firefox extensions?

[Baldrick]

what extensions do you recommend? any must have extensions?

[IAIHMB]

Do you have anything special in mind for the browser, I only use the web developers extension.

[HRMaddie]

I use the ad block extension, but that is all, so far.

[Faustus]

Tabbed Browser EXtention is all I use.

Lets me add a close button to each tab.

[Dr. DOS]

Image Zoom is great.... (especially for OT)

Allows right mouse button and wheel to zoom in and out of selected image.
Works great

[Garibaldi]

Here's a couple extensions that I found really great to have:
1. Foxytunes, lets you control itunes, winamp, wm player, and many others from right in the browser
https://update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=219&vid=706
2. Another great one is Super DragnGo, which is great because all you have to do to open a link in a new tab is drag it anywhere on the screen and release.
https://update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=137&vid=266

What theme do you use? I use Noia Extreme because of the easy interface and it kinda looks like a mac.

[sterno]

AdBlock is great. There's one that called "Nuke Anything" that lets you arbitrarily (and non-permanently) remove things from the currently displayed page.

I can't remember the name of one other, but it lets you select a plain-text URL and right-click to open it. That's handy for reading mailing list archives on the web.

[IAIHMB]

Tabbed Browser EXtention is all I use.

Lets me add a close button to each tab.

I use to use that extension alot, but middle clicking does everything I need. Did you know:
-Middle clicking a link opens the link in a new tab.
-Middle clicking a tab closes the tab.
-Double clicking the tab bar opens a new tab.
If you guys check out CNet's Tech News you will notice they are ragging on Internet Explorer with like 4 articles. :P

[Baldrick]

thanks for all tips.

I'm using tabs to open all external links now....but if I click on a link that opens in a new tab and then closes it, it returns to the left tab in the tablist. I want it to return to the tab where I clicked on the link. do you understand?? is it possible to change that?

[Baldrick]

found the setting in tabbrowser extension, general->close tab->the tab previously selected.

[Faustus]

found the setting in tabbrowser extension, general->close tab->the tab previously selected.

Yeah tabbed extention has a TON of option, kinda hard sometimes to find exactly what your looking for, but its usually in there somewhere.

[Baldrick]

i had to uninstall tabbrowser. it wont work that good with latest firefox for me, some links wont open. i tried all settttttings with no luck.

http://buzz.bazooka.se/
and try click on the word "inlägg" for example. does it work for you?

[Baldrick]

and I have huge problems with cookies...they wont expire....i'm thinking of going back to the old GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD explorer.

[Faustus]

Cookies NOT expiring? Thats kinda strange, if anything sometimes you get to many cookies and it drops a few. Very odd.

Say for example, you click logout on this page and it doesn't expire the cookie? If so I'd goto the firefox forum and see what they have to say about it.

As far as the tabbed browsing extention sadly I upgraded to 1.0PR and the extention isn't listed as compatible yet. Hopefully someone will fix that soon.

Extentions and skins is why I dont update just to update, only when a specific bug has been fixed or feature I want added.

[Baldrick]

Found some double cookies for some sites, deleted them and it seems to work fine now.

Have you tried any other tab extension? I tried some but they have too few options...like i really want a "close tab->the tab previously selected"-option.

[Faustus]

yeah, the only other one I tried didn't even freaking seem to work. Trust me, the second its replaced I'll let ya know.

[Conquest10]

Damn, I updated and now my theme don't work. I know its not a big deal but I really like the one I was using. Its called Breeze. You know when they'll update it?

[Faustus]

Nope, I'm waiting on my theme also. Can't remember the name but it one of the cartoony ones. lol

Like I said theme and plugins are the reason I usually wait to update.

[Faustus]

Hey the tabbed browswer exention DOES work. Its just not listed on the big list firefox takes you to.

http://white.sakura.ne.jp/~piro/xul/_tabextensions.html.en

But for the life of me I can't find the option to put the close tab button inside the tab again, thats the problem with so many freaking options.

[burnman99]

I'm running 20 extensions the best being TBE, All in One Gestures, Weatherfox, Prefbar, Pref Buttons, External Application Buttons Image Zoomer, Adblock, Foxytunes & Translate. Also have many mycroft extension for the search bar. If they ever redevelop Advance Search Sidebar, i'd certainly grab it too because it's a must have.

Hope this helps

Rog

[Baldrick]

tbe works...but you can't open javascript "popup" links. http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/tbe . I don't want to open explorer every time...

[IAIHMB]

No worries, Firefox 1.0PR is a buggy release, the final version is expected to be released within the next couple of days.

[Tool Man]

Thinking of trying Firefox myself. Do I need to remove IE or will they happily co-exist?


PS, Baldrick, cool avatar , I used to watch that all the time when I worked nights
I even meet her once when I worked in the hotel. ( she was on a local chat show, and stayed in the hotel I worked in ).

[vitualis]

It will happily co-exist.

Regards.

[burnman99]

Hey the tabbed browswer exention DOES work. Its just not listed on the big list firefox takes you to.

http://white.sakura.ne.jp/~piro/xul/_tabextensions.html.en

But for the life of me I can't find the option to put the close tab button inside the tab again, thats the problem with so many freaking options.

Under the Tab menu it's in Preferences, then under Appearances/Tab at the top.
I have to have the close boxes in each tab myself.

Have fun stormin' the castle!

Rog

[Faustus]

duh ok i'm blind, thanks!

[Baldrick]

I changed to Tabbrowser Preferences and FLST(Focus Last Select Tab) instead of TBE and it works perfect....so far...