List your TOP FIVE Firefox extensions!

[RAV TUX]

All though I am writing this from Opera, I still use Firefox....

List your TOP FIVE Firefox extensions:

heres mine:

1. Adblock Plus 0.7.5.3 (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1865/) http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/4192/thumbupld6.png
2. YubNub Command Line 0.4.2 (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4714) http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/4192/thumbupld6.png
3. Stumblupon 3.16 (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/138) http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/4192/thumbupld6.png
4. Stylish 0.5.3 (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2108) http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/4192/thumbupld6.png
5. Xinha Here! 0.12 (http://www.hypercubed.com/projects/firefox/) http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/4192/thumbupld6.png




What are your TOP FIVE Firefox extensions?

[smartboyathome]

I only use one (I feel no need for others, seeing as I don't go to many ad-heavy sites). It is simply called "restarter".

[RAV TUX]

I only use one (I feel no need for others, seeing as I don't go to many ad-heavy sites). It is simply called "restarter".

do you have a link?

[smartboyathome]

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3458

The one feature missing from firefox. Also, I forgot that the speed dial (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4810) and user agent switcher (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59) were addons. :-P

[illu45]

1. AdBlock Plus
2. Greasemonkey
3. Zotero


...Those are really the only ones I use.

[jhnthn]

1. Adblock Plus (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865)
2. NoScript (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722)
3. Greasemonkey (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748)
4. Stylish (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2108)
5. Clean and Close (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2608)

[j.miller565]

1. Down them All (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/201)

[gabhla]

1. No Squint (old w/poor eyesight
2. Music Player Connectivity
3. GreaseMonkey
4. Google Browser Sync (great if you have more than one distro on your box)
5. Smooth Wheel

[Kingsley]

Flashblock
Foxmarks Bookmarks Synchronizer
Mouse Gestures
Password Exporter
STOP! Hammertime!

[reyfer]

NoScript (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722)
Foxlingo (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2444)
User Agent Switcher (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59)
Rikaichan (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2471)

[stalker145]

Colorful Tabs
Extended Taskbar
FEBE
External IP
Show IP

Sorry have to add one more


Firesomething


These can all be found on the addons site.

[tomcheng76]

ABP
NoScript
New Tong Wen Tang
All in one Gestures
Save Session
one more...Batch Download

[RAV TUX]

ABP
NoScript
New Tong Wen Tang
All in one Gestures
Save Session
one more...Batch Download

Ok, While I could Google it, I would rather be social.....What is New Tong Wen Tang about?

[tomcheng76]

New Tong Wen Tang is Simplified chinese <=> Traditional Chinese switcher.
Great plug for Chineses
However, i only need it for long Simplified chinese writing

[gvoima]

I don't use any extensions. And firefox is my only browser atm.

But these extensions people listed here seems interesting, maybe I'll try them out :)

[LookTJ]

1. Adblock Plus + filter.g

2. del.icio.us bookmarks

And that's it!

[walkerk]

Adblock Plus
MediaPlayerConnectivity
User Agent Switcher
Fission (just like it)
Download Statusbar

[Arathorn]

Adblock Plus (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/1865)
All In One Gestures (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/12)
Zombie Keys (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/2335): not used that often, but still one of my favourites. Very useful for entering diacritics for European languages.
Donwload Statusbar (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/26)
Context Search (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/240): highlight a part of a text, right click and easily search the selected text with one of the installed search engines (the same ones that are in the search bar at the top right).

Three other favourites (couldn't resist):
Target Alert (http://www.bolinfest.com/targetalert/faq.html#fool_targetalert): displays an icon next to a link to give a visual clue about its contents (for example off-site link, pdf etc.). I couldn't find it on the Mozilla addons site though.
Dutch and British English dictionaries (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/browse/type:3)

[lisati]

The only one I currently use is Foxmarks, useful for keeping the bookmarks on all three of my machines in sync.

[_simon_]

I just use adblock plus and better Gamil, which I'm suprised no-one has mentioned yet.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4866

I ditched my email client and just use Better Gmail now.

[4tro]

Gmail manager - manage multiple gmail accounts in one cool widget
Web Developer - anyone who make sites can't do without
Userchrome - http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=556229
Fission - really cool progress bar in your address bar
FAYT - reclaim all buttons in your find as you type bar

[super breadfish]

Noscript - blocks Javascript
Adblock Plus - blocks ads
Tab Mix Plus - allows various tab options, add progress bar to tab, closed tab list, all sorts

[benplanet]

Gmail manager
Tab Mix Plus
Search Status
Delicious
Stumble upon

:guitar:

[RAV TUX]

New Tong Wen Tang is Simplified chinese <=> Traditional Chinese switcher.
Great plug for Chineses
However, i only need it for long Simplified chinese writing

Cool, Thanks for the 411.



Fission - really cool progress bar in your address bar


Fission is quite cool!....

[davtaine]

Iceweasel add-ons:

Dowload Statusbar
Flashblock
Mouse Gestures
Tab Mix Plus
Customize Google

[Paul820]

Adblock plus
Flashblock
pdfdownload
download statusbar
splash

[rax_m]

NoScript (http://noscript.net/) - blocks unwanted java scripts, flash and ads
FlashGot (http://flashgot.net/) - download manager using wget or similar
Hit-a-hint (http://hah.mozdev.org/) - allows me to browse almost exclusively using my keyboard.

[aks44]

AdBlock Plus (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865)
NoScript (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722)
Permit Cookies (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/44) (very simple cookie manager)
RefControl (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/953) (referrer manager, I don't like being tracked...)
Clusty Bar (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/388) (I don't use Google, see above for the reason...)

I may also add Tab Mix Plus (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1122) especially its session manager which is waaay better than FF's integrated one IMHO.

[hackle577]

Adblock Plus: Element Hiding Helper
Fasterfox
Tab Mix Plus
Customize Google
Del.icio.us

[fuscia]

a la carte. low carb (just the meat). zippo!

[RAV TUX]

a la carte. low carb (just the meat). zippo!

ahhh, I just drank a whole carton of low carb, high protein Chocolate HempMilk, lastnight. ;)

[ice60]

i like these -

paste and go 2 it lets you paste a url in the address bar, or a search query in the search box, without having to hit the go button, or hit enter. (like in opera)

toolbar buttons adds loads of extra buttons you can drag to the toolbars (it includes a restart firefox one too)

ubuntu forums i've never used it :D but it lets you search ubuntuforums from firefox

search domain lets you search the domain you're on using google

url link lets you highlight something like this - google.com, then right-click it and select go to url (like in opera, again)

link alert THIS IS A GREAT EXTENSION, I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO SAY WHAT IT DOES, YOU SHOULD JUST TRUST ME AND GET IT :|
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3199

[AndyCooll]

My top five are:

Download statusbar
Noscript
searchonTab - when you use the search function the results appear in a new tab..
Image Zoom
Google browser sync.

I also like the Ubuntu Forums Menu - I've configured it so that its one of the drop-down menus.

[RAV TUX]

i like these -

paste and go 2 it lets you paste a url in the address bar, or a search query in the search box, without having to hit the go button, or hit enter. (like in opera)



This is one I have been primarily wishing for in Firefox each time I use Opera, going to download it right now!

Thanks for sharing ;)

[Motoxrdude]

One add-on that i love is MediaPlayerConnectivity (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/446). It allows you to play embedded videos with any media player you want. It's nice because i can resize videos as i please.

[kostkon]

The extensions I use, and they happen to be 5, are:


del.icio.us
download statusbar
google reader notifier
tab mix plus
videodownloader

[RAV TUX]

link alert THIS IS A GREAT EXTENSION, I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO SAY WHAT IT DOES, YOU SHOULD JUST TRUST ME AND GET IT :|
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3199


This is one I have been primarily wishing for in Firefox each time I use Opera, going to download it right now!

Thanks for sharing ;)

ice60 paste and go 2 is so awesome I think I will look into your "link alert" extension reference.

[fuscia]

ahhh, I just drank a whole carton of low carb, high protein Chocolate HempMilk, lastnight. ;)

hemp? you??? there's a surprise.

[init1]

The only thing I use is adblock. I love it!

[leaber]

The 4 extensions I use

1. Firebug (the greatest extension of all time!! - form a developer view :))
2. AdBlock Plus
3. DownloadThemAll
4. FoxyTunes

[RAV TUX]

hemp? you??? there's a surprise.

