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Firefox Addon Extension)

This document summarizes several Firefox extensions, including their main features and suggested settings. Extensions like DownThemAll!, FireGestures, and LastPass are described as helping increase download speeds, execute commands with mouse gestures, and securely store passwords. The document also provides alternative extensions to consider and tips for customizing the browser experience.

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Firefox Addon Extension)

This document summarizes several Firefox extensions, including their main features and suggested settings. Extensions like DownThemAll!, FireGestures, and LastPass are described as helping increase download speeds, execute commands with mouse gestures, and securely store passwords. The document also provides alternative extensions to consider and tips for customizing the browser experience.

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AdblockPlus{1.1.3} -- Ads were yesterday!

A picture worths a thousand words, how many words a video worths?

QuickDrag 2.0.2.1 (12 KB) by Kai Liu Extends the function of the drag-and-drop mouse gesture so
that it can be used to load URLs, do a web search of selected text on a page, or save an image on
a page. The successor to Super DragAndGo.

DownThemAll! The mass downloader and the best download manager for Firefox.

Increase your download speed up to 400%.

+ dTaOneClick downloads using the last filters and the last renaming mask you set.
It also saves to frequent used folder without wasting time to navigate, useful to catergorise
downloads, such as: movie, music, document, software...
+ Pause and resume your downloads: works seamlessly with my rapidshare account.

More screenshots...

suggest setting:
+ Put downlthemall manager button on sidebar for quickly access the manager

FireGestures{1.5.5.1} -- Executes various commands with mouse gestures.

+ Extensible with external scripts

+ simple interface

+ more built-in functions


Suggest setting:

scroll to top: U

Hyper ...(link,image) save as: D

History back: L

Increase number in URL: R (instead of history forward, less used, work great with many popular
site)

Parent: URU (like go upward of stair)

inrease text size: LU

inrease text size: LD

Alternative

All-in-One Gestures 0.20.0 allows you to execute common commands using mouse gestures,
rocker navigation, scroll wheel navigation and page...

FlashGot{1.2.1.09} -- handle single and massive ("all" and "selection") downloads


using the most popular external download managers.

+ Build Gallery functionality which helps to synthetize full media galleries in one page

+ Download streamed videos

more screenshots ...

How to save video from websites?

Greasemonkey by Anthony Lieuallen, Aaron Boodman


Allows you to customize the way a webpage displays using small bits of JavaScript.

check out my favorite script collections

LastPass{1.64.4} -- Last Password you will ever need, view more

Indispensable for password job

+ seamlessly integrate with secure notes, form filling, auto login,

+ Share logins with friends and let others share logins with you

+ One Time Passwords, and a Screen Keyboard to help keep you safe while on the road.

+ mobile access

for sensitive information such as credit card, fill only part (which is easy to guess)

MR Tech Toolkit by mrtech.Homepage -- (Formerly Local Install) Extension, theme and


other power tools for all users.

+ Multi-extension installation

+ Manage extensions and themes locally.

+ More Extensions/Themes Build, GUID and Profile information and HTLM report

+ Directly edite userChrome.js, userContect.css, user.js, prefs.js

+ Add more buttons: quickRestart, Clear memory & disk cache, clear private history...
NoScript byGiorgio Maone Homepage -- Extra protection for your Firefox: NoScript allows
JavaScript, Java (and other plugins) only for trusted domains of your choice

+ sync whitelist in bookmarks

FAQ

Suggest setting:

Auto reload will reload all related opened tabs. So I put refresh button next to NoSript button
when I allows/disallow site permission

Xmarks Bookmark and Password Sync created by Xmarks Inc. Xmarks is the #1 bookmarking
add-on. Install it on all your computers to keep your bookmarks and (optionally) passwords
backed up and synchronized.

Since using this great add-on, I feel relax knowing that my browsing style is sync.ed to every
computer.

Check out How I use sync-ed bookmarks and bookmarklets to simplify my work and eliminate the
need of other addon (Gmark, Read Later, ...)
Howevery, I find tag suggestion and similar site suggestion is not very useful

All-in-OneSidebar{0.7.10} -- Sidebar control with award-winning user experience!

