10 Exciting Firefox Plugins You Think You Don’t Need But Your Wrong
January 17th, 2007 by admin
Quick note
You like to write short notes ? You want to have a quick option instead of creating endless notepad files and forgetting what you wrote and where? This little add-on is very powerful and useful : with the default key combination CTRL+F7 you can open a small windows where you can keep your shorts notes.You found a movie you want to download soon , you found the title of a melody you don’t want to miss or you just got a brilliant idea you want to note down : use Quicknote , now with TAB support.You don’t even need a save button.Everything is made to be as fast as possible.
Chatzilla
Finally a quick way to connect to the Undernet Server. Want to talk with people in your town , want to full around in CyberSpace , or do you just want to blow some steam talking trash with other people , the forgotten Mirc is not dead just sleeping. This chat giant might just be awakened by the power of this plug in. A new window , a simple look and a lot of people to talk to without lag and to much time wasted on connections : this is Chatzilla.
Online Games Toolbar
Ok,you might think : OMG another toolbar to take my already to full browser space. But you will be surprised of what this bar can do for you. First great thing about it is the fact that the main site scans digg.com very often and updated is database with the greatest online games discovered by the diggers. Then the bar auto updates it self with the brand new list of games giving you tones of fun. The last discovery was the tower game. The second good thing about this toolbar is the fact that it presents a group of online games from it’s own site and other sites discovered by it’s staff. The conclusion is simple : if you want to have fun online this is the way to go.
Download Manager Tweak
I can’t understand why the default firefox download manager is so bad implemented. Nothing easy , nothing nice just a little window I have to look around each time do find it. But now it all changed : this tweak , after you manage to install it ( you have to copy the file on your computer - the install file , type CTRL+O and select the file to install it ) you go the the add-ons option menu and select Open In a Tab. Now your downloads are visible and easy to sort , stop and select. Enjoy.
Gmail Space
This one is a beauty. We all know that the space on gmail slowly increases every day but in the begging it’s 2 giga. How to put this space to good use ? Easy : use it like you use you ftp server. The trick is this program will upload the files like attachments and you can download and upload any time you want to. To give you an idea of this great feature : use it to share pictures with your friends, or music or movies anything you can thing of.
Firefox Extension Backup Extension
This is such a great tool that an entire article it’s dedicated to this baby. You can backup everything you have in your firefox browser : plug ins, search history,cookies, search engines and more. You can restore everything at a time of your choosing. The cool thing is it actually recreates the install file from each add-on but when you restore them you don’t have to select each and every one of them. It’s enough to select all of them one single time.
Digg This
The name says it all. If you are a digg-maniac you must have this addon. All you have to do after you install it is to right click on any page. A new tab will be opened with a title and a URL. Now you can write a small and original description and wait for those diggs.
Foxy Tunes [R]evolution 1.6 Skin
I hope you got addicted using the Foxy Tunes plugin. Only then you will fully appreciate the great design of this skin. It fits great at the top of your browser and the big buttons are easy to use and look wonderful even in Linux.
IE Tab
IE Tab is a great add-on for web developers to test their site. But does it have any utility for the average user ? Of course it does. Until now I sow sites with heavy javascripting that just crushed my firefox old versions , or some pages are intentionally made to look bad and they are only displayed right in IE. Maybe you are missing a codec or a plugin and with a right click on the tab you want you can select another browser to render your page.
Check all
Makes it possible to check/uncheck a group of checkboxes at once. All you have to do is select them, right-click and chose the action. Very useful if you want to delete a group of mails with just 3 clicks of a mouse.
