09 December 2006

My Firefox Favorites

I love Mozilla Firefox. It's really safe and all that good stuff, but mainly the reason I use it is for the extensions and themes. So here's a list of my favorites (All of these are for Firefox 2).

EXTENSIONS

Adblock Plus -
This gets rid of all those annoying advertisements on sites like MySpace.
WOT - This shows you the "reputation" of the sites you are visiting. The ratings are based on the viewer's (including yours) opinion of the site. When a site has a very negative rating, it alerts you.
Calorie-Count.com Toolbar - There are a lot of sites that let you track your diet, but this one is free. The reason I'm including it on the list is for the toolbar itself. When you're signed into the site, you're calorie intake is shown on a nifty little status bar. It stares at you.
Clean and Close - I'm sure I'm not the only person who hated having to press the "Clean Up" button every time I downloaded something, and then having to press "Close". This makes just one button, saving a little bit of time.
Clippings - This comes in handy if you can't always remember things like HTML codes you commonly use. It lets you save a clip of text to your "Clipboard" (not the one you use for Cut & Paste). When you want to insert it into whatever you're writing, just right-click and choose the text. I use it constantly.
Cooliris Previews - This lets you view a webpage without you actually clicking on it. You can also use Cooliris to search for a selected bit of text or send a link to a friend.
CuteMenus - Okay, so this doesn't really have a function, but it makes all your menus prettier.
Email This! - When you're on a webpage, just right-click and choose how you want to send this page to a friend. You can pick from Gmail, Yahoo, or Mailto.
FoxyTunes - This puts a little music player in your status bar. It supports a variety of players, and it saves time by making it easy to pause or stop your music.
GooglePreview - A must for anyone that searches with Google. It puts a nice little picture of the webpage right next to the link in the search results.
IE Tab - Although Firefox is awesome, some pages just look better in IE (like some MySpace profiles). This extension lets you click on a button in your status bar to switch over - all the time staying in the same window.
Linkification - This "linkifies" unclickable links on a webpage.
Organize Status Bar - This goes without saying. Otherwise it's just all a mess.
PermaTabs - You can right-click on a tab and make it permanent. Although you can unclose tabs in Firefox 2, this still makes it a little easier.
ReminderFox - Puts a reminder in the status bar that lets you know when an event arrives. You can add notifiers. Great for birthdays.
Smiley Xtra - A smiley sidebar great for forums.
StumbleUpon - My favorite overall. I use it daily. Using this extension, you can "stumble" to a new site. It's fantastic. Beware: You can waste hours using this.
Tabinta - When you install this, you'll be able to insert an actual tab into a body of text.
These Toolbars with Small Icon - Makes the toolbars less bulky.
Throbber Button - When you set this up, clicking on the throbber button in the top-right corner of the browser will take you to a site. It's great for sites you use throughout the day.


Those are my favorites. But if you have Firefox, by all means spend a few hours looking through all the extensions. You'll find one for everything.

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