Firefox Extensions: Your favorite or most useful

[Curt]

Thanks a lot, sri - just what the doctor ordered! 

Edited:
What extension used to give me Highlight > Open in Reg' Editor ?

- or was it purely a Maxthon feature? 

[Carol Haynes]

There was a right click extension for 'open in reg editor' for Explorer (and therefore probably for Maxthon too).

See: http://www.petri.co....in_regedit_in_ie.htm

I tried it eons ago and it worked fine.

There seems to be something similar for Firefox (but I haven't tried it)

see http://www.softpedia...pen-In-RegEdit.shtml

or https://addons.mozil...S/firefox/addon/4478

Just tried the Firefox Extension and it seems to work fine.

[Curt]

Oh, it was that easy! 
- thanks, Carol!

[hairball]

By far my favorite extension is http://www.foxmarks.com/

I have 3 XP & 2 Linux boxes at home, several work machines all running foxmarks, all with several thousand links, always up to date and synchronized using this awesome add-on. I used to use both MyLinkVault (worthless) and Sync2It (problems with synching-lost links) until i stumbled across Foxmarks...I've yet to have any problems with Foxmarks even when they went thru a major server/version upgrade a while back.

I only wish that firefox would improve upon their Bookmarks Manager or make an add-on that allowed for better link management. I find it hard to believe that when i do a text search for one of my links, it finds the link so i know it exists, but it doesn't show you what folder it's currently sitting in.

-hairball

[mouser]

Welcome to the site hairball -- nice first post 

[tomos]

I only wish that firefox would improve upon their Bookmarks Manager or make an add-on that allowed for better link management. I find it hard to believe that when i do a text search for one of my links, it finds the link so i know it exists, but it doesn't show you what folder it's currently sitting in.

-hairball (May 16, 2008, 12:15 PM)

hi too hairball !
dont need to synch at the mo, but if i do..

I've struggled a bit with ff bookmarks, now I just use the FARR ff plugin & save the bookmarks with a word in there somewhere that'll make sense to me later, & dont bother segregrating it into folders - mind you, if you're saving a huge amount of stuff that probably doesnt help that much in terms of organisation...

[but FF sure dont help much in terms of organisation as you say]

[Grorgy]

I'm using a few things to improve bookmarks, i was using powermarks, but since its coming to the end of its life i thought id try and get it all back into ff itself. So

2 pane bookmarks, description says shows in sidebar in 2 pane style like opera, whatever it has 2 panes which is handy    (the home page is basically all in japanese, but it is easy to find at ff add ons site

Bookmark duplicate detector - as the name suggests http://bookmarkdd.mozdev.org/


Bookmark sorting http://www.oregontec...rt.com/bookmarks.php is the home page, tho the version i have is later than the one mentioned on this page right now, so if ya want it i'd get it at add-ons site

   
OpenBook 1.3.4.1
Last updated: 2007.04.11
Allows for customization of the Add Bookmark dialog. The bookmarks tree can be automatically opened and elements can be hidden.  http://www.chuonthis.com/extensions/

Ohh and I use Foxmarks to synchronize and store my bookmarks, makes them available anywhere as well as just the synching

These give me most of what i wanted, and it also means things like keywords and comments will be kept.

[kartal]

mines

hyperwords , turns everyword into hypertext
super dragandgo, you can drag and drop links, and text to make a search
NoScript , blockignscripts
Back to Top, for long pages, lets you go to top or down with one click
FEBE, backup firefox with extensions
ReminderFox, for todos, alarms, schedules. it can be shared between thunderbird and firefox
SmartPager, for incremental pages. alt+pagedown-up goes to next or previous page
Copy links, copies links in pages
download them all, download helper
Mediaplayerconnectivity, media player with additional settings per media type

[najja]

1. It might be a overkill, but I just found a extension that mimic vim's behavior in firefox. While it seems intimidating at first glance,it's actually quite good at saving screen estate and minimizing hand movement.

