velkymx Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 (edited) I’ve been using Mozilla FireFox almost exclusively now for over a year. I’ve put together a list of the extensions that I feel really turn it into a power house. I use it not only to surf the web but, I use it to help in my job, check my e-mail, and RSS feeds. <<removed>> Edited December 7, 2006 by bangbang023 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/350510-extending-firefox-my-recommendation/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
+E.Worm Jimmy Subscriber¹ Posted July 28, 2005 Subscriber¹ Share Posted July 28, 2005 there was a thread here with firefox expensions. there are a few other really good ones you should include in the list if you what this to be a guide to firefox good extensions. however if you just wanted to share your setup then i guess you could have just posted in that thread too, since it is not an essential guide. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/350510-extending-firefox-my-recommendation/#findComment-586286707 Share on other sites More sharing options...
velkymx Posted July 28, 2005 Author Share Posted July 28, 2005 panacea - to make your FireFox better is essential! I've been looking at list of recommendations for a long time, and those are my favs and ones I recommend that everyone should have. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/350510-extending-firefox-my-recommendation/#findComment-586286733 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+E.Worm Jimmy Subscriber¹ Posted July 28, 2005 Subscriber¹ Share Posted July 28, 2005 well exensions are useful, but you list is far from complete. personally i would consider essential a bit different set of extensions. that is why, if you are posting it under a guide i recommend referensing back to the https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=344486&hl= and maybe compile a big guide of all the truely useful extensions with brief descriptons and download links. now that would be a worthwhile task. :) if not however at least the other thread would be another reference point after your guilde for people looking for new extensions Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/350510-extending-firefox-my-recommendation/#findComment-586286886 Share on other sites More sharing options...
velkymx Posted July 28, 2005 Author Share Posted July 28, 2005 Also check out: http://mymoustache.com/blog/2005/07/almost...extensions.html Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/350510-extending-firefox-my-recommendation/#findComment-586286928 Share on other sites More sharing options...
velkymx Posted August 26, 2005 Author Share Posted August 26, 2005 Updated URL http://www.synergymx.com/stuff_detail.asp?ID=60 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/350510-extending-firefox-my-recommendation/#findComment-586436156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamNeeds Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Nice site dude, added it to my bookmarks. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/350510-extending-firefox-my-recommendation/#findComment-586460688 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 Nice links :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/350510-extending-firefox-my-recommendation/#findComment-586474473 Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceDogg Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 (edited) I have to disagree. You have left out some of the BEST extension for Firefox. Have you ever tried the NoScript extension? For security it IS essential! It blocks sites from using Java, Javascript, flash or can block all plugins from being used on untrusted sites. And for your adblock, I would use adblock plus over adblock. Way more features and it's starting to look as though Adblock is no longer being developed. The devs for adblock haven't even posted in their own forums in over a month. Thats just to name a couple that I think you should consider adding to essential extensions. Just my 2 cents of course, but I thought I had to post here for those that don't know. Edit: More would be openbook,keywordselection,Disable targets for downloads,download manager tweak, and Permit cookies (with cookies disabled for all sites then you use this to ad sites to your list that are allowed). And maybe spellbound for people like me that can't spell correctly.. I can get close but no correct. Just trying to help out, your site looks great btw. Edited September 3, 2005 by IceDogg Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/350510-extending-firefox-my-recommendation/#findComment-586474533 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dross Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 Yo nice extenstions. Just letting you know that Tab Mix Plus is much better than tabbrowser preferences. Also All In One Gestures is a must have for people who like to simply drag the mouse to control the browser. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/350510-extending-firefox-my-recommendation/#findComment-586503849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samoa Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 For us lazy folk, can someone just provide the "fixed" version? :sleep: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/350510-extending-firefox-my-recommendation/#findComment-586517583 Share on other sites More sharing options...
velkymx Posted January 17, 2006 Author Share Posted January 17, 2006 Updated with new extensions! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/350510-extending-firefox-my-recommendation/#findComment-587077361 Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceDogg Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 Still no Noscript extension? Well, at least Adblock is being worked on again. Woot! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/350510-extending-firefox-my-recommendation/#findComment-587077525 Share on other sites More sharing options...
