Must-have Extensions for Firefox

Firefox is one my favorite browsers after Opera. One of the things it is well known for is the support for extensions. Here I have listed out a few extensions for Firefox that will make you really say “Firefox rocks!”.

First of all…What are Extensions? Extensions are browser addons that can greatly enhance your browsing experience. Installing them is simple as Firefox has an inbuilt installer for extensions. All you have to do is click on the download link and the extension organiser does the rest.

Must-have Extensions for Firefox

• Session Saver: As you might already know, closing the Firefox window closes all the tabs. They do not re-open the next time you start Firefox (reminds you of Opera?).Session Saver restores the browser to exactly where you last left it.The settings can be altered from Tools>SessionSaver>Settings. Chose Expert mode for better details, and put a checkmark next to ‘Every startup from’,'Existing windows’,'And tabs’,'When restoring,join multiple windows into one’,'Save a session-backup on shutdown’, and ‘Allow me to “re-open” closed tabs’.

  Download Session Saver

• PDF download: Firefox takes time to respond, and sometimes even hangs, and when you click on a link that opens a PDF document, especially if it’s a large PDF. PDF download opens a dialog box that asks you if you want the link to open in the default PDF viewer, or download it to your hard disk, or view it as HTML. This is a great extension, especially if such options are not available on the Web Page itself.

  Download PDF download

• DownThemAll: Firefox has an inbuilt download manager, but you have probably noticed that it sometimes hangs when you try to resume a download. DownThemAll is the solution- it can even resume downloads from previous Firefox Sessions.

  Download DownThemAll

• FoxClocks: FoxClocks shows the time in cities around the world by synchronizing with a database of time zones and daylight saving. It displays a message asking you to choose from 100-odd cities. It then displays the current time at the chosen cities in the status bar. You can even use FoxClock as a toolbar in your browser instead of displaying the times in the status bar.

  Download FoxClocks

• FireFTP: If you regularly browse FTP sites, then you definitely need FireFTP, an FTP client that greately eases file browsing and copying.You can right-click on an FTP link and then choose to open it with FireFTP. FireFTP opens your machine’s file browser on the left pane and the FTP site on the right pane of the browser. You can even drag and drop files between the two.

  Download FireFTP

• ReminderFox: Using ReminderFox you can set To-Dos and reminders within the browser. After installation, a ribbon-like icon will be displayed in the lower-right corner of the browser.Right-click on this icon to access your To-Dos and reminders. Right-clicking the icon also gives you all the options you will need to add items, change settings and so on.

  Download ReminderFox

• Flashblock: Flash-based ads can be very irritating, and also takes up your bandwidth. The extension will appear whenever it detects and blocks Flash content. The blocked content is replaced with a play button, so you can choose to play the blocked Flash-based content.

  Download Flashblock

• IE Tab: This extension is for IE lovers and for those IE-only Web sites. It loads Internet Explorer into Firefox tabs.To use IE Tab go to View>Toolbars>Customize, a dialog box with a few buttons appears. Drag the button that looks similar to IE’s “e” symbol and place it on the Toolbar.Open a tab and click on this button to change the browser’s engine to IE. If you want a few selected pages to open in IE automatically, go to Tools>IE Tab Options . In the dialog box that opens, enter the site name and click Add. Now everytime you enter this web site in the address bar, Firefox will automatically open it in IE Tab.

  Download IE Tab

Know any other good extensions for Firefox? Feel free to share them here via comments.