Only for the hardcore fans tho
http://vimperator.mozdev.org/
It is quite well documented (commands are mainly in the "various" category of the documentation) and there is a wiki too http://vimperator.cu...?title=Configuration

2. Another one I like is the secure login extension. The default password manager shipped with firefox always leave me unsatisfied. It feels somewhat awkward and insecure. The secure login extension prevents prefilling the form and can also temporally disable javascript to prevent cross-site scripting. Best of its feature, imho, is that it is much easier and snappy to use. It automatically highlight the form. You press Alt-N and it not only automatically fills it but also presses enter for you. If you have two accounts, it offers a box to select one and off you go. Very Handy!
https://addons.mozil...S/firefox/addon/4429

[greivsy]

Am not a heavy user but I can highly recommend;

Foxmarks - If you use Firefox on more than one computer, you'll want Foxmarks. Install Foxmarks on each computer, and it will work silently in the background to keep your bookmarks synchronized. You can also log in to my.foxmarks.com to manage your bookmarks from any computer.

Adblock Plus - Ever been annoyed by all those ads and banners on the internet that often take longer to download than everything else on the page? Install Adblock Plus now and get rid of them.

Stop Autoplay - Disable the autoplay of the embedded music and movie. The users have 2 modes to choose:
1) Disable only the autostart of the embedded media. The users can press the play button of the controller to play it.
2) Block the media when loading a page. It will be replaced by a red frame. Press the red frame to load and then play it.
This extension can also convert the ie-only tag "bgsound" to "embed", and it can also block Flash media by a costumizable blacklist.

PDF Download - PDF Download relieves the pain experienced when encountering PDF files on the Web. Whenever you click on a PDF file, PDF Download lets you know before trying to open it, and then offers you choices such as downloading, opening, or converting it straight to HTML.

Download Helper - The easy way to download Web videos from hundreds of YouTube-like sites.
This works also for audio and picture galleries.

sorry...I didn't post the links too...am pushed for time & it's my first time (but didn't mean to rhyme :-) but I will get it together. Hope that helps some people as Firefox truly rocks when you get it working to your needs.

Greivsy

[lanux128]

I only wish that firefox would improve upon their Bookmarks Manager or make an add-on that allowed for better link management. I find it hard to believe that when i do a text search for one of my links, it finds the link so i know it exists, but it doesn't show you what folder it's currently sitting in.

-hairball (May 16, 2008, 12:15 PM)

you can use Locate in Bookmark Folders for that.

[mzah8]

Nice list of add-ons!

you can use Locate in Bookmark Folders for that.

-lanux128 (May 17, 2008, 08:20 AM)

wow thanks for that. I was having the same frustrations as hairball with the Bookmark Manager's search. Haven't tried this extension yet but am definitely getting it after this!

One of my favourite add-ons ever is Separate Tabs - it groups tabs "automatically by host URL" by inserting a blank 'separator' tab between groups of tabs. It's not that polished in Firefox 1.5 (looks very nice in Firefox 2!) but I did use it for a year, until I got Tab Mix Plus, which made the 'separator' tab the same width as all the other tabs, kind of defeating the purpose. I have with some sadness disabled Separate Tabs ever since, as I value the features of Tab Mix Plus more, but I do miss it.  :/

(p.s. Separate Tabs has not been updated in over a year and I have emailed the author asking about an update, but I'm not hopeful...)

[alexey_r]

Here is the list of some of my favourite extensions:

