Firefox extensions that are essential to me.
Sunday, October 30th, 2005adblock - it blocks ads.
bugmenot - let’s you log into websites that require registration like the New York Times.
define word - look up words that your hoity toity friends use.
el jay icon maker - I’m a blogger and this is useful for turning that huge BMP your mom sent you of the baby into a 100×100 pixel icon.
fasterfox - it’s supposed to make things faster. I don’t know if it works or not.
flashblock - MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN ADBLOCK ABOVE. Flash powered pop-ups are viciously annoying. This turns flash off unless you scroll over the item and click.
fireftp - a decent FTP interface. I believe it supports sftp.
forecastfox - let’s you know when it’s going to rain.
hashcolouredtabs - really helpful if you open a ton of tabs like I do. if there’s not a icon defined by the webpage it will at least turn each tab a different color.
ieview - adds, “open this page in Internet Explorer” functionality to the right click menu.
print 0.2.2 - let’s ya print stuff.
sessionsaver - ESSENTIAL. If firefox dies this will save your last know place.
sort bookmarks - pretty useful.
stock ticker - it’s handy for keepting track of stocks.
switchproxy tool - if you work in a corporate environment this is useful.
targetalert - when you scroll over a link it will throw you an icon letting you know what kind of material the link goes to.
webmailcompose - let’s you deal with mailto: links with gmail.
