I'm successfully converted to Firefox


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Okay, yesterday I really tried using Firefox for the first time. I mean, I've used it here and then, but never bother of people saying about how the extensions are so useful and great.

I've always used Opera and IE7 for I guess years?..

I then reinstall the new Firefox and start browsing the extensions, and man, I'm surprised!

I have these extensions installed and play around with them:

- FireFTP (I can just click a button in firefox and connect to my 2 favorite FTP servers for web maintenance thingies). No more need to open up Filezilla, etc.

- I have an extension that easily detect any video on the page and by clicking an icon on the browser, to download them (download youtube videos, movie trailers, etc)

- I have the AdBlock Plus, which will block all annoying ads on websites. (with Opera you have to select the images; a nifty feature as well, but might take time to configure/set-up)

- An extension that will check all extensions that I install, for any new updates

- An extension that will backup everything in my Firefox (themes, bookmarks, extensions, cookies, etc). I reinstall my windows once every few months, so this will come in handy.

- An extension that will tweak the connection etc to make my browsing experience faster (assuming it works)

- Other 3-5 extensions

and Wow.. I'm really impressed. Are there any other extensions that you guys use that are useful for you?

I've been defending Opera for so long , this move-over surprises me lol

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These are the bad boys I'm using.

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PS: It's good to see you have turned to the Light Side (Y) Now convert more of the heathens!

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These are the bad boys I'm using.

capturekl5.jpg

PS: It's good to see you have turned to the Light Side (Y) Now convert more of the heathens!

adblock is great!

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- An extension that will check all extensions that I install, for any new updates

- An extension that will tweak the connection etc to make my browsing experience faster (assuming it works)

first one: there's no need, firefox does it automatically.

second one: it works, but I prefer to do it manually for best results.

oh and my extensions:

Generated: Fri Jan 05 2007 22:13:24 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-CA; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/20061204 Firefox/2.0.0.1

Build ID: 2006120418

Enabled Extensions: [26]

- Adblock Plus 0.7.2.3

- Add N Edit Cookies 0.2.1.0

- BetterSearch 1.18

- Canadian English Dictionary 1.0.1

- ChatZilla 0.9.77

- ColorZilla 0.8.3.1

- CustomizeGoogle 0.55

- DOM Inspector 1.8.1.1

- Download Statusbar 0.9.4.5

- Dr.Web anti-virus link checker 1.0.14

- Html Validator 0.7.9.5

- IE View Lite 1.2.5

- JavaScript Options 1.2.4

- Linkification 1.3.1

- Live HTTP Headers 0.13.1

- MR Tech Local Install 5.3.2.3

- NoScript 1.1.4.5.061221

- OperaView 0.6

- Organize Status Bar 0.5

- PopupSound 0.1.5

- ShowIP 0.8.05

- Tab Mix Plus 0.3.4999.06110301

- Talkback 2.0.0.1

- Text size toolbar 0.6

- UI Tweaker (Formerly Toolbar Cleanup) 1.7.0

- Web Developer 1.0.2

Disabled Extensions: [1]

- Java Console 6.0

Total Extensions: 27

Installed Themes: [1]

- Firefox (default)

Installed Plugins: (8)

- 2007 Microsoft Office system

- Adobe Acrobat

- Java Platform SE 6

- Microsoft? DRM

- Mozilla Default Plug-in

- QuickTime Plug-in 7.1.3

- Shockwave Flash

- Windows Media Player Plug-in Dynamic Link Library

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Nice, Shame you didn't try Maxthon though, its really good!

I had a crack at Firefox, and it just doesnt do it for me. I've heard a lot of positive reports about Maxthon, plus having used it for a couple of years, I recommend it fully!

I guess it's whatever works for you though hey? :)

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first one: there's no need, firefox does it automatically.

second one: it works, but I prefer to do it manually for best results.

oh and my extensions:

Generated: Fri Jan 05 2007 22:13:24 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-CA; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/20061204 Firefox/2.0.0.1

Build ID: 2006120418

How did you create that list? it looks generated

(both firefox tweaks and extension list)

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Nice, Shame you didn't try Maxthon though, its really good!

