
{"id":7,"date":"2006-02-17T11:35:10","date_gmt":"2006-02-17T10:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/?p=7"},"modified":"2011-06-02T08:46:21","modified_gmt":"2011-06-02T07:46:21","slug":"my-top-firefox-extensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/2006\/02\/17\/my-top-firefox-extensions\/","title":{"rendered":"My top Firefox extensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everybody likes lists, so I made one to. This list is about the Firefox extensions that I (frequently) use.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is a Firefox extension?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Extensions are small add-ons that add new functionality to Firefox. They can add anything from a toolbar button to a completely new feature. They allow the application to be customized to fit the personal needs of each user if they need additional features, while keeping Firefox small to download.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>How to install a Firefox extension?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Choose Your Firefox Extension<\/li>\n<li>Choose your extension and click &#8220;Install Now&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Give Firefox permission to download from this website (First time only)<\/li>\n<li>Re-click on the &#8220;Install Now&#8221; button to continue the installation process<\/li>\n<li>Click &#8220;Install Now&#8221; to begin the automatic download and installation<\/li>\n<li>Close all Firefox windows and restart browser to complete installation<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>(source: about.com)<\/p>\n<h3>Here are my frequently used extenstion:<\/h3>\n<p>(in no particular order)Helpfull blog Firefox extensionsHelpfull blog Firefox extensions<\/p>\n<p><strike><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/extensions\/moreinfo.php?id=785\">Tab X<\/a> &#8211; Adds a small close button to each of the browser tabs, and removes <\/strike><strike>the close button from the end of the tab bar.<\/strike><br \/>\n<strong>Update #1:<\/strong> I removed &#8220;Tab X&#8221; because &#8220;Tab Mix Plus&#8221; does the same thing and then some.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image74\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabmixplus.jpg\" alt=\"Tab Mix Plus\" style=\"float:left;\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/1122\/\">Tab Mix Plus<\/a> &#8211; Tab Mix Plus enhances Firefox&#8217;s tab browsing capabilities. It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus much more. It also includes a full-featured session manager with crash recovery that can save and restore combinations of opened tabs and windows.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image75\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wikipedia.jpg\" alt=\"WikiPedia Lookup Extension (WLE)\" style=\"float:left;\"\/>WikiPedia Lookup Extension (WLE) &#8211; Extension for the Firefox webbrowser which looksup the selected text in Wikipeida encyclopedia and presents the results. The extension will add a menu item when right-clicking in Firefox.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image79\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ieview.jpg\" alt=\"IE view\" style=\"float:left;\"\/><a href=\"http:\/\/ieview.mozdev.org\/\">IE View<\/a> &#8211; which allows the current page or a selected link to be opened in Internet Explorer.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image80\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sage.jpg\" alt=\"Sage\" style=\"float:left;\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/extensions\/moreinfo.php?id=77&#038;application=firefox\">Sage<\/a> &#8211; Sage is a lightweight RSS and Atom feed reader extension for Mozilla Firefox. It&#8217;s got a lot of what you need and not much of what you don&#8217;t. (http:\/\/sage.mozdev.org\/)<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image81\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/stumble.jpg\" alt=\"StumbleUpon\" style=\"float:left;\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/extensions\/moreinfo.php?id=138&#038;application=firefox\">StumbleUpon<\/a> &#8211; StumbleUpon uses + \/ &#8211; ratings to form collaborative opinions on website quality. When you stumble, you will only see pages which friends and like\u00e2\u20ac\u201cminded stumblers have liked. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/\">www.stumbleupon.com<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image76\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/web_developer.jpg\" alt=\"Web Developer\" style=\"float:left;\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/extensions\/moreinfo.php?id=60&#038;application=firefox\">Web Developer<\/a> &#8211; The Web Developer extension adds a menu and a toolbar to the browser with various web developer tools. (<a href=\"http:\/\/chrispederick.com\/work\/webdeveloper\/\">http:\/\/chrispederick.com\/work\/webdeveloper\/<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image82\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/misc.jpg\" alt=\"misc\" style=\"float:left;\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/extensions\/moreinfo.php?id=1457&#038;application=firefox\">Viamatic foXpose<\/a> &#8211; Click on the icon in the status bar to view all the browser windows with a single click.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image82\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/misc.jpg\" alt=\"misc\" style=\"float:left;\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/downloadstatusbar.mozdev.org\/index.html\">Download Statusbar<\/a> &#8211; is a browser extension that allows you to keep track of ongoing and completed downloads in a hide-away statusbar.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image77\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/translatepage.jpg\" alt=\"Translate Page\" style=\"float:left;\"\/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cusser.net\/extensions\/translatepage\/\">Translate Page<\/a> &#8211; Translate Page passes the current page to Google&#8217;s Translation Service and was made upon request to directly mimmick a feature of the Mozilla suite within Firefox.