I like all kinds of non-dairy beverages (milk-like) HempMilk is one I picked up at Whole Foods the other day....

The HempMilk is actually better tasting then RiceDream (RiceMilk, my other favorite Non-Dairy beverage) but it is a bit too soupy.....the Chocalate HempMilk is not as good as Blue Daimond Almond Chocolate Milk...

Anyway I try to stay away from dairy products so I tend to get creative....I saw the HempMilk it is THC free of course, and I said why not?

I will stick with Rice Dream for my usually Non-Dairy beverage it isn't as soupy as HempMilk

Also I will stick with the Blue Daimond Almond Chocolate Milk.....it actually has less sugar and taste sweeter....not as much protein but thats ok

[vasiliymeshko]

Adblock Plus
NoScript
Tab Mix Plus
Download Statusbar
Ukrainian Language Pack

[RAV TUX]

i like these -

paste and go 2 it lets you paste a url in the address bar, or a search query in the search box, without having to hit the go button, or hit enter. (like in opera)

link alert THIS IS A GREAT EXTENSION, I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO SAY WHAT IT DOES, YOU SHOULD JUST TRUST ME AND GET IT :|
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3199

OK I tried both "paste and go 2" and "link alert"....

"paste and go 2" gets the RAV TUX http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/4192/thumbupld6.png

"link alert" gets the RAV TUX http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/3567/thumbdownvl9.png

[wiebers10]

I'll try to list 5 that other people haven't listed yet....

1. Steathier - add on that allows firefox to surf without recording anything so it's good for shared computers.
2. Forecast Fox - has a 3 day weather forecast and radar built in to the bottom toolbar.
3. Web Developer Toolbar - Pretty self explanatory.
4. Better GCal/GReader/GMail - little tweaks for all of those google services.
5. Google Reader Notifier - Has an RSS Feed icon in the top right hand corner that links straight to Google Reader.

[RAV TUX]

Fission - really cool progress bar in your address bar


Fission gets the RAV TUX http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/4192/thumbupld6.png

[bonzodog]

Customise Google
Foxclocks (adds a clock to the status bar - I run FF fullscreen, and this is useful to me)
Download Statusbar
Stylish (I like some of my sites dark. Google is especially cool with this and the customise google extension. I get a dark grey google with no ads and very clear layout.)

[Afoot]

My (four) top extensions, in no particular order:
- Adblock Plus
- NoScript
- Sage
- Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer

[Arathorn]

"link alert" gets the RAV TUX http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/3567/thumbdownvl9.png
Have you tried Targetalert (http://www.bolinfest.com/targetalert/)? It has basicly the same functionality, but displays the icon at the end of a link if your mouse hovers over it. What didn't you like about Link Alert?

[M$LOL]

I need one that lets you save a session and close Firefox, like Restarter but without starting the browser again once it's closed.

[RAV TUX]

Have you tried Targetalert (http://www.bolinfest.com/targetalert/)? It has basicly the same functionality, but displays the icon at the end of a link if your mouse hovers over it. What didn't you like about Link Alert?

It either just didn't work for me or I simply don't understand it....while understanding should be simple enough I would say it just doesn't work.

I am sure it is a great extension.

perhaps it is I just don't feel I have a need for it.

[RAV TUX]

I need one that lets you save a session and close Firefox, like Restarter but without starting the browser again once it's closed.

I am sure there is one like this.....like "Restart Tabbed" but just a tabbed session saver without the restart.

[Tuna-Fish]

I am sure there is one like this.....like "Restart Tabbed" but just a tabbed session saver without the restart.

killall firefox-bin ?

[Megaton]

1. AdBlock Plus
2. Grease Monkey
3. Forecast Fox

[Adamant1988]

Facebook Toolbar
Me.dium
All-in-one sidebar
Tab Mix Plus

[ice60]

OK I tried both "paste and go 2" and "link alert"....

"paste and go 2" gets the RAV TUX http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/4192/thumbupld6.png

"link alert" gets the RAV TUX http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/3567/thumbdownvl9.png
lol, i don't think it's possible to not like link alert :D

i really like greasemonkey too, i've got 2 GM scripts i use at youtube. one makes the video much bigger automatically and the other puts a download link at the top of the page.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/4037
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/3975

http://xs217.xs.to/xs217/07290/Screenshot_YouTube_Yoga_Mozilla_Firefox.png.xs.jpg (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs217&d=07290&f=Screenshot_YouTube_Yoga_Mozilla_Firefox.png)

[ice60]

i know the thread was about your top 5 extensions, but i have lots i like. i can't remember if the search box has had these features added, but i like these next 2 extensions -
Add to Search Bar lets you add searchs to your search engines by just right-clicking any search box on a page and selecting add search (like opera, again lol)
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3682

Search Engine Ordering lets you re-order your search engines.
when i tried the link it said the extension was in the sandbox atm :|
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2164/

CacheViewer i love this extension, it lets you search your firefox cache and find the download links for videos.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2489

these next two are great, if a page is off line you can use one of them to see a cached version on a caching site
http://lifehacker.com/software/featured-firefox-extension/visit-unavailable-web-sites-with-resurrect-pages-266988.php
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2323

[RAV TUX]

i know the thread was about your top 5 extensions, but i have lots i like. i can't remember if the search box has had these features added, but i like these next 2 extensions -
Add to Search Bar lets you add searchs to your search engines by just right-clicking any search box on a page and selecting add search (like opera, again lol)
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3682

Search Engine Ordering lets you re-order your search engines.
when i tried the link it said the extension was in the sandbox atm :|
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2164/


I love both "add to search bar" and "search engine ordering".......those are both two old favs of mine also ;)

[ice60]

I love both "add to search bar" and "search engine ordering".......those are both two old favs of mine also ;)

yeap, they're really good. i know i have lots more that are good, but just not on this distro, i'll have to boot in to something else to find them lol

there are these privacy extensions though i think everyone should have.

cookiesafe it has an option to disallow 3rd party cookies, they are what ad companies use to keep track of the pages you view. (you can do it manually though in about:config)

if anyone gets cookiesafe the option to enable is in the global tab, called allow for originating website only

EDIT i just remembered i think if you install cookiesafe you have to reset your cookie options in cookiesafe because it doesn't carry over your exisiting settings.

customizegoogle it has options to use https for many of the google services that otherwise might just use http. also in the privacy tab there's an option to change the ID PREF for google cookies, that will stop google keeping track of you. of course lots of people don't care one bit about privacy and might think i'm odd lol

[testube_babies]

STOP! Hammertime!

!!!:lolflag:

What a magnificent extension.

[Frak]

1. Tor button
2. ForcastFox Enhanced
3. Greasemonkey
4. FoxyTunes
5. Del.ico.us Bookmarks

[RAV TUX]

1. Tor button


Can you explain what this one does?

[kknd]

1 - NoScript
2 - DowhThemAll
3 - FireFTP

[floke]

A few more than 5 though (in true RAV SPAM style :)).

1: Noscript
2: Adblock PLus
3: Customizegoogle
4: TabMixPlus
5: Tiny Menu (why has no-one mentioned this??)
6: Fasterfox (set to preload)
7 : All-in-one-Sidebar
8 : Rewind/Fastforward
9: Secure Login (Opera Wand)
10: Google Browser Sync.

Am also now using the Link Alert, Speed Dial, Fission, and Paste and Go 2 as a result of this thread.

Cheers!

[LookTJ]

Can you explain what this one does?

Torbutton provides a button to easily enable or disable the browser's use of Tor.

[Frak]

Can you explain what this one does?
What Taylor said, and Tor is an anonymity program, open source, and available for everything including your toaster. :P

[ddrplayer512]

I don't use too much but my favorite is Cleanup and Close normally in the downloads window there is a cleanup button. But it really annoys me when I have to "cleanup" and then have to go to the "x" button to close it, especially since I have to use a laptop. So this extension replaces it with a "Cleanup and Close" button. It does both at the same time!

That is why I like it. I download lots of junk like programs for my Windows computer and Linux isos and program source code for my Ubuntu system.

[RAV TUX]

Torbutton provides a button to easily enable or disable the browser's use of Tor.


