I have seen many posts out there about the Best firefox extensions or Top firefox extensions. This post is about not about `which extensions to use` but about some of the extensions i use. And which make my life easy so here it goes..
1) Google Browser Sync :- Now this is one great extension which is not mentioned in that detail. Well this is for people who will like to use their google account to keep track of their bookmarks (passwords, tabs.). Now this really helps if you are using more than one computers everyday. It Can keep everything encrypted.
2) Session Manager :- This extension is really useful for the people who just tired of firefox crashes. I know firefox has restore session option, but this can store the history for every tab too. So I dont have to bother to find anything in history, and just pick up where I left off.
3) Google toolbar :- I know this sounds awkward. I mean that toolbar is mostly useless. Well I have a solution for that, I don’t use it. That’s right I don’t use the toolbar itself. But this enables the recent feature Google Web History. Which can keep track of all your visits. This can save lot of pain sometimes.
4) Hint-a-Hint :- This extension is my favorite. It shows keyboard hints. It saves me from using that stupid mouse. Warning: Don’t ever use this on a page which has too many links (like www.popurls.com For eg.). There is a another project by Mozilla called as conkeror which turns firefox into a emacs like web browser. I really liked it but didn’t find it practical enough (If you use lot of extensions you might get into trouble with this).
5) Adblock Plus :- Well this is been one of the most popular extension for months. So don’t have to say anything about it I guess. Don’t forget to use the Filterset.G updater with this.
6) Firebug and Web developer :- These two extensions are an amazing display of what extensions can do. I am too lazy to write about these two, as they are very powerful and feature rich. You can find out more about them at the given websites.
7) Customizegoogle :- Hate those ads on google? want to improve security? want links to other sites on google? Well then this is the extension for you..
Greasemonkey and Stylish :- I think most of you will know about Greasemonkey but not stylish. Well stylish lets you customize css i.e. styles for various sites. You can find a long list of all the available styles at userstyles.org
8 ) asdf-jkl :- I heard about this extension on a lifehacker post. It can show the short cut to various things in your firefox as tooltips. Very useful if you are tried of using mouse and too lazy to remember the short cuts..
9) Open in Browser :- This extension allows you to open various documents directly in browser. This is truly useful if you come across various shell scripts or any other scripts for that matter.
I will go on editing this list if I find any new interesting extensions. If you know about one let me know.