• Adblock Plus 0.7.5.5
• Add Bookmark Here ² 3.0.20080730 -- why is it not part of Firefox?
• AI Roboform Toolbar for Firefox 6.9.90 -- can't live without it, well worth the money
• All-in-One Sidebar 0.7.6 -- very nice
• Allow Right-Click 0.4 -- is there ever a legitimate reason to disallow it?
• Better Gmail 2 0.6 -- ? (show shortcuts) is the most useful shortcut available
• BetterSearch 1.20 -- thumbnails for Google search results
• CoLT 2.4.1 -- Copy link text, often very useful
• Configuration Mania 1.09.2008070501 -- easy access to many useful about:config options
• CS Lite 1.3.9 -- cookie manager
• CyberSearch 1.0.2 -- a very nice replacement for quick search keywords
• Delicious Bookmarks 2.0.72
• Download Statusbar 0.9.6.3
• Easy DragToGo 1.1.2.1 -- drag a link down to open it in background tab, drag selected text up to search for it, etc. All customizable, of course.
• Fetch Text URL 1.6.3
• FlashGot 1.0.4.5
• FormFox 1.6.2 -- pops up a tooltip with action when hovering over a form submit button
• functions for keyconfig 1.3.7
• Gmail Manager 0.5.5
• Greasemonkey 0.8.20080609.0
• Highlight Focus 0.2.1
• IE Tab 1.5.20080803
• Image Zoom 0.3.1
• It's All Text! 0.8.5 -- edit text fields in your favourite editor
• keyconfig 20060828.1 -- configure keyboard shortcuts. Ok, seriously, why the hell it isn't built-in?
• Link Alert 0.8.2.1 -- show link type when hovering over it.
• Menu Editor 1.2.6 -- with this number of extensions, default context menus are horribly crowded.
• Mouseless Browsing 0.4.4.1 -- hit a key to show number IDs over all links, access them using numpad.
• MR Tech Disable XPI Install Delay 2.4
• Mr Uptime 0.9.2 -- periodically checks unavailable pages and reports when they go up again
• Multiple Tab Handler 0.2.2008050601
• NextPlease 0.7.0 -- provides shortcuts to "Next", "Previous", "Last", and "First" pages, whatever this means for the site
• Nightly Tester Tools 2.0.2
• NoScript 1.7.7
• Options Menu 1.6 -- access to the options of all extensions in the "Tools" menu
• PasswordMaker 1.7.2 -- generates hard-to-guess passwords
• Popup ALT Attribute 1.3.2008052801
• QuickRestart 1.1.3
• Read it Later 0.9811 -- saves pages into bookmarks to read them later
• ScrapBook 1.3.3.7 -- save pages on your computer
• Search on Engine Change 1.1
• Session Manager 0.6.1.13 -- much better than the built-in one
• Smart Middle Click 0.5.1.1 -- middle-click on Javascript links
• Snap Links 0.0.5 -- open multiple links by middle-click-dragging a rectangle over them
• Stylish 0.5.7
• SubmitToTab 0.3.5 -- Ctrl-click on a submit button to open the result in a new tab
• Tab History 1.0.5 -- all tabs opened start with the history of the tab from which they were opened. A replacement for How'd I Get Here, which doesn't work in Firefox 3
• Tab Mix Plus 0.3.6.1.080416
• Tab Scope 0.2.2.8 -- thumbnails for tabs
• Toolbar Buttons 0.5.0.5
• Uppity 1.5 -- go up in the URL structure

[Armando]

Nice list. Are you using FF V2 or V3?

[alexey_r]

Nice list. Are you using FF V2 or V3?

-Armando (August 05, 2008, 02:18 AM)

Firefox 3.
Note that this does require quite a bit of time to start up, but since I always have Firefox open, I don't mind it.

[Curt]

Finally someone has more extensions than I do.... 

@ alexey_r:
And how much RAM do you have? 


Thanks for telling about Mr Uptime! Haven't heard of that one before.

[alexey_r]

Just upgraded from 2 GB to 4 GB, actually

[Curt]

http://rickardandersson.com/ Right-Click-Link 1.1.3

-cathodera (May 13, 2008, 03:44 AM)

- https://addons.mozil...S/firefox/addon/1472 is a better link.

Did you notice that he stopped writing, from the day he got married? Makes you wonder...

[justice]

Cybersearch, integration of site searches within the awesomebar, its so much faster.
Stop or Reload, merges stop / reload button.

After these two, you can remove the searchbox, (and homepage) icons, move all bookmarks fto the side of the awesome bar, then hide all but the one toolbar. very powerful.

[Paul Keith]

Hoo boy...anyone have a summary so I don't end up repeating most if not all my extensions?

[Curt]

Here is the list of some of my favourite extensions:
....

-alexey_r (August 05, 2008, 01:43 AM)

Finally someone has more extensions than I do.... 

