No doubt about it, firefox is the best browser there is. It has a lot of handy extensions. Here you can find a list of the extensions we found most usefull.
plugin |
description |
|---|---|
| addblock | Once installed, it's a snap to filter elements at their source-address. Just right-click: Adblock: done. Filters use either the wildcard character (*) or full Regular Expression syntax. Hit the status-element and see what has or hasn't been blocked. |
| autocopy | Select text and it's automaticaly copied to the clipboard. Like Trillian or mIrc |
| CustomizeGoogle | a Firefox extension that enhances Google search results by adding extra information and removing unwanted information. All features are optional and easily configured from the options menu. |
| del.icio.us | adds handy buttons to work with del.icio.us |
| dictionary search | Looks up a user selected word in an online dictionary |
| greasemonkey | Greasemonkey is a Firefox extension which lets you to add bits of DHTML ("user scripts") to any web page to change its behavior. |
| livelines | Add RSS feeds to Bloglines or Sage, and Habari Xenu with the RSS icon on the status bar. |
| MediaPlayerConnectivity | Allow you to launch embeded video of website in an external application with a simple click. Great plugin, especially for linux |
| sort bookmarks | An essential extension that really should be built in |
| spellbound | SpellBound is a port of the spellchecker code and user interface from the Mozilla Suite's Composer that enables spell checking in web forms such as html textarea / input elements (html input password elements are not checked by SpellBound) and rich text form elements. This allows you to spell check forms (e.g. message board posts, blog entries, wysiwyg, etc.) before submitting them when using your Mozilla Firefox or Mozilla Suite browser. |
| split screen | adds the ability to horizontally or vertically split your firefox screen so you can view some page next to each other |
| spoofsticks | A simple way to detect spoofed websites. |
| SwitchProxy Tool | SwitchProxy lets you manage and switch between multiple proxy configurations quickly and easily. You can also use it as an anonymizer to protect your computer from prying eyes. NOTE: In Firefox you can use the toolbar element to save space |
| tab clicking options | Even more control over tabs |
| tabbrowser preferences | Much more control over how tabs work |
| twiki firefox plugin | |
| web developer | Adds a menu and a toolbar to the browser with various web developer tools. Current tools include converting form POSTs to GETs, hiding images, outlining block level elements, and disabling styles - plus many more. |
| wikipedia lookup | select a word, right click and look it up in wikipedia |
| xpather | quickly find the xpath of a given element on a page |
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Topic revision: r11 - 07 Jan 2006 - 14:49:09 - SiteAdmin?
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