This is a list of the FireFox addons that I currently have installed.
Tell me what add-ons you use and why.
Does anyone use IE addons?
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- This is a great tool that works like PhotoShop’s eye-dropper tool. It lets you click an icon and then grab the color code information from anywhere on the page. It will give you the color code 6 different ways including Hex and RGB. Also, double-click and get a PhotoShop-like color picker. The only thing it hasn’t been able to grab the color from is a flash file, not a big deal.
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- This add on lets you choose what files from a website you want to download. If you come to a site that has a bunch of files (pdf, jpg, etc) you will be able to right click, see all the files and choose which ones to download. If it is not a default filetype you can just put in your own filter (*.pdf) and it will get what you want. It is great for getting all the image files for your most recent quick JS script download.
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- Amazing. I don’t even know about all the features yet, and I have been using it for over a year. This toolbar lets you monitor your DOM and JS interactions. You can inspect the DOM, watch asynchronous http calls (AJAX), and you can use it to “echo out” information to the logger instead of using those annoying alert() statements. Console.log is my favorite JavaScript function besides using $() for document.getElementById().
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- This is a cool little tool that will let you copy things from websites to your google notepad so that you can come back to it later, or view the info later. This is great for research under a time crunch, because you don’t have to leave the browser window.
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- I have this toolbar installed, and enable but it is not actually visible when my browser is loaded. I love Google and I used to use the toolbar a lot. Also, I get a dollar whenever someone installs FireFox with the toolbar from one of my sites, so I figured if I’m getting paid for it I should probably have it too.
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- This add on emulates the adobe click and drag functionality. You get the same little hand icon and you can use it to grab onto a part of your page. While you are holding the button down, scroll your mouse around, and the page moves. I disabled it, because i wasn’t used to having it there. It is nice to enable when you have pages that are huge horizontally and vertically.
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- This is a great tool for validating your page source. When you right click, and choose view page source, this tool attaches itself to the bottom of the source window. It will show you all the errors and problems that are on the page. It has two different validation engines built in, and you can use either one or both. I like the challenge so I use both.
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- This is a nice add on that lets you run IE in a FireFox tab. What most people think is that it is emulating IE, when in fact it is running an actual instance of IE in FireFox. So, the rendering of the page and how IE handles the page are exactly the same as if you had the blue e (mark of the beast) at the top of your window.
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- This is a great web developer add on. It lets you see all the files, and information that is in between the <head> tags that are in a web page. Works great for making sure that css file is actually showing up.
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- This add on will stop media players from automatically playing when you get to a site. This is great for social networking sites where people have posted their favorite music. Honestly, just because you like crappy music doesn’t mean I do.
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- This add on lets you click a button to view random websites. Whats really cool is that you define what it is that you like, and it will find you similar sites. Also, it will allow you to put sites you like into the mix as well.
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- This add on allows you to move a tab into a new window. It is great when I am looking at a tab and want to compare it to another tab. I just pop it out, and put them side by side.
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- This is installed with Firefox, but it allows the guys to know whats going on if you manage to crash your browser. Its nice to give feedback to people who are giving you free software.
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- “Adds a menu and toolbar with various web developer tools”. This is my most used addon. It has almost everything and I use it everyday.
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- Developed by Yahoo as an extension to FireBug, this plugin will help you find out why your page is loading so slow. It is a great tool to help you speed up load time, and lower bandwidth usage.
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