-Curt (August 05, 2008, 02:31 AM)

@ alexey_r
One extension I think you are missing, though, is Extension List Dumper ....

Extension List Dumper
http://sogame.awardspace.com/eldumper/
https://addons.mozil...S/firefox/addon/3746

This extension adds a button ("Dump list") to the Add-ons window. When this button is pressed, a new window is opened with the list of installed extensions, themes or plugins (as plain text, as HTML or as CSV).

In addition to the name, some other information can be added to the list:

    * The version number.
    * The description.
    * The homepage URL.   
    * The add-on ID.
    * The application (Firefox, Thunderbird...) min and max version.
    * The add-on status (incompatible/disabled).
    * The application version and the Operating System.
    * The total number of installed add-ons.
    * The date the list has been generated.

The list can be saved, printed and copied to the clipboard.

This extension is useful to keep a list of your extensions and themes, or when reporting a bug or a conflict to an extension author,
... or when telling about your extensions, at DonationCoder's forum 

It does take quite some time to check out your listed extensions...

[Paul Keith]

Oh well, here's all my add-ons

- Adblock Filterset.G Updater
   http://www.pierceive.com/
   Synchronizes Adblock with Filterset.G
- Adblock Plus
   http://adblockplus.org/
   Ads were yesterday!
- Addictive Typing Lessons
   http://www.geocities..._typing_lessons.html
   Learn touch typing. Click the icon in the status bar to run it.
- AutoPager
   http://www.teesoft.info/
   AutoPager is a firefox/mozilla extension to autoloading next page at backgrand.And you can use it an XPath generator too.
- Better Gmail
   http://www.ginatrapa...firefox/bettergmail/
   Enhances Gmail with over 25 additional features.  Works with the classic Gmail interface.
- Better Gmail 2
   http://ginatrapani.o...irefox/bettergmail2/
   Enhances Gmail with a compilation of user scripts and styles.   All scripts copyright their original authors. Click on the script homepage in the Help tab for more information.
- BetterCache
   http://netcat.ath.cx/extensions.html
   Removes anti-cache server response headers
- CookieSwap
   http://cookieSwap.mozdev.org
   Tool to save and swap out a collection of cookies on the fly
- CustomizeGoogle
   http://www.customizegoogle.com/
   Enhance Google search results and remove ads and spam.
- Diigo Bookmarks and Web Annotations
   http://www.diigo.com/
   Bookmark, highlight, and add sticky notes on any web page. Save your bookmarks on the web so you can access them anywhere.
- DownThemAll!
   http://downthemall.net/
   The mass downloader for Firefox.
- ErrorZilla Mod
   http://www.jaybaldwi....com/Blog.aspx?cid=4
   Implements a useful error page when a website cannot be reached.
- Evernote Web Clipper
   http://www.evernote.com/
   Provides a button and context menus to easily add a selection or an entire page to Evernote
- Extension List Dumper
   http://sogame.awardspace.com/
   Dumps a list of the installed extensions.
- Flashblock
   http://flashblock.mozdev.org/
   Replaces Flash objects with a button you can click to view them.
- Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer
   http://www.foxmarks.com/
   Synchronizes your bookmarks across machines.
- Gmail Manager
   http://www.longfocus...om/firefox/gmanager/
   Gmail accounts management and new mail notifications.
- Google Gears
   http://gears.google.com/
   These are the gears that power the tubes! :-)
- Grocery List Generator
   http://www.captaincaveman.nl
   Generate your grocery list.
- Highlander
   http://tech.einaregi...projects/highlander/
   There can be only one...    ...tab for each url.
- ImageTweak
   http://cafxx.strayorange.com
   Enhances the vision of direct images
- Java Console
- LastPass
   http://lastpass.com/
   Last Password you will ever need
- Line Marker
   http://piro.sakura.n.../_linemarker.html.en
   Adds a new menu "Line Marker" to the context menu. It changes color of selection.
- Magic's Video - Downloader
   http://www.magic-imv.ro/vd/
   Download videos from Video.Google.com; Youtube.com; Metacafe.Com; 220.ro; Trilulilu.Ro; Neogen - Video; 2XtremeBoom.phg.ro; Metacafe.Ro; xtube.com; redtube.com; xhamster.com; myvideo.de; peteava.ro; myspace.com; ifilm.com (spike.com); dailymotion.com; pornhub.com; gametrailers.com; mymusclevideo.com; vbox7.com; video.acasa.ro; crunchyroll.com; wrzuta.pl; supernovatube.com; 420tube.com; godtube.com; tnaflix.com; video.rol.ro; protv.ro, a lot more websites will be added!
- Menu Mod
   http://ugray.be/menumod/
   Adds many options to modify Firefox menus.
- OperaView
   http://operaview.mozdev.org/
   Open pages in Opera from Firefox, Mozilla, Flock and Netscape 8 context menus.
- QuickDrag
   http://mozilla.ktech...uting.com/quickdrag/
   Extends the function of the drag-and-drop mouse gesture so that it can be used to load URLs, do a web search of selected text on a page, or save an image on a page.
- QuickRestart
   http://es.geocities....carlosa/quickaddons/
   Adds a "Restart Firefox" item to the "File" menu.
- Resurrect Pages
   http://trac.arantius...Extensions/Resurrect
   Resurrect dead pages, by finding their ghosts.
- RSVP Reader
   http://hireme.robswebpages.com
   An RSVP tool that allows people to read text on the web up to 3.5 times faster.
- ScrapBook
   http://amb.vis.ne.jp/mozilla/scrapbook/
   Helps you to save Web pages and organize the collection.
- Session Manager
   http://sessionmanager.mozdev.org/
   Saves and restores the state of all windows.
- Shareaholic
   http://shareaholic.com
   Found something awesome online and can't wait to pass it on?  Easily share, bookmark and e-mail web pages with Shareaholic.
- Stylish
   http://userstyles.org/stylish/
   Customize the look of websites and of the user interface.
- Tab Catalog
   http://piro.sakura.n.../_tabcatalog.html.en
   Shows thumbnail-style catalog of tabs.
- Tab Counter
   Counts the number of open tabs.
- Taboo
   http://runningfrombears.com/taboo
   The cure for tabitis
- Tabs Open Relative
   http://jomel.me.uk/s...ox/tabsopenrelative/
   Tabs open to the right of the current one.
- Undo Closed Tabs Button
   http://code.google.com/p/uctb/
   Add a toolbar and/or tab bar button to undo closed tabs
- Universal Print
   http://www.vibrantde....swizi.com/uniprint/
   Prints all currently open tabs via right-click or Tools menu.
- YouPlayer
   Advanced video-site player and download tool