Nowaday, computer monitors are available in wide screen, we still have a lot of space on the side,
working on sidebar help improve productivity.

more screenshots

- Edit everything in sidebar with google docs


http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/20-useful-web-applications-for-firefox-sidebar/

AutoPager Lite automatically loads next pages when you reach the end of a page. It works on a
ton of sites,Google,Yahoo...
It works well with most other add-ons adblock plus, WOT and most of the greasemonkey scripts.
It's a lite version of AutoPager.
AutoPager Lite is a modify version of original AutoPager. It different to AutoPager in these ways:
1. AutoPagerLite doesn't download all paging rules to your pc. It discoveries for rules online and
let you know if there are rules match the page you are surfing. You can choose to enable or not
enable these rules.
2. It doesn't include Auto Pager Refinements. Some users don't like it.

Alternative

Autopager

Google Gears Portable created by Todd Vierling

Google Gears for Windows as an XPI installer, with AMO update functionality. Works with Mozilla
Firefox, Portable Edition, as well as user accounts without administrator privileges.

Menu Editor Homepage -- Customize application menus

There are many items in Firefox right-click context menu that I do not needed, like Go back, Go
Forward, Reload, etc. And the context menu become much longer due to the installed extensions’
commands.
Although, the function to disable menu items on menu bar is overlapped with CompactMenu2

but this is the only extension I've known that let you decide what will appear in your main contact
menu.

Change by edit userChrome.css

and

Manually modify context menu for non standard element

Platypus by Scott R. Turner HomePage -- Dynamically create GreaseMonkey scripts.

Alternative Aavark (1/4 size of Platypus) or its bookmarklet to perform quick & simple clean up
task. Click2Zap bookmarklet from mrclay.org is another choice for quickly remove web element on
the page.

SiteLauncher{1.6.0} -- Open websites using special keyboard shortcuts

1 letter restriction make me think harder for each favarite site, use bookmark keywords instead,
siteLauncher has a nice launch page though.

SkipScreen{0.3.20091214_AMO} -- Skips unnecessary pages on sites like Rapidshare,


Megaupload, zShare, Mediafire, and more. Wherever there are unnecessary pages and
superfluous links, Skipscreen will be there.

Although I have rapidshare and MegaUpload account, SkipScreen helped me downloaded a lot of
file with ease from other file sharing services.

Tab Mix Plus by onemen, Gary Reyes

Homepage -- Tab browsing with an added boost.

TMP not only let you set tab browsing behaviours but also style tabs you way
OpenBook Allows for customization of the Add Bookmark dialog. The bookmarks tree can be

automatically opened and elements can be hidden.

My main use of this extension is to made the keyword field visible, and found alternative to
release some addon burden to my beloved fox.

Alternative

Edit userChrome.css

#editBMPanel_locationRow,
#editBMPanel_keywordRow {
visibility: visible !important;
-moz-box-align: center !important;
}
#editBMPanel_tagsSelector[collapsed="true"] {
display: none !important;
}

Other selectors you can use:


#editBMPanel_nameRow
#editBMPanel_locationRow
#editBMPanel_feedLocationRow
#editBMPanel_siteLocationRow
#editBMPanel_folderRow
#editBMPanel_FolderTree
#editBMPanel_newFolderBox
#editBMPanel_tagsRow
#editBMPanel_tagsSelector
#editBMPanel_keywordRow
#editBMPanel_descriptionRow
#editBMPanel_loadInSidebarCheckbox

Appearance

Boox Homepage -- Enhanced functionalities for your Bookmarks.

My main use is to enhance tool tip display for my bookmarks. I'm really miss the advance search
function: search in name, URL, keywords or description of its previous version. Keep looking for
addon with Bookmark advance search!

Boox prevents bookmarks hi

Compact Menu 2 created by

This extension adds the CompactMenu icon to the Navigation Toolbar, and hides the Menubar.

