5 Firefox Extensions That Make All the Difference in the World

Based on my web stats, if you’re reading this, there’s a 72% chance that you’re already on the Firefox browser - in which case you’re in the perfect position enjoy the browser extensions and tweaks below.

If you’re one of the 24% STILL on Internet Explorer, it’s time to consider a free upgrade :)

link alertLink Alert - What happens when you click on a link? Are you going to open a new window? download a file? read a document? Now you’ll be able to quickly find that out. By simply hovering your mouse over the link, your cursor will change to indicate what will happen next.

tabmixplus Tab Mix Plus - Even with Firefox 2.0’s improved tabs, this extension is still powerful. Aside from enabling you to do just about anything with your tabs, I love that it incorporates a session saver where you can save all your tabs for later use.

downloadthemall

Download Them All - DownThemAll is the ultimate downloads manager. It features an advanced accelerator that increases speed up to 400% and it allows you to pause and resume downloads at any time.

stopreload Stop-Or-Reload Button - You either stop loading a page, or you reload a stopped one. You only really need one button. This extension merges them both and saves you screen space.

useragent User Agent Switcher - Some companies block Instant Messaging at work and this sometimes ends up blocking Firefox as well because AOL IM uses similar protocols! To get around this, use this extension to ‘fool’ your company’s web filter to think you are using Opera or IE, and Firefox should function perfectly.

What are your favorite Firefox extensions?

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    1. CypherHackz said,

      on November 28th, 2006 at 4:30 pm

      i like colorful tabs, adsense notifier, tab mix plus, fasterfox. :)

    2. jr said,

      on November 28th, 2006 at 10:37 pm

      you’ve convinced me to try out tab mix plus. i like down them all, email notifier toolbar and ie tab.

    3. James Yeang said,

      on November 29th, 2006 at 7:19 am

      Cypher: I love colorful tabs too… i didn’t really notice much of a big difference with fasterfox though… do you?

      jr: Great :) Just a note, under ‘Tab Mix Plus’ options I found it best to disable to uncheck the ‘use built-in session restore’ option. That will disable Firefox 2.0’s session restore, and enable Tab mix plus’s own session saving features, which I find are much more powerful

    4. Ryan Fox said,

      on December 30th, 2006 at 1:15 pm

      “…and this sometimes ends up blocking Firefox as well because AOL IM uses similar protocols!”

      That doesn’t make sense at all. Firefox uses the same protocol as IE: HTTP. AIM uses some kind of instant messaging protocol.

    5. James Yeang said,

      on January 2nd, 2007 at 4:40 am

      Ryan : The filters do get confused. Check this link out for more info
      http://forums.isaserver.org/m_330012300/tm.htm

    6. Krzysztof Bieleńko said,

      on February 5th, 2007 at 8:06 pm

      Application: Firefox 2.0.0.1 (2006120418)

      - Adblock Plus 0.7.2.4
      - Auto Copy 0.6.4
      - Cooliris Previews 2.1
      - Drag de Go 0.2.5
      - DragToScroll 0.4
      - Extension List Dumper 1.7.1
      - Fasterfox 2.0.0
      - FoxyMeter 0.4.2
      - Free Download Manager plugin 1.0
      - GMarks 0.8.8.1
      - Google Notebook 1.0.0.14
      - How’d I Get Here 0.1.2
      - LastTab 2.0.5
      - Linkification 1.3.2
      - MileWideBack 0.2.9
      - Modify Headers 0.5.4
      - Mouse Gestures 1.5.2
      - MR Tech Disable XPI Install Delay 2.3
      - Paste and Go 2 0.8
      - Polski slownik poprawnej pisowni 0.9.20061014
      - Restart Firefox 0.3
      - SearchLoad Options 0.3.1
      - SEOpen 0.8
      - Sidebar on Right 0.3
      - Split Pannel 0.5
      - Stylish 0.4
      - SubmitToTab 0.3.5
      - Type and Go2 0.2

    7. James Yeang said,

      on February 8th, 2007 at 11:22 pm

      Krzysztof - Now THAT’s a list! Thanks for the input!

    8. greenpeace said,

      on April 19th, 2007 at 10:29 pm

      i use (not in particular preference):
      1. del.icio.us’s
      2.unplug
      3.tab mix plus
      4.better gmail
      5.customize google
      6.download statusbar
      6.download them all
      7.fasterfox
      8.forecastfox
      9.foxmarks
      10.foxytunes
      11.google reader notifier
      12.no script
      13. restart firefox
      14. stylish
      15. session manager
      16. tab mix plus
      17. update notifier

      (whoa, quite a list I have…hihihih….)

    9. faizal said,

      on May 18th, 2007 at 12:31 pm

      i used stumbleupon, fasterfox, and web developer toolbar(mostly used)..;)

    10. Tokico Brothers said,

      on May 21st, 2007 at 6:20 am

      Some of my favourite extensions:
      - Adblock
      - FlashGot
      - Forecastfox
      - FoxyTunes
      - FreeDownloadManager plugin
      - GooglePreview
      - Groowe Search ToolBar
      - gTranslate
      - IE Tab
      - Restart Firefox
      - Rss Ticker
      - Sage
      - ScreenGrab
      - VideoDownloader

    11. Tokico Brothers said,

      on May 21st, 2007 at 6:22 am

      And:
      - DownThemAll!

    12. Tokico Brothers said,

      on May 21st, 2007 at 6:34 am

      One of the best extensions for Firefox is the incredible Groowe Search Toolbar: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/534
      Homepage: http://www.groowe.com/

    13. D33P.PHR13D.B1GM4C said,

      on September 24th, 2007 at 11:57 am

      but what about Firebug …coolest addon out there that is if you know how to really use it…

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