Top Two Must Have Firefox Extensions

April 20th, 2007 by Wilson Tan

I’m a Firefox fan and run more than 20 extensions on my browser—several I’m testing, many I can’t live without.  Here are two that have received positive feedback and are typically adopted when recommended to the general Firefox user:

  1. All-in-One Gestures: This extension allows you to execute common commands using mouse gestures.  No longer do you need to drag your mouse to the top of the browser to navigate Back, Forward, Reload, Go to Home Page, etc.  This is navigation with  greater ease and minimum movement of your mouse.
  2. Cooliris Previews: Just mouse over any link and the Cooliris preview window immediately appears to show you the content.  As tabbed browsing changed the way we surf, this replaces the need for click-through by displaying a full-page preview of any hyperlink.

What’s your top extension?

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3 Responses to “Top Two Must Have Firefox Extensions”

  1. Katie G Says:
    April 23rd, 2007 at 8:41 am

    To be honest with you, this is the first that I have ever heard of extensions. Maybe its because Im not on Mozilla, and it sounds like most of the programs are made for Firefox. I am, however, very excited that IE 7.0 has adopted tabbed browsing. It has changed my life! :)

  2. Katie G Says:
    April 24th, 2007 at 11:07 am

    I retract my statement. I have lately (since being informed by the WT) noticed ‘Snap’ shots as I go over links within text. I can’t say that I love this. Maybe it will seem helpful to me, but right now I just kind of think it is annoying. I can see how/when it would be helpful though…

  3. Adam S. Says:
    April 26th, 2007 at 5:39 pm

    Ah, a post close to my heart. Try these out and you’ll be a Firefox fan for life.

    My favorite extensions include:

    1. Gmail notifier - gives you heads-up whenever a new email has arrived in your gmail account. Extensions are also available for Yahoo and other mail accounts.

    2. Adblock Plus - Get rid of those pesky ads on websites

    3. Super DragAndGo - Instead of right clicking on a link and opening a new tab, simply left click and drag the link to open a new tab

    4. FoxyTunes - Integrates directly with Windows Media Player, iTunes, Winamp and other media players to allow users to control their music through Firefox. Sweet!

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