+ use Alt-key to access menu

alternative:

• Tiny Menu
• Personal Menu
• Hide Menubar

Tried

Personal Menu 4.2.1 by Merci chao


CompactToolbar{0.1.3} -- Compact Toolbar icons. Do you want to remove all that

wasted free space? Compact Toolbar is for you!

Favicon Picker by finny08

Change your bookmark icons!

Leave remove bookmark name on toolbar to save space but still easily know what it is by its icon.

HideCaptionTitlebarPlus{0.9.3.2} -- "Maximize your screen content space by controlling


the presence of Firefox window "useless" Title bar (Caption)!"

Thus any title bar setting addons is not usable

This addon makes "customise toolbar" more easy when right-click on its minimize or
maximize/restore button
Hide Find Bar byJared McAteer -- AutoHide the Find Bar after certain interval of inactivity has
elapsed.

MoreToolsMenu{1.2.1} -- Unclutter the "Tools" menu by moving new items to a "More Tools"
menu.

Omnibar{0.6.7.20091104} by Ajit K -- Integrates search bar to the location bar.

by utilizing bookmark keywords, I eliminated the need of synchronize search engine on


different computer

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autoHideStatusbar{0.4.6} -- auto-hide Firefox status-bar

disablemenu{0.3.3} -- enables disabling the main menu.

Power User
AdvancedURLBuilder{1.6.29} -- Append selected text to the URL of your favourite site.
Manually overdrive Hyperwords -- Makes every word on the web interactive.
FireGPG

Find All by Justin Rodes

Dreamweaver-type find with highlights all search terms found and displays them in an easy to
view list. The list displays a few words before and after the search term so you can quickly see the
context of each match. It also shows a total of how many times the search term was found on the
page. As of version 3.0, you can perform separate searches in different tabs.

DictionaryTooltip{1.5} -- Press ctrl+shift+K (hotkey) (or) double-click (or) right-click after


selecting a word to see its meaning.

Tool for serious English learner with function of saving new vocabury and notes, works with
various dictionary websites: DictionaryTip currently supports a wide range of websites. There are
many translation websites like German -> English, Japanese -> English, Spanish -> English etc.

FireFTP{1.0.7} -- FTP client for Mozilla Firefox.


EvernoteWebClipper{3.0.0.65223} -- Provides a button and context menus to easily
add a selection or an entire page to Evernote

GmailManager{0.5.7.5} -- Gmail accounts management and new mail notifications.

Greasemonkey{0.8.20091209.4} -- A User Script Manager for Firefox

Locationbar{1.0.4} -- Formats and linkifies addresses in your Location bar.

MozillaArchiveFormat{0.17.2} -- Open and save complete web pages in a single file.


Supports MHTML (MHT) files from Internet Explorer, and MAFF multi-page archives
(based on ZIP).

ReminderFox{1.9.6} -- Displays and manages reminders and ToDo's

UrlbarExt{1.6} -- Extends the Location Bar with set of commands to (Make Tiny
URL,Copy URL,Search site,Go up,Tag pages easily ,Navigate through sequential
URL's,Unblock filtered websites and Surf anonymously using online phproxy servers)

WOT{20091028} -- Web of trust.

gDocsBar{0.5.7} -- Perfect companion for Google Docs.

Add-on management
CLEO{4.3} -- Create multi-addon install package (Cleopack)

FEBE{6.3.2} -- Backup your Firefox data

OPIE{1.2.3} -- Import/Export extension preferences

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AddToPicasa{3.5} -- Add online images to Google Picasa Web Albums


DownloadStatusbar{0.9.6.5} -- View and manage downloads from a tidy
statusbar
FileandFolderShortcuts{1.3} -- Create shortcuts to files and folders for a
faster and easier access.
GMarks{1.0.2} -- Shows your google bookmarks in the sidebar.
LogMeInInc.RemoteAccessPlugin{1.0.0.464} -- (none)
StatusAddressBar{1.7} -- When you mouse over a link it shows the
address in the address bar, so you don't need the status bar
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