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Top 5 Firefox Add-ons
By: Laiq Qureshi   |   Sep 02, 2008

Are you a Firefox user? If so, this feature is especially for you. There are plenty who still use IE, but the popularity of Firefox is rising, with more and more users getting hooked to it. I like Firefox mainly for the add-on plugins, which are easily available on the official website. You will find scores of them, but I shall list the five I find most interesting. There are so many options that no two persons will have the same list. So if you have anything to add, or if you disagree with me, do leave a comment. It will provide readers with more options.

Stumble Upon
This is simply the best add-on any Web browser could use. It appeals mainly to those who love to go through anything interesting on the World Wide Web. The way it works is very simple: after installing it you will see an icon on the top left of your browser. Every time you have the time, just click it and it will take you to any of the sites that other stumble users have tagged as "I Like".

It could be anything; an interesting Flickr account, or an obscure site with 3D fractal generators. If you like what you are reading, you can even write a review. It's all available to you at a click of a button.

That's not all. Interestingly, the site maintains a tab of what you like and what you have shrugged off as boring, and will regularly display content that matches your tastes. In fact, if you discover a website that you like, you can add it to the list for others to see as well.

You can get the plugin here.

Me.dium
Me.dium comes in handy when you make travel/movie plans with friends. How? "Be social when you surf the Web" is what the guys who made Me.dium tell you. Simply put, this plugin allows you to chat and surf the same web page (with your friends) at the same time.

To do this, everybody in your social circle will need to install this plugin, and add each other as friends. You will see your friends on your Me.dium network list (on the left of the browser). Below each name will be a link to what they are surfing presently. This especially comes in useful when everyone is researching the same topic.

Don't worry; it won't take your friends to your Gmail account if that's what's bothering you. One thing to remember is that by installing this plugin you are allowing Me.dium to gain access to your surfing history. It works across Facebook, YouTube, StumbleUpon, MySpace, Flickr, Digg, Yahoo, and Google.

Get the plugin here.


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hi...
i too like to add to ur opinion. i am firefox user for the last one year odd. i am user of the latest firefox 3 and i have added plenty of add ons to my firefox. i m using the stumble upon, cool iris, surf canyon, aging tabs, control tab, fast dial, google preview, flagfox... to name a few.. its very delighted to use this version of firefox.
Rashwanth @ Oct 07, 2008
The best according to me are
1)Adblock Plus
2)No script
3)Better Gmail
Karthikeyan @ Sep 08, 2008
Best extensions:
1. Tab Mix Plus
2. CustomizeGoogle
3. Image Zoom
4. IE View
5. Fission
6. Gmail Manager
7. McAfee SiteAdvisor
8. Video Download Helper
9. AdBlock Plus
10. Inline Google Definitions
Haris @ Sep 06, 2008
@ Nikhil

Your "humility" astounds me too! Wow, such raving?! :-)

@ HP3

Mate, you are a bit over board with your key board, aren't you?

@ All

At least someone made an attempt to write his personal choice, though I too do not agree with tags like "best 5...best 10, et all". Let's be nice anyways! :-)

Cheers!
Ari @ Sep 05, 2008
great collection.
was using one of the plugins.. now have 2 more from your list.

how soon till chrome's open source gets us plugins?? ;)
manas @ Sep 04, 2008
Ad Block plus. i hope u cannot mention that
Ad Block @ Sep 04, 2008
MISTAKE ..... you forgot one ... the best one

its piclens when i got and the new version integrated and called cooliris addon

Go try it all
Alan Abraham @ Sep 04, 2008
I cant imagine a day without using my Rss Ticker.. And then theres the Tree Style Tabs too. Twitterbar, Alexa Sparky, Foxmarks, ScreenGrab, oh my,here are so many..

The ones listed here are also pretty cool :D
Reetesh @ Sep 04, 2008
@ HP3

Your inability to understand basic English astounds me. The author clearly mentions that it’s “capable of increasing” speeds, and not that it “always increases the speed” by 400%. The author never mentioned in anyway that the program allows you to surpass the bandwidth allotted to you by your ISP. That bit was completely your personal delusion. So please go back to school and get a crash course in the nuances of the English language before you decide to troll here again.

Thank you for reading, and I sincerely hope that some school out there allows you to join the ranks of their first graders. :) Have a nice day.
Nikhil Singh @ Sep 04, 2008
there are so many other useful plugins, one like 'ietab'. didn't expect such a kind of sub standard article from tech2!!! plugins cannot be considered as top 5. I expect others to agree...
Shaheen @ Sep 03, 2008
Download Them All waste one for downloading... after download some percent its its going to stopped immeadiatly...
hanu @ Sep 03, 2008
Intomobile, Techtree, Fone Arena, WAL Blog, Techcrunch, Techrepublic..these are the blogs from where you guys copy the articles, at least have shame and credit them, this ain't goo blogging or journalism. I am observing this from last 3 months...keep it up
Vikram Deo @ Sep 03, 2008
"download accelerator that's capable of increasing speeds by 400 percent"

its total bullshit...
lets say that ur using 256kbps connection
and ur using download accelerators..
will it give u 1Mbps speed?

tech2's editors posting such cxxp.. didnt expected!!

most ppl will agree with me that all posted add=ons are total waste..
HP3 @ Sep 03, 2008
No Answers.com Extension??

Or Scribefire??

Or Mouse Gestures Redox??

Or Cooliris Previews??
Karthik Kumar @ Sep 03, 2008
Good feature Laiq, I really like the stumble upon plugin and will check out DownThemAll too - it sounds useful!!
Mandy @ Sep 02, 2008
well plugins which i use is better gmail 2, bug me not, colorful tabs, cooliris preview, customize google, fast dial, flagfox, forecastfox, gmail notifier,google preview, undo closed tabs button..

plugins i really like is bettergmail 2 evrybdy knw....
cooliris preview whch let u surf whole links n images on webpage in same window mean no need 2 click on link, jst move ur cursor over link..helps lot in google image search and web search.

fastdial really come very handy 2 me..store all websi8 i daily surf like tech2, techtree, indiatimesinfotech, extremetech, anandhardware, gizmodo etc
like flagfox too.....shw in whch country d si8 server is whch u surfing nw..
forecast fox keep ma city weather info alwz in browser....really gud if u dnt hve ny bandwidth issue..
M@$+3R @ Sep 02, 2008
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