The two images above are my extensions for Firefox and now Safari (which supports extensions + a gallery as of today). I haven’t looked at the browser share for MAKE recently but from what I recall it was a little over 50% Firefox – which browsers are you using, why and what extensions do you use? Post up in the comments!
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In order of importance…
Adblock Plus
Firebug
FireFTP
QuickProxy
Xmarks
Tabberwocky
InvisibleHand
also In order of importance..
Adblock Plus
Firebug
Greasemonkey
TrackMeNot
Advanced Dork
image zoom
Passive Recon
I use Chromium (Chrome), because it has the equivalent of CookieSafe, NoScript, GreaseMonkey, Web Developer, bookmark sync and Firebug built in so I don’t have to deal with extension compatibility problems to get all the basic functionality I need.
So basically just AdBlock.
That’s why I gave up on Firefox–by the time I added the extensions for all the missing functionality, it was too crashy.
ad block plus
lastPass – password holder
xmarks – sync bookmarks across computers
zotero – digital library storage
feed filter – facebook filter
ie tab plus – when a page doesn’t work in firefox …
There are some extensions that I find very helpful when doing web development:
Firebug – Without a doubt, one of the most helpful extensions for looking at the inner workings of a web page. You can select elements on a page and see their CSS styles, as well as add or change styles and see the changes in real-time on the screen. You can also pick apart Javascript easily.
FireFTP – Firefox does not natively support FTP, and this extension fills that need.
MeasureIt – This extension allows you to measure the height and width of areas on the screen; very helpful when used in conjunction with Firebug.
ColorZilla – A color picker for the screen. Once you use it to pick a color, you can right-click the ColorZilla icon to copy the color information in a number of formats for use in a variety of applications.
FireShot – Screen-capture utility. Captures a selectable area or a window and gives you the ability to print, copy to clipboard, edit, etc…
Developer Tools – This extension is for IE (although I think I have used it in Firefox in the past). It has similar functionality to Firebug. I prefer Firebug, but Developer Tools does do a few things that Firebug does not do as well, such as allow you to add colored outlines to objects on the web page based on their tag or display status. This can be a great help in troubleshooting a layout.
I use Firefox 3.6 with:
Adblock Plus
NoScript (javascript whitelist)
Greasemonkey – mostly for Craigslist image preview
Stylish – combine stop/reload buttons, and youtube style
DownThemAll!
I also customized my toolbars to combine the navigation and menu toolbars and removed names in the bookmark toolbar to leave only icons.
I use Adblock plus with Add Art (http://add-art.org/) to replace ads with a curated art show. I’m also a fan of this new one, called Google Alarm: http://fffff.at/google-alarm/. It tells you when Google is tracking personal information.
adblock plus
submittotab – submits forms to a new tab, very useful.
close button – adds close button to the toolbar
bugmenot – no more need to register for random websites
web developer
Using Firefox because I can customize it to my liking.
Add-ons:
Adblock Plus
Flashblock
Image Zoom
Modify Heaaders
I am a IE7 dinosaur…But it has worked OK so far.
I am willing to switch to firefox, or other advised browser, if there is a way to block the facebook, tweet and other things that have to load every time I go to the main blog page. Going back and forth from the blog, to see the comments, I hear the processor fan spooling up and watch the enless parade of facebook…twitter…adcick..whatevah…
as I wait for the page to load. I am not dial up, but a cable internet connection.
Any suggestions? And please,easy with the ‘Evil MS’ comments. :)
I use Firefox and the only addons I have are Adblock Plus and Cookie Monster. Adblock is critical to me, I have a slower DSL connection and reducing the amount of unwanted data downloads makes a HUGE difference in my browsing experience. Make: is a pretty media heavy site, so I need all the help I can get.
I use Chrome(6.0.472.0 dev) and my extension are:
1-ClickWeather for Chrome
AdBlock
AutoPager Chrome
DayHiker
Feedly
Google Translate
LastPass
RSS Subscription Extension (by Google)
SearchPreview for Google
Shareaholic for Google Chrome
Speed Dial
Wikipedia Companion – Mini Wiki Browser
Adblock Plus — Ads where yesterday!
Flashblock — Replaces flash objects with a button you can click to view them.
Greasemonkey — User script manager.
HTTPS-Everywhere — Selects encrypted connections when available.
YesScript — A JavaScript blacklist.
BarTab — Unloads tabs not in use from memory.
1-Click YouYube Video Downloader — Provides video download links.
Adblock, FlashBlock, BarTab, YesScript and the youtube downloader are all to improve performance. Adblock is absolutely necessary or browsing would slow to a crawl. I have a bad habit of keeping tabs open “for later reading”, and unloading them from memory with bartab saves a lot of computer resources. Youtube downloader lets me watch movies with mplayer (the flashplayer for linux is usually sluggish on my netbook).
Greasemonkey is useful for tweaking webpages that are broken or uses hard to read formatting.
HTTPS-Everywhere choses an encrypted web connection if possible, to protect my privacy and make it harder for the automatic wiretapping systems out there. It’s from the EFF: https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
Among others:
Screengrab: take a screenshot of either the currently displayed portion of a page, or the entire page. Very handy.
Echofon: For twitter
TACO (v3 with Albine): For advertising cookie opt-out
Facebook Toolbar
Download Statusbar: Shows all your downloads on a bar along the bottom. Very handy.
Adblock Plus
My FF’s extensions list:
Compact Menu 2
Donwload Manager Tweak
FaviconizeTab
Flashblock
Greasemonkey
Organize Status Bar
Screengrab
Searchbar Autosizer
Session Manager
Stop-or-Reload Button
Stylish
Tab Mix Plus
Firefox. Chrome got me ticked off for forcing its way in uninvited by a company which has still to overcome the suspicion of not being committed to Open Source policies (like charging for Google Earth Pro and not refunding the unused sub when it was cancelled). I date back to the 60s when all computing was Open Source and have a serious dislike of a company which dares check my PC for legal software when they’ve never paid me a penny for the work I did on bitmapped fonts they claim a patent on. Opera is too many things to too many systems to deliver my PC needs.
Add-ons:
Duplicate tabs
FireFTP
Minimap (I’d love a Google Maps default)
Stealther
TiddlySnip (I use TiddlyWiki for data analysis)
Zotero
FireBug
Frequently Used
Adblock Plus
All-in-one gestures
DownThemAll
Video Download Helper
fission
Torbutton
X-Marks
Occasionally used
Fireftp
firebug
life-of-request info (Lori)