Someone really needs to make a good plugin that allows me to set limits of how much time per day I'm allowed to spend on certain websites..cough... and enforces it. Not just a site blocker.
Wow, I'm surprised the only one I have on the list is the Download Statusbar... I guess because Adblock Plus does an awesome job of blocking ads for me.
i use cooliris - it lets me quickly see a links result without actually clicking the link
plus a few other features. homepage has interactive demo http://www.cooliris.com/Site/index.html
Is anyone else getting tired of reading posts that say "top x ways to do y"?
There certainly has to be more than 10 firefox extensions that improve productivity, or did the author forget to hit the "next" icon/button/character and just gave up at 10?
Why is it that defined, numbered lists end up being brought to the front page so quickly? Is it that a world with a few thousand add-ons could be boiled down to 10 arbitrary add-ons just feels better? There are many, many useful extensions and these top 10 lists seem to regurgitate the same miserable 10 extensions that everyone it IT has already has installed.
Sorry for the rant. I know us Digg-folk are really civilized, but I'm just tired of seeing the headline "Top x (if "x" is less than 10 or over 80) things that make "y" (if "y" is something many in the geek community want)" make it to the front page, just to find out that the top "x" is the same "x" I'm already doing/have installed/have evaluated/don't care about.
No squint has changed the way I view the web. Got me 22' lcd and with no squint, I can sit way way back and my eyes are much happier. If you use a CRT then dump it, I was an idiot for not getting a 22' lcd sooner.
I have using all of these plus some more for over six months now.. you will find all of them on the most popular list of the firefox add on page. I could not understand why so many diggs to this article - it has nothing new (my opinion).
Firefox needs an extension that's overdue: Auto-correct.
I love the ability of Firefox underlining my spelling mistakes, but how about fixing common errors such as capitalizing the first letter after a period? Correcting mistakes like 'teh', 'theri', and other common mistakes? If such an extension exists, you would make my day if you provided the link. a configurable interface like a .bashrc where you get to make your own rules would be an extra plus. Calling out to all extension developers...!
As a developer Firebug is an amazing add on for Firefox. It turns the browser into a powerful web development tool among other things. In all honesty, Im kind of a die hard IE user only because the speed and memory issues with FF still bug me a bit, but this tool alone has made me use FF a lot more. If they fix more of the speed./mem issues with FF3 I may switch full time. IE tab is nice, most of the other stuff isnt anything ground breaking.
Hey is there any add on that let's you control add-ons? I noticed that when launching Firefox, more often than I'd like a particular add-on has been updated and it prompts me to install the new version (No script has updated about 3 times in the last 10 days it seems like). I'd really like a mechanism to force firefox to only look for add-on updates once every week or 2. If anyone can help with this I'd REALLY appreciate it.
GREAT, thanks for the recommendation of gspace! This crappy extension locked me out of my gmail account without any warning. Sure I found a little note in the faq of gspace but that was *after* I realized I cannot access my gmail account for the next 24 hours!
This screen shows up after trying to upload a couple of photos:
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Our system indicates unusual usage of your account. In order to protect Google Mail users from potentially harmful use of Google Mail, this account has been disabled for up to 24 hours.
If you are using any third party software that interacts with your Google Mail account, please disable it or adjust it so that its use complies with the Google Mail Terms of Use. If you feel that you have been using your Google Mail account according to the Terms of Use or otherwise normally, please contact us using this form to report this problem.
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Here's a list of my favorite extensions: (sorry for the huge post)
Adblock Plus: ( https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1865/ ) Subscribe to an ad definitions file (free) and most ads will disappear from all websites you visit. If you do happen to come across an ad that Adblock missed you can right click on it and add it to the list or you can open a list of all blockable elements and choose which to block. You can even use wildcard * characters.
All-in-One Sidebar: ( https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1027/ ) I use this mainly for the download manager, which I prefer to the default Firefox one and the Download Statusbar extension. It's also lets you view and edit your bookmarks, history, Add-ons, website info, and even lets you display a second website inside of it so that you can basically be viewing 2 tabs at once. Certain extensions add extra pages to it as well, such as Mouse Gestures (guide) and Adblock (blockable elements).
Dictionary Tooltip: ( https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1171/ ) Double click on a word inside a web page and this extension pops up a little box with the word's definition. You can choose between a whole host of web dictionary sources for your definitions.
Google Toolbar: ( http://toolbar.google.com/ ) I use this for one reason and one reason only. It adds an up button to the customize menu for your toolbars, which I added right next to my home button. You can click the button to go up one level or click the dropdown arrow to choose how many levels to go up. This saves you the time of removing the text manually from the address bar. After adding this button to my browser I disabled the Google Toolbar and the button remains.
Mouse Gestures: ( https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/39/ ) I use this mainly for enlarging images inside webpages. If you right click and drag your mouse in a down-right direction on top of an image it enlarges it. Up-left shrinks it, up-right hides it, and down-left resets all images on the page. The extension has all kinds of other functionality like opening and closing tabs, forward and back, etc. but I mostly just use it for images.
NoScript: ( https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/722/ ) This extension disables all scripts until you approve them. It makes browsing much much safer but it can also slow down your browsing experience quite a bit since every time you come across a page that needs to run scripts you have to approve the source. You can approve scripts for a source permanently or temporarily.
StumbleUpon: ( https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/138/ ) I used to use this a lot but my interest had waned of late. I started using it again recently when they added an adult section. Coincidence, of course. ;) StumbleUpon adds a toolbar with a shiny green button on it that you can press and go to a completely random website! If you feel like you have too much free time this is a great way to remedy that problem. You can choose what subjects interest you (games, humor, web development, lesbian sex...) and it will only take you to sites related to those subjects. All content is user-submitted. It's kind of like Digg, but more random.