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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: trax1 on February 16, 2011, 02:45:59 PM
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This was started in another thread but I thought I'd start it's own where we could share what our favorite addons to Firefox are.
Mine are "DownThemAll", this one lets you download everything on a webpage, one thing I've found this useful for has been if I've needed to reinstall AH I can just go to the skins page on here & download all the skins at once instead of having them download one at a time online.
Another that I just found is "SmoothWheel" which scrolls the webpage smoothly when scrolling the mouse wheel, so far I've really liked this one, it's real nice when you scroll with your mouse wheel and it's just a nice smooth scroll instead of a jumpy kinda scroll.
Also I like "KwiClick", this one lets you just highlight text and then 4 small icons appear above the text that let you either Google it, search it on Wikipedia, Mapquest it, or search it on Twitter, the results pop up in a small screen in the bottom right corner of your browser.
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I'll have to look those up
I've got the standard adblock, scriptblock, etc..
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I'll have to look those up
I've got the standard adblock, scriptblock, etc..
Yeah I have "adblock plus" too, really nice going to sites and not having those ad's all over the sides of the page.
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AdBlock Plus :aok
SmoothWheel :cheers:
Memory Fox :rock
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TubeStop: Removes YouTube adds.
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zomg smoothwheel is great ty
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Adblock Plus, Down them all!, and NoScript are my favorite.
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zomg smoothwheel is great ty
Yeah I just got it myself today and I love it, I don't understand why scrolling isn't supposed to be like this to begin with.
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countryfox puts a little national flag in the corner of the address bar so you can tell where the server is located. Mostly just cool, but there are times where its useful ("Oh, Crap! that webpage is actually in Uzbekestan, not Redmond WA! RUNNNNN)
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AdBlock Plus :aok
SmoothWheel :cheers:
Memory Fox :rock
what does memory fox do?
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countryfox puts a little national flag in the corner of the address bar so you can tell where the server is located. Mostly just cool, but there are times where its useful ("Oh, Crap! that webpage is actually in Uzbekestan, not Redmond WA! RUNNNNN)
I just did a search for that addon and nothing came up.
Edit: Just found it, it's called Flagfox.
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countryfox puts a little national flag in the corner of the address bar so you can tell where the server is located. Mostly just cool, but there are times where its useful ("Oh, Crap! that webpage is actually in Uzbekestan, not Redmond WA! RUNNNNN)
EDIT: Sorry, it's called FlagFox.
Thought of that as I drove home after work...but I see you figured it out already.
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My favorite is
None! Viva la Opera!
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Colorful Tabs - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/colorfultabs/ (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/colorfultabs/)
Speed Dial - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/speed-dial/ (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/speed-dial/)
Download Statusbar - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/download-statusbar/ (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/download-statusbar/)
Better Privacy - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/betterprivacy/ (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/betterprivacy/)
These four I use the most and recommend!
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IEtab is nice for those pages that just won't run right in Firefox.
The extension lets Firefox open a IE browser window inside firefox, and remembers that page for future reference.
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As mentioned in the other thread.
"Quick translate" - Highlight the text and it translates it to English
"Interclue" -Ever wanted to know what was behind the link before you clicked? Interclue tells you everything you need to know before you open yet another tab.
Probably the best discription is written in one of the reviews
"Perfect tool: Places a tiny icon to the right of a hyperlink and displays a preview when you hover over it with no risk of launching it by accident. The preview popup is placed perfectly not hiding too much of the screen.
I very much like the warnings displayed when the link target looks like a risk, e.g. executing an action on access"
(https://static.addons.mozilla.net/img/uploads/previews/full/17/17896.png?modified=1222995276)
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Image zoom - "Adds zoom and rotation functionality for images
Easily zoom in, zoom out, fit image to screen or set custom zoom on individual images within a web page. All this can be done by using the context menu or a combination of mouse buttons and scroll wheel. Handy to see the finer details of smaller pics or to make very large pics fit within your screen.
Image Rotation will allow you to rotate an image +90,-90,180 degrees from the context menu."
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/image-zoom/
New Tab Homepage - "A very simple tabbed browsing extension that loads your homepage when you open a new tab. If you have multiple homepages, the first is chosen." I only use google as a homepage. So for me this comes in handy
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/new-tab-homepage/
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And here is one for the kiddies. I havent used it but my daughter has had some fun with it
Any Shirt You Want - Adds a context menu link to make a shirt out of any image (or a mug/hat/button/etc.)
https://static.addons.mozilla.net/img/uploads/previews/full/30/30434.png?modified=1236899785
(https://static.addons.mozilla.net/img/uploads/previews/full/30/30434.png?modified=1236899785)
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I like that Perfect Tool, I went and added that one.
How can anyone not use Firefox when it has all these cool & helpful things you can add to it.
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I was having tons of crashes with the last version, so actually switched to Chrome. Like its feel, but doesn't have the depth of add- ons. This thread got me back to Firefox, and so far so good...
Plus, I found a WW2 naval colors theme...has the red outlined Star-N-Bar, medium and dark sea blue with typical camo blended edge...
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theres an AH theme somewhere :D
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I go between a David Gilmour and an Ayrton Senna theme.
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My favorite is
None! Viva la Opera!
I'm sorry.
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Cooliris
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cooliris/ (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cooliris/)
(http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/9234/3coolirismac1.jpg) (http://img404.imageshack.us/i/3coolirismac1.jpg/)
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Description:
Cooliris is a browser plug-in that revolutionizes how you find, view, and share photos and videos. Whether you're browsing the Web or your desktop, Cooliris presents media on an infinite "3D wall" that lets you enjoy content without clicking page to page.
Cooliris works on Google Images, Facebook, YouTube, Bing, Flickr, Picasa, and more. You can even use Cooliris to find photos stored on your desktop.
The new Channels feature puts the Web's best content all in one place. Search, filter, watch, or subscribe to millions of titles from Hulu, CBS, Showtime, ESPN, FOX, and 70 other premium providers.
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theres an AH theme somewhere :D
http://www.getpersonas.com/en-US/persona/260961 (http://www.getpersonas.com/en-US/persona/260961)
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Cooliris
Thank you! i was searching something similar just for thumbnail previews, and cooliris is so great!
Its like the frontend Hyperspin for your movies/pics/mp3.
And now i have it build in while surfing too :D
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I used to use CoolIris about 4 years ago. Then because of an update "incompatibility" issue within FF I stopped using it. I'll add it tonight.
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Just installed Cooliris.Very,for lack of a better word...cool,thanks for the tip. :salute
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I used to use CoolIris about 4 years ago. Then because of an update "incompatibility" issue within FF I stopped using it. I'll add it tonight.
I had the same problem. But now I run FF 3.6.13 and everything works fine.
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As a ham, I really like the option of having an in-real-time solar flux index as well as the current solar A & K levels permanently in the lower right of the browser.
In the "old" days I had to listen to WWV/WWVH at 16 past the hour.
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Awesome Francis!!!
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edit: problem fixed.
adblock plus is awesome.
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Wow I can't understand why anyone would want that "smoothwheel" thing :rolleyes:
I have the lines set in my about:config and I would get lost on long pages without the click stops. That smooth scrolling makes my eyes go totally buggy and I lost my place in this thread like 20 times.
As for add-ons though:
Download Statusbar
Extended Statusbar
FireFTP
Ghostery
Adblock Plus
BetterPrivacy
DownloadHelper
NoScript
and the most important:
NewTabURL
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Do you guys find Firefox loads up veeeerrrry slowly the first time per session? It's driving me nuts since I reinstalled it....
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not for me Sim