These are the extensions I use sometimes. I linked them here to speed up my next Firefox installation. 😄
1. Firefox – the browser itself. ;)
2. GMarks – use Google Bookmarks on all my browsers
3. Web Developer – identifying CSS elements, testing CSS changes
4. Adblock – blocking not only images from certain servers but any kind of object including javascript or flash, based on patterns matching the URL
5. Omnibar – merge location bar and search bar
6. Status 4 Evar – merge address bar and progress bar
7. Show Anchors – show anchors such that you can link to sections within a page
8. Universal Edit Button – add an icon to edit wiki pages
9. German Dictionary (Switzerland) – hah!
10. HTTPS Everywhere
11. Echofon – a Twitter client
How to *disable compatibility checks* in Firefox 6: “Type about:config in the address bar. Right click anywhere on the new window and select New → Boolean from there. A new box will appear where you need to type `extensions.checkCompatibility.6.0`. Set the value to *false*.”
Rarely:
1. YSlow – provide hints on how to speed up page loading
2. Live HTTP Headers – analyzing the HTTP traffic between browser and server; useful for testing HTTP caching code
3. Tamper Data – something like Live HTTP Headers
4. FireBug – more DOM exploring, Javascript debuggin and more; looks awesome
Here’s how to block content in Firefox with CSS by *Workingbath*. Basically download two CSS files ¹ ² to your profile/chrome directory and add two lines to the userChrome.css file in that directory:
block content in Firefox with CSS
@import URL("ad_blocking.css");
@import URL("sites.css");
I also no longer use the RSS feed reader Sage for which I had written my own patch to support ModWiki.
Other customization:
1. use backspace as page-up – in about:config search for backspace, change it to ’1’
See also: SoftwareUsed.
#Firefox