Firefox 2 - Add-on Recommendations


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With Firefox 2 packing many new features already, I've had to adjust my list to better represent the updates I want. The add-ons listed here will block ads, download videos, notify you when you have mail, or just help you make web pages. Each add-on listed below is an excellent addition to the browser in its own way.

Full list: Post the guide, not the link.

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My recommendations:

IE Tab (for pages that will not work in FF, such as those that use activeX. It is faster than opening IE)

PDF Download (lets you choose whether to download or open pdf files which you stumble upon on the net)

Customize Google

FlashGot (for large downloads if you have a download manager)

Edited by Chad

Come on guys, try and keep this on topic. It's about Firefox add ons, not about what browser is best and who said what.

I'd add All In One sidebar to that list, it's great even if you don't use the sidebar since you can have a toolbar under the tabs or pretty much anywhere else.

I have way too many extensions but I use them all...

Adblock; Allow Right Click; Customize Google; Dictionary Search; Download Status Bar; Gmail Notifier; IE View; Image Toolbar; NoScript; Password Exporter; Save Image in Folder; Undo Closed Tab.

I used to use TabMixPlus but it don't work with 2.0

The best new feature of Firefox is the spel cheeker. Works a treat even though it doesn't recognize "Firefox" as a correctly spelt word.

Generated: Sat Oct 28 2006 05:30:14 GMT+0100 (GMT Standard Time)

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061010 Firefox/2.0

Build ID: 2006101023

Enabled Extensions: [12]

- Adblock 0.5.3.043

- Adblock Filterset.G Updater 0.3.0.4

- BBCodeXtra 0.2.5.6

- Gmail Manager 0.5.3

- Google Toolbar for Firefox 2.1.20060807W

- IE Tab 1.1.1.4

- lget 0.3

- MR Tech Local Install 5.3.1.1 - Made This

- NoScript 1.1.4.5

- PDF Download 0.7.6

- Talkback 2.0

- VideoDownloader 1.1.1

Disabled Extensions: [1]

- Tab Mix Plus 0.3.0.5 [Not supported yet, except a beta version]

Try "Super DragandGo" extension. This essentially lets you drag and drop a link to open in a new tab. If you have used Maxthon or Avant, you will know what I mean.

Just use it once and you may be pleasantly surprised by its usefulness. I just can't browse without Super DragandGo. The official website can be found at https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/137/

I have a ton of extensions installed. 136 to be exact... thats over a hundred reasons why I wont switch to other browsers anytime soon... but heres a few that werent yet mentioned that I think are very useful and relatively unknown.

Generated: Fri Oct 27 2006 23:23:11 GMT-0700 (Pacific Standard Time)

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061010 Firefox/2.0

Build ID: 2006101023

Enabled Extensions: [77]

- BetterSearch 1.12 - Enhances Google, A9, MSN, Yahoo, Answers.com (web results), AllTheWeb, del.icio.us, ask.com (Ask Jeeves), Clusty.com, Vivisimo.com, Dogpile and Simpy.com by adding previews (thumbnails) and Amazon product info (images, prices) as well as new special links to the search results. (This extension was formerly known as McSearchPreview.)

- De-ImageShack 0.6.0 - Converts ImageShack page links to image links

- Dictionary Tooltip 0.9.2.5 - Press ctrl+shift+D (or) double-click after selecting a word to see its meaning.

- Drag de Go 0.2.5.1 - This extention allows you to execute several commands using Drag and Drop Gesture. Basically an updated and more powerful version of Super Drag and Go.

- dragdropupload 1.5.21 - This extension helps you to upload files

- Favicon Picker 2 0.3.3 - This extension adds UI for replacing bookmark icons.

- Forecastfox Enhanced 0.9.3.1 - Get international weather forecasts and radar images and display it in any toolbar or statusbar with this highly customizable extension.

- Gmail Manager 0.5.3 - Gmail accounts management and new mail notifications.

- Greasemonkey 0.6.6.20061017.0 - A User Script Manager for Firefox

- gTranslate 0.3.1 - Translates the selected text via Google Translate.

- Image Zoom 0.2.7.20060910 - Adds zoom functionality for images

- Linkification 1.3.0 - Converts text links into genuine, clickable links.

- LiveClick 0.2.0 - Turn livemarks into clickable bookmarks.

- MediaWrap 0.1.6.3 - Enable Firefox to play media (e.g. Wmplayer, Rmplayer, QtPlayer and FlashPlayer) embedded by ActiveX objects in webpages using the appropriate media player via plugins, the very way Firefox supported, but without the security problems in company with ActiveX.

- Menu Editor 1.2.3 - Customize application menus

- Organize Status Bar 0.5 - Organize your status bar icons.

- Paste and Go 2 0.3.4.4 - Paste Text and Load/Search It Immediately

- Pearl Crescent Page Saver Basic 1.2 - Save an image of a web page to a file.

- QuickNote 0.6.0.3 - A note taking extension with advanced features

- Reliby 1.1.0 - Reload all your Live Bookmarks

- Resizeable Textarea 0.1c - Resize textareas to your needs.

- Searchbar Autosizer 1.1.2 - Expand the searchbox as you type

- Show Image 0.4.1 - Adds context menu entry to reload images that failed to show on page.

- Stylish 0.4 - Customize the look of websites and of the user interface.

- Text to Image 1.1.1 - Convert text URLs and links to images into thumbnails of the said image.

- UnPlug 1.4.4 - UnPlug is an extenstion which lets you save video and audio which is embedded on a webpage. UnPlug is different from the VideoDownloader extension - The Videodownloader extension takes you to the videodownloader.com website, which then tells you where the video is kept based on the website's address. UnPlug will search what's on the page for where the video is using a few different methods. It can also ask videodownloader.com or keepvid.com for their help too.

Disabled Extensions: [59]

- Internote 2.1.1 - Persistent sticky notes for Firefox.

- Tiny Menu 1.2.3 - Replace the standard menu bar with a tiny menu popup.

- translator 1.0.2 - Website translation extension.

Total Extensions: 136

Installed Themes: [2]

- Firefox (default)

- Mostly Crystal 2.0.0.2 - A Crystal theme

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