Ask HN: Which Firefox addons you can't live without

#1

Post by awa » Wed, May 19, 2010, 3:51 AM UTC

I was reading the discussion on http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1359220 and found that I had never heard of the Tree Style Tab and some other addons a few people were talking about. SO I was wondering what all great addons I might be missing.

I have flashblock, delicious, IE Tabs, Firebug and JS debugger installed on my firefox.

Re: Ask HN: Which Firefox addons you can't live without

#2

Post by oski » Wed, May 19, 2010, 3:59 AM UTC

measureit

Re: Ask HN: Which Firefox addons you can't live without

#3

Post by megamark16 » Wed, May 19, 2010, 4:04 AM UTC

Firebug and Download Helper are my two must haves. TamperData is a good one too, when Firebug isn't quite giving me enough information about what's crossing the wire. Also if you're using a proxy server I'd recommend FoxyProxy.

Re: Ask HN: Which Firefox addons you can't live without

#4

Post by AlexBlom » Wed, May 19, 2010, 4:18 AM UTC

Sharethis: I like using the bit.ly integration

Rapportive: Great Gmail plugin that replaces the ad area with information on who e-mailed you / scrapes their online profile and twitter feeds.

Re: Ask HN: Which Firefox addons you can't live without

#5

Post by crazydiamond » Wed, May 19, 2010, 4:20 AM UTC

Vimperator - gives me vim keys on FF.

Adblock

Re: Ask HN: Which Firefox addons you can't live without

#6

Post by pwim » Wed, May 19, 2010, 4:41 AM UTC

Rikaichan - if you're not fluent in Japanese but use Japanese sites, it's a lifesaver

Re: Ask HN: Which Firefox addons you can't live without

#7

Post by mitchellhislop » Wed, May 19, 2010, 4:51 AM UTC

I am still a huge fan of the ubiquity project. Still love being able to invoke what is basically quicksilver in my browser.

Re: Ask HN: Which Firefox addons you can't live without

#8

Post by whimsy » Wed, May 19, 2010, 5:35 AM UTC

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/67651/

BarTab. I normally have a ton of tabs open (Anywhere between 15 and 45) Without BarTab, Firefox starts noticeably chugging, but with BarTab I can unload most of the tabs from memory.

Re: Ask HN: Which Firefox addons you can't live without

#9

Post by scorpioxy » Wed, May 19, 2010, 5:40 AM UTC

Depends, I have several profiles for doing different things. These are the ones that survived so far, so they must be the ones that are important("can't live without" is a strong phrase)

- Normal use: Adblock Plus, DownThemAll, Flashblock, Greasemonkey, Session Manager, TreeStyleTabs and User Agent Switcher.

- Development: Firebug, Httpfox, User Agent Switcher, Web Developer and YSlow

I separate them because of performance reasons and because the dev profile needs to be cleared frequently and so on..

Re: Ask HN: Which Firefox addons you can't live without

#10

Post by ghoerz » Wed, May 19, 2010, 4:18 PM UTC

All-in-One Gestures saves me a good bit of time. It's the one addon I find myself missing when I'm not on my computer.

Using the scroll wheel to switch between tabs in the bar = priceless.