As we know Firefox is one of the best browser in the world. And we are allowed to add add-ons in our browser. We can customize our browser according to our needs. I’m going to discuss few add-ons here which might be interesting and useful for you.
Twitter Fox:
TwitterFox is a Firefox extension that notifies you of your friends' tweets on Twitter. If you use twitter then, Twitter Fox must be useful add-ons for you and for your browser firefox. This extension adds a tiny icon on the status bar which notifies you when your friends update their tweets. Also it has a small text input field to update your tweets.
Install TwitterFox.
The Facebook Toolbar:
The Facebook Toolbar for Firefox is a free extension for Firefox that lets you extend your Facebook experience into your everyday browsing. Right from the browser users can update their status, upload photos and connect with friends. You don’t need to log in to facebook every time to update your status, just in one click you can update your status and stay connected with your friends.
Install Facebook Toolbar.
The Feed Sidebar:
The Feed Sidebar is an extension for the Firefox that displays the new items from your Live Bookmarks in the sidebar. Installing the Feed Sidebar will add a new sidebar to Firefox that, when opened, will load the feeds that you have bookmarked in Firefox and display any unread items from those feeds. Clicking on an item will show a preview in the bottom of the sidebar, and double- or middle-clicking will open the item in the browser and remove it from the sidebar. It is very useful for those who don’t have time to browse website. Enjoy reading news and all those stuffs right in your browser using The Feed Sidebar.
Install The Feed Sidebar.
Screengrab:
Screengrab is an extension that makes it easy to save a web-page as an image – it’s a screen capture tool for Firefox. Basically Screengrab let’s you take what you want from a web-page: the entire scrollable document, just the visible bit, or a draggable selection. Screengrab will even save just the contents of an individual frame.
Install Screengrab.
Read It Later:
Read It Later allows you to save pages of interest to read later. It eliminates cluttering of bookmarks with sites that are merely of a one-time interest. It is one of the most useful add-ons for Firefox.
Install Read It Later.
Nepali Dictionary 1.0:
The Nepali Dictionary extesnion is based on the dictionary compiled by Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya and could be a precious tool when you need to quickly spell-check a word or learn a new one in Nepali. Be expert in Nepali Grammar.
Install Nepali Dictionary 1.0.
FireFTP:
FireFTP is another useful add-ons for Firefox. FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers. You don’t need additional software to upload files in your server if you have FireFTP in your browsers.
Install FireFTP.
GUtil:
GUtil is a Firefox extension designed to ease the access to all Google services. It contains almost all Google services plus most of the Labs projects. If you are using Google services like Gmail, Picasa, blogger, blog search, YouTube, Adsense, Adwords, feed burner, alerts, reader, bookmarks etc, then it is recommended to add GUtil in your browser. You can access more than hundred Google products in one click.
Install GUtil.
Flashgot:
Download one link, selected links or all the links of a page together at the maximum speed with a single click, using the most popular, and lightweight and reliable external download managers. The new "FlashGot Media" command grabs video and audio clips while they're playing, too. You can easily download youtube videos and other media file as well by using Flashgot.
Install Flashgot.
Firebug:
Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of web development tools at your fingertips while you browse. From this you can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.
Install Firebug.
NoScript:
The NoScript Firefox extension provides extra protection for Firefox. This free, open source add-on allows JavaScript, Java and Flash and other plugins to be executed only by trusted web sites of your choice (e.g. your online bank), and provides the most powerful Anti-XSS protection available in a browser. Browse internet safely with NoScript. It allows active content to run only from sites you trust, and protect you against XSS and Click jacking attacks.
Install NoScript.
Ad Block Plus:
If you are annoyed by all those ads and banners on the internet that often take longer to download than everything else on the page? Then, not to worry just install Ad block Plus now and get rid of them. Enjoy the faster browsing in Firefox with Ad Block Plus.
Install Ad Block Plus.
Fire Crystal:
Fire Crystal is a Firefox extension that helps designers and programmers alike figure out how interactive behaviors on the web work. Fire Crystal allows users to "rewind" their interactions with web pages while showing the relevant code. It is very useful for programmers and designers.
Install Fire Crystal.
Twitter Fox:
TwitterFox is a Firefox extension that notifies you of your friends' tweets on Twitter. If you use twitter then, Twitter Fox must be useful add-ons for you and for your browser firefox. This extension adds a tiny icon on the status bar which notifies you when your friends update their tweets. Also it has a small text input field to update your tweets.