velkymx Posted January 18, 2006 Author Share Posted January 18, 2006 IceDogg - You know I messed with NoScript - I did I installed it and played around with it.... I just found it broke more sites I used than helped me. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/350510-extending-firefox-my-recommendation/#findComment-587080347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
f0rbez Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Yeah I don't find NoScript very useful. Its a huge pain to have to allow every website I go to. And I haven't had any security problems with firefox with all javascripts allowed. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/350510-extending-firefox-my-recommendation/#findComment-587080366 Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceDogg Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 If you allow every site your go to, to run Javascript,java, flash or access every plug in, then yea it can be a problem. I can see that. But I don't. I allow very few sites to run anything it wants to. And never had issues with it. But each to their own. Almost every flaw that's been found in Firefox (yes there are some) has been with the aid of javascript, java, flash or some other plugin. Might want to think about that. But this is your opinion on the best/must have extensions. I was just trying to help. Thanks for your reply though. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/350510-extending-firefox-my-recommendation/#findComment-587080793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 HAHA your list is definetly not the "essential" plugins list...take a few from here. +^ Nightly Tester Tools: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=958 + Tab Mix Plus: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1122 + Tab Preview: http://ted.mielczarek.org/code/mozilla/tabpreview/ + Viamatic foXpose: http://viamatic.com/index.php/firefox + Extended Statusbar: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1433 05 + ReloadEvery: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=115 + Text Size Toolbar: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=472 + Triple Select: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=333 + Copy Plain Text: http://mozmonkey.com/ , https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=134 + PopupSound: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=634 10 + Linkification: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=190 + Redirect Remover: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=537 + Split Link: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1373 + TargetAlert: http://www.bolinfest.com/targetalert/ , https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=230 + CustomizeGoogle: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=743 15 + BetterSearch: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=211 + gTranslate: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=918 + Download Statusbar: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=26 + PDF Download: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=636 + MR Tech Disable XPI Install Delay: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=775 20 + Web Developer: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=60 + ColorZilla: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=271 + ShowIP: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=590 + IE View: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=35 + OperaView: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1190 25 + FirefoxView: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=223 + Adblock Plus: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=266291 + Adblock Filterset.G Updater: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1136 + NoScript: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=722 + JavaScript Options: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1004 30 + ViewCookies: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=315 + Clear Private Data: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1280 + Dr.Web anti-virus link checker: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=938 + Google Safe Browsing: http://dl.google.com/firefox/google-safebrowsing.xpi , http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/safebrowsing/index.html + SecurePassword Generator 0.5.3: http://mozmonkey.com/ , https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=135 35 + fireFTP: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=684 + ChatZilla: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=16 + Google Toolbar for Firefox: http://toolbar.google.com/firefox/index.html ===== +^ Mass Installer: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=225555 , http://www.haslo.ch/zeniko/software/massinstaller.xpi ===== +* IE Tab: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1419 ===== + Compatible with Firefox 1.5 - Incompatible with Firefox 1.5 * In Testing (I'm playing around with it) ^ Tool Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/350510-extending-firefox-my-recommendation/#findComment-587096563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
velkymx Posted January 22, 2006 Author Share Posted January 22, 2006 Wow so like 80% of these are on my list thx Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/350510-extending-firefox-my-recommendation/#findComment-587097217 Share on other sites More sharing options...
velkymx Posted April 11, 2006 Author Share Posted April 11, 2006 Just a quick update! List updated - removed FoXpose - replaced with Showcase. Added Mouse Guestures and StumbledUpon. Enjoy! http://www.synergymx.com/stuff_detail.asp?ID=60 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/350510-extending-firefox-my-recommendation/#findComment-587405826 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ev0| Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 (edited) Thread starter, no one should use Adblock anymore, it's junk. The development of Adblock pretty much stopped in 2004. Use Adblock Plus instead. Primexx, your link for Adblock Plus is WAY out of date. You're linking to some verison 0.5.x when the latest version is 0.7. Update your link to http://adblockplus.mozdev.org/ Edited April 11, 2006 by ev0| Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/350510-extending-firefox-my-recommendation/#findComment-587405885 Share on other sites More sharing options...
