Posted by Colin Wilson on 04/25/07 22:50

> Just changed to Firefox after hearing so many good things about it. I was
> wondering what add ons people reccomend for it as there seem to be so many,
> what are the best and most useful ?

My current list includes:

Mouse Gestures (this is the first one I install on any system)
Flashblock
CustomizeGoogle
Add Bookmark Here 2
StumbleUpon (this rocks !)
Linkification
VideoDownloader (http://videodownloader.net)
Aardvark (http://www.karmatics.com/aardvark)

....as well as the british english dictionary...

Mouse Gestures lets you navigate forwards and backwards between pages
by right clicking the mouse and "nudging" left and right - you'll
REALLY despite IE after getting used to this !

Flashblock will stop Flash adverts etc. loading until you click on
them. You might find this tedious if you use YouTube (or similar) a
lot, but I don't find it a problem at all (and I do)

CustomizeGoogle adds additional search facilities into a Google search
result, so you can cross reference via other search engines

Add Bookmark Here 2 lets you add a bookmark to a subdirectory easily,
without having to piddle about choosing where you want to bung it via
a drop-down directory list - well worth installing as it makes life a
lot easier (and I have ~1500 bookmarks, so you can imagine how much
fun I used to have without this installed)

StumbleUpon lets you pick subjects you're interested in, and by
hitting a "Stumble" button in the toolbar it'll take you to a random
site of those types that someone else recommended. You'll find some
marvellous stuff this way !

Linkification (a new one for me) - this will turn an "unlinked"
website address in a webpage into one you can click on (saves you
having to copy and paste)

VideoDownloader lets you download flash movies from several sites,
such as Google Video and YouTube

Aardvark is a strange but useful one that will let you isolate and
remove clutter from a webpage - give the demo a try at their site and
you'll see what I mean (like removing adverts, sidebars etc)

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