What Taylor said, and Tor is an anonymity program, open source, and available for everything including your toaster. :P

For those who don't know what Tor is:



Tor (The Onion Router) is a free software (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software) implementation of second-generation onion routing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_routing) — a system enabling its users to communicate anonymously (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymity) on the Internet. Originally sponsored by the US Naval Research Laboratory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Naval_Research_Laboratory), Tor became an Electronic Frontier Foundation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation) (EFF) project in late 2004. The EFF supported Tor financially until November 2005 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2005),[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_%28anonymity_network%29#_note-0) and continues to provide web hosting for the project.
Like all current low latency (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_latency) anonymity networks (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anonymity_network&action=edit), Tor is vulnerable to correlation attacks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_analysis#In_computer_security) from attackers who can watch both ends of a user's connection.

Overview

Tor aims to protect its users against traffic analysis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_analysis) attacks. Tor operates an overlay network of onion routers that enables two things: anonymous outgoing connections and anonymous hidden services.

Anonymous outgoing connections

Users of the Tor network run an onion proxy on their machine. This software connects out to Tor, periodically negotiating a virtual circuit through the Tor network. Tor employs cryptography (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptography) in a layered manner (hence the onion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion) analogy), ensuring perfect forward secrecy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_forward_secrecy) between routers. At the same time, the onion proxy software presents a SOCKS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOCKS) interface to its clients. SOCKS-aware applications may be pointed at Tor, which then multiplexes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplexing) the traffic through a Tor virtual circuit.
Once inside the Tor network, the traffic is sent from router to router, ultimately reaching an exit node at which point the cleartext (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleartext) packet is available and is forwarded on to its original destination. Viewed from the destination, the traffic appears to originate at the Tor exit node.
Tor's application independence sets it apart from most other anonymity networks: it works at the TCP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Control_Protocol) stream level. Applications commonly anonymised using Tor include IRC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat), instant messaging (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging) and browsing the Web (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web). When browsing the Web, Tor is often coupled with Privoxy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privoxy) — a filtering proxy server (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server) — that aims to add privacy at the application layer.

Weaknesses


DNS leaks

As with many anonymous web surfing systems, direct DNS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System) requests are usually still performed by many applications, without using the Tor proxy. Solutions such as the previously mentioned Privoxy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privoxy) or using the command 'torify' included with the Tor distribution are possible solutions to this problem.[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_%28anonymity_network%29#_note-1) Additionally, applications using SOCKS5 — which supports name-based proxy requests — can route DNS requests through Tor, having lookups performed at the exit node and thus receiving the same anonymity as other Tor traffic.



Traffic analysis

Steven J. Murdoch and George Danezis from University of Cambridge presented an article,[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_%28anonymity_network%29#_note-2) in the 2005 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, Oakland, California, USA, May 8 – 11, 2005. They presented traffic-analysis techniques that allow adversaries with only a partial view of the network to infer which nodes are being used to relay the anonymous streams and therefore greatly reduce the anonymity provided by Tor. They have also shown that otherwise unrelated streams can be linked back to the same initiator.

Etiquette and abuse

Because Tor is capable of anonymising arbitrary TCP traffic, it attracts its fair share of abuse. Routers maintain an exit policy of what traffic is and is not permitted to leave the Tor network through that node. Using a combination of addresses and ports, it is possible to combat most major abuses of the Tor network (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_networking). Potential abuses include:
Bandwidth hoggingIt is considered impolite to transfer massive amounts of data across the Tor network — the onion routers are run by volunteers using their own bandwidth at their own cost.E-mail Anonymous usage of SMTP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol) (i.e., e-mail) can result in spam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_%28electronic%29). Consequently the default exit policy of Tor nodes rejects outgoing connections to port 25, the port used for SMTP.
Anonymous hidden services

Although Tor's most popular feature is its provision of anonymity to clients, it can also provide anonymity to servers. By using the Tor network, it is possible to host servers in such a way that their network location is unknown. In order to access a hidden service, Tor must also be used by the client.
Hidden services are accessed through the Tor-specific .onion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.onion) pseudo top-level domain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo_top-level_domain). The Tor network understands this TLD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-level_domain) and routes data anonymously to the hidden service. The hidden service then hands over to standard server software, which should be configured to listen only on non-public interfaces. Services that are reachable through Tor hidden services and the public Internet are susceptible to correlation attacks, and consequently are not really hidden.
An added advantage of Tor hidden services is that, because no public IP address (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address) is required, services may be hosted behind firewalls (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewall_%28networking%29) and NAT (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_address_translation).
As of 6.6.07, the 'hidden wiki', the only hidden service index site linked to from the World Wide Web appears to have gone down. As it provided an 'entry point' to the network of hidden services, and both the official Tor site and IRC channel seem reluctant to explain or indeed acknowledge the disappearance so far (or offer an alternative), this capability is rendered somewhat useless to Tor users who do not already have the address of a specific hidden service they want to visit.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network)

[Eggnog]

AdBlock Plus
Flashlock
BugMeNot
Image Toolbar
Gmail Manager

[RAV TUX]

AdBlock Plus

It appears most people like myself use Adblock Plus, I know for me it is usually the first extension I install on Firefox.

[handy]

Fasterfox (http://fasterfox.mozdev.org/faq.html)
Torbutton (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2275)
Adblock Plus (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865)
Download Status bar (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/26)

[RAV TUX]

I would have to add:

Peekko Chat (http://peekko.com/) to the list....

[swoll1980]

flash blocker
all in one sidebar
add block plus
the price comparison one (forget what it's called exacly, but it's very convinient)
stumbleapon

[MadMac]

Bookmark Duplicate Detector
Gmail Notifier
User Agent Switcher
Weatherbug
Ubuntu Forums Menu

[RAV TUX]

stumbleapon
You mean StumbleUpon right?

[spier]

1. Flashblock
2. Stylish ( just to get a less shiny background)

[Blindraven]

Wow, I don't use a single plug-in.

[Sepero]

Here are some excellent extensions that I don't think have been listed yet.

Tabs Open Relative (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1956) - Tabs Open Relative makes all new tabs open to the right of the current tab, rather than at the far right of the tab bar.

Duplicate Tab (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/28) - Duplicate Tab allows you to clone a tab along with its history.

zoomFox (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1067) - Adds a context menu item ('View with zoomFox') for viewing images using advanced controls: The image is opened in a new tab which also contains a thumbnail view of the image used to scroll around more easily, zoom controls with various zoom levels, easy scrolling by clicking and dragging the image itself etc. Ideal for viewing very large images easily.

Adblock Filterset.G Updater ("https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1136') - This is a companion extension to Adblock or Adblock Plus and should be used in conjunction with it. This extension automatically downloads the latest version of Filterset.G every 4-7 days. Filterset.G is an excellent set of filters maintained by G for Adblock that blocks most ads on the internet.

Fetch Text URL ("https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/518') - Highlight plain text URLs and rightclick to open them like a regular clickable URLs.

[ryno519]

Adblock Plus

Colorful Tabs - Makes my tabs look... colourful. I just like it.

Fission - Progress bar built into the address bar.

Hide Menubar - The menubar is hidden until you press alt.

[AlphaMack]

ABP + Easylist
MR Tech Local Install
Flashgot
Master Password Timeout
SwitchProxy Tool

[RAV TUX]

Fission - Progress bar built into the address bar.


Fission is very nice.

Are there widgets for Firefox?

[erginemr]

All-in-One Gestures
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12

For those who miss the mouse gestures of Opera...

[Officer Dibble]

All-in-One Gestures
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12

For those who miss the mouse gestures of Opera...

Don't install and restart until your Gutsy download has finished though!!

[erginemr]

Fasterfox:
http://fasterfox.mozdev.org/

To speed up the web browsing and increase the perforamce of Firefox...

[Cannaregio]

No offence intended, and firefox is a fine browser, but you DO realize, I hope, that if you would use opera (http://www.opera.com/download/index.dml?platform=linux) instead, you wouldn't have any need for "extensions adding" and "finetuning" and you would, as an added and most important bonus, gain considerable speed vis-à-vis firefox, just using the opera browser as it is, out of the box (try and judge by yourself).

Now, if you are happy with firefox and its extensions, stick with it/them.
But, despite my avatar image, i need speed and real anti-advertising and anti-popup power on the web, and this, until now, only opera can provide.

