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.
