13 Best Firefox Add-ons of 2013

[Pedrito]

I don't use any of them :lol:

Me neither :P

I don't even use Firefox! :tooth:

[Sonar]

never used any of these :S and they are meant to be the top? reading others posts awell... wtf im sure they get there stats from the moon.

[calguyhunk]

1. UrlLink - Don't need an extension. Just select>right click>Open in New Tab. :)

2 & 3. Click&Clean and Clear Console - Again, don't need an extension for this. Either "Clear Browsing History" or "Private Browsing" or CCleaner. B)

4. Self-Destructing Cookies - Very Interesting. Gotta take a closer look at that one. :think:

5. New Tab Plus - I use New Tab Tools. But looks like this one has more functionality. Nice. :yes:

6. Video Resumer - Not a huge YT viewer. On limited broadband, so ... :(

7. Reload Plus - A simple reload works fine for me, but extremely interesting to see what you can do with that simple task. :)

8. Stylish - Almost all Stylish (userstyle) scripts have Greasemonkey (userscripts) alternatives. That's what I use. Stylish is used to apply CSS to web pages altering only the look and feel. Greasemonkey uses Javascript to modify page content, thereby altering looks and adding functionality. :thumbsup:

9. Fastest Search - Ctrl+F works just fine for me ATM. Maybe someday I'll be smart enough to install this and be able to comprehend all the functionalities LOL! :P

10. Google/Yandex Search Link Fix - C'est Magnifique. An absolute must for those who don't want Google to record every thing they click from their seach results :yes:

11. S3 Google Translator - Using gTranslate. Does a splendid job. Does not cover half the page with the translation. Comes in a small, handy box on Mouse-Over. For page translation, I use Wiktionary and Google Translate. :)

12. BluHell Firewall - The old favorites here. ABP, DNTme and Ghostery. All ad blockers turned off on nsane and a few other sites :D

13. X-Notifier - The best thing about coming home is not having to deal with Outlook anymore. Why would I want to bring work home? :P Also, not on FB, Twitter etc, so don't see an use for this ATM :)

P.S. - As of today, I have 33 enabled Add-Ons. With Australis, looks like I'll be needing to add a few more to the list LOL! :spank:

Edited December 17, 2013 by calguyhunk

[Zex]

Here is the list of my top addons:

• Adblock Plus | The King! | But would use BluHell Firewall if it had something like EHH for Adblock Plus
• Always Awesome Bar | Valuable extension
• Cleanest Addon Manager | I like slim
• Easy Screen Shot | For my screen-shot needs
• Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus | Absolute must for the King
• Enhanced Steam | GamerZ needs :P
• IDM CC
• New Tab Tools | Way better than New Tab Plus as it's much lighter :)
• Pocket | One of the best addons!
• Prevent Tab Overflow
• Quick Translator | Way better than gTranslate and S3 Google Translator :showoff:
• Roboform Toolbar
• Scriptish | Way better than Greasemonkey as it's much lighter and has better performance :)
• Self-Destructing Cookies | Lazy mode extension and I like it! ^_^
• Session Manager | Saved me a bunch of times! B)
• Tab Counter | I'm a tab maniac :lol:
• Tab Scope | For professionals :showoff:
• Theme: FXChrome | ITS AWESOME!

Not to mention dozens of powerful scripts :showoff:

@calguyhunk We have similar taste in addons. :thumbsup:

For all you who are using Firefox with 2,3 addons, why don't you switch to Chrome then? :huh:

[avmad]

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[anakin206]

My add-ons:

[calguyhunk]

@calguyhunk We have similar taste in addons. :thumbsup:

More than you'll know :D

The only ones from your list that I don't have are - Always Awesome Bar, Enhanced Steam, Pocket, Roboform Toolbar & Tab Scope. However, I think that I'll give that last one a go :yes:

For my screenshot needs, I use Awesome Screenshot Plus. And as for Quick Translate and Scriptish, I use like-for-like alternatives as I mentioned.