I had a play with Maxthon 2.0 in the office cause I'm just looking at a browser who has a minimal cpu/memory usage (my office computer is not that great :{)

I like the interface but haven't really got into the browser's functionality itself yet. Might wait until it gets final and re-evaluate

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Generated Fri Jan 05 2007 23:35:21 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)

Enabled Extensions: (30)

Adblock Filterset.G Updater 0.3.0.4 - Synchronizes Adblock with Filterset.G

Adblock Plus 0.7.2.3 - Ads were yesterday!

BugMeNot 1.3 - Bypass compulsory web registration with the context menu via www.bugmenot.com.

CustomizeGoogle 0.55 - Enhance Google search results and remove ads and spam.

Fasterfox 2.0.0 - Performance and network tweaks for Firefox.

Flashblock 1.5.2 - Replaces Flash objects with a button you can click to view them.

FlashGot 0.5.97.03 - Enables single and massive ("all" and "selection") downloads using the most popular external download managers for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and FreeBSD (dozens currently supported, see Extension's Home Page for details). FlashGot offers also a Build Gallery functionality which helps to synthetize full media galleries in one page from serial contents originally scattered on several pages, for easy and fast "download all".

GNOME Firefox Theme 0.2.2 - GNOME Firefox Skin for Windows

Greasemonkey 0.6.6.20061017.0 - A User Script Manager for Firefox

IE View Lite 1.2.5 - Cut down version of IE View by Paul Roub.

JavaScript Options 1.2.4 - Provides advanced JavaScript options for Firefox.

Linkification 1.3.1 - Converts text links into genuine, clickable links.

Linky 2.7.1 - Open/download/validate links and pictures in tabs or windows

ListZilla 0.8 - Outputs an alphabetical list of extensions to a text, vB code, or HTML file.

Master Password Timeout 0.2.5 - Locks the master security device after a predefined period of inactivity

Ook? Video Ook! 0.6.4 - Ook? Video Ook! is able to download embedded videos from several web sites.

OperaView 0.6 - Open pages in Opera from Firefox, Mozilla, Flock and Netscape 8 context menus.

PDF Download 0.7.8 - Allows to choose what you want to do with a PDF file: download it, view it with an external viewer or view it as HTML!

Platypus 0.66 - Dynamically create GreaseMonkey scripts.

ShowIP 0.8.05 - Show the IP address of the current page in the status bar. It also allows querying custom services by IP (right mouse button) and Hostname (left mouse button), like whois, netcraft. Additionally you can copy the IP address to the clipboard. This extension was formerly known as ipv6ident.

Stop Autoplay 0.4.1 - Disable the autoplay of the embedded music and movie.

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

Talkback 2.0.0.1 - Sends information about program crashes to Mozilla.

Tango Firefox Theme 0.8.3 - Tango Firefox Skin for Windows

Ubuntu Human Theme 2.0.3 - Firefox Ubuntu Human Theme

UI Tweaker (Formerly Toolbar Cleanup) 1.7.0 - This extension allows you to tweak various aspects of the browser's UI.

User Agent Switcher 0.6.9 - Adds a menu and a toolbar button to switch the user agent of the browser.

View Cookies 1.6 - View cookies of the current web page.

View Source Chart 2.5.02 - Creates a Colorful Chart of a Webpage's Rendered Source.

Web Developer 1.0.2 - Adds a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools.

Firefox really rocks :)

BTW, ListZilla for totally rockin lists like this.

127MB RAM. 2 tabs + download window (NeowinCast FTW!)

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IE Tab is the Firefox extension I find the most useful. Some websites persist in not making their site cross-browser compatible. IE Tab opens Internet Explorer inside a Firefox tab allowing the non-compatible site to be displayed correctly. Many bank websites, including my own, tend to have this problem (I cannot access my account data unless it is in IE). Firefox does this seamlessly and one never notices it after a while.

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I would not use Firefox without these extensions, in order of importance:

IE Tab

Uppity

Tab Mix Plus

All-In-One Gestures

There are other useful extensions also, but those are the must haves for me.

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Glad you are happy with your browser choice. But you know the feeling you currently have? The one that says "Wow, this is good"?

