[c0lin]

What addons do you use? Please post them and their functions w/ links.

Adblock Plus - Blocks ads
Adblock Plus: Element Hiding Helper - Blocks elements of websites.
Foxmarks - Sync bookmarks across multiple Firefox browsers.
Download Statusbar - Replaces download pop-up window with bar across bottom of browser.
Greasemonkey - Allows you to customize the way a webpage displays using small bits of Javascript.
Greasefire - Automatically finds Greasemonkey scripts on Userscripts.org
SimpleMail - Very basic mail client that runs within a Firefox tab.




I know, a thread for this topic probably already exists but I don't want to go searching for it. Just shaddap.

[pat cooke]

Adblock Plus (as above)
cooliris - cinematic web scanner
Download status bar monitors downloads in single status bar
Downloadhelper - download web based movies from likes of utube
Febe - Backup Mozilla features, favs, add-ons etc
Fireftrp - useful little ftp client
Glasser - adds windows glass frame to firefox
Live IP Address - displays your current ip address on FF status bar
Smart Bookmarks Bar - hides bookmarks names on the bookmarks bar

[Will_Stutler]

here we go
Adblock - Blocks ads.....at the end of the post ill give my blocked stuff
Brief - handles Feeds
Download Status Bar - nefty download thing
Download Them All - you know how sometimes when you download things, they don't download as fast as they should, download those with this and it will download as fast as your download speed allows
Freecorder - allows you to record audio playing on your computer
IE Tab - for those times you got to use IE
Minimize To Tray - When you Minamize it goes to Tray, another must have in my book
Personalize Menu - gives you one toolbar icon that you can place menu bar into it
Screen Grab - saves a webpage as a .jpg
Tab Counter - counts the about of tabs you have open
TAB MIX PLUS - you can set it up to have every link you open to open up in a new tab, you can protect tabs from being closed by mistake, this is by far my favorite and can not and will not go without
your also able to import and export the settings, i'll upload mine just incase you wasnt to see what it can do
Toolbar Buttons - this one gives you extra buttons for your tool bars...including a restart button



i use a few others but those are only from ABC, NBC, FOX so that i can watch shows online

as stated i uploaded my setting for Tab Mix Plus and my blocked ads for Ad Block

Attached File(s)

•  Ad_Block.txt (94.73K)
  Number of downloads: 44
•  Tab_Mix_Plus.txt (6.97K)
  Number of downloads: 28

[Person8880]

Adblock Plus - As mentioned by c0lin.
Adblock Plus Element Hiding Helper - As mentioned by c0lin.
Cooliris - As mentioned by pat.
DownThemAll - Download Manager/Accelerator.
FEBE - As mentioned by pat.
Flagfox - Shows the server location as a flag, the IP address and links to advanced server information.
Foxmarks - As mentioned by c0lin.
Google Gears - Handy for speeding up loading of admin panels in certain websites such as Wordpress.
IE Tab - Switch to IE rendering engine for sites that need IE.
Keyscrambler - Encrypts keystrokes.
Minimise to Tray - Minimise to system tray (duh). (Not compatible with Firefox 3 technically, needs to be force installed.)
Minimise to Tray Enhancer - Adds certain features to above.
Nightly Tester Tools - Good for testers of nightly builds but I use it to force install incompatible addons.
NoScript - Extra security by blocking javascript unless you allow it on a site to site basis.
Tab Mix Plus - Adds many features to tabs like reopening closed tabs, highlighting unread tabs etc.
Tiny Menu - Makes the menu into one Menu button. Good for saving space.
WOT - Web of Trust. A guide to how trustworthy and safe a website is, with colour codes and warnings when visiting dangerous sites.
YouTube Comment Snob - Hides YouTube comments which fit parameters set by you.

This post has been edited by Person8880: 18 February 2009 - 07:07 PM

[Allan©]

Adblock Plus 1.0.1
Adblock Plus: elements hiding helper 1.0.5
Canadian English Dictionary 1.1.1
Greasemonkey
Microsoft. NET Framework Assistant 1.0
Remove It Permanently

This post has been edited by Allan©: 18 February 2009 - 10:48 PM

[Ultimate User]

I only use 4 add-ons, I find all of them indispensable...

