Hello!

I am sure that most of you are using firefox, and it seems that my friends don't know about a lot of the good addons, so I decided to make a guide for them and for you guys!

So here it is!

Must have Addons:

All Addons in a ZIP format (with README)

Extensions

Fission

Tab Mix Plus

Adblock Plus

DownThemAll

IE Tab

Tab Scope

MinimizeToTray
MinimizeToTray Enhancer

Tab Effect

Groowe Search Toolbar

Throbber Button

Mouse Gestures

Fasterfox

CuteMenus2

Personal Menu

Google Icon

Themes

These ones make FF look like IE7

Vista-Aero
MyFireFox

MyFirefox & Vista-Aero Modifier


Plugins

WMP Firefox Plugin

Flash Player

Enjoy these addons!;)

Panarchy

Cheers for this! Should come in handy!

Cool!

should add to the list

NoScript

Download Statusbar

and there was another one that could check mail - gmail, live mail, yahoo mail and other... can't be asked to look for it... I used to have it but not supported by FF3

Your welcome ultimate99! enjoy!

Oh, and HyBry, I have used both those addons in the past, but I don't like them!

And for FF3, don't use CuteMenu's, or any of the themes listed, that included Vista-Aero & MyFirefox Modifier (extension)

All the best of luck with this,

Panarchy

Ahh I remember seeing this by you before on Winmatrix last years, so you updated it i see (on both sites).
Thanks
Some should come in handy

Secure Login
Tiny Menu
Linkification
QuickNote

does anybody know of any addon that allows you to add icons to the status bar?

You tried piclens addon? Pretty good.

Some are nice but some of them arent needed for Firefox 3.

Thanks, there are some stuff I never heard of

Some people think that I'm crazy, but I actually prefer Firefox without all the add-ons. The only one that I really use is AdBlock Plus to get rid of all those annonying ads. But, the great thing about it is that you can choose to allow ads from certain sites, (eg Neowin, joejoe.org Forums, Warez-BB and other sites that need the ads to display to help with the bandwidth bill.)

Aha! Good to see someone been following it around! I didn't want to add it do this forum until I'd made the zip file. Now that I have, I made a topic!



Yeah, try Personal Menu, I'm pretty sure that should do it.

Don't bill your topic as "must have" when it's just a list of what you like.

In fact, most of the addons you listed are far from "must have".

Fission - eye candy. TMP can display progress meter in the tab, which is far far more useful.

Tab Mix Plus - some people who like the default tab handling would find this not necessary at all. Although you could probably make a case for "must have" status.

Adblock Plus - like TMP, you could make a case for it, but there'll definitely be people who don't need it.

DownThemAll - useless for anyone who don't use download managers

IE Tab - useless for anyone who don't use IE. which, considering you're dealing with the Firefox crowd, is quite a few.

Tab Scope - this is just one of many that do the same thing. Again, far from "must have".

MinimizeToTray - and just how many people actually want to have a browser open 24/7 in the tray?
MinimizeToTray Enhancer

Tab Effect - This is eye-candy big time. A waste of resources if you ask me. You're using a browser, not a full-blown OS here! And I don't know about you, but sometimes I already think tab-switching isn't fast enough.

Groowe Search Toolbar - for the vast majority of people who don't use toolbars at all, what use is this?

Throbber Button - this has the usage potential of...how much exactly?

Mouse Gestures - this you could also make a case for, but many people will still find it unnecessary.

Fasterfox - the default settings work fine for most people

CuteMenus2 - gee you must really love eye candy

Personal Menu - last time I checked minimalists are in the minority.

Google Icon - more eye candy, useless eye candy too. At least have actual thumbnails so it's good for something!

very thanks

I have to admit that I agree with Primexx 100% of the way on this one. I whole lot of those addons are really not needed and installing them all will do not much more than slow down your system. In saying that though, you have mentioned some really good ones such as AdBlock Plus and IE Tab.

TMP has a mouse gestures option, so you're better off using that.

I don't agree with Primexx 100% though, I like Fission .

Hehe,
Anyway have to say AdBlock Plus saved my life(not literally) but it helped get rid of the stupid ads

Same here. It's certainly helps keep my bandwidth usage down a bit. It seems to me like webmasters these days are loading their sites up with more and more ads, which ends up costing me money.

