Best Firefox Plugins

March 9, 2010 By Nick Mokey

Improve your everyday browsing experience with these essential add-ons for the popular browser.

Firefox has gained a cult-like following for its speed, stability, and interface, but to diehard fans, third-party plug-ins remain by far its biggest selling point. Like adjusting the mirrors in a car and fixing the seat height before you leave the driveway, customizing your browser can make you feel a lot more comfortable on the Web. And like setting cruise control, a lot of them can make certain tasks a lot easier, too. Unfortunately, the endless pool of add-ons out there can also be quite daunting for first-time users who aren’t sure what they’re looking for. We’ve cut through the clutter to round up 10 of the most useful add-ons out there.

Forecastbar Enhanced

Yes, you can grind your work-day to a halt by opening up any number of weather sites in a new browser tab, but if you’re a chronic weather checker as some of us are, nothing beats the at-a-glance convenience of this plug-in. It occupies the otherwise unused space at the bottom of a browser window and displays current weather and forecast information. The enhanced version adds a radar image that pops up on hover – a must-have for amateur (and wannabe) meteorologists.

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I Tech at 6:14pm 15th December 2010 WOW! The format of this article sucks. I am sick of having to select the next page to read the list so I am stopping here and NEVER coming back to DIGITALTRENDS.COM Too Tedious. I don't want all your ads and the same SH^& on every page except the rest of the article I am trying to access. REAL LAME. my prediction,. your trend will be failure. Bye.
1. btt at 4:16pm 21st December 2010 Understandable. Install Adblock plus and you won't see any ads. And it's so unamerican, a world without advertising!
DailyTechPost at 3:12am 13th September 2010 Nice list, I was searching for firefox addons then I found your site…extremely useful..thanks for sharing it :)
vince at 7:20pm 6th June 2010 it's my first time using firefox and i want to know how to install plugins and then i can see the google PR and so on. Thanks
1. Deekshith at 9:47am 27th December 2010 Visit Firefox's addons website. You will come to know how to install and use addons. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/extensio...
Payday Loans at 3:55pm 27th April 2010 Annoying ads are meant to attract your attention. That said, get rid of them. Though I don't have problems tuning out unwanted ads when I surf online, using an adblocker may actually take a load off of your connection speed, especially if you have dial-up.
Firefox-lover at 6:38pm 5th April 2010 There are only two that matter: Ad Block Plus and Flashblock.

I don't see many ads, and those annoying moving adverts and other rubbish just disappears.

I control the web. Brilliant!
1. tbb at 4:14pm 21st December 2010 Yes, yes, yes. Adblock Plus is the most important browser plugin to date!
dang at 2:59pm 9th March 2010 My favorites are:

Development:
WebDeveloper
MeasureIt
ColorZilla
FireBug
Page Speed
Live HTTP Headers
YSlow

General:
Firefox ShowCase (view all your tabs in a visual way)
lesjohns at 1:30am 11th December 2009 Was only because of regulations that I got Firefox on I.E. Google and thugs have finally won and am denied access to my system. Have been blocked from accessing vir. all files as Firefox is exclusive with me. Every circuitous method has been blocked and disabled some way. I am new to the net and not a geek. I need assistance getting my files back. Can you help me please?
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jm at 6:18am 27th October 2009 Another recent and nice add-on is the contextual browser from red Panda (www.rdpnda.com). Displays news related to the current page you're browsing ...