Post The Firefox Add-Ons You Think All DUers Should Have!

[Hosnon]

I personally could not live without the spell check feature. I no long have to worry about my spelling nor hit a pesky button!

I also like the weather forecast bar.

[mainegreen]

1. FlashBlock.

Also known as the CPU cycle saver!

[leeroysphitz]

2. Do tell...

[mainegreen]

10. Never mind. I see you installed it!

:thumbsup:

[Hosnon]

3. Hmm...do explain...

I could Google but then you wouldn't feel so needed.

[mainegreen]

7. It stops flash movies from loading, but keeps the space for the movie reserved in the page layout.

If you want to play the movie, you simply click the big play button that flashblock places where the movie should be, and viola, the flash plays. It prevents awful, badly programmed flash ads from hogging cpu cycles on bad over the top effects and transparencies etc.

[Hosnon]

8. Sounds good to me. On the way to add...nt.

[ironflange]

28. Me too

edit: Whoops, new version doesn't work, I'll sit tight for now.

[leeroysphitz]

9. Just installed it...

Oh HELL yeah! Very handy.

[Hosnon]

11. The comments seem to indicate that an update has temporarily ruined it. Yes/no? nt.

[mainegreen]

12. I actually just installed it to a pc today w/FF 2.0.0.1 no problems.

:shrug:

[Hosnon]

13. I'll bookmark and give it a week or two. nt.

[Poiuyt]

14. I love Flashblock

[LynzM]

4. Adblock

For sure.

[ghostsofgiants]

5. Hell yes.

[Hosnon]

6. Pop-up blocker or something more? nt.

[LynzM]

15. More

You can block ad "frames", you can block by url or url*, to target a specific ad, or ads coming from a particular ad vendor, like www.annoying-ads.com/*

Good stuff, worth looking into, IMO. The only places I don't ad-block are DU and one particular blog I read, because I know that those ads are bringing revenue to places I support.

[ThingsGottaChange]

21. And when you open a page that has ButtWads ugly mug on it

you can just right click it and make it go away! It's magic, I tell ya!! Also good for pics of creeps on various sites. I really think I would die without adblock.

[Gormy Cuss]

19. Oh yeah.

Every time I use someone else's PC I realize how good that little add-on is.

[Madrone]

16. Image zoom.

Color tabs.

I just scored some new ones today I can't remember - they're on the laptop I left at work.

[zonkers]

17. scrapbook. its great.

[zonkers]

18. anyone use trackmenot?

[Hosnon]

20. That looks interesting.

Are our searches looked into that much (by the government and/or private businesses)?

[zonkers]

22. I think so. I mean if they are not looked into now, they are at least saved somewhere for who

knows how long and can be looked at years from now. They can also be cross referenced with mail accounts like gmail. I think it's spooky.

[Ann Arbor Dem]

23. Stumble Upon

Lots of fun!

[Hosnon]

27. Damn you!!! Now I'm hooked...nt.

[Madrone]

24. Oh! Just remembered one of my standards -

BugMeNot.

It RULES. If you go to a site that requires registration you just right click and choose bugmenot from the menu and WHAM! Instant log in name with password!

[lavenderdiva]

25. Colorful Tabs

its fabulous. Changes the colors of the tabbed pages when you are working within one window. Its very helpful :)

[Lex]

30. Yes!

Love those colorful tabs. :thumbsup:


:hi:

[TOhioLiberal]

26. I have...

...IE tab, for those websites (few though they may be) that refuse to display correctly in FF. Video Downloader which grabs flash vids on YouTube. And Stumble Upon.

[ironflange]

29. A few I like

Foxmarks - if you use more than one 'puter, this one will keep your bookmarks synchronized between them. Once it's set up, you can forget it; it works in the background. Win or Linux, doesn't matter.

IE Tab - for viewing stubborn sites that don't work properly in Gecko. Still Firefox, just uses IE rendering.

Tab Mix Plus - enhances the tab workings.

Locationbar - makes the address bar easier to read.

Searchbar Autosizer - resizes the searchbar (duh), gives you more room in address bar.

Tab Effect - most useless extension ever, but also the coolest. Creates groovy screen effect when you switch tabs.

Bork! Bork! Bork! - Translates into Swedish Chef. For example, here's the text of the first post in this thread in B!B!B!:

Pust Zee Fureffux Edd-Oons Yuoo Theenk Ell DOoers Shuoold Hefe-a!

I persunelly cuoold nut leefe-a veethuoot zee spell check feetoore-a. I nu lung hefe-a tu vurry ebooot my spelleeng nur heet a pesky boottun!

I elsu leeke-a zee veezeer furecest ber.

"It's leeke-a, dooh. Joost vhee yuoo thuooght zeere-a vesn't a deeme's vurt ooff deefffference-a betveee zee tvu perties, zee Repoobleecuns gu und prufe-a yuoo're-a vrung." - Mully Ifeens

:rofl: