After several iterations of firefox add-ons recommended by blogs like LifeHacker, Digital Inspiration and a host of Internal ones – my Firefox has truly become my super-charged powerhouse.
An inventory of this beast.
- Get Firefox
- Download Firefox
- Add-Ons – External
- FfChrome – trims the number of items in your context menu (right click menu)
- Download Statusbar – removes the additional download window
- Download Helper – best tool to download videos from YouTube etc
- Down Them All! - a download manager for resume / split into parts / etc
- Foxsaver – a screensaver for your Firefox
- Locationbar2 – Highlights the key domain in your address bar (similar to Chrome)
- New Tab Button on your right – Adds a new tab button (+ sign) on the right of tabs (similar to IE7)
- Open in Browser – Offers possibility to display documents in the Browser
- PDF Download – helps download the PDF documents
- Personal Menu – Remove the Menu Toolbar and add most recent items using one button
- Resizeable Text Area – resize text area to your needs
- Stumbleupon – stumble upon new and amazing websites
- Tab Scope – preview and navigate through tabs by hovering over them
- Other good ones that I dont use – FastDial
- Add-Ons – IBM (These are only available over the IBM Intranet)
- IBM CCK – Makes firefox an IBM Edition one (use the latest version)
- SmallBlue W3 Injection – Add small blue functionality in W3 searches & bluepages records
- Foxear – Add the power of Dogear to Firefox
- Other good ones that I dont use – IBMBar, SmallBlue Toolbar, BlueTwit
- Mirroring Chrome UI Design
- Chromiglass – Add-On
- Chromifox 2 – Theme
- Search Engines – Mozilla Link
- W3 – Added by IBM CCK
- Bluepages – Added by IBM CCK
- Yahoo
- Wikipedia
- Del.icio.us
- IMDB
- Other Usability Aspects
- Organized Bookmarks – classify them as folders on the bookmarks for very quick access
- Middle Click to Open/Close Windows – I use the middle click of the UltraNav (the red tracker and its button) to open/close new windows
Let me know if you liked any of the above ones or any others that you would suggest in the comments.
Very useful article. Wasn’t able to find IBM CCK for FF3 until seeing this. Thanks for posting.
By: Russell Bonner on December 3, 2008
at 9:17 pm
I’m an IBMer. What *is* the IBM CCK? Do I want it? Do I have a choice?
By: Sorkin on August 3, 2009
at 11:30 pm
CCK is a useful add-on to Firefox that adds a convenient search box for W3 / Bluepages.
It also adds some minor functionality around compatibility with IBM W3 webpages, though nothing special in that.
By: Pranab on August 3, 2009
at 11:36 pm
Hi Pranab, Excellent post. I am interested in IBM CCK , Bluetwit & Smallblue w3 injection firefox api . Would you please share xpi with me through Lotus Connections file sharing ? I can’t access these links from my server.
I am a Blue IQ ambassador too, you will find my details easily on intranet.
Thanks !
Ruchi
By: Ruchi on February 28, 2010
at 1:29 am