[Hallvor]

I only use two: MediaPlayerConnectivity and NoScript.

[drimsun]

I don't have 5, but these 2 are an absolute must for web developers!

Firebug (http://www.getfirebug.com/)
HTML Validator (http://users.skynet.be/mgueury/mozilla/)

[Depressed Man]

No offence intended, and firefox is a fine browser, but you DO realize, I hope, that if you would use opera (http://www.opera.com/download/index.dml?platform=linux) instead, you wouldn't have any need for "extensions adding" and "finetuning" and you would, as an added and most important bonus, gain considerable speed vis-à-vis firefox, just using the opera browser as it is, out of the box (try and judge by yourself).

Now, if you are happy with firefox and its extensions, stick with it/them.
But, despite my avatar image, i need speed and real anti-advertising and anti-popup power on the web, and this, until now, only opera can provide.

While I'm an Opera user myself (use it as my main browser in Windows..not as much as in Linux) I'd have to say Firefox's Ad Block > Opera's ad block system. Though I haven't played with Kestral's system that much, but is it still requiring you to manually edit the URLfilter.ini?

I know you can right click and block whatever, but that takes time for all the sites I visit. It's easier just to grab a block list. (what I usually did was just copy the one from Firefox into the urlfilter.ini)

[Sunflower1970]

Favorites:

AdBlock Plus
Webmail Notifier
Sage RSS Newsfeeder
Speed dial
EbayToolbar & Ebay companion.
Forecast Fox.

[Cannaregio]

While I'm an Opera user myself (use it as my main browser in Windows..not as much as in Linux) I'd have to say Firefox's Ad Block > Opera's ad block system. Though I haven't played with Kestral's system that much, but is it still requiring you to manually edit the URLfilter.ini?

I know you can right click and block whatever, but that takes time for all the sites I visit. It's easier just to grab a block list. (what I usually did was just copy the one from Firefox into the urlfilter.ini)

urlfilter.ini indeed, but you can find aplenty scripts ready and immediately usable on the web, for instance http://martin.krischik.com/index.php/Main/OperaBlocklist. That's the same as firefox, as you point out, but the right click addition remains a godsend, in my opinion, because it works forever FOR THE PLACES YOU OFTEN VISIT.

So, let's say you want an uncluttered http://www.yahoo.com or an uncluttered http://www.guardian.co.uk (http://www.guardian.co.uk/), or whatever... as you know, you just rightclick the first time you visit and hey presto! No more idiotical ads forever (well not exactly forever: just until they change http advertising method, but then - when and if it happens - you'd just right click another time and remain clean for the next months/years).

So I don't agree with you: opera out of the box beats firefox with all the extensions you may add, and opera's general speed is no match for firefox.

This said, firefox is a fine browser, and it's open source, so I fully understand people using it instead of opera even if quite slower and even if much more difficult to configure correctly.

[bimmerd00d]

Google Browsersync, she's all I need.

[Frak]

ubufox (apt:ubufox)

[fuscia]

changed my mind...i've got fasterfox, adblock plus, no script, mouse gestures and menu editor. the first three appear to make swiftweasel faster, i use mousegestures just for making images larger (i tend to right-click for everything else) and i like stripping down the menu.

[derekr44]

1. Forecastfox Ehanced
2. WizzRSS
3. FoxyProxy
4. ColorfulTabs
5. IE Tab

[RAV TUX]

...and i like stripping down the menu.I strip down my menu even further:

Firefox 2.0.0.6 on e17 Xubuntu 7.10
http://cafelinux.org/OptickleArt/albums/userpics/normal_snapshot18%7E0.png (http://cafelinux.org/OptickleArt/displayimage.php?album=3&pos=78)
http://cafelinux.org/OptickleArt/displayimage.php?album=3&pos=78

[k33bz]

only have 1, cool iris

[Occasionally Correct]

Ctrl + tab preview, regular expressions tester, session fix, scroll search engines, and firebug. :p

[bruce89]

Epiphany Extensions from me:


Ad Blocker
Auto Reload Tab
Favicon fallback
Greasemonkey
News feed subscription

[regomodo]

1. Adblock Plus
2. Downthemall
3. Gspace (windows only)

[CaptainTux]

The only extension I use in the gmail notifier.

[phrostbyte]

Flashblock
Foxmarks Bookmarks Synchronizer
Mouse Gestures
Password Exporter
STOP! Hammertime!

Yay, another STOP! Hammertime! fan. :guitar::)

[fuscia]

I strip down my menu even further:

Firefox 2.0.0.6 on e17 Xubuntu 7.10
http://cafelinux.org/OptickleArt/albums/userpics/normal_snapshot18%7E0.png (http://cafelinux.org/OptickleArt/displayimage.php?album=3&pos=78)
http://cafelinux.org/OptickleArt/displayimage.php?album=3&pos=78


rav, which firefox theme is that? and btw, you still have all those back/forward whatever icons. that ain't stripped down, son.

[p_quarles]

1. NoScript
2. Flashgot
3. Tab Mix Plus
4. Speed Dial
5. Controle de Scripts

[yabbadabbadont]

I only have one, Tab Mix Plus.

[klange]

1. FireFTP
2. Leetkey (various extra input methods, |1k3 |337 0f (0ur53 )
3. Google toolbar (because its in-page search is so much better than Firefox's)
4. Web Developer
5. Zombie Keys (éíñ, etc)

On my ******* PCs I have IE Tab so I don't actually have to use the scourge that is IE...

[RAV TUX]

rav, which firefox theme is that? and btw, you still have all those back/forward whatever icons. that ain't stripped down, son.
NASA Night Launch (https://addons.mozilla.org/es-ES/firefox/addon/4908)

por mcdavis941 (https://addons.mozilla.org/es-ES/firefox/user/10257)

[Frak]

NASA Night Launch (https://addons.mozilla.org/es-ES/firefox/addon/4908)

por mcdavis941 (https://addons.mozilla.org/es-ES/firefox/user/10257)
Very nice theme :)

[Cannaregio]

http://cafelinux.org/OptickleArt/albums/userpics/normal_snapshot18%7E0.png

Nice image.
I see there that you are using also the quick Opera browser instead of the fine, but slower, Firefox, which is a very good idea imho, since opera does not need any extension frenzy, it works as it should out of the box.

[RAV TUX]

Nice image.
I see there that you are using also the quick Opera browser instead of the fine, but slower, Firefox, which is a very good idea imho, since opera does not need any extension frenzy, it works as it should out of the box.
I like both Opera and Firefox equally but for different reasons.

[Happy_Man]

I use:

Adblock Plus - it's the only thing that works!

Foxmarks - My bookmarks go anywhere I do!

Greasmonkey - Functionality the devs forgot!

Morning Coffee - It's like setting your homepages, but it changes depending on what day it is! Good for tracking webcomics and the like.

....and I don't really have a fifth one.

[Johnsie]

Stumbleupon - helps me discover random cool websites
Foxmarks - Takes my bookmarks wherever I go
HTML Validator - Makes it easier to get into a habit of good html development

[mkzimms]

MouseGestures
ReloadEvery
Ubufox
fireFTP
WebDeveloper

[taisao]

some small but useful extension:
auto copy - copy on select - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/383
mac shortcuts - use Ctrl+Q to quit - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2463
no squint - remember each sites zoom settings - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2592
secure login - remember passwords and easy login - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4429
tab counter - count open tabs - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4346

[Scruffynerf]

Hm.. Top 5....

In no particular order

FireFTP
Adblock +
NoScript
Leetkey
Unplug
--------

I also run
Tab Mix +
SafeCache
SafeHistory
Download Statusbar
Fasterfox
del.icio.us icons
mplayer plugin

[bonzodog]

Ok, I have updated my extension list:

Sorry, there is a few more than 5 now :D

English (British) Dictionary (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:3)

Download Statusbar (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/26)

Compact Menu - Blue (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3722)

Customise Google (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/743)

Fox Clocks (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1117)

Restarter (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3458)

Stumbleupon (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/138)

Stylish (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2108)

[radovan01]

linkification
new tab homepage
flashgot
downloadthemall
spell check

[nikoPSK]

uhh,

firefox splash????


