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30 Apr 2009, 3:37 pm

I just converted to Firefox and I'm looking for good add-ons.

Orwell suggested Tab Mix Plus. I like it very much - thanks Orwell.

Anyone else got a Firefox add-on they can recommend?

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30 Apr 2009, 4:04 pm

Adblock Plus is a must.
DownloadHelper lets you download Youtube videos & other media.
IE Tab (Windoze only) allows me to use Firefox at work (we have some work-related software that "only" works in IE.)
[and there are a *very* few websites that are written specifically for IE & don't load correctly in Firefox.]

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30 Apr 2009, 5:10 pm

I second the call for AdBlock Plus. If I only had one add-on, it would be adblock plus.

My current list of addons:
AdBlock Plus- a necessity
Autopager- Scrolls through multi-page sites (such as Google results) for you, making it one long page
bab.la dictionary toolbar- Has an onboard translator, I normally keep it hidden
BetterPrivacy- Excellent if you're a paranoid schizophrenic and don't want Google tracking your search trends
ColorfulTabs- Because it's pretty
DownThemAll- Download accelerator
Fast Video Download- Get Youtube videos
Foxmarks/Xmarks- keep bookmarks synced across multiple machines
Greasefire- spoon-feeds Greasemonkey scripts to you
Greasemonkey- customize the Internet
Personas- Instant theming for Firefox
Speed Dial- Clone of Opera's feature of the same name, convenient way to access your favorite sites
Tab Preview- mouse-over a tab to get a thumbnail preview of it
TabMixPlus- you know what this does
Twitterfox- keep up with all the inane crap
Wikipedia toolbar- very nice, but I normally keep it hidden to cut down on clutter

And one or two others that I think are disabled at the moment.

EDITED to add descriptions.

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30 Apr 2009, 9:02 pm

Mainly Greasemonkey for me, so i can run my Pardus scripts!

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30 Apr 2009, 10:06 pm

AdBlock Plus without a doubt!

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02 May 2009, 6:12 pm

The Add-ons and extensions I have are:

1 Click Weather
AdBlocker Plus
All In One Sidebar
Colorful Tabs
CoolIris
Cool Previews
eBay Toolbar
Google Toolbar for Firefox
Greasefire
Greasemonkey
Inline Google Definitions
Java Quick Starter 1.0
Personas for Firefox
Status bar Scientific Calculator
Tab Mix Plus
Tab Previews
TorrentReactor.Net Toolbar
WikiPedia Toolbar
Xmarks (Formerly Foxmarks bookmark synchronizer)
Yahoo! Toolbar

I keep all my toolbars except the navigation and the bookmarks toolbar hidden to avoid clutter.

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03 May 2009, 3:01 pm

dude, this thread is your friend:

http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt94225.html

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03 May 2009, 5:26 pm

Stumble Upon

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05 May 2009, 3:08 am

. AdBlock Plus -
. AdBlock Plus: Element Hiding Helper -
. Clippings -
. Greasemonkey -
. Hide Menubar -
. Imacros -
. Image Zoom -
. Inline Google Definitions -
. NoScript -
. Rotate Image -
. ScreenGrab

The Firefox theme I use is 'PitchDark'.

mlqqeae
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06 May 2009, 4:08 am

Download Statusbar
DownloadHelper
FireBug
Web of Trust
AdBlock Plus
AdBlock Plus: Element Hiding Helper
NoScript

and a scroogle toolbar XD

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08 May 2009, 12:21 am

I use:

Add Bookmark Here
ColorfulTabs
CoolPreviews
Download Statusbar
DownThemAll!
Duplicate Tab
Fancy Numbered Tabs
Find In Tabs
Grab and Drag
Image Zoom
Informational Tab
Locationbar
Next Tab
Removetabs
Resurrect Pages
Screengrab
Split Browser
StumbleUpon
Tab Catalog
Wiki auto-discovery button
WikiLook

silentbob15
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08 May 2009, 11:44 am

Just AdBlock Plus, don't want or need unnecessary garbage cluttering up my browser

one1ai
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09 May 2009, 2:00 am

I use mostly:
Download Statusbar
FlashBlock
Greek spelling dictionary (spelling errors fixing)

installed:
Chatzilla (MPL 1.1/ GPL 2.0/ LGPL 2.1)
Download Statusbar (MPL 1.1/ GPL 2.0/ LGPL 2.1)
FlashBlock (MPL 1.1/ GPL 2.0/ LGPL 2.1)
Greek spelling dictionary (I don't know what license/licenses it uses)
Noscript (GPL 2.0)
Server Spy (MPL 1.1/ GPL 2.0/ LGPL 2.1)
UserAgentSwitcher (GPLv3)

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09 May 2009, 3:40 pm

silentbob15 wrote:

Just AdBlock Plus, don't want or need unnecessary garbage cluttering up my browser

That's what I used to say until I discovered all the extensions I currently use.

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09 May 2009, 7:43 pm

Web of Trust (WOT) is great. Users can rate websites and view the ratings given by other users before visiting the website and picking up a virus, or before buying from that website and getting poor customer service.

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10 May 2009, 8:37 pm

What the? Avast picked up a trojan when I installed Autopager from Mozilla's website. Weird!

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