I´ve been using firefox for a long time and can recommend it to anyone who is still using Microsoft Internet Explorer. Besides being more secure firefox users have the ability to install extensions, little addons that add to the functionality of the browser. I collected ten nice extensions that are worth a try if you are using firefox. All work with the latest build 1.5 and versions before, of course.
Lets start with the extensions:
1. Disable Targets for Downloads
Prevents the spawning of blank windows when you click on a download link.
Notifies you when you have new mail in your gmail account
3. Footiefox
You like football ? Football news straight from this extension, covers the most important international leagues.
4. Linkchecker
Checks the links of a website and shows working /non working ones.
Allows you to quickly change and apply a different general.useragent.locale preference from the tools menu.
6. Fasterfox
Fasterfox allows you to tweak many network and rendering settings such as simultaneous connections, pipelining, cache, DNS cache, and initial paint delay.
7. Image Zoom
I dislike websites that display small screenshots with no option to view the image in a increased size. Image Zoom allows you to zoom images.
SessionSaver restores your browser -exactly- as you left it, every startup, every time.
9. gTranslate
Mark a text in a website and let the extension translate if for you.
10. Google preview
Displays little thumbnails of the websites when you perform google searches.
[tags]firefox, extension, addon, mozilla, tips[/tags]
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[...] 10 extensiones básicas para Firefox 1.5 January 10, 2006 ghacks.net ha publicado un interesante artículo, eligiendo las mejores extensiones, en su opinión, para Firefox 1.5. Entre ellas, se encuentran: Disable Targets for Downloads evita la aparición de ventanas en blanco cuando haces click en un download link Gmail Notifier Notificación de nuevos mails en Gmail Image Zoom Te permite hacer zoom a cualquier imagen Session Saver Regresa al browser tal como lo dejaste, cada vez que lo inicias Google preview Muestra pequeñas imágenes de los websites cuando se hacen búsquedas en google. Para ver más, dirigirse a ghacks [...]
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[...] Blog Name: Google Hacks Article Title: Ten great firefox extensions for 1.5 I´ve been using firefox for a long time and can recommend it to anyone who is still using Microsoft Internet Explorer. Besides being more secure firefox users have the ability to install extensions, little addons that add to the functionality of the … [...]
You need to try out foXpose. It is a FF 1.5 only extension and has matured from being a “cool” extension to a “usable” extension.
http://viamatic.com/index.php/2006/01/03/viamatic-foxpose-03-released/
All I care about is adblock, flashblock, and bugmenot.
Smart Middle Click (http://dmextension.mozdev.org/misc.html)
By default, middle clicking on javascript links in Firefox opens a blank tab instead of following the link. This extension fixes that problem and lets middle clicks open simple javascript links in new tabs. It is not very sophisticated, so some javascript links may not work, but most will. Why this simple functionality is not built into Firefox by default, I don’t know.