(I don't have much. I will try a few suggestions from here:p)

[PmDematagoda]

Adblock
Google Preview
Download Statusbar
NoScript
Restarter

[af20001]

Adblock Plus
Google Notebook
Paste & Go 2

Surprised these 2 aren't more popular:

BugMeNot
SQLite Manager

[de_valentin]

Flashblock
Adblockplus
Delicious bookmarks

Gmail accountmanager

I can't normally use FF without the first 3 and the other is just easy

[nikolas68]

AdBlock Plus
No Script
Stumble Upon
Speed Dial
...only 4!

[lvleph]

Stumbleupon
RSS Ticker
Online Bookmark Manager Synchronizer

[TBOL3]

1. AdBlock Plus
2. NoScript
3. Googlepedia
4. UnPlug
5. FireFTP

[Cochise]

British English dictionary
new tab button
pdf download
Ubuntu forums menu

[Xbehave]

Fission (http://mozilla.zeniko.ch/fission.html) (to get rid of the status bar)
CuteMenus - Crystal SVG (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1330)
Submit to tab. (http://dragtotab.mozdev.org/submittotab/)
Compact Menu 2 (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4550) (in FF3 it requires hiding the menu manually)
browse images (not really for images just to make the forward button useful)

i have the following disable due to probs with my FF3 install
NoScript (http://noscript.net/)
informational tab (just for tab load status)
repagination

ive only got about 15 extnetions but found it hard to pick a favorite 5 as theyre mainly tweaks so my number1 extention would be userChrome.css

[staticvoid]

firebug
scribefire
firefox splash
stumbleupon
web developer

[blithen]

I don't use to many extensions but here goes.

1.Adblock
2.stylish

[RAV TUX]

All though I am writing this from Opera, I still use Firefox....

List your TOP FIVE Firefox extensions:

heres mine:

1. Adblock Plus 0.7.5.3 (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1865/) http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/4192/thumbupld6.png
2. YubNub Command Line 0.4.2 (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4714) http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/4192/thumbupld6.png
3. Stumblupon 3.16 (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/138) http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/4192/thumbupld6.png
4. Stylish 0.5.3 (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2108) http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/4192/thumbupld6.png
5. Xinha Here! 0.12 (http://www.hypercubed.com/projects/firefox/) http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/4192/thumbupld6.png




What are your TOP FIVE Firefox extensions?

I just updated my top 5.

[Glenn1337]

1.)noscript
2.)boost firefox
3.)leet key
4.)ubuntu forums menu
5.)PDF download

[ynnhoj]

my favourite firefox add-on is vimperator (http://vimperator.mozdev.org/). i'm a vi fan, so this makes firefox a zillion times better.

download statusbar is also very handy.

[sub2007]

Probably:

1. Adblock Plus
2. Tab Mix Plus
3. Mouse Gestures
4. MR Tech Local Install
5. Sage

Have a couple of others (Secure Login, Cute Menus Crystal SVG Icons and WOT) but they're the ones that I absolutely couldn't give up.

[beckfield]

Adblock Plus
All-in-One Gestures
FireFTP
ForecastFox Enhanced
FLST (Focus Last Selected Tab) - This fixes one of my pet peeves in FF.

[amazingtaters]

Adblock Plus
ForecastFox Enhanced
Firesomething
Boost
4chan plugin

[mcduck]

1. Adblock Plus
2. Tab Mix +
3. Web Developer Toolbar
4. Linkification
5. Stylish

I also use Fasterfox and Firesomething, but I could just as well do the optimization tricks by hand and Firesomething really isn't that important so I could easily live without these two.

[-grubby]

1:adblock plus
2:adblock plus
3:adblock plus
4:adblock plus
5:adblock plus

[RAV TUX]

1:adblock plus
2:adblock plus
3:adblock plus
4:adblock plus
5:adblock plusLOL

Adblock Plus is on the top of my list also. ;)

[IYY]

1. Adblock plus
2. It's All Text (lets you use an external text editor like vim for text fields)
3. Download Statusbar

[Tabenx]

Password Exporter- Great for backups of your passwords
Greasemonkey- Need i say more?
Fasterfox- Amazing
(and if themes count)
Redshift v2- best theme i have ever used with FF

[simpsonatwork]

Adblock Plus
Digger
Delicious Complete
Download Statusbar
LastTab

[rune0077]

adblock plus
download statusbar
speed dial
Cooliris previews
iMacro

[macogw]

1. Firebug
2. AdBlock Plus
3. URL Link
4. Download Statusbar
5. Smart Digg Button

AdBlock Plus gets #2 because you simply CANNOT do web design without Firebug.

[new2*buntu]

I don't use extensions (unless you can count Flash or the English dictionary)

[p_quarles]

AdBlock Plus gets #2 because you simply CANNOT do web design without Firebug.
Personally, I use the Web Developer toolbar. Another very nice set of tools.

[Portable_Jim]

1. NoScript (Why does Firefox ship without it?)
2. Adblock
3. TabMix Plus
4. Firebug
5. Download Statusbar

[willie_wang]

1. Web Developer
2. Adblock Plus
3. Download Statusbar
4. Firebug
5. FireFTP

:)

[Portable_Jim]

No offence intended, and firefox is a fine browser, but you DO realize, I hope, that if you would use opera (http://www.opera.com/download/index.dml?platform=linux) instead, you wouldn't have any need for "extensions adding" and "finetuning" and you would, as an added and most important bonus, gain considerable speed vis-à-vis firefox, just using the opera browser as it is, out of the box (try and judge by yourself).

Now, if you are happy with firefox and its extensions, stick with it/them.
But, despite my avatar image, i need speed and real anti-advertising and anti-popup power on the web, and this, until now, only opera can provide.
THAT'S IT! I'VE READ ENOUGH - I'm installing Opera.

[grte]

vimperator
vimperator
vimperator
vimperator
vimperator.

You know why opera sucks? Because it doesn't have vimperator.

[CCNA_student]

My two favorite Firefox add-ons are noscript and equake.

Sin Cere,

CCNA

[picpak]

FireFTP (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/684)
Adblock Plus (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865)
Tabbrowser Preferences (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/158)
Webmail Notifier (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4490)
Google Reader Watcher (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4808)

[Tristam Green]

1. AdBlock Plus (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865)
2. ForecastFox Enhanced (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1978)
3. Download Statusbar (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/26)
4. FoxyTunes (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/219)
5. NoScript (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722)

[Lostincyberspace]

Down them all

Thats it .

[hhhhhx]

Adblock i dont know how i ever lived withought you:lolflag:

[tad1073]

Application: Firefox 2.0.0.11 (2007120411)
Operating System: Linux (x86-gcc3)

- Adblock Plus 0.7.5.3
http://adblockplus.org/
- All-in-One Gestures 0.18.0
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/marc.boullet/ext/extensions-en.html
- All-in-One Sidebar 0.7.3
http://firefox.exxile.net/aios/
- del.icio.us Bookmarks 1.5.44
http://del.icio.us
- Download Statusbar 0.9.5.2
http://downloadstatusbar.mozdev.org/
- Extension List Dumper 1.8.1
http://sogame.awardspace.com/
- Fasterfox 2.0.0
http://fasterfox.mozdev.org/
- Fission 0.9
http://mozilla.zeniko.ch/fission.html
- Speed Dial 0.5.0.7
http://speeddial.uworks.net/
- Tab Mix Plus 0.3.6
http://tmp.garyr.net

[sailor2001]

1-click weather best weather program available.....look around the world

[klange]

My top five:
1. FireFTP - best FTP client I've ever used, and it's a Firefox plugin!?
2. Personas - Quick and easy themes
3. Google Toolbar - I primarily use it for highlighting my search terms and for the occasional quick search (is it just me, or does the quick search just plain suck in FF2? I hope 3 fixed/s it...
4. Web Developer - Aside from being a great tool for testing out my PHP stuff, I've used it countless times to recover passwords with its form tools.
5. Download statusbar - so much more efficient and space saving than the default downloads popup.
Things that didn't make my top five:
- Zombie Keys - So I can enter accents and stuff
- Full Fullscreen - removes the nav. bar from the fullscreen view.
- Stylish - Force a site to use a different CSS stylesheet
- Leet Key - 50 1 (4n 74|k 70 7h053 p35ky 12 y34r 0|d5

[picpak]

My top five:
1. FireFTP - best FTP client I've ever used, and it's a Firefox plugin!?

