozdev.org/
   Firefox 1.0 - 2.0.0.*
   Minimizes Mozilla windows into the system tray
- Minimize To Tray Enhancer 0.7.5.3
   {de1b245c-de57-11da-ba2d-0050c2490048}
   http://codefisher.or...ize_to_tray_enhancer
   Firefox 1.5 - 2.0.0.*
   Adds extra things to Minimize To Tray.

Because of these two useful extras, I now have Firefox as my default browser again. In Start.
- I hope Firefox 3 will have some similar features.

f0dder · « **Reply #164 on:** March 12, 2008, 08:42 AM »

The preloaders/minimizetotray do work, but imho it's bad little workarounds, when the real focus should be on optimizing the startup sequence... it's not that it's worries me much constantly wasting 25, 50, or even 100 megabytes of memory, even when not using a browser, but it's just not a solution, it's symptomatic treatment. And that's wrong

nosh · « **Reply #165 on:** March 13, 2008, 01:54 PM »

Here's a nice FF extension I came across today.

Fission incorporates the navigation info (that you usually see in the status bar) into the address bar so you can see it all in one spot.

It modifies the Firefox address bar to show load progress in the background using a color or a texture (any image).

It can optionally:
Move the normal progress bar to the right of the address bar.
Show the connection status in the address bar (depicted in screenshot)
Display links you hover over in the address bar.

Source: Me <- Lifehacker <- Killer Tech Tips

f0dder · « **Reply #166 on:** March 13, 2008, 07:26 PM »

nosh: sounds interesting - can it handle the mouse-over info that the status bar also does? Coz then one could disable the status bar and get a bit more screen real estate

nosh · « **Reply #167 on:** March 14, 2008, 01:52 AM »

Yup, the links you hover over are displayed in the address bar with a

preceding them so you know they're hovered links, they stop showing up in the status bar if you have the feature enabled. I've disabled that, find myself instinctively glancing down all the time & I need the status bar for other stuff anyway. The connection status is nice though, much more noticeable in the address bar.

Nod5 · « **Reply #168 on:** March 24, 2008, 07:13 AM »

The Firefox 3 betas are just amazing so I'm getting even closer to ditching Maxthon for Firefox (old habits die hard...). In that process I've found some new add-ons. One such great find is Drag & DropZone Searching http://www.captainca...pzone-searching.aspx
004[1].JPG

It is somewhat similar to Drag de Go https://addons.mozil...S/firefox/addon/2918 (which does not work with FF3b5 yet). Both react to you dragging some text from a page and then dropping it. Drag de Go uses directional dropping; its reaction is based on what direction you drop the text in relative to the drag starting point. Drag & DropZone instead uses a grid of dropzones shown when dragging. An advantage with Drag & DropZone is that you won't have to memorize the various drag actions since you see them on screen.

Both add-ons are great for quick searching. I wish Drag & DropZone would expand the concept further though. I'd like to be able to use it's drop actions for more than searching, like copying to clipboard, saving to some file and in general passing the dropped text (and perhaps also page URL, title and so on) to external scripts.

Nxqd3051990 · « **Reply #169 on:** March 24, 2008, 08:18 AM »

Yes, I should have stressed out that I didn't had Firefox as my default browser. I didn't want it in Start. But now I have it placed in Start, and I don't use the Preloader anymore, because I've found two old add-ons doing an even better job:

- MinimizeToTray 0.0.1.2006102615+
   {31513E58-F253-47ad-86DB-D5F21E905429}
   http://minimizetotray.mozdev.org/
   Firefox 1.0 - 2.0.0.*
   Minimizes Mozilla windows into the system tray
- Minimize To Tray Enhancer 0.7.5.3
   {de1b245c-de57-11da-ba2d-0050c2490048}
   http://codefisher.or...ize_to_tray_enhancer
   Firefox 1.5 - 2.0.0.*
   Adds extra things to Minimize To Tray.

Because of these two useful extras, I now have Firefox as my default browser again. In Start.
- I hope Firefox 3 will have some similar features.
-Curt (March 11, 2008, 02:55 PM)

You can use DM2 ( The tiny tools ) that helps minimize to tray all programs you want :p. I find it's very useful, you'll find more interesting from it

Link : dm2.sf.net

Curt · « **Reply #170 on:** March 24, 2008, 09:13 AM »

Thanks, nxqd, I have been using DM2 since long ago, and think it is great. However, only last week I removed it from start because I've found FileBox eXtender (from Hyperionics) which is easier for my unstable XP to run. Whatsmore, the question was not merely to minimize to systray, but to Start, minimized to systray.

Besides, I have ditched Firefox (again again), and taken up Avant (again) 11.6.08 - and so far I like it a lot! Plus, it will start minimized to tray... Of course I miss a few features from the Mozilla addons, but I am waiting for the final stable release of version 3 before I will try Firefox again. Beta 4 caused me a couple of annoying problems.

Curt · « **Reply #171 on:** April 18, 2008, 05:48 PM »

I am trying out Firefox again³. Forgive me for some Danish phrases, please:

Applikation: Firefox 2.0.0.14 (2008040413)
Operativsystem: WINNT (x86-msvc)

Totalt antal elementer: 20

- British English Dictionary 1.19
   [email protected]
   Firefox 2.0 - 3.0pre

- Dansk ordbog 1.4.67
   [email protected]
   Firefox 2.0 - 3.0b4pre
   Dansk stavekontrol i tekstfelter - gør dagen nemmere!

