Okay, it doesn’t read minds via neuralink like Clint’s Firefox, but the Mozilla Firefox extension mechanism makes browser mods so easy, it almost feels that way. Folks have asked for recommendations recently and goods have been gathered.
Before we get to that, though, a couple of tweaks for musophobes. First, Quicksearch is a little known feature that makes queries to favorite sites stupid fast. Secondly, do Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Begin finding when you begin typing. And recall that if your find highlights a link, pressing Enter will click it. Sexy.
Now, let’s extend like Reed Richards…
Adblock Plus - never see another ad, flash and javascript included
Bookmark Backup - ever notice your browser history disappears periodically? BB backs up that file (and others) for safekeeping
BugMeNot - avoid the hassle of registering for sites. two clicks and you’re in!
Create Shortcut - easily toss links to sites onto your desktop for future browsing
CustomizeGoogle - modifies google’s pages by providing quick links to external services, privacy enhancements, direct links to images, ad removal, and lots more
Firefox Showcase - instant thumbnail overview of every page you’ve got open
Permit Cookies - block all cookies but those you reeeallly want
Sage - lightweight rss and atom aggregator that does right by staying out of the way
Update Channel Selector - get notified and download nightly and beta releases incrementally, just like finals
Nightly Tester Tools - pulled down a nightly but now none of your extensions work? problem solved
Your favorite extension missing? Drop a comment. For more, visit the winners of the Extend Firefox contest or dig through Mozilla’s extension database.
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