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Ok, well, you may have heard that Mozilla recently introduced a new feature for Firefox add-ons, Collections. This allows you to organize your add-ons, and show the world what you use. Now, to mix it up a bit, this is not a tutorial on how to use it, but showing you my add-ons.
Oh, my Collection page is: http://ping.fm/Y0kJb
Ok, let's get started.
Fission: This creates an OS X-esque feel to the address bar, showing the progress bar in it.
DownThemAll!: My favorite download manager and accelerator. I always DTA! OneClick right to my desktop for ease of use.
Better Gmail 2: I usually only use this when I don't have Gmail Redesigned, a few features that are handy, like message highlighting.
Personas for Firefox: Nice skinning, you might have seen it on Firefox's default Google home page.
Adblock Plus: Ads are evil. I don't see them now =)
YouTube Comment Snob: Eliminates stupid YouTube comments based on several factors, like spelling errors and/or excessive capitalization, among other factors.
NetVideoHunter: Supposed to download Flash videos, YouTube and the like, but I can't seem to get that to work well, so I just use it to browse the videos I have watched that browsing session.
tr.im: Excellent URL-shortening site, use it for Twitter links.
Deutsches Wörterbuch: "German dictionary", I use it for my German learning on occasion.
GoogleEnhancher: Integrates nice boolean options to Google searches.
Greasefire: Automatically finds Greasemonkey scripts for a given webpage.
BugMeNot: For auto-logging in to the NY Times and other "compulsory" logins.
Flashblock: Stops YouTube videos from automatically playing, as with other flash media. Stops Flash ads, which Adblock Plus doesn't stop.
Tiny Menu: Frees up AwesomeBar space, replacing the menu options to one, ironically called "Menu".
Better GReader: For when I use GReader, has some nice options, but I don't use it enough, but it's there when I do.
Download Statusbar: I hate the default download window, so I use this to keep download notifications on the bottom bar.
Greasemonkey: Perhaps one of the greatest add-ons EVER, this allows snippets of Javascript to alter the webpage(s) your on, hopefully for the better.
FireFTP: Nice, easy FTP client, when I don't want to fire up Filezilla.
gTranslate: Translates foreign text using Google translation.
Xmarks: Keeps all my Firefoxs' (desktop, laptop, flash drives) bookmarks in sync.
Del.icio.us Bookmarks: Automatically saves bookmarks to my Del.icio.us account. (http://ping.fm/sVQMl)
TwitterFox: Notifies me of Twitter statuses.
and Cooliris: You know, I used this once when I saw it, and it was very confusing. Must try it out again sometime.
Well, that's all of them. Please, check out my collection, subscribe to it, and if you like, add some add-ons!
Until next time,
The Geek Next Door.
Ok, well, you may have heard that Mozilla recently introduced a new feature for Firefox add-ons, Collections. This allows you to organize your add-ons, and show the world what you use. Now, to mix it up a bit, this is not a tutorial on how to use it, but showing you my add-ons.
Oh, my Collection page is: http://ping.fm/Y0kJb
Ok, let's get started.
Fission: This creates an OS X-esque feel to the address bar, showing the progress bar in it.
DownThemAll!: My favorite download manager and accelerator. I always DTA! OneClick right to my desktop for ease of use.
Better Gmail 2: I usually only use this when I don't have Gmail Redesigned, a few features that are handy, like message highlighting.
Personas for Firefox: Nice skinning, you might have seen it on Firefox's default Google home page.
Adblock Plus: Ads are evil. I don't see them now =)
YouTube Comment Snob: Eliminates stupid YouTube comments based on several factors, like spelling errors and/or excessive capitalization, among other factors.
NetVideoHunter: Supposed to download Flash videos, YouTube and the like, but I can't seem to get that to work well, so I just use it to browse the videos I have watched that browsing session.
tr.im: Excellent URL-shortening site, use it for Twitter links.
Deutsches Wörterbuch: "German dictionary", I use it for my German learning on occasion.
GoogleEnhancher: Integrates nice boolean options to Google searches.
Greasefire: Automatically finds Greasemonkey scripts for a given webpage.
BugMeNot: For auto-logging in to the NY Times and other "compulsory" logins.
Flashblock: Stops YouTube videos from automatically playing, as with other flash media. Stops Flash ads, which Adblock Plus doesn't stop.
Tiny Menu: Frees up AwesomeBar space, replacing the menu options to one, ironically called "Menu".
Better GReader: For when I use GReader, has some nice options, but I don't use it enough, but it's there when I do.
Download Statusbar: I hate the default download window, so I use this to keep download notifications on the bottom bar.
Greasemonkey: Perhaps one of the greatest add-ons EVER, this allows snippets of Javascript to alter the webpage(s) your on, hopefully for the better.
FireFTP: Nice, easy FTP client, when I don't want to fire up Filezilla.
gTranslate: Translates foreign text using Google translation.
Xmarks: Keeps all my Firefoxs' (desktop, laptop, flash drives) bookmarks in sync.
Del.icio.us Bookmarks: Automatically saves bookmarks to my Del.icio.us account. (http://ping.fm/sVQMl)
TwitterFox: Notifies me of Twitter statuses.
and Cooliris: You know, I used this once when I saw it, and it was very confusing. Must try it out again sometime.
Well, that's all of them. Please, check out my collection, subscribe to it, and if you like, add some add-ons!
Until next time,
The Geek Next Door.
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