Discover Useful & Nifty Firefox Add-Ons

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The discussion focuses on various useful Firefox add-ons that enhance user experience and functionality. Key add-ons mentioned include Adblock Plus for ad blocking, Greasemonkey and Greasefire for custom scripts, and DownloadHelper for managing downloads. Other notable mentions are Fasterfox Lite for speed optimization, NoScript for enhanced security, and MouseGestures for improved navigation. Users appreciate the simplicity and efficiency these add-ons bring, with some highlighting tools like Firebug for debugging complex JavaScript. Overall, the thread serves as a resource for discovering effective Firefox extensions to streamline browsing and improve productivity.
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Anyone have some useful or nifty Firefox addons?

I'll add mine here: (made using the infolister Firefox addon)

* Adblock Plus 1.1.3
* ChatZilla 0.9.86
* Delicious Bookmarks 2.1.072
* DownloadHelper 4.6.5
* Fasterfox Lite 3.8.2Lite
* Fission 1.0.9 - loading bar now in the address bar
* Flagfox 3.3.20 - shows country of website
* Foxdie for Firefox 3.1.9.4 - nice configurable theme
* Greasefire 1.0.4
* Greasemonkey 0.8.20091209.4
* IdentFavIcon 0.3 - generates favicons for websites without one
* IDM CC 6.7
* IE Tab 1.5.20090525
* InfoLister 0.10.1
* Java Console 6.0.17
* Java Quick Starter 1.0
* Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant 1.1
* Multiple Tab Handler 0.5.2009110501 - mostly for closing multipe tabs at once
* NoScript 1.9.9.35
* Open In RegEdit 0.1.2.4
* Smart Bookmarks Bar 1.4.3 - hides the bookmarks bar names and to show only icons
* Sothink SWF Catcher 1.3.2
* Wolfram Alpha Google 1.0 - search WA and Google at the same time

Greasemonkey is especially useful when combined with Greasefire as the scripts that can be found via Greasefire which lists all userscripts for the website you are on.
 
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I don't use too many myself but the ones I use are

Google Preview
IE Tab
InFormEnter
Tab Sidebar
 
Stumble Upon
Ad Blocker Plus
Speed Dial
Brociety Product Watcher


I keep it simple and flowing!
 
I LOVE MouseGestures. Why should I have to go ALL the way up the toolbar to go back when I can just flick the mouse left?
 
I find http://getfirebug.com/" helpful when I need to examine complex Javascript issues.
 
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