Homepage Tab - Opens your homepage when you open a new tab (I really can't believe Firefox does not do this by default or even have it in the options)

Foxmarks - As previously described.

DownThemAll - As previously described.

Secure Login - Stores your login info for pages, just click the key icon and you are logged into any webpage you've stored. Excellent for forums

[c0lin]

Will_Stutler, on Feb 18 2009, 12:05 PM, said:

TAB MIX PLUS - you can set it up to have every link you open to open up in a new tab, you can protect tabs from being closed by mistake, this is by far my favorite and can not and will not go without

Thanks for that, installed.

Allan©, on Feb 18 2009, 03:47 PM, said:

Canadian English Dictionary 1.1.1

Downloaded and installed, thanks.

Ultimate User, on Feb 18 2009, 06:37 PM, said:

Homepage Tab - Opens your homepage when you open a new tab (I really can't believe Firefox does not do this by default or even have it in the options)

And now I have it as well.


Also I just came across this site: http://www.fireaddons.com/ Looks promising, just signed up for the Alphas for them. I'll let you guys know how they are.

[osuwildlifer]

c0lin, on Feb 18 2009, 11:08 AM, said:

Adblock Plus - Blocks ads
Adblock Plus: Element Hiding Helper - Blocks elements of websites.

Question: If you use Adblock Plus: Element Hiding Helper, for example, to block the fugly navigation bar on the left, is it normal or expected that the white space under it remains? In other words, is there a way to get a page to reclaim space lost by a blocked element?

Example:

[Person8880]

osuwildlifer, on Feb 19 2009, 01:06 PM, said:

c0lin, on Feb 18 2009, 11:08 AM, said:

Adblock Plus - Blocks ads
Adblock Plus: Element Hiding Helper - Blocks elements of websites.

Question: If you use Adblock Plus: Element Hiding Helper, for example, to block the fugly navigation bar on the left, is it normal or expected that the white space under it remains? In other words, is there a way to get a page to reclaim space lost by a blocked element?

Example:
navbar.JPG

That's what I tried until I was pointed in the right direction to greasemonkey...

[Whitewolf1218]

Hey! I have this great Firefox add-on.

You can get it here: CLICKY!

Then download this thing!

And our big, clunky, recent problem will be solved

This post has been edited by Whitewolf1218: 19 February 2009 - 03:46 PM

[c0lin]

osuwildlifer, on Feb 19 2009, 06:06 AM, said:

c0lin, on Feb 18 2009, 11:08 AM, said:

Adblock Plus - Blocks ads
Adblock Plus: Element Hiding Helper - Blocks elements of websites.

Question: If you use Adblock Plus: Element Hiding Helper, for example, to block the fugly navigation bar on the left, is it normal or expected that the white space under it remains? In other words, is there a way to get a page to reclaim space lost by a blocked element?

Example:
navbar.JPG

Doing this^

Whitewolf1218, on Feb 19 2009, 08:45 AM, said:

Hey! I have this great Firefox add-on.

You can get it here: CLICKY!

Then download this thing!

And our big, clunky, recent problem will be solved

Before this^

=

better results: faster load times.

[Ultimate User]

Whitewolf1218, on Feb 19 2009, 03:45 PM, said:

Hey! I have this great Firefox add-on.

You can get it here: CLICKY!

Then download this thing!

And our big, clunky, recent problem will be solved

Outstanding work buddy, I have L33t Vista back and you managed to get rid of all the fugly stuff. Thanks so much

[Whitewolf1218]

Ultimate User, on Feb 19 2009, 12:03 PM, said:

Whitewolf1218, on Feb 19 2009, 03:45 PM, said:

Hey! I have this great Firefox add-on.

You can get it here: CLICKY!

Then download this thing!