Install TwitterFox.
The Facebook Toolbar:
The Facebook Toolbar for Firefox is a free extension for Firefox that lets you extend your Facebook experience into your everyday browsing. Right from the browser users can update their status, upload photos and connect with friends. You don’t need to log in to facebook every time to update your status, just in one click you can update your status and stay connected with your friends.
Install Facebook Toolbar.
The Feed Sidebar:
The Feed Sidebar is an extension for the Firefox that displays the new items from your Live Bookmarks in the sidebar. Installing the Feed Sidebar will add a new sidebar to Firefox that, when opened, will load the feeds that you have bookmarked in Firefox and display any unread items from those feeds. Clicking on an item will show a preview in the bottom of the sidebar, and double- or middle-clicking will open the item in the browser and remove it from the sidebar. It is very useful for those who don’t have time to browse website. Enjoy reading news and all those stuffs right in your browser using The Feed Sidebar.
Install The Feed Sidebar.
Screengrab:
Screengrab is an extension that makes it easy to save a web-page as an image – it’s a screen capture tool for Firefox. Basically Screengrab let’s you take what you want from a web-page: the entire scrollable document, just the visible bit, or a draggable selection. Screengrab will even save just the contents of an individual frame.
Install Screengrab.
Read It Later:
Read It Later allows you to save pages of interest to read later. It eliminates cluttering of bookmarks with sites that are merely of a one-time interest. It is one of the most useful add-ons for Firefox.
Install Read It Later.
Nepali Dictionary 1.0:
The Nepali Dictionary extesnion is based on the dictionary compiled by Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya and could be a precious tool when you need to quickly spell-check a word or learn a new one in Nepali. Be expert in Nepali Grammar.
Install Nepali Dictionary 1.0.
FireFTP:
FireFTP is another useful add-ons for Firefox. FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers. You don’t need additional software to upload files in your server if you have FireFTP in your browsers.
Install FireFTP.
GUtil:
GUtil is a Firefox extension designed to ease the access to all Google services. It contains almost all Google services plus most of the Labs projects. If you are using Google services like Gmail, Picasa, blogger, blog search, YouTube, Adsense, Adwords, feed burner, alerts, reader, bookmarks etc, then it is recommended to add GUtil in your browser. You can access more than hundred Google products in one click.
Install GUtil.
Flashgot:
Download one link, selected links or all the links of a page together at the maximum speed with a single click, using the most popular, and lightweight and reliable external download managers. The new "FlashGot Media" command grabs video and audio clips while they're playing, too. You can easily download youtube videos and other media file as well by using Flashgot.
Install Flashgot.
Firebug:
Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of web development tools at your fingertips while you browse. From this you can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.
Install Firebug.
NoScript:
The NoScript Firefox extension provides extra protection for Firefox. This free, open source add-on allows JavaScript, Java and Flash and other plugins to be executed only by trusted web sites of your choice (e.g. your online bank), and provides the most powerful Anti-XSS protection available in a browser. Browse internet safely with NoScript. It allows active content to run only from sites you trust, and protect you against XSS and Click jacking attacks.
Install NoScript.
Ad Block Plus:
If you are annoyed by all those ads and banners on the internet that often take longer to download than everything else on the page? Then, not to worry just install Ad block Plus now and get rid of them. Enjoy the faster browsing in Firefox with Ad Block Plus.
Install Ad Block Plus.
Fire Crystal:
Fire Crystal is a Firefox extension that helps designers and programmers alike figure out how interactive behaviors on the web work. Fire Crystal allows users to "rewind" their interactions with web pages while showing the relevant code. It is very useful for programmers and designers.
Install Fire Crystal.
Nice post!
ReplyDeleteOne of the reason for using FF is its versatile nature of add-ons besides being the open-source browser.
However, I can see that Chrome has increasing number of add-ons on its rep.
:)
Keep it heated!
Indeed an informative and 'useful' post.
ReplyDeleteI have already installed some of the add-ons mentioned here and certainly try those I was not aware of. Thank you!
Very Very informative.....one Anil
ReplyDeleteI too have installed it..... at home and office both :)
Very Very informative.....one Anil
ReplyDeleteI too have installed it..... at home and office both :)