Ah, good to see another FireFTP fan. You can make it feel more like a standalone application by doing the following:

1) Open up a terminal and run:


gksudo gedit /usr/share/applications/fireftp.desktop

2) Paste the following in the file, then save it and exit:


[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=FireFTP
Comment=Transfer and edit online files
GenericName=FTP Client
Exec=firefox -chrome "chrome://fireftp/content/fireftp.xul"
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=gftp.png
Categories=Application;Network;

This creates a shortcut in Applications>Internet just for FireFTP. :)

[Martin Witte]

adblock, yoono, del.icio.us, mcafee siteadvisor are the ones i installed

[liljoe76]

Generated: Sat Dec 22 2007 15:52:39 GMT-0500 (EST)
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071204 Ubuntu/7.10 (gutsy) Firefox/2.0.0.11
Build ID: 2007120410

Enabled Extensions: [16]
- Adblock Plus 0.7.5.3: http://adblockplus.org/
- CustomizeGoogle 0.68: http://www.customizegoogle.com/
- NoScript 1.1.9.6: http://noscript.net
- SafeCache 0.9: http://www.safecache.com/
- SafeHistory 0.8: http://www.safehistory.com/

[JaggedOne]

Post your firefox extensions and what they do so others can get suggestions for new useful extensions.

Adblock Plus + Adblock Filterset.G Updater: Pretty obvious, never see a web ad again.

Download Statusbar: Get rid of that pesky download window.

Fasterfox: Browse faster

Fission: Moves the loading bar, and other functions of the status bar to the address bar so I can disable the status bar and save screen space. (note that download statusbar still works with the status bar disabled, the status bar pops up when I download something then goes away.)

Stealther: Browse nefarious websites with out leaving a trace and with out leaving a suspicious cleared history.

Tab Mix Plus: More control of tabs is always a good thing.

[tylerspaska]

Biotech Extension
Boost by StudioLD - for facebook
Content Preferences
Ctrl Tab Preview
Download Statusbar
Fasterfox
Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer
IE Tab - for windows
PicLens - for windows
Speed Dial
Tab Effect
Tab Mix Plus
Tab Scope

[Washer]

All formatting thanks to mr tech local install. If anyone can top this I'll be posting on this forum from now on. Yes I use them all regularly including most of the disabled ones on & off.



Generated: Tue Jan 15 2008 04:00:19 GMT-0500 (EST)
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071204 Ubuntu/7.10 (gutsy) Firefox/2.0.0.11
Build ID: 2007120410

Enabled Extensions: [26]
- Adblock Plus (http://adblockplus.org/) 0.7.5.3 - Ads were yesterday!
- Always Remember Password (http://roachfiend.com) 0.6 - Makes the browser ignore web site requests to not remember passwords.
- Auto Copy (http://autocopy.mozdev.org) 0.6.4 - Copies selected text to the clipboard automatically. Like Linux or mIrc.
- --censored for privacy--
- --censored for privacy--
- BugMeNot (http://roachfiend.com) 1.3 - Bypass compulsory web registration with the context menu via www.bugmenot.com.
- CustomizeGoogle (http://www.customizegoogle.com/) 0.66 - Enhance Google search results and remove ads and spam.
- CuteMenus - Crystal SVG (http://www.cutemenuproject.com/) 1.9.1 - Adds icons to all menus.
- Download Statusbar (http://downloadstatusbar.mozdev.org/) 0.9.5.2 - View and manage downloads from a tidy statusbar
- Fasterfox (http://fasterfox.mozdev.org/) 2.0.0 - Performance and network tweaks for Firefox.
- FireFTP (http://fireftp.mozdev.org) 0.97.1 - FTP Client for Mozilla Firefox.
- FireGPG (http://firegpg.tuxfamily.org/) 0.4.7 - An extension that acts as an assistant for using GPG.
- Fission (http://mozilla.zeniko.ch/fission.html) 0.9 - Progress bar in the address bar (Safari style).
- Googlepedia (http://code.google.com/p/googlepedia/) 0.5.1 - Shows you a relevant wikipedia article along with your search results.
- Mouse Gestures (http://www.mousegestures.org/) 1.5.2 - Allows you to execute common commands using mouse gestures.
- MR Tech Local Install (http://www.mrtech.com/extensions/local_install/) 5.3.2.6 - Local Install power tools for all users. (en-US)
- NoScript (http://noscript.net) 1.1.9 - Extra protection for your Firefox: NoScript allows JavaScript, Java (and other plugins) only for trusted domains of your choice (e.g. your home-banking web site). This whitelist based pre-emptive blocking approach prevents exploitation of security vulnerabilities (known and even unknown!) with no loss of functionality... Experts will agree: Firefox is really safer with NoScript :-)
- PDF Download (http://www.pdfdownload.org) 1.0.0.2 - Allows you to choose what to do with a PDF file: download it, view it with an external viewer or view it as HTML.
- Slashdotter (http://www.efinke.com/slashdotter/) 1.8.9 - Adds features that ease the viewing and usage of Slashdot.org.
- SmoothWheel (http://smoothwheel.mozdev.org/) 0.44.10.20071026 - Scrolls the document smoothly when scrolling the mouse wheel
- SwiftTabs (http://heygom.com/extensions/) 0.3.3.1 - You can move to the next tab or the previous tab and close the current tab with a key.
- Tab Mix Plus (http://tmp.garyr.net) 0.3.6 - Tab browsing with an added boost.
- ubufox (http://www.google.com/search?q=Firefox%20ubufox) 0.4~beta1 - Ubuntu Firefox Extension
- Update Notifier (http://www.longfocus.com/firefox/updatenotifier) 0.1.5.3 - Notifies you when updates are available for your extensions and themes.
- User Agent Switcher (http://chrispederick.com/work/user-agent-switcher/) 0.6.10 - Adds a menu and a toolbar button to switch the user agent of the browser.
- Web Developer (http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/) 1.1.4 - Adds a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools.

Disabled Extensions: [11]
- --censored for privacy--
- DownThemAll! (http://www.downthemall.net) 0.9.9.10 - The mass downloader for Firefox.
- Extension Developer (http://ted.mielczarek.org/code/mozilla/extensiondev/) 0.3.0.20060726 - A suite of tools for extension developers
- Firebug (http://www.getfirebug.com/) 1.05 - Web Development Evolved
- ImageBot (http://pimpsofpain.com/imagebot.html) 3.5.1
- MediaPlayerConnectivity (http://membres.lycos.fr/sethnakht/) 0.8.3 - Open video stream directly in an external Video Player
- Reveal (http://aluminum.sourmilk.net/reveal/) 1.0.6 - See everything.
- StumbleUpon (http://www.stumbleupon.com/) 3.16 - StumbleUpon Toolbar
- Torbutton (http://freehaven.net/~squires/torbutton/) 1.0.4.01
- TrackMeNot (http://mrl.nyu.edu/~dhowe/TrackMeNot) 0.5.17 - Protects against data-profiling by search engines.
- XPCOM Component Viewer (http://www.hacksrus.com/~ginda/cview/) 0.7.0 - XPCOM Component Viewer

Total Extensions: 37

Installed Themes: [3]
- Abstract Classic (http://www.google.com/search?q=Firefox%20Abstract%20Classic) 2.1.8
- Cobalt Firefox (http://www.google.com/search?q=Firefox%20Cobalt%20Firefox) 2.1.6
- Firefox (default) (http://www.mozilla.org/)

Installed Plugins: (6)
- DivX® Web Player
- Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_03-b05
- QuickTime Plug-in 7.2.0
- Shockwave Flash
- Totem Web Browser Plugin 2.20.0
- Windows Media Player Plug-in 10 (compatible; Totem)

[Praadur]

These are the extensions I run, along with their own descriptions.

