13 of the Best Firefox Extensions
Sep 3, 2009 Author: Megan | Filed under: Thursday Thirteen
We’ve been upgrading people at work from Internet Explorer to Firefox and darnit if people don’t like change. I’m all about change – I find it fun and exciting. I’ve been using Firefox for years – it offers safer web-browsing, easy navigation from page-to-page with tabs and the ability to add-on and extend it’s capabilities.
Today I’m going to talk about my thirteen favorite add-ons for Firefox
- ForecastFox - Get international weather forecasts from AccuWeather.com and display them in any toolbar or statusbar with this highly customizable and unobtrusive extension.
- Google Toolbar – Access to all of your Google goodness.
- Yoono
- IE Tab – View a page in Internet Explorer within Firefox,
- Multi-row bookmarks – Not enough room for bookmarks on your toolbar? That’s OK, have another!
- Quick Restart – Need to restart Firefox? Save time and do it in one-click.
- FireFTP - Good for web-geeks like me. Who needs a separate ftp application when you can transfer files in your browser. Sweeeet!
- Autopager – Hate to click next and wait for the next page of search results to load? AutoPager automatically loads next pages when you reach the end of a page – and extends your current page with the new page. No clicking required!
- Autocopy - Select text and it’s automatically copied to the clipboard.
- Xmarks – Xmarks is the #1 bookmarking add-on. Install it on all your computers to keep your bookmarks and (optionally) passwords backed up and synchronized.
- Fireshot – Creates screenshots of web pages.
- ColorZilla – Customizing html somewhere and need a color code. This cool eyedropper (a la photoshop) picks up any color on your screen and spits out the code. Excellente!
- Better Gmail 2 – Add useful extra features to Gmail, like hierarchical labels, an unread message icon on your browser tab, file attachment icons, and more.
What about you? Do you love your Firefox? What are your favorite add-ons.
Still an Internet Explorer lover? Make the switch now!
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6 Responses for "13 of the Best Firefox Extensions"
i suck with change too. i need a new computer but am afraid of windows vista!
happy tt!
I use both IE and firefox. I’ve heard of some of those extensions, and some I haven’t. I did a TT too, it’s here: http://lifes-adventures.net Cheers!
what’s Yonoo?
Great list! I’m a huge fan. I love #13. Happy TT
No Squint! Because i am an old lady!
I have to tell you – Xmarks (formerly Foxmarks) is THE BEST EXTENSION ever.
If you install it and use it on all your computers you will never loose your precious bookmarks again when your computer goes blooey – and it will sooner or later!
I’m getting ready to have an afternoon off (OMG!) so my brain had already shut down and all I could think of was to post 13 of my newest designs for my stores.
They’re kinda cool, though . . . if I do say so myself, lol!