Comments on: Favorite Firefox Extensions

By: Andy Gadiel

Andy Gadiel — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Firebug – let’s you dissect and inspect the HTML, CSS, Javascript with ease..

quite possibly the greatest thing since the browser itself

By: Rob Robinson

Rob Robinson — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

I highly recommend two more. 1) IE Tab, which uses the Internet Explorer engine as a tab within Firefox, for those few times when I have to view a site in IE (rare, but they’re useful).

2) Foxmarks Bookmarks Synchronizer: This extension keeps bookmarks synchcronized between PCs (e.g., my home and work PCs). Very useful.

By: Bien

Bien — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

IE Tab extension to use Internet Explorer browser within Firefox for IE only sites.

By: Music Guide

Music Guide — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

I use Forecastfox to get weather information from the Firefox status bar.

By: Chris McMahon

Chris McMahon — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

The Web Developers Tool bar is essential for anyone mucking around with html/css/javascript

IE Tab lets me load the IE rendering engine inside a firefox tab (for sites that don’t work in firefox or for checking my own sites’ compatibility)

Gmail Manager checks all my gmail accounts and notifies me of which account has new mail and allows me to log in to that account with just one click.

Paste and Go lets me copy and past URLs into the address bar and goto that site without hitting enter (also does the same with search teerms in the searcbox)

FoxyTunes lets me control iTunes (and almost every other media player) from my status bar.

NoScript lets me generate a whitelist for sites that I’ll allow to use JavaScript, Java, and Flash

Linkification turns plaintext urls and email address into clickable ones

I’ve 20 others installed but they’re not nearly as exciting.

By: john harper

john harper — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Loved the recommendations. The comments would have been better if people responding had left links to the extensions they are recommending

By: John Jantsch

John Jantsch — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Hey John,

Great point – here’s the best place to go to find all of the extensions mentioned.
https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions?application=firefox

By: Erin Blaskie

Erin Blaskie — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Thank you for the great article! I love using Firefox and I could not operate my business without Roboform. Serving so many different clients means that I have a TON of passwords to remember so I let Roboform do all of the work!

Erin