And our big, clunky, recent problem will be solved

Outstanding work buddy, I have L33t Vista back and you managed to get rid of all the fugly stuff. Thanks so much

Thank c0lin, he's the man. I just spread the word

[Allan©]

Whitewolf spread the word like me brother

[The Vista Forums Win]

I use:

Adblock Plus - Absolutely mandatory and it works like a charm. I love being able to block anything and everything. Speeds up my browsing (not that it isn't already fast) and it removes loads of clutter on a webpage. Also in lots of forums it's really great because they have those fullscreen adds that pop up and it keeps them away.

Flashblock - Extremely handy for those massive flash animations that always try and load and that get in your face. Not to mention I like being able to open a youtube page without the streaming automatically because sometimes I just want to read the comments.

Greasemonkey - This addon speaks for itself and needs no explanation. However I have only got a clipbox saver installed for it so far because I sometimes really need to go back and remember what I have selected with CTRL + C

Redshif V3 Skin - The upside is it looks lovely the downside is all the extra eyecandy costs me an amazing extra 10 Mbs of RAM LOL! Making it perhaps the largest memory chewing skin of all time!

[c0lin]

Since installing FireDownload from here: http://www.fireaddons.com/ I am getting insane download speeds. Speeds that I shouldn't be getting. I had one HTTP download sustaining speeds of 2MB/s, my connection speed should only allow 1MB/s. I will do further testing and post back.

Edit: Just an example. I downloaded Untangle 450MB from SourceForge in less than 5 minutes:

[c0lin]

AutoPager - Automatically loads the next page of a site inline when you reach the end of the current page for infinite scrolling of content.

[BrandonR]

SeoQuake
Greasemonkey
Video DownloadHelper
LogMeIn Remote Access Plugin

i have tried firedownload, but i don't see any improvement sadly

[The Vista Forums Win]

c0lin, on Feb 25 2009, 11:58 AM, said:

Since installing FireDownload from here: http://www.fireaddons.com/ I am getting insane download speeds. Speeds that I shouldn't be getting. I had one HTTP download sustaining speeds of 2MB/s, my connection speed should only allow 1MB/s. I will do further testing and post back.

Edit: Just an example. I downloaded Untangle 450MB from SourceForge in less than 5 minutes:

I tend to neglect DL managers after Orbit hooked into my Browser and completely effed my downloading. So I would love to hear back what kind of a review you could do on this thanks.

[.William]

Mine:

• British English Dictionary: To help me spzlles korrect lolz!
  
• Favicon Picker 3: Allows you to change the favicons on bookmarks.
  
• Firefox PDF Plugin for Mac OS X: It's like Foxit Reader but for Mac.
  
• Firesomething: Changes Firefox's name to stuff like "Mozilla Waterchameleon". Despite what it says it works fine with Firefox 3. It's randomly generated, but it doesn't work that well on OS X because it only shows up on blank tabs due to the way OS X handles app titles.
  
• Foxmarks Bookmarks Sync: Invaluable. This has saved my bookmarks more then once, and it's great for accessing them anywhere, and keeping them the same across any PCs I use.
  
• FxIF: Right-click access to EXIF data on any image in Firefox.
  
• Geode: Ads a W3C geolocation API. Basically, location services for Firefox.
  
• Google Redesigned: Dark grey look for Gmail, Google Reader, etc.
  
• Greasefire: Works alongside Greasemonkey - it allows you to find scripts for the site you're viewing. Doesn't work all that well sometimes though.
  
• Greasemonkey: Allows you to modify websites to your liking, such as moving and removing elements, changing CSS, and so on.
  
• Inquisitor: Very useful search plugin that I don't use nearly as much as I should.
  
• Server Spy: Displays the web server software that the site you're visiting uses. For example, TVF shows "Apache".
  
• ShowIP: Shows the IP(s) of the website you're on. Also allows easy right-click access to whois/IP info/etc.
  
• Stylish: Like Greasemonkey, but different. I think.
  
• Ubiquity: Another useful Firefox extension that I don't use nearly as much as I should, and also another one based on searching. But with extra useful stuff.
  
• UrlbarExt: Adds extra buttons to the URL bar - I only use it for the is.gd creation though.

And since themes are sortof considered as add-ons:

• Chromifox: Makes Firefox look similar to Chrome.