Never enough Firefox add-ons

by Jessica Dolcourt

Is there such a thing as too many Firefox extensions? Not as long as developers keep creating handy, gorgeous, or ingenious time-savers like the nine add-ons featured in our gallery. We leaned away from the usual, though always excellent, fare of McAfee Site Advisor, Google Preview, and these top five Firefox add-ons to bring you a new crop of favorites. Feel free to chime in with your own gems, too.

Jessica Dolcourt reviews the latest and greatest smartphone apps, in addition to a healthy dose of Windows software. E-mail Jessica and follow her on Twitter.

Topics:: Browsers and extensions

Tags:: Firefox,; add-ons,; extensions,; plug-ins

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by Angmarr April 15, 2009 7:07 PM PDT: Too MANY Firefox Add-ons!?!?!?!?!? BLASPHEMY!!!!!!!!!!!!; Like this Reply to this comment


by markphillip April 15, 2009 7:44 PM PDT: RUWT? Sports: the best sports add-on for Firefox.; Like this Reply to this comment

by cvaldes1831 April 15, 2009 7:59 PM PDT

If you load too many add-ons, your browser will slow down. So yes, it's possible to have too many.

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by Angmarr April 15, 2009 8:30 PM PDT: Blasphemy!
the "beast reborn" will hunt you down! <about:mozilla>; Like this


by refriedfood April 15, 2009 11:32 PM PDT: I still use 2.0.0.4, best version of Firefox - HANDS DOWN

Only plugins/addons I've ever used are the reasons for using firefox in the first place, they are:
Adblock Plus 0.7.5.1
Noscript 1.1.4.9
--------------------^ Best plugins ever made btw
And Custom Geometry 2.2.0

Try them and you'll know why.; Like this Reply to this comment

by purefusion April 16, 2009 1:09 AM PDT

I recently installed around 42 new (web developer related) extensions in one shot, on top of my existing 18, including something like 9 toolbars. And since there's no way to disable them before restarting, it was pure madness, the clutter I was seeing after I did reboot. It was fun though. I just had to chuckle at it.

I did immediately disable each and every one though and restarted. Until I have a use for them, um... well, I have no use for them!

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by Angmarr April 16, 2009 9:15 AM PDT: You could open Firefox in safe mode and disable the addons, not completely sure if this is what u meant.; Like this


by purefusion April 16, 2009 1:09 AM PDT: I recently installed around 42 new (web developer related) extensions in one shot, on top of my existing 18, including something like 9 toolbars. And since there's no way to disable them before restarting, it was pure madness, the clutter I was seeing after I did reboot. It was fun though. I just had to chuckle at it.

I did immediately disable each and every one though and restarted. Until I have a use for them, um... well, I have no use for them!; Like this Reply to this comment


by t8 April 16, 2009 1:39 AM PDT: IE has add ons too. Such as Nortons, McAfee, and AVG. These add ons try to stop viruses that come through IE.; Like this Reply to this comment


by Yo-wassup April 16, 2009 3:32 AM PDT: Whatever IE add ons is, it still SUCKS.; Like this Reply to this comment

by bobmarleypeople April 16, 2009 6:47 AM PDT

Word to the wise, NEVER DOWNLOAD COOLIRIS! It's buggy as hell and crashed my entire computer (in that I opened it, it got stuck on "loading" and I couldn't do anything whatsoever. Not even move my mouse, so I had to hard reset). After e-mailing support, they went "duhh, make sure you have the latest version ehe".

Never again.

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by Angmarr April 16, 2009 9:17 AM PDT: Ya I know, Its cool and all, but it gets in the way most of the time. And I dont think I ever used it after downloading!; Like this


by zrezvi April 16, 2009 9:17 AM PDT: Cool, Thanks!

http://zia.blogspot.com/search/label/firefox; Like this Reply to this comment


by Miguelgigante April 21, 2009 9:34 AM PDT: Nice job sneaking the Sam Baker lyrics into the FindList screenshot :) That's from the song Boxes.; Like this Reply to this comment