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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 10:05 PM
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Any cool Firefox themes, add-ons, etc you'd recommend?
Edited on Thu Feb-05-09 10:05 PM by rucky
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 10:07 PM
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1. You MUST install STOP! Hammertime
It's the whole reason to run Firefox, IMHO.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 10:12 PM
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2. I have Red Cats (blue flavor) as my theme.
Down them All is a good download manager.

eQuake Alert - alerts me about all the earthquakes worldwide.

US Department of Homeland Insecurity Idiocy Level - displays what color we are on.
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libnnc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 10:32 PM
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3. I can't function without the spell check
works in any area you type (except the subject line in a DU post)

I like the earth quake thingy too
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 10:35 PM
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4. StumbleUpon! is great fun.
You check off your interests in a list, and it trolls for similar websites on those subjects.
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InternalDialogue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-09 12:02 AM
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5. If you follow anyone on Twitter (or Twitter yourself)
TwitterFox puts an icon on your browser that lets you know when friends post to Twitter, then logs the posts until you read them. (You can set it to pop up a bubble with the tweet when it arrives, if you want.) You can also post to Twitter or respond via that little add-on.

I love it because I have friends I follow, but I don't Twitter on a mobile device, and it's cumbersome to be checking twitter.com on the computer -- sort of defeats the whole purpose.
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-09 12:03 AM
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6. search for the earthquake notification
Your browser window will shake when there's a measurable quake. The last week, Alaska's really had a lot. I know there's talk about that volcano erupting up there.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-09 12:27 AM
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7. a couple
AdBlock & Filterset.G updater means I haven't seen an advertisement in years.

AddBookmarkHere adds bookmarks with a single click.

DownloadHelper to download videos from sites like YouTube.

DownThemAll allows you to download in just one click all the links or images contained in a web page.

FEBE backs up all my add-ons and settings on a regular schedule.

FlashBlock replaces all flash objects with a button so I can select what flash elements I want enabled.

GMail Notifier lets me know when I have new eamil.

ImageZoom lets me zoom/shrink images. I use it mostly for shrinking ginormous images that make threads impossible to read.

McAfeeSiteAdvisor flags dangerous sites.

NoScript controls which sites I allow scripting.

PearlCrescentPageSaver. Lets me capture an entire web page as an image file (not just the visible portion) with a single click.

QuickRestart adds a restart firefox to the File menu.

QuoteURLText allows me to copy selected text from a webpage along with the url. Saves a step when sharing a webpage with someone.

SnapLinksPlus lets to draw a box around links in a page and open them all in new tabs. Much quicker than opening them one by one. I've used it to open literally hundreds of links at a time.

StumbleUpon directs me to new sites that I might find interesting, based on my preferences.

TabCounter adds a counter so I can see at a glance how many tabs I have open. 347 is my current personal best.

UnitedStatesEnglishDirectory improves the built-in Firefox dictionary. Other languages are also available.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-09 02:36 AM
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8. I can't live without the Foxscape theme.
It made the transition late last year from Netscape to Firefox much easier. ( I was one of the last people to quit using Netscape. )

Also, Splash is good for those of us who miss having the Netscape Splash screen. With Foxscape, it makes you feel like Netscape never turned crappy or got bought by AOHell.

No Squint is good for people like me who can't see 2 feet in front of them without a super charged magnifying glass. You can magnify text just slightly too if you don't need a large magnification. So, it's all 'round good.

Download Helper helps you download videos on YouTube, Myspace, and other sites with videos up...to watch over and over again. An FLV player is required to watch them again later.

Answers is a good one to add when you want to search for answers to questions you may have. You can even find out why the sky is blue. Of course, you can find that here on DU from the Gay Oracle too. :P

The MOST NECESSARY Add-On of all, though, is:
AdBlock Plus.

The one I have enjoyed a lot most recently is:
Fast Dial

You can organize a group of bookmarks with picture icons that update as the sites update. I can look at an updates icon of DU before I even load DU.

I also have Grocery List Generator. It's kind of fun when you have ink in your printer, which I never seem to have 2 days after buying ink. I can't help there are so many pictures of Deborah Harry on the internet. I just memorize my grocery list now, but the program is still good for those not so gaga over Deborah Harry pictures.

Pong is good too, for obvious reasons.

Forecastfox is good for those of us addicted to or obsessed with weather reports.







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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-09 04:00 AM
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9. I like Morning Coffee
It allows you to put the addresses of sites you open everyday into the plugin and then after you open your browser, you just click the little coffee cup button and Firefox opens each page in a new tab.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-09 05:46 AM
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10. That sounds easier than what I did.
I bookmarked a set of tabs for the pages I want to start with, then I click Open All In Tabs.

There is also a way to put | between a bunch of URLs as your your "Home" page in Options. It'll also do that, but you still have to click Home to make it happen and it's a pain to add or remove something.

I may try Morning Coffee. It sounds easier than the other ways.
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