Essential Firefox Extensions
It is becoming increasingly common for open source developers
to concentrate on providing core functionality in their software
applications, and to include a framework for
additional functionality to be added using plugins and add-ons. Mozilla
Corporation, the developers of Mozilla Firefox, are no different.
Despite developing a feature-laden Web browser, the Firefox team
recognised at an early stage that individuals have different
priorities and requirements. Extensions offer the means for
software to be tailored accordingly to these needs. One of the
reasons why Firefox has been so successful is because of
extensions.
There are thousands of extensions for Firefox. They add a
whole raft of additional functionality to Firefox, such as allowing
users to download videos from websites, integrate more closely
with social networking sites, and create web content. Whilst it is
perfectly reasonable for some users not to wish to experiment with
extensions, they are missing out on harnessing the real power of
Firefox.
To provide an insight into the quality of software that is
available, we have compiled a list of our favorite Firefox extensions.
The vast majority of these add-ons are released under a freely
distributable license. We strongly recommend that you try out the
extensions that interest you, and hopefully you will agree that they
add so much to the web experience.
So let's explore the Firefox extensions at hand. For
each add-on we have compiled its own portal page, a full
description with an in-depth analysis of its features, a screenshot,
together with links to relevant resources and reviews.
| Firefox Extensions |
| Vimperator |
Strong inspiration from the Vim text editor to provide
efficient web browsing |
| Firebug |
Edit,
debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript |
| Feedly |
News aggregator |
| FireFTP |
Secure,
cross-platform FTP client |
| Ghostery |
Web detective - your window into the invisible web |
| ScribeFire |
Full-featured
blog editor |
| Zotero |
Collect, manage, cite, and share research sources |
| FlashGot |
Turns
supported download managers into a download manager for Firefox |
| Greasemonkey |
Customize the way web pages look and function |
YouTube Downloader
|
Quickly
and easily download videos from YouTube |
| LastPass |
Browser plugin password management |
| WOT
- Safe Surfing
|
Shows
you which websites you can trust |
| FastestFox |
Makes Wikipedia more convenient to use from the browser |
| Chatzilla |
Internet
Relay Chat (IRC) client, written in XUL and JavaScript |
| Sage |
Lightweight RSS and Atom feed aggregator extension |
| Shareaholic |
Easy
way to share interesting links using Facebook, Twitter and others |
FoxClocks
|
Keep an eye on the time around the world |
| RightToClick |
Removes
many common Javascript annoyances |
| Flagfox |
Displays a flag icon indicating the location of the
current server |
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Last Updated Sunday, July 08 2012 @ 03:33 AM EDT
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