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image78\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/downthemall.jpg\" alt=\"DownThemAll\" style=\"float:left;\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/downthemall.mozdev.org\/\">DownThemAll<\/a> &#8211; DtA lets you download in just one click all the links or images contained in a webpage<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image73\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bookmarks_dublicate.jpg\" alt=\"bookmarkdd\" style=\"float:left;clear:both;\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/1553\/\">bookmarkdd<\/a> is a very useful extension that helps you manage your bookmarks. (homepage <a href=\"http:\/\/bookmarkdd.mozdev.org\/\">bookmarkdd<\/a>) [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/?p=38\">Why?<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image71\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pdfdownload.jpg\" alt=\"PDF Download\" style=\"float:left;\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/636\/\">PDF Download<\/a> &#8211; Allows to choose if you want to view a PDF file inside the browser (as PDF or HTML), if you want to view it outside Firefox with your default or custom PDF reader, or if you want to download it! (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdfdownload.org\/\">www.pdfdownload.org<\/a>). [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/?p=53\">Why?<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image72\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mousegesture.jpg\" alt=\"Mouse Gestures\" style=\"float:left;\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/39\/\">Mouse Gestures<\/a> &#8211; Allows you to execute common commands (like page forward\/backward, close tab, new tab) by mouse gestures drawn over the current webpage, without reaching for the toolbar or the keyboard.<br \/>\nYou can also use click-only &#8220;rocker&#8221; gestures which are even faster than drawn gestures. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/?p=53\">Why?<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image70\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/febe.jpg\" alt=\"FEBE \" style=\"float:left;\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/2109\/\">Firefox Extension Backup Extension (FEBE)<\/a> &#8211; FEBE allows you to quickly and easily backup your Firefox extensions. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/?p=61\">Why?<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image84\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/resizeabletextarea.jpg\" alt=\"Resizeable Textarea\" style=\"float:left;\"\/><a href=\"http:\/\/jeremy.zawodny.com\/blog\/archives\/005752.html\">Resizeable Textarea extension<\/a> &#8211; Gives you the ability to change the size of a textarea so you don&#8217;t have to scroll up and down, to read what you have writen.[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/?p=85\">Why?<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Helpfull blog Firefox extensions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image114\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/signature.jpg\" alt=\"Signature\" style=\"float:left;\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/signature.mozdev.org\/installation.html\">Signature<\/a> &#8211; Can be used to insert something in the address bar, on a text box on a web page. <\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image94\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/spellbound.jpg\" alt=\"Spellbound\" style=\"float:left;\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/spellbound.sourceforge.net\/\">Spellbound<\/a> &#8211; This allows you to spell check forms (e.g. message board posts, blog entries, wysiwyg, etc.) before submitting them. <a href=\"http:\/\/exchangecode.com\/spellbound\/downloads\/spellbound-dev_20060108.xpi\">Download directly<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image93\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/riteoftongue.jpg\" alt=\"RiteOfTongue\" style=\"float:left;\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/485\/\">RiteOfTongue<\/a> &#8211; Right-click on a typed word inside a web form to check if the word is spelt correctly and get alternate suggestions if it is wrong.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image77\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/translatepage.jpg\" alt=\"Translate Page\" style=\"float:left;\"\/>Translate Page &#8211; Translate Page passes the current page to Google&#8217;s Translation Service and was made upon request to directly mimmick a feature of the Mozilla suite within Firefox.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image92\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/imTranslator.jpg\" alt=\"ImTranslator\" style=\"float:left;\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/2257\/\">ImTranslator<\/a> &#8211; ImTranslator provides additional multilingual capabilities to Firefox for more efficient communication in foreign languages.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image84\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/resizeabletextarea.jpg\" alt=\"Resizeable Textarea\" style=\"float:left;\"\/><a href=\"http:\/\/jeremy.zawodny.com\/blog\/archives\/005752.html\">Resizeable Textarea extension 0.1b<\/a> &#8211; A lot of forums and boards provide very smal textareas for new postings. If you type a longer posting, you have to scroll up and down, to read, what you have writen and to proceed.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image75\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wikipedia.jpg\" alt=\"WikiPedia Lookup Extension (WLE)\" style=\"float:left;\"\/>WikiPedia Lookup Extension (WLE) &#8211; Extension for the Firefox webbrowser which looksup the selected text in Wikipedia encyclopedia and presents the results. <\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image115\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/saveinfolder.jpg\" alt=\"Save image in folder\" style=\"float:left;\"  \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.achimonline.de\/mozext\/saveimageinfolder_download.php\">Save image in folder<\/a> &#8211; This extension helps you to quickly save images into different folders without having to click through your folder structure again and again.