Adblock Filterset.G Updater 0.3.1.3 (http://www.pierceive.com/) - Synchronizes Adblock with Filterset.G
Adblock Plus 0.7.5.3 (http://adblockplus.org/) - Ads were yesterday!
CuteMenus - Crystal SVG 1.9.1 (http://www.cutemenuproject.com/) - Adds icons to all menus.
Extension List Dumper 1.9.0 (http://sogame.awardspace.com/) - Dumps a list of the installed extensions.
Fission 0.9 (http://mozilla.zeniko.ch/fission.html) - Progress bar in the address bar (Safari style).
FlashGot 0.7.2 (http://flashgot.net) - Enables single and massive ("all" and "selection") downloads using the most popular external download managers for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and FreeBSD (dozens currently supported, see Extension's Home Page for details). FlashGot offers also a Build Gallery functionality which helps to synthetize full media galleries in one page from serial contents originally scattered on several pages, for easy and fast "download all".
Gmail Notifier 0.6.2.2 (http://www.nexgenmedia.net/extensions/) - A notifier for Gmail accounts.
keyconfig 20060828.1 (http://mozilla.dorando.at/) - Rebind your keys.
Linkification 1.3.3 (http://yellow5.us/firefox/linkification/) - Converts text links into genuine, clickable links.
NoScript 1.2.6 (http://noscript.net) - Extra protection for your Firefox: NoScript allows JavaScript, Java (and other plugins) only for trusted domains of your choice (e.g. your home-banking web site). This whitelist based pre-emptive blocking approach prevents exploitation of security vulnerabilities (known and even unknown!) with no loss of functionality... Experts will agree: Firefox is really safer with NoScript.
Personal Menu 3.0.9 (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3895/) - Replace the conservative menus, beautify your Firefox!
Restart Firefox 0.3 (http://extensions.jedbrown.net) - Restart Firefox with ease
Tab Mix Plus 0.3.6.0.070923 (http://tmp.garyr.net) - Tab browsing with an added boost.
User Agent Switcher 0.6.9 (http://chrispederick.com/work/useragentswitcher/) - Adds a menu and a toolbar button to switch the user agent of the browser.


It's not that big of a list, I admit. I used to hop on the 'run everything I can' bandwagon, but these days I just tend to use that pool of experience from having run a lot of extensions to add features as I realise I need them. This is all I feel I need, for the moment.

I also admit that a lot of these extensions are to improve the appearance (at least for me) of Firefox, and to help make it more compact. Just to show what I mean, here's a screenshot...


http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/2862/firefoxscreenshot140108fu8.th.png (http://img260.imageshack.us/my.php?image=firefoxscreenshot140108fu8.png)

At the very left is Perfect Menu, in one menu I can include only the menu items I want from other menus such as File, View, Tools, et cetera. Since I don't use that many elements of the dropdown menus, I find that very efficient and space-saving. I also have that menu bound to alt+F via keyconfig.

Next are the back/forward buttons, nothing special there, but after that we have the URL-bar. For the URL-bar I use fission, which combines the progress-bar into the URL-bar and shows the destination of links when one hovers over them (it has a few other options too). This eliminates my need for the status bar, so I have that hidden by default.

After that is my bookmarks folder, and the icons for ABP, NoScript, and GMail Notifier.

The end result is that I have a lot of screen real-estate to give to page rendering.

[aktiwers]

Here's mine:

[shafin]

Last updated: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:41:56 GMT
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071204 Ubuntu/7.10 (gutsy) Firefox/2.0.0.11
Extensions (enabled: 23, disabled: 8):


Adblock Filterset.G Updater (http://www.pierceive.com/) 0.3.1.3
Adblock Plus (http://adblockplus.org/) 0.7.5.3
Bengali Bangladesh Dictionary (http://www.ankur.org.bd/) 0.02
CuteMenus - Crystal SVG (http://www.cutemenuproject.com/) 1.9.1
DownThemAll! (http://downthemall.net/) 1.0b1
Fasterfox (http://fasterfox.mozdev.org/) 2.0.0
File Title (http://www.jasnapaka.com/mozilla/filetitle/) 1.2
Fission (http://mozilla.zeniko.ch/fission.html) 0.9.2
FlashGot (http://flashgot.net/) 0.7.1
Googlepedia (http://code.google.com/p/googlepedia/) 0.5.1 [disabled]
InfoLister (http://mozilla.doslash.org/infolister) 0.9f.2
infoRSS (http://inforss.mozdev.org/) 1.1.2 [disabled]
LiveClick (http://liveclick.mozdev.org/) 0.2.5 [disabled]
MediaPlayerConnectivity (http://membres.lycos.fr/sethnakht/) 0.8.3
NewsFox (http://newsfox.mozdev.org/) 0.8.2 [disabled]
NoScript (http://noscript.net/) 1.2
PDF Download (http://www.pdfdownload.org/) 1.0.0.2
Personal Menu (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3895/) 3.0.9
RadialContext-D (http://dreadnaut.altervista.org/radialcontext/) 2006.12.14
Restart Firefox (http://extensions.jedbrown.net/) 0.3
RSS Ticker (http://www.efinke.com/addons/rss-ticker/) 1.9 [disabled]
Save As Image (http://pixelcarnage.net/projects/save-as-image) 1.044
Shabdik Universal Keyboard (http://www.iecbd.net/) 1.0
Smart Bookmarks Bar (http://remy.juteau.free.fr/) 1.3.1
Snap Links (file:///home/shafin/Desktop/etc) 0.0.4
Speed Dial (http://speeddial.uworks.net/) 0.7.0.3 [disabled]
Split Browser (http://piro.sakura.ne.jp/xul/_splitbrowser.html.en) 0.4.2007120601
Tab Scope (http://www.xuldev.org/tabscope/) 0.2.2.3
ubufox (file:///home/shafin/Desktop/etc) 0.4~beta1
VideoDownloader (http://videodownloader.net/) 1.1.1 [disabled]
Wizz RSS News Reader (http://www.wizzrss.com/WizzRss.php) 2.1.9.8 [disabled]
Themes (1):


Firefox (default) (file:///home/shafin/Desktop/etc) 2.0 [selected]
Plugins (5):


DivX® Web Player
QuickTime Plug-in 7.2.0
Shockwave Flash
Totem Web Browser Plugin 2.20.0
Windows Media Player Plug-in 10 (compatible; Totem)

[~LoKe]

Flashblock...That's it.

I had compact menu installed a while back, but it's not compatible with FF3b3. Making FF compact is my ultimate goal. Here's a shot:

Text (http://icedloki.deviantart.com/art/Desktop-as-seen-on-01-11-08-74359640).

[verb3k]

I use Modern Aluminum theme.... if we can all it an extension.

[Æniad]

Flag fox: Lists the IP address and what country the server is located in (Ubuntu forums: UK 91.189.94.186)
Adblock: See the web without the crap
No script: Blocks dangerous scripts
Down them all: Mass downloader
Foxy Proxy: Giving big brother the finger
Faster Fox: noticeably faster

[p_quarles]

Extensions:

Adblock Plus
Controle de Scripts
CookieSafe
CustomizeGoogle
Fasterfox
Fetch Text URL
FlashGot
Leet Key
NoScript
Nuke Anything Enhanced
Server Spy
SwiftTabs
Tab Mix Plus
Ubuntu Forums Menu
User Agent Switcher
Web Developer
Zotero
Didn't realize I had that many.

[samwyse]

Mouse gestures: mostly because I want a consistent back ability. Not depending where my mouse pointer is. If the "Back"-item would be always on top of the context menu I'd probably just use it, but if the pointer is on an image it shows another menu with "View image" stuff.

Adblock: blocking annoying content.

Flashblock: displaying only the flash content I want.

Tab Mix Plus: mouse wheel on tab bar and some other details.

[DarkZyzx]

:popcorn:

1. Adblock Plus

2. NoScript

3.DownThemAll

4.Customize Google

5.McAfee Site Advisor

:guitar:

[ryno519]

1. Adblock Plus
2. Fission
3. Hide Menubar
4. Colourful Tabs
5. Tabs Open Relative

Mostly just interface tweaks.

[jargs]

Only one, the best extension there is:

Mouse Gestures

[Presto123]

I only have a few:
1. Speed Dial
2. Ref Control
3. Themes

[oomingmak]

My Top 5 Firefox Extensions:



AdBlock Plus (http://adblockplus.org/en/) - (with Element Hiding Helper (http://adblockplus.org/en/elemhidehelper)) (http://adblockplus.org/en/)



Menu Editor (http://menueditor.mozdev.org/) (http://www.customizegoogle.com/)



OpenBook (http://www.chuonthis.com/extensions/openbook.php)



Tab Mix Plus (http://tmp.garyr.net/)



ScrapBook (http://amb.vis.ne.jp/mozilla/scrapbook/)

[spupy]

1. Tab Mix+
2. Fission
3. Download Statusbar
4. FlashBlock
5. Compact menu

If anyone knows some extensions that can make Firefox faster, please share them with me.

