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 Feb 24 2006, 04:39 PM
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 Retired Funk-bringer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,656 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas Member No.: 14  |
Post what extensions you use, and in particular, ones you don't think you could surf without.
* = awesome extension Extensions: Forecastfox* Get international weather forecasts and display it in any toolbar or statusbar Adblock* Filters ads from webpages Adblock Filterset.G Updater* Synchronizes Adblock with Filterset.G Tabbrowser Preferences Enhance control over some aspects of tabbed browsing IE View* Open pages in IE via Firefox menus PDF Download Allows you to choose what you want to do with a PDF file: download it, view it with an external view or view it as HTML GooglePreview* Inserts web site previews in google and yahoo search results Linkification* Converts text links into genuine, clickable links BBCode* Adds formatting (BBCode/HTML/XHTML/etc.) to the context menu for Blogs and Forums, with clipboard support (PHPBB and others) J2SE™ Runtime Java Runtime BugMeNot Bypass compulsory web registration with the context menu via www.bugmenot.com Image Zoom Adds zoom functionality for images Farky Tools to make reading Fark.com easier FireFTP FTP client for Firefox Ambience Matches the firefox toolbars to the color scheme of the web page you're viewing. Actually cool as hell. Focus Last Selected Tab Switches focus to the last selected tab when closing a tab. Download Statusbar Opens downloads in a bar above the statusbar. SearchPluginHacks Allows you to delete search engines from the search bar. SwitchProxyTool* Allows instant switching of proxies/proxy settings. Great for surfing anonymously with programs like TOR. All of these extensions (With the exception of Bugmenot) are available from the firefox extensions thingie. Themes: I prefer minifoxflat, cuz it maximizes viewable areas. -------------------- WAIT. I'm not finished.
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Feb 24 2006, 04:52 PM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 885 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Lubbock, Texas Member No.: 12 |
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-IE Tab-opens up a new tab within firefox that uses IE's rendering so that don't have to open up IE -BugMeNot-let's you skip compulsory web registration on mostly news sites -gmail/yahoomail notifier two exttensions that tell you when you have mail -FoxyTunes lets you control a music player with a small interface on your firefox toolbar. -ForecastFox gets you your weather and puts in your toolbar Themes -SilverSkin- nice skin |
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Feb 24 2006, 05:04 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
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Of those already listed & described, I use ForecastFox, BugMeNot, AdBlock, IE Tab, and ImageZoom. In addition: Super DragAndGo Drag a link (or highlighted text link) a little ways to open it in a new tab. Or highlight text (other than a URL) and drag it to search for that text. SessionSaver Remembers your open tabs when you close out Firefox. Very useful for when/if Firefox or your computer crashes (assuming your Firefox profile doesn't get corrupted in a computer crash). Gmail Manager Like Gmail Notifier, only seems to work a bit more reliably (I had login issues with Notifier) and can be used to track multiple accounts at once. Themes Aquatint Clean, blue skin. -------------------- |
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Feb 25 2006, 12:43 PM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 2,499 Joined: 23-February 06 From: El Paso Texas Member No.: 32 |
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Gmail Manager Foxy Tunes Forecast Fox Themes: Mostly Crystal -------------------- |
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Mar 1 2006, 08:29 PM
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 Group: Members Posts: 5,275 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 2 |
Google Preview - "When you perform a regular Google search, your keyword turns up a list of links that fit your search, along with text snippets from each of the pages. But if you have the GooglePreview extension, Firefox will display a screenshot of each page in the list so you can see it before clicking the link."
Dictionary Tooltip - "When surfing the Web, sometimes you'll come across words you don't know the meaning of. Instead of reaching for a dictionary or heading to its online equivalent, use Dictionary Tooltip. With this extension you only need to double-click a word to bring up a window with pronunciations, definitions, and thesaurus entries." Bugmenot - Cool extension that lets you login to sites without registering. It gets a username/pass from the bugmenot.com database. I'll post the rest later. |
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Mar 1 2006, 11:16 PM
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 Group: Admin Posts: 3,403 Joined: 23-February 06 From: PDX/TXL Member No.: 35 |
I use the Pixelzilla theme...
-------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Mar 3 2006, 02:18 AM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 2,499 Joined: 23-February 06 From: El Paso Texas Member No.: 32 |
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Mar 3 2006, 09:39 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 5,275 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 2 |
firefox extension contest winners http://developer.mozilla.org/contests/extendfirefox/
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Mar 3 2006, 06:56 PM
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Retired Funk-bringer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,656 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas Member No.: 14 |
QUOTE (woody @ Mar 3 2006, 02:18 AM) holy fuck that's awesome would i ever do it? fuck no! but it's cool to know that I could 
-------------------- WAIT. I'm not finished.
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