The Best of Firefox Extensions

Dan Sippy, Jan 07, 2007 1300 hrs IST

The major factor differentiating Mozilla from IE is that you can add extensions to Firefox. Let's list out some happening extensions for Firefox.

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FlashGot

Tired of "saving as..." one by one all those movies, music files, pictures, programs, and so on? Are you afraid of losing them in the middle of download if you get disconnected or close your browser, being forced to repeat all that tedious work? This latest version of FlashGot will make sure none of that happens. Easily one of the best download managers available today.

You can get more info on this extension from its homepage and you can download it from this link.

Picture This

A word is worth a thousand images as you will see when you highlight a word or words on a page. Use PictureThis to see what Google Images sees. It's a whole new way of adding instant context to the web.

The developer of this extension has also mentioned the extension's future features in the updates to come. They are:
Ability to match on large, medium, or small images
"Next" and "prev" buttons to quickly browse matches of a word or words
Multi-image grid (2x2, 3x3, etc)
Adjustable image source (e.g. Flickr, Yahoo, MSN)
Draggable image matches
Maintain highlight or show search keywords with image match

You can visit the homepage using the following link and download the extension from here.

USER COMMENTS

u forgot about Fasterfox - really makes it noticebly faster... FOxytunes - iTunes integration into the browser.. Gmail Space - u can use ur 2gb of gmail 2 upload files with this addon.. MegauploadSX3 - free download slots in megaupload My Wiki Toolbar - when u search in google it also looks for a relevant wikipedia article...very useful.. hideBad - do i need to explain?

by Aatif, Mumbai, on Jan 09, 2007 08:38 AM, Report abuse Reply

fasterfox is not does not work with Firefox 2

by unknown, unknown, on Jan 11, 2007 11:37 AM, Report abuse

not from the original website but u can download it from mozdev.org .....

by Kalec, Alagaesia, on Jan 11, 2007 02:10 PM, Report abuse

Good guide. But try Opera 9.10 many times faster than firefox.

by punjab234, Moga, on Jan 07, 2007 02:58 PM, Report abuse Reply

i agree with you. opera is much faster than firefox. it takes less time to start.

by sunny, delhi, on Jan 07, 2007 06:20 PM, Report abuse

Why is this suddenly a fight about the better browser?

by Mohit, Pune, on Jan 08, 2007 08:09 PM, Report abuse

I love opera best of all browsers

by Anonymous, Mumbai, on Jan 10, 2007 09:05 PM, Report abuse

HEy.... for all the orkut users.... Orkut Scrapper is a helluva add-on... makes life a lot easier.......!!!!! many more orkut add ons.... just look em up and see if u can publish it in ur next article...... i've tried a few meself..... orkut scrapper , i feel , is the handiest......

by sultanofswing, Pune, on Jan 08, 2007 08:35 PM, Report abuse Reply

I like to use PDFDownload extension, because it avoids FF to stall while it loads a PDF document

by IndianaJones, Porto, on Jan 08, 2007 08:30 PM, Report abuse Reply

download statusbar--- it help to see progress for download near status bar , indic input extension , indic IME - it support all indian lanuguage to write in e-mail forum hindi punjabi without need font for both side, mailMan-- it automatically check all e-mail hotmail yahoo gmail pop3 without login each time . so please add these great extension next time

by kalia, Nangal Dam, on Jan 08, 2007 07:16 PM, Report abuse Reply

i am shocked to see that mouse gestures has not been mentioned. heres the home page http://redirect.mousegestures.org/home?language=en-US

by Mayukh Bose, kolkata, on Jan 08, 2007 02:56 PM, Report abuse Reply

What about an extension that allows the user to DOWNLOAD VIDEOS FROM YOU TUBE OR GOOGLE? ANyone has any idea?

by Suman, Chennai, on Jan 08, 2007 11:00 AM, Report abuse Reply

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2254/ this is wot u asking

by Awaneesh, Chennai, on Jan 08, 2007 11:59 AM, Report abuse

try this - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2390/

by quadmaniac, motocity, on Jan 08, 2007 02:44 PM, Report abuse

this is not a good enough !

by Pradeep, Chennai, on Jan 08, 2007 11:20 AM, Report abuse Reply

Excellent!!!!!!!!

by feliciano Leiza, Mar del Plata (Argentina), on Jan 08, 2007 04:23 AM, Report abuse Reply

There are a hell lot of extensions available for Firefox. You guys have listed some good ones but some really good and important extensions are missing. Example: Adblock Plus, FireFTP, Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer, Foxytunes, IE Tab & Link Alert. I know all extensions can not be covered but these are really important ones.

by Raunak Mehta, Indore, on Jan 08, 2007 04:02 AM, Report abuse Reply

http://www.extensionhunter.com/index.php?category=all&sortBy=weekly_downloads&page=0

by henke54, h, on Jan 08, 2007 01:35 AM, Report abuse Reply

Another amazing extension is forecastfox...It displays the current weather and weather forecasts for any city you choose..Amazing stuff.

by Your mother, Mumbai, on Jan 08, 2007 01:18 AM, Report abuse Reply

Checkthis list of 13 best ones for Firefox : http://www.site-reference.com/articles/Website-Development/13-Great-Firefox-Extensions-for-Web-Professionals.html

by Intruder, Thrissur, on Jan 07, 2007 11:39 PM, Report abuse Reply

Firefox extensions I use and recommend : Googlebar Lite McAfee SiteAdvisor

by Rockman, Rockville, on Jan 07, 2007 10:09 PM, Report abuse Reply

Forgot "and" word in between. Please read above post as Googlebar Lite and McAfee SiteAdvisor

by Rockman, Rockville, on Jan 07, 2007 10:12 PM, Report abuse

Request Techtree to please do a writeup on Mozilla Thunderbird best extensions also.

by Rockman, Rockville, on Jan 07, 2007 10:11 PM, Report abuse Reply

Hello techtree staff. I am a regular visitor of your site. I have noticed that recently all of your desktop screenshots have a nice cool black theme. Would you please tell me the name of this theme and from where to get it? ThankYou. I would also be grateful to any other reader if he/she could provide me with the name of a nice black color theme for Win XP.

by abhi, mumbai, on Jan 07, 2007 07:16 PM, Report abuse Reply

Man thats Zune theme for Xp. Download by searching on google or mail me.

by punjab234, Moga, on Jan 07, 2007 08:54 PM, Report abuse

download theme from :- http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=75078

by punjab234, Moga, on Jan 07, 2007 09:00 PM, Report abuse

i wud suggest the Reveal extension too. An amazing addon!

by quadmaniac, motocity, on Jan 07, 2007 02:56 PM, Report abuse Reply