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\" ><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image116\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/saveasimage.jpg\" alt=\"Save As Image\" style=\"float:left;\"  \/><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/3408\/\">Save As Image<\/a> -Adds the ability to save a page, frame, or part of either as an image.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\" ><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image124\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pearl_crescent_page_saver.jpg\" alt=\"Pearl Crescent Page Saver\" style=\"float:left;\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pearlcrescent.com\/products\/pagesaver\/\">Pearl Crescent Page Saver<\/a> &#8211; Lets you capture images of web pages in PNG format.  The entire page or just the visible portion may be captured.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\" ><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image82\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/misc.jpg\" alt=\"misc\" style=\"float:left;\"   \/>Screengrab &#8211; It saves webpages as images by scrolling around and stitching the result together. In particular it also will save just a frame as an image. <\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image129\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/flashtracer.jpg\" alt=\"FlashTracer\" style=\"float:left;\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/3469\/\">FlashTracer<\/a> &#8211; While running any .swf Flash file in your browser you can see all the output generated by the &#8220;trace&#8221; flash functions in this sidebar component.<br \/>\nYou *<strong>NEED<\/strong>* the flash player debug version to run this extension correctly: <a href=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/flashplayer\/updaters\/9\/flashplayer_9_plugin_debug.exe\" title=\"Download the debug flashplayer 9\">flashplayer_9_plugin_debug<\/a>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/?p=128\">Why?<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Haven&#8217;t decided if these extensions are handy:<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/forecastfox.mozdev.org\/\">Forecastfox<\/a> &#8211; Forecastfox is an extension that brings international weather from AccuWeather.com\u00c2\u00ae to your Firefox web browser.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ietab.mozdev.org\/\">IE Tab<\/a> &#8211; This extension is derived from the famous extension IE View, but much different. While IE View always open IE-only pages in a seperate Internet Explorer window, IE Tab can view them in a Mozilla\/Firefox tab.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\">Translate &#8211; Small extension that translates web pages (via toolbar button) or selected text (via context menu) from and to different languages. Uses BabelFish and Google translation engines.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freetranslate.org\/inc\/extension.php\">Freetranslate<\/a> &#8211;  A simple extension for mozilla firefox which enables the user to translate words between 10 different languages.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image83\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/customgoogle.jpg\" alt=\"Customize Google\"  style=\"float:left;\"\/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.customizegoogle.com\/\">Customizegoogle<\/a> &#8211; CustomizeGoogle is a Firefox extension that enhances Google search results by adding extra information (like links to Yahoo, Ask Jeeves, MSN etc) and removing unwanted information (like ads and spam).<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\">Swfcatcher &#8211; Sothink SWF Catcher for Firefox, a Firefox extension, enables you to catch Flash movies (*.swf) from Web pages in Firefox browser and save them into your local folder.(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sothink.com\/product\/swfcatcher\/firefox\/index.php\">http:\/\/www.sothink.com\/product\/swfcatcher\/firefox\/index.php<\/a>)\n\t<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear:both;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/1647\/\">Bookmarks LinkChecker<\/a> detects updated, redirected, and broken links in your bookmarks list by adding icons within the drop-down bookmarks menu. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/?p=38\">Why?<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>\nAnd some I haven&#8217;t tested enough to say something about: <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/918\/\">gTranslate<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/181\/\">Translate<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/3361\/\">translator<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More than enough extensions to choose from. Perhapse in the near future I will tell you <strong>WHY<\/strong> I use these extensions&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update #2:<\/strong> I moved <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cusser.net\/extensions\/translatepage\/\">Translate Page<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/downthemall.mozdev.org\/\">DownThemAll<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Update #3:<\/strong> Added: <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/1553\/\">bookmarkdd<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/1647\/\">Bookmarks LinkChecker<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Update #4:<\/strong> Added <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/636\/\">PDF Download<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/39\/\">Mouse Gestures<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Update #5:<\/strong> Added <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/2109\/\">Firefox Extension Backup Extension (FEBE)<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Update #6:<\/strong> Added <a href=\"http:\/\/jeremy.zawodny.com\/blog\/archives\/005752.html\">Resizeable Textarea extension<\/a>.<br \/>\n<strong>Update #7:<\/strong> Added all extensions from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/?p=91\">Helpfull blog Firefox extensions<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/3469\/\">FlashTracer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everybody likes lists, so I made one to. 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