I’ve been finding Firefox more and more to be the browser that I naturally launch first. It’s starting to beat out Safari and Maxthon as my preferred browser. It is great that it is basically the same across all platforms (Windows, Mac and Linux). The other great thing about it is the huge amount of plug-ons or add-ins (e.g., Extensions and Themes) that are constantly being developed and/or updated.
So there are several add-ins that I really like and use a lot (and there are thousands out there). One easy way to find what people like is to check the Most Popular listing on the Mozilla site. However, if an add-on has been listed for a long time (e.g., several years), then the download tallies may be higher. So you could have something that is really hot and a few months old having the same “weight” as an older extension that is good but not hot. Anyway…on to my listing (in alphabetical order in order to be fair).
ErrorZilla – tired of those 404 errors (page not find) or cannot connect to the server? Install this extension and you are presented with a variety of options to do (e.g., “Try Again,” “Google Cache,” “Coralize,” “Wayback,” “Ping,” “Trace,” and “Whois”). Get the extension.
Gmail Space – Gmail is an amazing Google offering. Well, if you install GmailSpace, you can use a Gmail account as a file storage server. This complex extension allows you to upload, download and manage files through a Gmail account. Be sure to read the details on the extension page as there are possibilities of getting locked out of your account if you transfer too much in one day. Get the extension.
Google Browser Sync – I must say that I love this extension. Since I’m a geek, I have 5 computers that I actively use. Google Sync basically stores much of your information and allows you to carry it with you to other computers. You have to have a Google account, and then you hook it in to the Sync extension and any time you use Firefox on another computer, your information is updated. The best one is, when you launch the new session on another computer, it asks you if you want to restore pages that you were on on the previous computer. Other things that it syncs are bookmarks, history, cookies and passwords. Note that you have to go to Google to get this extension.
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