Archive for May, 2009
6 Great, Simple, and Essential Firefox Add-ons for Everybody
Posted on May 14th, 2009 by Kiwibeak.
There are quite a few lists on the web regarding Firefox browser add-ons. We’ve combed through them selecting the cream of the crop, most useful and impressive in our opinion for the regular websurfer. Nothing too advanced or difficult, but extremely helpful to make our time spent online more productive and easier. Our concerns: simple browsing efficiency, ease-of-use, super-useful task/info helpers, and websurfer privacy.
I have installed (each take only a few seconds) all of these and tested on Firefox version 3.0.10 (PC, Vista). Versions available May 2009.
1. ColorfulTabs
by Shivanand Sharma
“The most beautiful yet the simplest add-on that makes a strong colorful appeal. Colors every tab in a different color and makes them easy to distinguish while beautifying the overall appearance of the interface.”
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1368
2. PDF Download
by Nitro PDF Software
“Use PDF Download to do whatever you like with PDF files on the Web. Regain control of them and eliminate browser problems, view PDFs directly in Firefox as HTML, and use the all-new Web-to-PDF toolbar to save and share Web pages as high-quality PDF files.”
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/636
3. Copy Plain Text
by Jeremy Gillick
“Have you ever copied something to Thunderbird or Office and been annoyed that the text formatting (bold, font size, etc) came with it? Don’t you wish you could just copy the text itself, without having to copy it, paste it into notepad, then copy it again? This extension gives you an option to copy text without the formatting. You can even set it to trim extra space in and around the copied text!”
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/134
4. Forecastbar Enhanced
by Aaron Sarna
“A weather forecast right in your statusbar. [Includes] the ability to supply a URL to use images from other sites. It also allows for pausing, restarting and setting the frequency of automatic updates and disabling the progress meter.”
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1978
5. ReminderFox
by Tom Mutdosch, Daniel Lee
“ReminderFox displays and manages lists of date-based reminders and ToDo’s…ReminderFox makes sure you remember all of your important dates via easy-to-use lists, alerts, and alarm notifications.”
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1191
6. BetterPrivacy
by NettiCat
“BetterPrivacy is a Super-Cookie Safeguard which protects from usually undeletable LSO’s (Flash-Cookies) or DOM Storage Objects. It blocks longterm tracking on Google, YouTube, Ebay, and many other domains.”
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6623