[city_zen]

Hi, everyone!

(BTW, I'm not actually "new" here. I just changed my nick to make it the same I use in other forums, but I only had about 20 posts in a couple of years, so it's not like I was a "regular" with my previous nickname)

Anyway, on to the subject, I'm afraid I have to confess that I may have a Firefox extensions addiction ...    I didn't browse this whole topic, but it seems I may be the one who has more extensions installed 
I currently have about 60 extensions running and surprisingly (or not) Firefox is very stable and responsive. The only "symptoms" are a slight delay in the start up, but no more than 3 or 4 seconds. Memory usage (Private Bytes as reported by Process Explorer) is fairly low too, a little less than 300 KB with over 70 tabs open.

I was planning to post the list here but it'd probably be overwhelming - and take a whole page of the thread. So instead I'm attaching the file with the list so anyone interested may download it. The list was generated by the extension suggested by Curt a couple of posts ago (thanks for the tip   )

And please tell me I'm not the one with the most extensions. Someone has to come up and top me! 
 

[Paul Keith]

Naw man, post away.

I checked the rar file and it's right at home with everyone else's.

I can't speak for everyone but usually what I think people or at least I consider lots of extensions are those with tons of toolbars + the extensions you listed.

To get an idea of this, go and download all the toolbars in the FF extensions page and create a self made ribbon for FF.

Btw, if you like the vertical tab bar of tabkit, you might want to check out Tree Style Tabs.

[tymrwt33]

For v3

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