What are some of the extensions / add-ons you use for your web browser?

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by vrobancho • 17 years ago

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What are some of the extensions / add-ons you use for your web browser?

sorbus• 17 years ago

Under Firefox, I consider Adblock and Noscript to be essential. I also use Tab Mix Plus (so that I can change tabs by hovering the mouse over them, without needing to click, and also for the changing of tab color when I haven't look at one), Tab History (useful from a usability standpoint, and because I often forget which tab I was originally in), and Autopager (so that I don't have to load pages as often/wait for them to load, if it's linear stuff - like articles).

Under Chrome, I'm only using one, Adsweep, which doesn't work nearly as well as Adblock, but is better than nothing.

russell• 17 years ago

Firebug. Without it, I would be working blind. Developer tools when I have to got to IE.

jsz0• 17 years ago

ClickToFlash & AdBlock Plus for Safari. I find the web almost unusable without these tools. I block ads with no remorse. You can only push people so far before they decide to fight back.

thristian• 17 years ago

In Firefox:

— Adblock Plus: makes the Web so much less claustrophobic.

— Firebug: Although I don't do much actual web development, I'll often use it to grab the URL of some Flash video so I can watch it in a real media player, or disable some CSS mistake to make reading more comfortable (letter-spacing, I'm looking at you).

— Firegestures: I miss the old RadialContext extension, but mouse-gestures are an acceptable replacement.

— It's All Text: Configured to open files in a tab in the currently-open gvim instance, it's vastly more comfortable to edit lengthy wiki-pages or file detailed bug-reports than using the dinky little textarea control.

Honourable mention:

— Tree Style Tab: The best thing about this extension is having a huge expanse at the left-hand-side of the browser upon which I can double-click to get a new tab, but making it easier to work with massive numbers of open tabs (say, API references for various classes I'm working with + various google searches for error messages + the bugs I'm working on fixing) is much appreciated too.

jamesbritt• 17 years ago

For firefox, fisheye tabs, ad block, no-script, firebug. Plus some bookmarklets to make pages easier to manage: zap colors, linearize, remove redirects.

And greasemonkey, with about a dozen scripts for various sites.

nshah• 17 years ago

Firebug, Web Developer Toolbar, Eventbug, MeasureIt and ColorZilla...