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13 Best Firefox Add-ons of 2013


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Every month, a committee of Firefox volunteers — who really, REALLY love Firefox Add-ons — puts their time and effort into finding the best new add-ons. These add-ons are the little pieces of software that add functionality to your Firefox browser and help you customize Firefox to meet your needs and tastes. Can you see why these volunteers like them so much?

These were their top choices of each month in 2013, plus they picked one extra because, well, picking just one each month was hard!

URLlink.png1) URL Link: Have you ever had an email that had a broken url across several lines? Or seen a textual link on a Web page that isn’t a clickable link? URL Link solves your problem by letting you select a string of text that isn’t a URL and open it as if it were a real, working link.

ClickClean.png2) Click and Clean: It’s like spring cleaning all the time, and on your browser! Delete your browsing history, temporary Internet files, download history and more. The CNET editors said “If you’re a Firefox user, and a fan of CCleaner, we highly recommend this free extension for easy access.” Not only do the professionals like it, the add-on also gets 5-star user reviews!

ClearConsole.png3) Clear Console: The developers of this add-on had a vision. “Our work demanded frequent deletion of browser history, cookies and cache and it was boring every time go to the preferences and clear them. So, we thought that an add-on would serve the purpose, not just for us, but for all those who need it.” Thanks to them, you can clear your history, HTML5 storage, cache, cookies and more with one click. (Be sure to thank them when you download it!)

Cookies.png4) Self-Destructing Cookies: This add-on isn’t just a cookie manager, it’s a new cookie policy. It lets you delete cookies from any site automatically when you close the window or tab. Would you prefer your cookie jar to be empty, except for a few sites that you care about? Are you worried about unconventional tracking methods? Then give this add-on a try.

new-tab-plus.png5) New Tab Plus: When you open a new tab, you can enhance that experience with added features and plugins, such as speed dial, cloud addition and cloud backup. (Plus, it’s based on HTML5!)

video-resumer.png6) Video Resumer: Usually, when you click through YouTube videos, they start from the beginning. No more! This add-on automatically resumes YouTube videos from where you played them last. Even if you restart your browser. Isn’t that better?

reload-plus.png7) Reload Plus: This one’s for the power users of Firefox. Now, you can supercharge your reload button and hot keys with new tasks!

stylish.png 8) Stylish: Restyle your Web. This add-on lets you easily install themes and skins for Google, Facebook, YouTube, Orkut, and many other sites. You can even customize Firefox and other programs. Make the Web more beautiful for you.

fastest-search.png9) Fastest Search: Search and ye shall find – faster than ever. For example, Search plain text, whole-word, regular expression, in page(s) for current tab, all tabs or filtered tabs. And that’s just the beginning. Get searching!

search.png10) Google/Yandex Search Link Fix: This extension prevents Google Search from modifying result links when they are clicked. Google Search makes some people unhappy when they change the result link when you click it. If, instead, you try to copy the link you get some gibberish instead of the actual link. This extension disables this behavior — on any Google domain — without having to configure anything. Simply install and enjoy!

S3-Google-Translator.png11) S3 Google Translator: Hola! Bom Dia! Want to add the power of Google Translate into your Firefox browser? This add-on supports translation of selected text, an entered phrase or the whole Web page in more than 50 languages.

BluHell-Firewall.png12) BluHell Firewall: There are lots of add-ons for blocking ads, but some have extra features that you may not want or need. You just want to have a light-weight alternative. That’s BluHell Firewall!

XNotifier.png13) X-notifier: Know right away when “you’ve got mail!” X-notifier checks all of your Webmail accounts and notifies you about unread emails. It also supports some of your social channels, so you’re always on top of what your friends are saying.

These are just the top 13 of the year. There are thousands of add-ons to let you customize your Firefox. There’s also a Support page for you if you ever have questions about how to install or troubleshoot add-ons.

https://blog.mozilla.org/theden/2013/12/04/13-best-firefox-add-ons-of-2013/

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I use X-notifier on my Mom's computer. I don't use Windows Live Mail for her anymore-it totally blows. I use outlook.com for her and it works great.

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Best addons of 2013, yet Adblock plus , tab mix plus, flashblock, downthem all to name a few are not listed :(

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One of my favorites other than the security ones..Has to be the handy All in one sidebar. :)

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I've tried 8, 10, 11 & 13. Also, I know more than half of them.

Those who don't know, these addons are actually quite famous on Mozilla Addons.

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LastPass is the only Firefox addon apart from IDM CC that i use... :)

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Don't know any of them either. :D

First 4 I put on any new FF install is Adblock Plus, Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus, Flashblock, and Noscript. Those will rid pages of most/all web annoyances.

I wonder if things named like "Nuke Australis" or Australis Be Gone", etc will make next year's list? :P

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i just try BlueHell Firewall addon, and Firefox really load page faster using it than withAdblock plus.

One problem with it is...i need to disable it manually before going here. (no whitelist site list)

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This is all i use..Noscript isn't there because i use sandboxie so no point :rolleyes:

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I like to keep it minimal :)

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Thanks for the info.

Tried a couple and found them to be very useful.

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When I use Firefox, I only need Adblock Edge (much better than Adblock Plus) and Tweak Network for optimize my speed connection. :D

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DownThemAll wasn't even on that list ... SHAME!

http://www.downthemall.net/

Download manager addon opens 10 pipes for faster downloading -

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What is DownThemAll?

DownThemAll (or just dTa) is a powerful yet easy-to-use Mozilla Firefox extension that adds new advanced download capabilities to your browser.
DownThemAll lets you download all the links or images contained in a webpage and much more: you can refine your downloads by fully customizable criteria to get only what you really want.
DownThemAll is all you can desire from a download manager: it features an advanced accelerator that increases speed up to 400%, it allows you to pause and resume downloads at any time and, last but not least, it's fully integrated into your favorite browser!

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Sad no one mentioned Firebug. My brother told me about firebug and it is very useful:

https://getfirebug.com/

If there is a problem on a webpage it acts like av devil and goes right to the code that is responsible.

I also use

Adblock Plus (remove ads from youtube videos and hyperlinks used by Intellitext vibrant media kontera and adsense also get the extension for any browser now Internet Explorer included).

Video2mp3 to get mp3's from youtube (get the highest quality mp3 that youtube allows the conversion is quick with zero loss to audio quality).

Realdownloader part of realplayer to download videos (convert youtube videos to flv files and which are saved directly to your hard drive where you want to save them).

Greasemonkey for using small bits of javascript (you can use your own scripts).

Noscript is perfect for blocking scripts you dont want to run..

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