Remember that maybe at some point you may feel the same way about another browser. Keep your mind open :)

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LoL I know.. I got bored very often. That's why I have more than one theme, more than one browser, a few wallpapers, etc :)

But I guess, assuming people make amazing themes with FireFox, I might not switch over, unless maybe some people create some powerful Opera Gadgets

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How did you create that list? it looks generated

(both firefox tweaks and extension list)

The tweaks list was manually written by myself and updated manually when i discover a new, or better way of doing things.

The extensions list was generated by Mr.Tech Local Install, link already given to you in the post above ^^^.

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I can't find the benefit of an extension that generates that kind of lists, except for "showing off" to people what you have.. lol

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I can't find the benefit of an extension that generates that kind of lists, except for "showing off" to people what you have.. lol

Well for one some people like to keep track of their own extensions.

Also, Mr.Tech Local Install does WAY more than just generate a list. This is just one of the features it has.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Generated: Wed Jan 17 2007 11:25:15 GMT+0700 (SE Asia Standard Time)

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/20061204 Firefox/2.0.0.1

Build ID: 2006120418

Enabled Extensions: [26]

* Adblock Plus 0.7.2.4

* All-in-One Sidebar 0.7.1

* ChatZilla 0.9.77

* Console? 0.3.6

* Custom Buttons 0.0.1.3

* del.icio.us Bookmarks 1.3.82

* DOM Inspector 1.8.1.1

* Drag de Go 0.2.5

* FireBug 0.4.1

* FlashGot 0.5.97.03

* Greasemonkey 0.6.6.20061017.0

* ImageBot 3.1.5

* Internote 2.1.1

* keyconfig 20060828

* Menu Editor 1.2.3

* MR Tech Local Install 5.3.2.3

* Performancing 1.3.5

* QuickNote 0.6.0.3

* Sage 1.3.9

* ScrapBook 1.2.0.8

* SearchStatus 1.18

* StumbleUpon 2.89

* Tab Mix Plus 0.3.5.2

* Tiny Menu 1.4.1

* VideoDownloader 1.1.1

* Web Developer 1.1.1

Installed Themes: [6]

* Firefox (default)

* iCandy Junior 2.0.8

* Kempelton 1.0.1

* macfoxIIgraphite 2.1.1

* Tango 2.0.0

* Tango Firefox Theme 0.8.3

Installed Plugins: (13)

* Google Updater

* Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 Update 9

* Microsoft Office 2003

* Microsoft? DRM

* Mozilla Default Plug-in

* QuickTime Plug-in 7.1.3

* RealNetworks Rhapsody Player Engine

* RealPlayer Version Plugin

* RealPlayer G2 LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-In (32-bit)

* Shockwave Flash

* Windows Media Player Plug-in Dynamic Link Library

* Yahoo Application State Plugin

* Yahoo! activeX Plug-in Bridge

Enjo:):)

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Generated: Thu Jan 18 2007 21:03:02 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/20061204 Firefox/2.0.0.1

Build ID: 2006120418

Enabled Extensions: [11]

- Adblock Plus 0.7.2.4

- ChromEdit Plus 2.5.6

- DownThemAll! 0.9.9.7

- Firefox Showcase 0.9.1

- Googlepedia 0.4.3

- IE Tab 1.3.0.20070110

- Mouse Gestures 1.5.2

- MR Tech Local Install 5.3.2.3

- Super DragAndGo 0.2.4d1

- Undo Closed Tabs Button 2.0.0

- VideoDownloader 1.1.1

Disabled Extensions: [1]

- Talkback 2.0.0.1

Total Extensions: 12

Installed Themes: [4]

- Firefox (default)

- GNOME Firefox Theme 0.2.3

- Tango Firefox Theme 0.8.3

- Winestripe 1.2.1

Installed Plugins: (10)

- Driver Agent Plug-in

- Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 Update 10

- Microsoft? DRM

- Mozilla Default Plug-in

- PCMan's IE Tab Plug-in for Mozilla/Firefox

- QuickTime Plug-in 7.1.3

- Shockwave Flash

- Shockwave for Director

- Windows Genuine Advantage

- Windows Media Player Plug-in Dynamic Link Library

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