Blinky's Firefox Extensions
Background - Including Something About Opera
I used Opera as my primary browser for years, starting with, if I remember correctly, 5.12. In 2005, Firefox replaced it, largely because of its customizability using a selection of the myriad browser extensions that came on the scene for a new version. Opera is still a fine browser, and I keep an up-to-date copy on all my systems; but FF is now my choice. Sure -- some of the extension-provided capabilities of Foxfire are native to Opera. But surely not all of them, and even if they were, not everyone would need or want them, just like nobody uses the hundreds of FF extensions that are available. So I support making them optional via the extension system Firefox introduced. Want it? Install it. Don't need it? It's not excess baggage because it's not there unless you've installed it.
The following list was generated by a Firefox extension (that I've tweaked for use here). The extension is listed in the list it created. And the extension works with Mozilla's Thunderbird news and mail client, too. See my Thunderbird extensions here.
Application: Firefox 2.0.0.3 (2007030916)
Operating System: Linux (x86-gcc3)
- Adblock Filterset.G Updater
Synchronizes Adblock with Filterset.G
- Adblock Plus
Ads were yesterday!
- Adblock Plus: Element Hiding Helper
Helps you create element hiding rules for Adblock Plus to fight the text ads.
- Add Bookmark Here
A convenient way to add bookmarks.
- Aging Tabs
Makes unused tabs fade with age and highlights the selected tab.
- BlockSite
Block websites you don't want to visit ever again.
- Bookmarks LinkChecker
This extension checks links.
- Bookmark Sync and Sort
Sorts bookmarks alphabetically and case insensitively. Also allows syncronization
of XML bookmark files via FTP/WebDAV servers.
- ChromEdit Plus
User Profile Editor Plus ... Open The Chrome, Profile, & Install Folders.
- ColorZilla
Advanced Eyedropper, Color Picker, Page Zoomer and other colorful goodies.
- CustomizeGoogle
Enhance Google search results and remove ads and spam.
- DictionarySearch
Looks up selected word up to four of your choice of online dictionaries.
- DOM Inspector
Inspects the structure and properties of a window and its contents.
- Extension List Dumper
Dumps a configurable list of the installed extensions to a text, an HTML file or to the clipboard.
- FAYT
Regain possesion of your 'Find As You Type' bar options in Firefox 2.
- Firebug
Tools for examining the web page displayed.
- Mouse Gestures
Allows you to execute common commands using mouse gestures.
- Neo Diggler
A URL manipulation tool for power users.
- NextPlease
Navigate next/prev search results and some other series of pages with the press of a key.
- NoScript
Extra protection for your Firefox: NoScript allows JavaScript, Java (and other plugins) only for trusted domains of your choice (e.g. your home-banking web site). This whitelist based pre-emptive blocking approach prevents exploitation of security vulnerabilities (known and even unknown) with no loss of functionality.
- QuickRestart
Adds a "Restart Firefox" item to the Tools menu and the toolbar.
- Resurrect Pages
Resurrect dead pages by finding their ghosts.
- Save Image in Folder
Easily save images in personally customized folders.
- Searchbar Autosizer
Expand the searchbox as you type.
- Stop-or-Reload Button
Turns the stop and reload buttons into a single one. When you can stop, you have a Stop button, otherwise you have a Reload button. (Like Safari)
- Tab Mix Plus
Tab browsing with an added boost.
- Talkback
Sends information about program crashes to Mozilla.
- TinyUrl Creator
Convenient tool to create small URL redirects from longer ones.
- View formatted source
View formatted and rendered source code.
- View Source Chart
Draws a color-coded chart of a web page's source code.
- Web Developer
Adds a menu and a toolbar (if you wish) with various web developer tools.
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