11.15.07 50 things that Firefox can do for you Posted in Firefox info, Firefox Add-ons at 6:06 am by tojan3

There are hundreds of things that Firefox can do. Extensions can enhance your Firefox, but browsing through hundreds of extensions can be time consuming and let’s be honest: some of them are useless. We’ve made it easy for you. We chose the most popular and most functional extenstions. We also wrote very brief information what each extension can do.

I want Firefox to:

1. Block ads on webpages : Adblock Plus
2. Use mouse gestures (powersurfing) : All-in-One Gestures
3. Download manager in a statusbar : Download Statusbar
4. Customize Google pages; remove ads : CustomizeGoogle
5. Discover interesting sites being recommended by others : StumbleUpon
6. Manage tabs (multiple links/duplicate/close etc ) : Tab Mix Plus
7. Look up any word in dictionary : Answers
8. Translate pages : Translator
9. Download videos : Video DownloadHelper
10. Block Flash ads or content : Flashblock
11. Blog about the current page : Performancing for Firefox
12. Clear the cache with one click on the toolbar : Clear Cache Button
13. Surf the web without leaving a trace in my computer : Stealther
14. View an Internet-Explorer-only webpage in Firefox : IE Tab
15. See weather information : ForecastFox
16. Download/upload files using ftp : FireFTP
17. Speed up Firefox : Fasterfox
18. Blog to Blogger service : BlogThis
19. Synchronize Firefox bookmarks on different computers : Bookmarks Synchronizer
20. Bypass mandatory registration of username and password for sites : BugMeNot
21. Be notified when new mail arrives at Gmail account : Gmail Notifier
22. See thumbnails of pages in session history : Reveal
23. Store and sync bookmarks online : Chipmark
24. Chat on the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) : ChatZilla
25. Minimize Firefox to system tray : MinimizeToTray
26. Use Gmail for space : Gmail Space
27. Add/remove/change some features for sites : GreaseMonkey
28. Block phishing sites : NetcraftToolbar
29. Control iTunes using Firefox : FoxyTunes
30. Use a sidebar to control multiple functions : All-in-One Sidebar
31. Open PDF files in a new tab : PDF Download
32. Save all the images/media on a page : Magpie
33. Zoom in/out on an image : Image Zoom
34. Search the bookmarks : Locate in Bookmark Folders
35. Manage user styles for sites : Stylish
36. Edit bookmarks easily : Flat Bookmark Editing
37. Download/open all/selected links on a page : Linky
38. Add a powerful multi-functional preference bar : PrefBar
39. Add more search engines to Firefox search box : Mycroft
40. Create a tiny url : TinyUrl Creator
41. Track time spent browsing / on a project : TimeTracker
42. Add RSS feeds to web-based/desktop readers or reader extensions : LiveLines
43. Search up to 25 custom chosen sites : Roll your Own Search for Firefox
44. See Alexa information, search engine backlinks for a page : SearchStatus
45. Fill web forms with name/address/email etc : Autofill
46. See all tabs in one window : Viamatic foXpose
47. Automatically copy the selected text to clipboard : AutoCopy
48. Change user agent for certain sites : User Agent Switcher
49. Find the meaning of selected word in a dictionary : DictionarySearch
50. Create new different passwords for different sites : PasswordMaker

See also:

- Top 6 SEO extensions
- Make your download folder stick out
- Sexy Firefox Wallpapers

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