Firefox Stuff
Extensions I would recommend to most users are
bold.
Extensions that I find very useful/important
are italicized.
Adblock Filterset.G Updater |
works with Adblock (or Adblock Plus) to update your filter list with Filterset.G, the best Adblock filter set around |
Adblock Plus |
blocks ads using customizable filter lists (like Filterset.G), with whitelist capabilities |
AniDisable |
stops animated *.GIF files (you can toggle on and off via the right-click/context menu) |
Clean And Close |
makes the Clean Up button on the Downloads dialog also close the window |
Crash Recovery |
restores tabs if Firefox crashes (or if you set extensions.crashrecovery.resume_session_once to true) |
Download Statusbar |
monitors downloads in statusbar (bottom of window) instead of separate Downloads box |
dragdropupload |
lets you drag a file from Windows Explorer into Firefox (e.g. a "Browse..." box or "Add attachment" link in Gmail) for uploading stuff |
Duplicate Tab |
replicates the current tab, including history (back/forward) by keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+T) or mouse (right-click) |
FEBE |
backs up FF profile information (your extensions, settings, passwords, etc.) |
Flashblock |
prevents Flash animation from automatically playing (click to view) |
Gmail Notifier |
provides a simple notifier for Gmail users (statusbar or toolbar) |
keyconfig |
customizes keyboard shortcuts (I believe you can uninstall this after configuration and retain any changes) |
Linkification | makes text URLs (like http://www.google.com/) into clickable links (automatically or upon command) |
Long Titles |
simply prevents tooltips from line-breaking because of length (this may possibly conflict/overlap with Popup ALT Attributes) |
MediaPlayerConnectivity |
prevents embedded media (audio/video) from automatically playing; you can click to view in standalone player |
Menu Editor |
lets you modify the right-click/context menu (remove and reorder entries) |
Nuke Anything Enhanced |
right-click and remove anything from a page (useful when deleting stuff from a page before printing), and has limited undo capabilities |
PDF Download |
when you click a link to a PDF file, gives you file size and offers download/view options |
Permit Cookies |
adds a toolbar/statusbar icon to set a site's cookie privileges |
Popup ALT Attributes |
shows picture's ALT text on mouse hover (like in IE) (this may possibly conflict/overlap with Long Titles) |
PrefButtons |
gets toolbar entries for toggling Java, JavaScript, proxies, images, etc. (I use it for a Java checkbox) |
QuickRestart |
just adds a Tools menu entry for restarting Firefox |
SearchBox Sync |
synchronizes the search (Ctrl+K) box with the webpage's current search (e.g. http://www.google.com/search?q=hello would change search box to "hello") |
Smart Middle Click |
enables middle-clicking of (some) javascript links |
Statusbar Clock |
shows date and/or time (customizable) in statusbar |
SubmitToTab |
enables form submit buttons to be middle-clicked or control-clicked or right-clicked to open in new tabs |
Tab URL Copier |
copies URLs from all open tabs, or opens copied URLs in tabs |
undoclosetab |
lets you reopen closed tab(s) by using keyboard shortcut or middle-clicking the Close Tab icon |
WindowsUpdate |
simply adds an entry into the Tools menu to the Windows update site in IE |
I may have had to manually modify one or more of the extensions to allow them to install on FF
2.0+. (rename *.xpi file
to *.zip, change em:maxVersion field in install.rdf)
Extensions I'm trying out:
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Extensions I've tried but uninstalled:
-ForecastFox (took up too much room, not very lightweight)
-Attributes
(I temporarily install sometimes to get names/attributes of certain XUL
elements)
-Tab Mix Plus (not lightweight, didn't retain all capabilities of
Duplicate Tab)
-Highlight Focus (achieved same effect with userContent.css
modification)
Here are my heavily customized userChrome.css and userContent.css files (help, more help)
Also, going to about:config (type that in your address bar) gives you access to
advanced options.
(I've made too many changes there to individually list
here.)
Lastly, a screenshot.
