Friday, February 8th, 2008
Top 5 Firefox Extensions
Tweaks and extensions go hand-in-hand, so here are my favourite extensions:
This extension does what it says: it blocks ads. However, instead of using a centralized list for blocked content, I choose what to block. I’d prefer not to block any ads at all (as an aspiring web developer I understand the need for ad revenue), but some ads just have to be blocked (speaking smiley’s anyone?). I use it especially to block questionable content from some of the sites I frequent (avatars, and half-naked ads).
While I’m sure it’s easy enough to find or make a search plugin for firefox, it’s a lot easier right-clicking a search box and adding it to the firefox search bar.
3. Smart Bookmarks Bar (and favicon picker)
These two go hand in hand. Smart bookmarks shows only the favicon for sites on your bookmarks toolbar. Favicon picker allows you to select icons for missing favicons. This clears up a lot of space in my firefox:
(in case you’re wondering where my menu-bar went, i use the “Hide MenuBar” Extension, which gets honourable mention.)
4. Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer
A great extension if you often use firefox on more than one computer. I use this so that the bookmarks on my main desktop are always the same as the bookmarks on my media pc located in the living room. Also serves as a good backup if you ever lose all your firefox data.
Just because it’s a lot more work to switch between firefox and another ftp program. This one is perfect for web developers.
If you don’t trust my selections, check out Lifehacker’s top 10 Must-have Firefox extensions.
