Must Have Firefox Addons
They say Google is Your Friend, but if you use this extension it will make it your slave. I could just go on with features but I’m not. Some of my favorites are position counter, ad removal and rival search engine links.
This extension arranges the location bar for better readability and usability. The URL hierarchy is divided up into three parts, protocol (http, ftp, etc), domain and requested document. Click functionality allows you to navigate up the document structure with ease.
Split the screen into multiple views. Useful when working with large documents or an alternative to switching between tabs.
Take a breather from coding and hit the stumble button on this great toolbar to be magically redirected to a cool website of your liking. Once you return you’ll find yourself magically solving the pesky bug you were trying to fix in the first place.
Add a right click context menu entry allowing you to open the current page on Internet Explorer. I use this a lot when doing cross browser testing. Sure there’s the IE Tab, but this one is much faster.
Other more popular extensions I use that everyone probably already knows but are still worth mentioning are:
Firebug - Javascript/CSS/DOM debugging behemoth.
Greasemonkey - Customize any webpage.
Live HTTP Headers - View all headers an HTTP request creates. Useful for debugging cookies and sessions.
Web Developer Toolbar - Nuff said.
April 30th, 2007 at 11:43 am
Cameron here…
There is one you didn’t mention that is absolutely indispensible for me: Adblock; I use it to turn off anything flashing, animated, or just generally distracting on a web page. Browsing the web with Adblock is like watching TV with TiVo. It’s like a whole new world without ads.