For all you who are using Firefox with 2,3 addons, why don't you switch to Chrome then? :huh:

I didn't want to be antagonistic, that's why I didn't post that, but yeah, why would anyone use Fx if not for the extensions? :o Chrome is said to be faster and IE respects your privacy these days. The single most important reason to use Fx is it's extreme configurability because of the developer support and without that, it doesn't make a whole lotta sense. :nono:

@ NSFfan, F3dup and a few others - You guys are sooo missing out! If you don't know where to start, just D/L and start using some of the addons mentioned by Zex and me. Maybe some mentioned in the OP. Once you get the feel of it, there's no turning back. Your addon list is gonna swell up to dozens within a year. :yes:

BTW, I LOL'ed at a couple of trolls posters who just dropped by to say that they didn't even use Fx. Why post in a Fx thread then? :dunno:

Edited December 17, 2013 by calguyhunk

[nIGHT]

I love add ons! :wub:

But I also want to make it simple. B)

I have to keep two version of FF, one with lots and lots of addons and one which does not have any. :D

[andy2004]

Going by the originals posters top 13, i've never even heard of any of them.

[MindHACKer]

worthless.

[OrioNeXus]

Addons are Good they simplify Life :lol:

Clear console is better and safer than Click & Clean

[Guinness]

Stangely enough, and like many others here, I don´t use any of those Add-Ons. :nono:

Here´s what I´ve been using using:

- Adblock Plus

- DownloadHelper

- FasterFox

- Flagfox

- Long URL Prease

- RightToClick

[SacredCultivator]

Here is the list of my top addons:

• Scriptish | Way better than Greasemonkey as it's much lighter and has better performance :)

Hmm Scriptish's last version was released in June, and Nightlies I think latest is Nov 27th.

I used to use the Nightly builds but they stopped, I wasn't able to tell the difference really between that and GreaseMonkey in regards to performance. So unno how you'd judge that.

I also used to use FasterFox, but realized, you can just do those tweaks in about:config without having to install the Add-On.

[Zex]

@SacredCultivator

There is a slight difference in performance between them in favor of Scriptish as the developer also points out.

Haven't been using Greasemonkey since last year as it was bloated/buggy back then.

Yes, Scriptish is getting old, and there are a lot of bugs present. I'll try Greasemonkey again. ;)

[DesiPirate]

Left opera for firefox recently after they ditched presto. Currently I am using-

Adblock Plus

Fast Dial

Last Pass

ImgLikeOpera

Quick Translator

Video DownloadHelper

World IP

Ghostery

Handy Dictionary

Forecast Fox

Autohide Bookmarks

and still searching for replacement of Opera Notes.

[Zex]

@DesiPirate

Why not simply use Opera? :D

Presto engine is only good for Opera Mobile.

[DesiPirate]

@zex

Opera webkit in present condition is not usable for me and opera12.16 is almost dead.

added to my list

Fire gestures

Extended statusbar

Private tab

session manager

tab scope

Edited December 23, 2013 by DesiPirate

[Fallon]

I guess the emphasis is rightly on NEW add-ons, because the missing 'Speed Dial', 'Session Manager' and 'Tab Mix Plus' are Gold, Silver and Bronze on my list.

Of this new add-ons list: number 1, who cares. Number 4 is fine.

As for number 2 and 3, often there are more browsers to clean than just one. CCleaner is not impressive imo, never mind how many people use that. 'Glary Utilities' may become an option, and for now, in my humble opinion, 'Wise Care' takes the cake. It's fine for cleaning the system.

Other add-ons may be well worth a look, but I am in no hurry. Thanks!

Edited December 24, 2013 by Fallon

[NOP-X4]

@Tezza for posting this news.

I am using more than 20 add-ons at this time, and not even one from "this" list. :o

Best Firefox Add-ons of All Time B)

[John_Anonymous_Doe]

How about Adblock Plus and LastPass? And maybe Xmarks Bookmarks.

[Mystique]

A nice extension which I find particularly useful is 'append to clipboard', I especially find this extension useful for this forum to allow easy selection of links and downloading.

[948bennett]

Stylish addon cocked my face book account up whilst using firefox, I couldnt select any friends for help when using any of facebook games, only a pc format could sort it out, not happy.