velkymx Posted April 12, 2006 Author Share Posted April 12, 2006 ev0 - thanks for the info... I've updated the list. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/350510-extending-firefox-my-recommendation/#findComment-587409702 Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceDogg Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 I agree with ev0| on this. Adblock plus (0.7) is way better then adblock. Run down list of things I like better about it. 1. You can enable/disable individual filters. Yea.. one at a time if you have one that makes things bad on one site, but don't want to see the ads on that same site.. This is awesome. 2. Hit counter. It shows which of your filters are actually blocking ads and work best. 3. Much better elements blocking. You can block things adblock simply can't. 4. Huge performance improvements for those that use simple filters. Now you don't have to be a regex expert to block ads without it costing you in page loading time. Fact it's faster then using regex. And much easier to edit the list. There is a ton of other things too, but these are the ones that are at the top of my list of must haves that adblock simply doesn't have. And after a simple update a while back development on adblock seems to have stopped yet again. I have a great deal of respect for the original makers of adblock extension. But this one has taken up where they left off. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/350510-extending-firefox-my-recommendation/#findComment-587410748 Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Thread starter, no one should use Adblock anymore, it's junk. The development of Adblock pretty much stopped in 2004. Use Adblock Plus instead. Primexx, your link for Adblock Plus is WAY out of date. You're linking to some verison 0.5.x when the latest version is 0.7. Update your link to http://adblockplus.mozdev.org/ uhm... Posted Jan 21 2006, 13:23 but in any case it's not out dated. the 5.x is a different branch as the 7.x (6.x at the time), and at the time of post 5.x had more features than 6.x, Also, that version still has some features than the current 7.x doesnt have, though I myself am using the newer one as of now.Generated: Wed Apr 12 2006 16:46:47 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-CA; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1 Build ID: 2006011112 Enabled Extensions: [42] - Adblock Filterset.G Updater 0.3.0.3 - Adblock Plus 0.7 - Add N Edit Cookies 0.2.1.0 - BetterSearch 1.9 - ChatZilla 0.9.72 - ColorZilla 0.8.3.1 - Copy Plain Text 0.3.2 - CustomizeGoogle 0.45 - DOM Inspector 1.8.0.1 - Download Statusbar 0.9.4 - Dr.Web anti-virus link checker 1.0.9 - Extended Statusbar 1.2.4 - FirefoxView 0.31.2 - FireFTP 0.90.1.1 - Google Safe Browsing 1.1 - Google Toolbar for Firefox 1.0.20051122 - gTranslate 0.2.7 - Html Validator 0.7.9 - IE View 1.2.7 - JavaScript Options 1.2.4 - Linkification 1.2.3 - MeasureIt 0.3.5 - MR Tech Local Install 4.6.1 - NoScript 1.1.4 - OperaView 0.4.1 - PDF Download 0.6 - PopupSound 0.1.4 - Redirect Remover 1.1 - ReloadEvery 1.5.1 - ShowIP 0.8.02 - Split Link 2.0.1 - Tab Mix Plus 0.3.0.5 - Tab Preview 0.3 - Table2Clipboard 0.0.2 - Talkback 1.5.0.1 - TargetAlert 0.8.9.7 - Text size toolbar 0.4.1 - TripleSelect 1.7 - Viamatic foXpose 0.3 - View Dependencies 0.3 0.3.0.0 - View formatted source 0.9.4.6 - Web Developer 1.0.2 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/350510-extending-firefox-my-recommendation/#findComment-587411028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceDogg Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Also, that version still has some features than the current 7.x doesnt have, though I myself am using the newer one as of now. What would that be?? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/350510-extending-firefox-my-recommendation/#findComment-587411201 Share on other sites More sharing options...
velkymx Posted July 25, 2006 Author Share Posted July 25, 2006 I've been hacking around with Adblock 0.7 - and with the last update, it really kicks some butt. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/350510-extending-firefox-my-recommendation/#findComment-587731438 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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