Actually, I believe at least NoScript and AdBlockPlus are obligatory. It takes a bit of time to get use to NS, but it's worth it. DownThemAll! and Mouse Gestures are not as important, but still, everyone should have a download manager at hand, and DTA does the job. And once you get used to the mouse gestures, especially if you're used to Opera, you can't live without them.

I agree with everything else Primexx said.

I dont believe NoScript is obligatory since most sites wont function without it. DTA seems kinda useless for Firefox 3 but great for Firefox 2.

As for what Primexx said, I agree with most of them.

I don't know with reports of ads spreading virus and other badware I say adblock plus is a must have if any extension truely is 'must have'. But as either side SHOULD admit all this is just opinions, period. There is no such thing REALLY as a must have extension (add-on). That implies the app (Firefox) is incomplete and will NOT function without said extension (add-on), which isn't true. JMHO

Would recommend Snap Links. I know you can use the scroll wheel to about the same effect but I find this quicker for multiple links.

Okay, well if you want to be real specific, FF runs pretty good without ANY addons.

I listed the ones I listed for fun, because I like them.

Oh, and one I should add to the list, is Session Manager.

Panarchy

Same, TMP has a Mouse Gestures option? That's pretty good, I didn't know that. Oh, but Mouse Gestures has a sidebar with a graphic list of mouse gestures ...



Glad to hear it!



Good to hear!


I've got friends who use NS, but I keep seeing it come up on the screen... I don't think I could get used to it.

Oh, and DTA on FF3 isn't so bad, it just doesn't have all functionality, they'll fix it when it's released.



I completely and utterly agree with you.



Ooooh... I remember seeing something like that a while ago.... I'll try it out, and if in a week I still like it, I'll add it to my list!

Panarchy

Theme

Phoenity Aura

Add-on

Server Spy

FlagFox

^Thanks. I'll give them all a go!

• Adblock Plus
• IE Tab
• Gmail Notifier
• Addons Toolbar Button
• Google Bookmarks Button
  
• Tango Theme *
• Fission *
• FlatStyle *

* = HOT



i dont see anyone using FlatStyle add-on

its been there for a while and never got updated
i bet most of u never saw this b4

it makes firefox look more minimalistic
check it out .. (must have)



+ supports themes too

more HERE

This theme, minifoxflat also does this and more, I think.

Look:


atlef.

Oh?

Haven't heard of those.

Nice idea

(But I have a 22'' monitor, I don't need to worry about the size of FF and toolbars!)

If you develop websites the Firebug is a must, use it all the time.

Adblock Plus is a great addon!!!

If you browse the web for pictures Piclens is definitely a must have extension

I use these:

Generated: Sat Apr 05 2008 19:57:03 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080311 Firefox/2.0.0.13
Build ID: 2008031114

Enabled Extensions: [22]
- 2 Pane Bookmarks 0.3.2007052101
- Adblock Plus 0.5.11.4
- BBCodeXtra 0.2.5.6
- CoLT 2.3.0
- CuteMenus - Crystal SVG 1.9.2
- DictionarySearch 3.0.0
- Download Statusbar 0.9.6.1
- FireFoxMenuButtons 1.5.3
- Get Mail 2.5
- Menu Editor 1.2.3.3
- MR Tech Toolkit 6.0a28
- NoScript 1.5.6
- Password Hasher 1.0.4
- Paste Quote 0.3.2
- PopupSound 0.1.5
- Preferential 0.8.2
- Smiley Xtra 4.1.1
- Tab Mix Plus 0.3.6.1.080325a
- Tweak Network 1.1.2
- UI Tweaker (Formerly Toolbar Cleanup) 1.7.0
- Unhide Passwords 1.2
- Yahoo! Mail Notifier 1.0.0.4

I wouldn't call it a guide to must have addons, it's just a list of ones you enjoy using. Some of them are rather useless to me.

Yep,
That's me. Nothing but adblockplus. Is flashblock an addon? I do use that also.
It's the other way around, if you ask me. People with all those other addons are nuts!

Well I guess I'm a freaking nut.