| Extension |
Note |
| Tab Mix Plus |
Invaluable, this is by far the most powerful extension. It's session manager is more powerful than Firefox's inbuilt one; it can automatically saves all your tabs (a session) so when you reopen firefox you can access this seasssion if desired/automaitically - Sheer class. Here are a few things you can set in the options :
- Links: Javascript popups : Open all popups in tabs
- Links: Prevent blank tabs when downloading files
- Events: Opening: Bookmarks & history & search bar & address bar in new tabs
- Events: Tab Features: Enable undo close tabs
- Events: Tab Focus: Turn off focus tabs that open from links
- Display: Tab: uncheck close tab button. I now find this feature takes up too much screen space and use the middle mouse button to close a tab, which is default functionality
- Display: Tab bar: Uncheck Hide tab bar when only one tab is open
- Display: Tab bar: uncheck Extra Spaces On both Sides gives more room for tabs
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| BugMeNot |
Great for accessing all those newspapers you have to login to read, etc - you won't need a login for them :-) |
| WikiPedia Lookup Extension |
More and more I find this should be my first port of call if I am looking for info. Has a great sidebar as well. |
| Showcase |
If you have lots of tabs open sometimes it can be hard to find the one you want, this pops up a thumbnail of each page. I used to use Viamatic foXpose, I then moved onto Reveal and loved the F2 functionality of it but when that was not updated for Firefox 2 I moved onto Showcase. I miss the F2 funntionality of Reveal but you are meant to be able to plug in keyConfig (see Showcase options - Shortcuts) and get equivalent funtionality with F12 but that has not worked for me yet. |
| Download Statusbar |
No more annoying download popup but you still can see the progress. |
| Awesome Highlighter |
I discovered both Cite Bite and the Awesome Higfhter recently, for anyone who passes on text of web pages via email they are a worthwhile boon. Awesome Highlighter takes it a step further by allowing you to highlight multiple passages and give you a shorturl which will show your emphasises. |
| Copy URL+ |
I used to use AllCustomizedLinks which allows context sensitive bookmarks and had a Javascript bookmarklet which (I have now lost) open a new email with the selected text pasted into it. Now I can use this externsion to Copy URL + Title + Selection to the keyboard, I have to then open a new email and paste...not an elegant solution but tell me a more efficient way to achieve same? |
| Dictionary Lookup |
Used Dictionary search (which I still uses for TB), until I discovered Dictionary Tooltip, defaults to the free dictionary but can choose to see other definition sources from a dropdown. However now I use Dictionary Lookup which takes it one step further by presenting the defintion in a sub menu. |
| SpeedDial |
Add a drop down menu button to your toolbar with sites you visit frequently. Select putting button on toolbar when you install. |
| All-in-One Sidebar |
Finally I found a way to access multiple sidevbars easily. Toggle between bookmarks, history and scrapbook. |
| Scrapbook |
Sometimes a bookmark is not enough, you want to remember some text from a page for something you are working on. |
| Google Notebook |
Similar to Scrapbook, except it's an interface to Google notebook, so the contents are stored online. Good if you want some notes to be shareable between multiple computers. Requires a gmail account. To have it accessible in the sidebar like Scrapbook, rather than the small default window, drag this bookmark to your bookmark toolbar, right click, select properties and select load this bookmark in the sidebar. |
| ColorfulTabs |
Helps finding things if you have lots of tabs open. |
| GSpace |
One of the reasons Firefox is indespensible. This turns a google mail account into a ftp site with 8.8GB limit. So open a gmail account share it bewteen friends and you can use it to pass files between each other. Absolutely astonishing. |
| All-in-one sidebar |
Allows one to have the scrapbook |
| Extension |
Note |
| IE Tab |
Occasionally a page gives problems, this allows it to be checked in IE. This can be used to keep an eye on a 2nd gmail account at the same time as one open in a normal tab. |
| Nuke Anything Enhanced |
Seldom used, but when something is annoying you on a page you are reading, this is the business. |
| DownThemAll! |
Ever want to download a bunch of tunes or pix from a page. I used to use a website ripper (WinHTTrack) before this came along. |
| ListZilla |
Get a nice html list of your extensions. Since my laptop was robbed last I am extra cautious about backups now and this helps for setting up a new machine, in addition to these pages of course  |
| StumbleUpon |
Pick some categories that interest you and you never know what you will find, really worth having a spin of this. |
| Mouse Gestures |
I think this perhaps merits persisting with more, it means changing some habits but is possibly worthwhile. |
You can add a custom dictionary (eg. english UK) from Options | Composition | Spelling.
