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Best Firefox extensions: User favorites
By Peter Butler
(8/14/06)
Over the past year, we've offered our favorite Firefox extensions to you in three volumes. From the simple genius of PDF Download to the advanced micromanagement tools in MR Tech Local Install, we think we've done a good job of collecting the cream of the existing Firefox add-ons. However, when we asked for your own favorite extensions, you responded heartily with excellent choices. We narrowed all of your suggestions down to a list of 10. As always, it's never too late to chime in with your own favorites.
Tell us about your own favorite Firefox extensions at the bottom of this page. If you don't have Mozilla Firefox, get the official release now.
Web Developer
Once you find it, you won't know how you ever lived without it. A godsend for anyone who publishes Web pages, this Extend Firefox winner makes validation, design, and CSS work much more efficient.
Google Browser Sync
This add-on from the search-engine leader allows users to sync all of their Firefox browser settings, such as bookmarks, passwords, and persistent cookies, across multiple computers.
CookieSafe
If you're the type who stays on top of your browser cookies, this simple and effective extension might be up your alley. It adds a small icon to your status bar that lets you allow and deny cookies globally or for specific sites.
ColorZilla
Another fabulous tool for Web designers and graphic artists, this helpful extension offers color readings for items within your browser. You can also measure distances between two points or get information about DOM elements quickly and easily.
MenuX
For those of us who use multiple Firefox extensions, it's easy to be deluged by the wealth of new icons, sidebars, and taskbars. Mark Bokil's nifty add-on helps save valuable browser space with a library of small icons that control numerous browser and extension functions.
Download Embedded
Similar to our Volume III pick VideoDownloader, this add-on lets you capture various forms of content embedded in Web pages. Movies, MP3 files, and Flash games are only a few of the possible files types that can be downloaded.
Performancing
Bloggers using a variety of platforms like the ease of use and speed of this publishing tool. Drag and drop notes from existing Web pages, take notes for later use, or post directly to your blog.
NoScript
We like NoScript, too. That's why we included it in our Optimizing Firefox feature. Like many of the best Firefox extensions, this add-on does one thing very well: specify which sites can use JavaScript, Java, and other executable code, and shut down the rest.
Tab Mix Plus
Included in our second volume of favorite Firefox extensions, this outstanding add-on also makes the grade with our users. Add close buttons to individual tabs or define keystrokes for navigating through and manipulating tabs.
FoxyTunes
Another classic extension, FoxyTunes was good enough to make our original collection of favorite Firefox extensions back in December 2005, and it's the most popular add-on after SiteAdvisor. Control your favorite media player with controls built right into the browser interface.
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