Which Firefox Add-ons Do You Use?
Jason tells us that Firefox turned 4 yesterday. Mozilla Firefox as an alternative web browser to Microsoft Internet Explorer has been a blessing. A web browser is perhaps the most used PC tool. Consider this: Would you be willing to use a PC which is incapable of connecting to the web?
While Internet Explorer still has over 70% market share, and while there is no straight answer to which web browser is the best, there are several reasons why users are preferring Firefox: open source, security, speed, and add-ons. In fact, the last factor is the most weighing factor for a majority of the users.
Following are a few Firefox add-ons that I depend quite a lot on:
Streaming videos from hundreds of youtube-like websites is easier thanks to DownloadHelper.
FireGestures enables mouse gestures. Customizable mouse gestures.
Flash ads are some of the most annoying critters on the Planet Web. Flashblock blocks all Flash content by default, replacing it with a simple ‘f’ icon. It costs an extra click when you want them running though.
Security is increasingly a concern when online. McAfee SiteAdvisor warns you immediately if a site is a dangerous destination. It gets its data from McAfee’s large dynamic library of websites and their statuses.
URL Fixer trusts our capability of typing erroneously and automatically fixes them for us, making us get used to the typos.
There are add-ons alternative to almost all these, and more. You can get them from the addons home page on Mozilla. If you’re new to Firefox, and are lost about finding and installing add-ons, let me be of service.
Which Firefox add-ons do you use?
I lose the Delicious Bookmarks plugin on all of my computers which allows me to keep my favorites synced up and available no matter where I am. On any machines that I use to do web developement I use the Web Developer Toolbar and Firebug.