20 Must Have Firefox Addons
- Answers
- Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer
- Performancing
- JAJAH
- StumbleUpon
- FoxyTunes
- Sage
- Forecastfox
- Delicious Bookmarks
- Map+
- FireBug
- Download Statusbar
- Adblock Plus
- FireFTP
- Clipmarks
- Web Developer
- blueorganizer
- FlashGot
- Jeteye
- Pronto
- LinkedIn Companion for Firefox
- Yoono
- Greasemonkey
- Cooliris Previews
- ChatZilla
1-Click Answersâ„¢ saves you time by instantly delivering the information you are looking for. Press Alt (or Option on a Mac) and click any word to get a quick, relevant definition or explanation, drawn from a collection of over 100 reference titles. You don’t even need to highlight the word!
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. As a bonus, log in to my.foxcloud.com from any computer anywhere to access your bookmarks.
Performancing is a full-featured blog editor that sits right in your Firefox browser and lets you post to your blog easily. You can drag and drop formatted content, including images, from the page you are browsing and take notes as well as post to your blog.
JAJAH lets you make free or very low cost global telephone calls directly from Firefox using your regular mobile or landline phone. No headsets, microphones, special equipment, or fees are required.
StumbleUpon allows you to discover and share great Web content matched to your personal preferences. Whether it’s a website, video, picture, game, blog, or wiki, StumbleUpon helps you find interesting pages recommended by like-minded people with a single click of the Stumble! button
Do you listen to music while surfing the Web? FoxyTunes places remote controls for the media player of your choice within Firefox so you can control your music without leaving the browser. Also explore the Web while listening to music—and more.
Sage helps you discover and read RSS and Atom feeds from your favorite websites. Watch your friends’ blogs, or stay on top of hundreds of online publications with notification of new content and easy-to-read newspaper-like rendering.
Forecastfox displays current conditions, radar, severe weather alerts, and up to a week of forecasts as customizable icons and text descriptions. Mousing over the icons brings up additional details, also fully customizable. Users can define profiles to track multiple locations all around the world.
This extension provides an alternative to the Firefox bookmarks experience by integrating your browser with del.icio.us, the leading social bookmarking service on the Web. This makes it much easier to access your bookmarks wherever you go and keep them organized no matter how many you have.
Map+ enables you to quickly view a map of a selected address in Firefox without changing windows or tabs. An entry to the context menu renders a quick, embedded Yahoo! map of your highlighted address. You can also customize aspects of the map display, including window location, height, and width.
FireBug lets you explore the inner workings of Web pages. All of the tools you need to debug and perfect your JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and Ajax are brought together into one seamless experience, including HTML and CSS inspectors, a debugger, error console, and command line.
Manage your Internet downloads from a tidy toolbar, without the download window getting in the way of your Web browsing. Despite its compact size, Download Statusbar packs in more useful features than the standard download window. The fully customizable interface auto-hides when not in use, allowing full control without interruption.
Ever been annoyed by intrusive advertisements? Install Adblock Plus and select a filter subscription. If you encounter an ad your subscription does not take care of, right-click it and select “Adblock.†You will never download ads again!
FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Firefox that provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers. Along with transferring your files quickly and efficiently, FireFTP also offers more advanced features such as directory comparison, syncing directories while navigating, SSL encryption, file hashing, and more.
Clipmarks lets you save and share Web page content without having to bookmark the entire page. When you find something in a Web page that interests you—whether it’s a compelling paragraph, an interesting tidbit, or a cool image—you can clip and tag it.
Web Developer adds a menu and a toolbar with various Web developer tools to the browser. The tools allow the user to disable, view, and edit cookies, CSS, HTML, forms, and images; validate pages; and much more.
Blue Organizer is a smart browsing and personalization technology for Firefox. It helps you customize your Web experience based on what you already like. With Blue Organizer, you automatically collect your favorites and use a handy sidebar to discover related news, photos, reviews, and more.
Download one link, selected links, or all the links of a page at once with a single click. FlashGot sends them from your browser to any of the most popular and reliable download utilities. Just choose your favorite commercial or open source tool to enhance Firefox with resuming of interrupted downloads, intelligent scheduling, acceleration, and many other goodies for the serious downloader.
Say goodbye to bookmarks! Jeteye enables you to collect links, images, text, and videos into a Jetpak. Share Jetpaks with friends and make them public or private. Create a Jetpak for each of your interests and access them from any computer at Jeteye.com.
Pronto Shopping Messenger brings you instant price comparisons from over 50,000 top Web merchants (U.S. only). Whenever you shop for a product online, Pronto searches for a lower price and alerts you to potential savings with a small message window in your Firefox browser.
Join LinkedIn and get your business network working for you. Invite business contacts you know well, and then use your network to find former colleagues and classmates, find a job, hire through referrals, and develop business relationships. The Firefox Companion brings you immediate access to your LinkedIn network as you browse and read email.
Yoono instantly suggests alternate sites and people who share the same interests while you are surfing. Zero effort is required—no more tagging, typing keywords, or changing interface. Yoono is easy, fun, addictive, and designed for everyone.
Greasemonkey allows you to customize Web pages by adding “user scripts,†which are small JavaScript files, to change their style. Now you can easily control any aspect of a Web page’s design or interaction.
Cooliris Previews gives you the power to browse and share Web links and rich media instantly. Just mouse over any link, and the Cooliris preview window immediately appears to show you the content. No more clicking back and forth or losing your search context. To send a link, just click.
ChatZilla is a clean and easy to use Internet relay chat (IRC) client that provides all the usual features: multiple servers, a built-in list of standard networks, easy searching and sorting of available channels, logging, and DCC chat and file transfers, plus easy customization with JavaScript plug-ins and CSS styling.
Well this was a pretty exhaustive list I guess. Try them out becuase they are really good…