Essential Firefox Extensions
One of the best things about using Firefox is the ability to customize the browser. These are my recommended extensions.
The Best 10 FireFox Extensions
FireFTP - is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers.
Download Statusbar - is a browser extension that allows you to keep track of ongoing and completed downloads in a hide-away statusbar.
Sessionsaver - restores your browser exactly as you left it on every startup. Not even a crash will phase it.
MeasureIt - Draw a ruler across any webpage to check the width, height, or alignment of page elements in pixels.
ColorZilla - Advanced Eyedropper, ColorPicker, Page Zoomer and other colorful goodies.
Bookmark Duplicate Detector - Detects Duplicate Bookmarks when bookmarks are added and specify where is the previous URL. You can also search and delete duplicates URL already in your Bookmarks.
FoxyProxy - is an advanced proxy management tool that completely replaces Firefox’s proxy configuration.
VideoDownloader - Download videos from Youtube, Google, Metacafe, iFilm, Dailymotion, Pornotube, and other 60+ video sites!
gTranslate - translate any text in a webpage just by selecting and right-clicking over it. Uses the Google translation services.
StockTicker - Shows your favorite stocks in a customizable ticker.
Other Great FireFox Extensions
Yoono - instantly suggests alternate sites and people who share the same interests while you are surfing.
Reveal - allows you to see thumbnails of pages in your session history and quickly find the page you want.
Mystickies - allows you to place sticky notes all over the web and organize them with tags.
Clear Cache Button - Adds a clear cache toolbar button that cleans the cache in one click. Very handy for those who have use for it.
Reload Every - adds an option to the context menu to reload the web page you are viewing every so many seconds or minutes. Useful if you keep refreshing some pages often.
Sage - add a lightweight RSS and Atom feed aggregator which integrates with Firefox’s bookmark storage and Live Bookmarks.
GreaseMonkey - Install user scripts and change the behavior of any web page
ScrapBook - helps you to save Web pages and easily manage collections.
Stealther - surf the web without leaving a trace in your local computer by *temporarily disabling history (and address bar), cookies, formFill, disk cache and sending of ReferrerHeader. Verify details of what exactly it can work for you.
BetterSearch - enhances Google, MSN Search, Yahoo Search, A9, Answers.com, AllTheWeb, Dogpile.com, del.icio.us and Simpy.com bookmarks by adding previews (thumbnails) and Amazon product images and info etc.
Answers - Press Alt (or Option on a Mac) and click any word to get a quick, relevant definition or explanation, drawn from a collection of over 100 reference titles.
Clipmarks - lets you save and share Web page content without having to bookmark the entire page.
ChatZilla - is a clean and easy to use Internet relay chat (IRC) client.
Map+ - enables you to quickly view a map of a selected address in Firefox without changing windows or tabs.
Adsense Notifier - Displays your Adsense earnings on the statusbar.
Forecastfox Enhanced - Get international weather forecasts and display it in any toolbar or statusbar. Now with improved radar images and allows for pausing, restarting and setting the frequency of automatic updates.
DictionarySearch - Looks up a user selected word in an online dictionary you selected.
Web Developer - Adds a menu and a toolbar with various essential web developer tools.
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Thanks for making me discover Yoono, I just installed it and I like it a lot !