- Download Statusbar 0.9.6.1
   {D4DD63FA-01E4-46a7-B6B1-EDAB7D6AD389}
   http://downloadstatusbar.mozdev.org/
   Firefox 2.0 - 3.0b5pre
   View and manage downloads from a tidy statusbar

- DownloadHelper 3.0.3
   {b9db16a4-6edc-47ec-a1f4-b86292ed211d}
   http://www.downloadhelper.net
   Firefox 1.5 - 3.0b4
   Download videos and images from many sites

- Extension List Dumper 1.14.0
   [email protected]
   http://sogame.awardspace.com/
   Firefox 1.5 - 3.0b5
   Dumper en liste over alle installerede udvidelser.

- Extension Manager Extended 2.6.3.2
   [email protected]
   http://extended.spanglerco.com/
   Firefox 1.5 - 3.0pre
   Use the extension manager to view the id and the folder of an extension.

- Fasterfox 2.0.0
   {c36177c0-224a-11da-8cd6-0800200c9a66}
   http://fasterfox.mozdev.org/
   Firefox 1.5 - 2.0.0.*
   Performance and network tweaks for Firefox.

- FavLoc 1.1
   {472f4ef0-a825-11da-a746-0800200c9a66}
   http://favloc.fligtar.com
   Firefox 1.5 - 3.0a2
   Nemt download til ofte brugte steder.

- Greasemonkey 0.7.20080121.0
   {e4a8a97b-f2ed-450b-b12d-ee082ba24781}
   http://www.greasespot.net/
   Firefox 1.5 - 3.0b3
   A User Script Manager for Firefox

- IE View 1.3.7
   {6e84150a-d526-41f1-a480-a67d3fed910d}
   http://ieview.mozdev.org/
   Firefox 1.0 - 3.0b4
   Åbner sider i IE via Firefox-menuer

- Image Toolbar 0.6.4
   {A4732521-77D9-447E-A557-B279AC923F06}
   http://www.cusser.net
   Firefox 1.5 - 2.0.0.*
   Provides easy access to common image functions.

- InFormEnter 0.5.5.2
   {5546F97E-11A5-46b0-9082-32AD74AAA920}
   http://informenter.mozdev.org/
   Firefox 1.0 - 3.0b5
   Helper for form filling in semi-automatic mode.

- Popup ALT Attribute 1.3.2005092702
   {61FD08D8-A2CB-46c0-B36D-3F531AC53C12}
   http://piro.sakura.n...ul/_popupalt.html.en
   Firefox 1.0 - 2.0.0.*
   Popups alternate texts of images or others like NetscapeCommunicator(Navigator) 4.x, and show long descriptions in the multi-row tooltip.

- Quick Locale Switcher 1.6.5.1
   {25A1388B-6B18-46c3-BEBA-A81915D0DE8F}
   http://www.captaincaveman.nl
   Firefox 1.0 - 3.0pre
   Skift præferencen general.useragent.locale hurtigt.

- RichScrollbar 0.1
   {9859aa37-9d17-4558-8ddd-11042c6f3390}
   http://dafizilla.sou...ge.net/richscrollbar
   Firefox 2.0 - 3.0b2
   Add to scrollbars some buttons to simplify common scrolling operations

- Save Session 1.3.1.3
   [email protected]
   http://diary.noasobi.net/
   Firefox 2.0 - 3.0b4pre
   Save Session can save the session only once.

- Stop-or-Reload Button 0.2.2
   {61D0D7AF-4FF6-476a-B68F-6531F613A6D8}
   http://v2studio.com/k/moz/
   Firefox 2.0 - 2.0.0.*
   Turns the stop and reload buttons into a single one. When you can stop, you have a Stop button, otherwise you have a Reload button. (Like Safari)

- Talkback 2.0.0.11
   (Deaktiveret)
   [email protected]
   http://talkback.mozilla.org/
   Firefox 2.0.0.11 - 2.0.0.*
   Sends information about program crashes to Mozilla.

- Unicode Input Tool/Converter 2.1.1
   [email protected]
   http://brettz9.blogs...icode-converter.html
   Firefox 1.5 - 3.0b5
   Converts character references, etc. into Unicode and back

- United States English Dictionary 3.0.1
   [email protected]
   http://www.blogzilla.info/spellchecker/
   Firefox 2.0 - 3.0b5pre
   English United States (en-US) spellchecking dictionary

sri · « **Reply #172 on:** April 19, 2008, 10:21 AM »

http://www.piclens.com/site/firefox/win/ is pretty cool.

Curt · « **Reply #173 on:** April 19, 2008, 05:21 PM »

I had PicLens for a couple of days, but it made my browser a little sluggish.

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Edit: I have of course also added Restarter.

- Restarter 1.0
   [email protected]
   http://bazzargh.blogspot.com/
   Firefox 2.0 - 2.0.0.*
   Add 'restart' to file menu see bug 336050

Curt · « **Reply #174 on:** April 20, 2008, 05:03 AM »

I have removed Quick Locale Switcher, and installed HyperWords
- I wonder how I forgot about this addon in the first place $:-\$

- Hyperwords 3.7
   {9A752782-D706-479b-98F8-3F66BF921692}
   http://www.hyperwords.net
   Firefox 1.5 - 3.0b3pre
   Makes every word on the web interactive.