Many of us use the mega flexible
Firefox web browser to navigate the internet.
I've been on board since
Netscape, then
Firebird, and have enjoyed the Mozilla browser tools very much.
Most of the
Firefox users will have some add-ons installed, to customize the browser for more refined or new functionality.
There have been thousands of add-ons made to solve the user's wants and needs.
The main problem is, these add-ons quickly become obsolete.
Unless the developers continuously upgrade the software to accommodate the inevitable browser version changes, a specific add-on version will function properly only within one to a few Firefox versions.
Most here, being advanced users, will know about one or two of these tools described below.
But knowing about all four makes you a power user.
These add-ons are actively maintained, which is not a trivial matter.
The following
Firefox add-ons are some of the best free software available, and all of their developers gladly accept donations.
NoScript
This little beauty is what inspired me to write this post.
A couple of years back I used to make a bit of extra cash by restoring peoples computers after infections.
But ever since I've started installing
NoScript as a part of the fix, they've stopped needing my restore service.
And believe me, it was hard to convince them to use it and educate them how to use it. ★★★★★
Video Download Helper
You tell me, what other use could max out a terabyte sized hard drive?
I can't think of any, other than perhaps the EXTREMELY compulsive game collector or two.
Nothing, not even audio...
nothing other than saving videos could come even close to accounting for the consumer's high use of hard disk memory.
AdBlock Plus
For me it's all about reducing distractions. I love it.
UnMHT
One of
Firefox's main shortcomings for me is the lack of being able to read a
.mht file, or save the current page content into the .mht file format.
The add-on's authors are Asian, which probably explains the horrible English name.
Their browser utility is close to amazing. ★★★★★