11 of the best plug-ins and add-ons for Firefox power users and web developers.

December 3rd, 2007 by admin

Here is a list of plug-ins and add-ons that I cant live without in Firefox. All these are things I use on a daily basis and cant live without. I hope that you will find this interesting and hope you find something new and useful

1. Vista-aero Theme
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4988
This is a great looking theme, and gives your browser that Vista look.

2. Chroma Tabs
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3810
A nice little plug-in that changes the color of your tabs based on the content. It makes Firefox a lot better looking and also helps you to keep track of things when you have loads of tabs open.

3. ColorZilla
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/271
This plug-in is a simple color picker that lets you get color codes for any color on a website. This is great for developers working on design.

4. Download Status Bar
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/26
A plug-in that puts all downloads into a neat tab at the bottom of the browser, great for clearing clutter.

5. Firebug
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843
A must for web developers. Allows you to
edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.

6. Firefox Showcase
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1810
Adds showcase functionality to Firefox, by displaying all open tabs in a nice box.

7. Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2410
Stores all your bookmarks on an external server, allowing you to access them on any computer and saves them incase of formatting.

8. IE Tab
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419
Uses the IE engine to display a web page.

9. SearchStatus
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/321
Displays the Google Page Rank and Alexa Rank for the website you are currently viewing.

10. StumbleUpon Tool Bar
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/138
Adds StumbleUpon functionality.

11. Web Developer Tool Bar
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60
This brings a whole lot of functionality to Firefox. If you are a web developer, you need this!

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2 Comments

  1. Robin

    The StumbleUpon plug in is my number one. Changed the way I used the web!

  2. Web Developer

    I find the alexa plugin usefull

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