[Zex]

Here is the list of my top addons:

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Not to mention dozens of powerful scripts :showoff:

@calguyhunk We have similar taste in addons. :thumbsup:

For all you who are using Firefox with 2,3 addons, why don't you switch to Chrome then? :huh:

Some addon changes:

• Adblock Plus | The King! | But would use BluHell Firewall if it had Whitelist/Blocklist and Element Hider. :showoff:
• Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus | Absolute must with Adblock PLUS
• Always Awesome Bar | Valuable extension. Not needed anymore.
• Cleanest Addon Manager | How addons page should be!
• Easy Screen Shot
• Enhanced Steam
• IDM CC
• New Tab Tools | Way better than New Tab Plus as it's much lighter . Decided I don't need this as Firefox has similar integrated.
• Pocket | One of the best addons!
• Prevent Tab Overflow | Adds some tweaks to tabs
• Quick Translator | Way better than gTranslate and S3 Google Translator
• Roboform Toolbar
• Scriptish | Way better than Greasemonkey as it's much lighter and has better performance :)
• Self-Destructing Cookies | Cookie management at its best! ^_^
• Session Manager | Saved me a bunch of times! B)
• Tab Counter | For tab maniacs :lol:
• Tab Scope | Similar to Opera's tab preview :showoff:
• Theme: FXChrome | ITS AWESOME, and Australis is also good! :)

New:

FindBar Tweak | Its enhances CTRL+F to a new level.

Google/Yandex search link fix | Extension name says it all.

SixOrNot | Interesting thing for networking.

Mozilla Archive Format | Save web pages like a pro.

Youtube Center | I've used this before as a script, but found that a dedicated extension is better. Oh and using Developer version because its updated. Stable is not stable. :P

[HandyPAF]

Here's the addons I use. Yes, there are a lot of them. But my Firefox still runs quick as a jiffy.

- Adblock Plus
Ads were yesterday!
- Adblock Plus Pop-up Addon
Makes it easy to block pop-ups with Adblock Plus.
- Add-on Compatibility Reporter
Report add-on compatibility issues to Mozilla
- App Button Remove
Remove the orange Firefox button from the title bar.
- AutoPager
AutoPager is a Firefox/Mozilla extension to autoload the next page(s) in the background. You can also use it as an XPath generator.
- BarTab Heavy
Unload tabs and put them on your 'bar tab' to conserve system resources.
- Beef Taco (Targeted Advertising Cookie Opt-Out)
Sets permanent opt-out cookies to stop behavioral advertising by 100+ different advertising networks, including Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, all members of the Network Advertising Initiative, and many other companies.
- Better URL Bar
Makes the URL bar and Search bar more readable, and the navigation-toolbar compact.
- Bluhell Firewall
Lightweight Ad-Blocker and Tracking/Privacy Protector.
- checkCompatibility
Reinstates the extensions.checkCompatibility preference.
- Clean Links
Converts obfuscated/nested links to genuine clean links
- Cleanest Addon Manager
Cleanup your Addon Manager.
- CoLT (Incompatible)
Makes it easy to copy link text and locations.
- Download Status Bar
If you are the kind of person who likes to have total control over every aspect of your downloads, "Download Status Bar" is the add-on you are looking for.
- DownThemAll! (Disabled)
The mass downloader for Firefox.
- Easy App Tabs
Allows you to double-click a tab to convert to/from an App Tab.
- eCleaner
Clears preferences left by extensions after uninstallation
- Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus
Helps you create element hiding rules for Adblock Plus to fight the text ads.
- Extension List Dumper
Dumps a list of the installed extensions.
- F.B. Purity - Cleans Up Facebook
F.B Purity cleans up and customizes Facebook
- Fasterfox Lite
Performance and network tweaks for Firefox, without the Enhanced Prefetching.
- Greasemonkey
A User Script Manager for Firefox
- InvisibleHand (Disabled)
Checks for better prices for the items you're browsing and alerts you
- Last tab close button
Return last tab close button
- LastPass
Last Password you will ever need
- Linkification
Converts text links into genuine, clickable links.
- MEGA EXTENSION
Secure cloud storage
- Menu Editor
Customize application menus
- PDF Viewer
Uses HTML5 to display PDF files directly in Firefox.
- Rehost Image
Easily upload pictures to alternate hosting.
- RightToClick
Allows right clicks, highlighting and more where forbidden by javascript
- Roomy Bookmarks Toolbar
Make a easier access your bookmarks
- SoundCloud Downloader - Technowise
Adds download links to all soundcloud tracks. *Works for the new Soundcloud website interface*
- Stylish
Restyle the web with Stylish, a user styles manager.
- Stylish-Custom
Companion editing tool for Stylish
- Toolbar Buttons
Adds toolbar buttons to the customize toolbar window in several programs including Firefox, Thunderbird and Sunbird. Some of the buttons make commonly preformed actions quicker, others add new functionality.
- Tweak Network
Tweak network settings.