Firefox Extensions
Firefox extensions help improve the Web surfing experience. These extensions can be installed easily and can be removed without any traces.
Googlepedia - is a Firefox extension which displays relevant Wikipedia articles along with Google search results. The Wikipedia results can also be hidden whenever needed.
Padma - cool extension which helps display Indian language sites in firefox. Supported languages include Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Gujarati.
PDF download - “ask me before opening or saving the PDF”, if you feel so then download this extension and it will ask you weather to open or save the PDF.
Imagepref - need to save bandwidth? No need for images? Want just text? This extension will help you browse with or without images. No need to refresh.
Google toolbar - You can see the pagerank, gmail button, blogger button, search images, search site, get popular search queries, detect web forgery… useful in many ways.
Pagerankstatus - Displays the google page rank in the status bar. If you do not have the google toolbar but still need to analyze the PR of each page then you got to have this extension.
Flashgot - you have your download manager? Then flashgot integrates it with firefox. Almost all the download managers work perfect with flashgot.
IE Tab - bring those “internet explorer only” sites inside firefox. No need to open internet explorer.
IE View Lite - While using Firefox, right click and select “View This Page in IE”. The current page will load in a new Internet Explorer window.
DownThemAll! - A built in download manager for firefox which makes downloading files 600% faster. It is one of the best firefox extensions.
Stealthier - Use this extension to browse without any traces in your Computer. Go to “Tools” and select “Stealthier” to start using it. Stealthier won’t hide your IP address, but it will disable all your referrer data, cookies, browsing history etc., Temporary internet files will not be created while using stealthier. If you need to login to any site disable Stealthier first.
NoScript - get rid of the unnecessary scripts, advertisements in pages while surfing. NoScript will help you in loading only the text and images. Firefox becomes more safer with NoScript.
Colorful Tabs - Colorful Tabs extension displays each tab in a different color. The current tab will display text in bold red. This is a simple and easy to use extension.
Greasemonkey - Greasemonkey is a popular firefox extension which lets you change the behavior of web pages and gives you more control. Saving Youtube videos, editing blogger comments are made possible using Greasemonkey.
Page Validator - Validate any page using this ff extension just by selecting Tools >> Validate page from the firefox menu.
VideoDownloader - You can download streaming videos directly from google video, youtube and other sites. Downloaded videos could be viewed in the system without an internet connection.
MR Tech Local Install - Install and manage Firefox themes and extensions locally. Also take a backup of all extensions installed in a text or html file with links to the respective homepages of the extensions. This could be handy when you do a reinstall.
Adsense Notifier - Don’t waste time by logging in and out of the adsense website, instead get notified about the earnings in the firefox statusbar.
Blogger Web Comments for Firefox - This extension shows what others are saying about the page you are currently viewing. It uses Google Blogsearch. Also you can post your own comments if it is a blogspot blog.
ColorZilla - is used to track the HTML color codes and RGB values by hovering mouse over any part of the screen. An Inbuilt color picker and zooming facility is also offered by ColorZilla.
HideTabBar - Hide or show the tabs allowing more space on screen. You can specify your own keyboard shortcut for this extension or use the “Auto Hide” feature.
There are many more firefox extensions. Try them and get the best out of firefox.