[andrek]

First of all, swiftfox 3.0b4 instead of firefox 2.0.0.12
Favorite add-ons:
Adblock Plus
Tiny Menu
Nightly Tester Tools
Fasterfox
Download Helper

[patrickaupperle]

fullerscreen
Google tool bar
tab to window
errorzilla
fission

[SomeGuyDude]

Adblock Plus
Stylish
Greasemonkey
Hide Menubar
Fission
Download Statusbar
Speed Dial

[Dr Small]

Tab Mix Plus
Greasemonkey
FireGPG
MenuEditor
RefControl


And the rest of my extensions are:
Del.icio.us
Stylish
Tor Button
Ubuntu Forums Menu
Whois (Right click; custom extension)

Dr Small

[muximus]

1. Ad block plus
2. download helper
3. foxyproxy
4. flashgot
5. stumbleupon

[RAV TUX]

I wonder why adblock plus isn't included in Firefox by default?

[aaaantoine]

1. NoScript
2. Firebug
3. ...
4. ...
5. ...

This top five would be more useful if I used more Firefox extensions.

[quibbler]

I don't use too much but my favorite is Cleanup and Close normally in the downloads window there is a cleanup button. But it really annoys me when I have to "cleanup" and then have to go to the "x" button to close it, especially since I have to use a laptop. So this extension replaces it with a "Cleanup and Close" button. It does both at the same time!

That is why I like it. I download lots of junk like programs for my Windows computer and Linux isos and program source code for my Ubuntu system.

You do not need this extension.
You can just edit about:config

look for the key: browser.download.manager.retention

change the value from 1 to 0

look for the key: browser.download.manager.closeWhenDone
change the value to true.

Regards quibbler

[bruce89]

I wonder why adblock plus isn't included in Firefox by default?

The Mozilla Corporation would get their arses sued off.

Some sites ban Firefox citing Mozilla's support of AdBlock. Doesn't harm me though (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en_GB; rv:1.9b3) Gecko Epiphany/2.22).

Nice bunny styled thing.

[oomingmak]

1. NoScript
2. Firebug
3. ...
4. ...
5. ...

This top five would be more useful if I used more Firefox extensions.

:lolflag:

Ah well, never mind. At least you can read and count (unlike some posters in this thread).

[gsmanners]

1. NoScript (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722)
2. Adblock Plus (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865)
3. Nuke Anything Enhanced (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/951)
4. DownThemAll! (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/201)
5. Server Spy (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2036)

[new2*buntu]

I don't use any Firefox extensions.

[HomerSimpson748]

I only use three...

Firebug - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843
Web Developer - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60
Session Manager - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2324

Oh yeah... I just started using FlashBlock the other day. I don't know how I kept my sanity without it. http://flashblock.mozdev.org/

[DocForbin]

Drag de Go
Adblock Plus
Gmail Manager
Tab Mix Plus
ImageShack right-click

These 5 alone have gotta save me like 25-28 hours a day.

[reacocard]

1) Adblock + Filterset.G
2) NoScript
3) CS Lite (cookie manager)
4) Autofill Forms
5) Searchbar Autosizer

how convient, that's exactly the number of extensions I use. :)

[Frak]

I wonder why adblock plus isn't included in Firefox by default?
Same

Also, I found WOT (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3456), which I find to be a wonder.

[sailor2001]

1-click weather

[Frak]

1-click weather
Forecastfox Enhanced (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1978)

[herbster]

Session Manager and Tab Mix Plus take FF to another level for me.

[verb3k]

AdBlockPlus FTW :)

[Bubba64]

W

[mustang]

AdBlockPlus
AdBlockPlus
AdBlockPlus
AdBlockPlus
AdBlockPlus

[GSF1200S]

1. Tab Mix Plus
2. Stylish
3. Toolbar Buttons
4. Scrapbook
5. Download Helper

[ShodanjoDM]

1. Adblock Plus
2. NoScript
3. Download Helper
4. Prism (http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/03/major-update-to-prism-first-prototype-of-browser-integration/)

The last one rocks! I can have web apps running directly from desktop, just like normal installed programs.

[Rytron]

What are your top five firefox add-ons.
Please only list add-ons that you would give at least 9/10+ marks (therefore if you only want to list one / two that would do fine.
Thanks.

My favourite add-ons for Firefox:
tab mix plus
tiny menu
download them all

[p_quarles]

Identical threads merged.

[OrangeCrate]

My top five are my only five.

NoScript
Adblock Plus with the three EasyList subscriptions

and, because I use both Gmail and Google Calendar extensively,

Gmail Notifier
CustomizeGoogle
Better Gmail 2

that's it.

[kevin11951]

5. Smooth Wheel

WHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RAV TUX]

My top five are my only five.

NoScript
Adblock Plus with the three Easy list subscriptions

and, because I use both Gmail and Google Calendar extensively

Gmail Notifier
CustomizeGoogle
Better Gmail 2

that's it.

I have evolved to using gmail, Google Calender and Google Documents exclusively. I will have to look into the 3 Google extensions you have listed:


Gmail Notifier
CustomizeGoogle
Better Gmail 2

[OrangeCrate]

I have evolved to using gmail, Google Calender and Google Documents exclusively. I will have to look into the 3 Google extensions you have listed:

Hey Rav,

I'm still using OOo, because all of my client correspondence is sent PDF, and I can convert on the fly with Writer. I've meant to look into Google docs, but just haven't gotten around to it. Must do soon...

Hope all's well,
OC

[RAV TUX]

Hey Rav,

...

Hope all's well,
OC

All is good!...good to hear from you and hope to see you around.

;)

[O3.]

AdblockPlus
Noscript

[fifth]

I only use 2;

Adblock Plus (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865)
Web Developer (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60)

[RAV TUX]

5. Smooth Wheel


WHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Smooth Wheel is Smooth, but what settings have others found best?

[&)ky#)^]

User Agent Switcher (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59)
Download Statusbar (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/26)
Google Desktop for Firefox (only technical since it comes with Google Desktop)

[L473ncy]

In no particular order:

Stylish
DownloadThemAll!
Gish it! (Gishpuppy)
No Script
Remove it Permanently (RIP)

[spupy]

1. Tab Mix +
2. FlashBlock
3. Fission
4. DL Statusbar
5. Faviconize tab

Btw, does anyone know a way to make Ctrl+T open new tabs to the left, not to the right?

[Frak]

Smooth Wheel is Smooth, but what settings have others found best?
I would like to know this too.

[RJ Hythloday]

My (four) top extensions, in no particular order:
- Adblock Plus
- NoScript
- Sage
- Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer

I can't believe I was 47 posts in before someone used foxmarks

foxmarks
adblock plus
download statusbar
foxy tunes

[imronak]

1. NoScript - Blocks scripts avoids XSS
2. Downloadthemall - Awesome d/l manager
3. Youplayer - you can easily make playlist on youtube, and save it wihtout logging in n all
4. Greasemonkey - Better Gmail
5. Session Manager - Remebers ur sessions - quite useful when you are on move
(5.) Tabscope- gives preview of opened tabs, can refresh tab thru preview windows also

[outphase]

AdBlock Plus
Tab Mix Plus
Foxmarks

[cardinals_fan]

1. Google Toolbar
2. NoScript
3. Google Notebook
4. Web Developer
5. Spamavert

[ad_267]

Web Developer
Download Statusbar
Adblock Plus

[svtfmook]

the download status bar is about the only extension i use.

when i had my websites, i used to use the google adsense tool. that's about it

[bwhite82]

1. Adblock Plus
2. StumbleUpon
3. DownloadThemAll
4. Developer's Toolbar
5. Switchproxy

[DJiNN]

Is anyone using gspace at all? Great idea, but i keep on losing all of my email details everytime i re-start Iceweasel.

Apart from that.....

ForecastFox
ScribeFire
Scrapbook
Tor Plugin
FireFtp

[frodon]

1- Torbutton
2- Noscript
3- FireFTP
4- Foxmarks
5- Don't know

[lizzard]

Adblock Plus
All-in-One Sidebar
DownThemAll
FoxyProxy
NoScript