Along the lines of Ralph's WP post, I'm curious to see what everyone's top firefox extensions are. Here are mine, most of them are web dev related:
- aardvark
- colorzilla
- firebug
- foxmarks
- html validator
- ie tab
- mcafee siteadvisor
- no script
- showip
- web developer

41 Comments
aidan_1986
Written Feb. 1, 2007 / Report /
I quite like the web developer toolbar and IE Tab.
I think I will check out some of those that you have listed, especially as they're web dev related :-)
ConnorWilson
Written Feb. 1, 2007 / Report /
Web Dev Toolbar
StumbleUpon
IeTab
Live PageRank
GreaseMonkey
ColourZilla
And Delicious
My window is well equipped :P
JPhill
Written Feb. 1, 2007 / Report /
- Firebug (best toolbar for developers!)
- Web Dev toolbar
- Tab Mix Plus
Oli
Written Feb. 1, 2007 / Report /
Firebug
Web Developer
IETab
Download statusbar (I don't see how people live without it)
PDF Download
SiteAdvisor
Adblock Plus
sparkalyn
Written Feb. 1, 2007 / Report /
ConnorWilson
Written Feb. 1, 2007 / Report /
For the delicious toolbar, I don't even have the icons or use the menu, because the Ctrl + Shift + / shortcut is so convenient. I've never head of Firebug though, I'll have to check it out, even though the top of my browser is big enough with SU and Web Developer.
Oli
Written Feb. 1, 2007 / Report /
Firebug sits as a little icon in the status bar until you need it. It is total awesomeness.
zkatkin
Written Feb. 1, 2007 / Report /
Take a look at my browser. Pretty soon I'll be adding a streaming, scrolling CNN News and Stock ticker.
basko
Written Feb. 2, 2007 / Report /
Can't go without:
Gmail notifier extension
Firebug
GSpace - use a gmail account to store files
Alvinz
Written Feb. 2, 2007 / Report /
FireBug :D Yay. That's the only firefox extension I have, sadly.
BonitainPink
Written Feb. 14, 2007 / Report /
I had so many when I used Windows.
I forgot which ones I had.
I think installing too many though sometimes makes firefox crash on you.
Right now I only have:
Colorzilla
WebDeveloper
and Firebug [Thanks, CHRIS!]
And that's it. =)
Tchakra
Written Feb. 14, 2007 / Report /
I mostly always use these four.
Colorzilla (mostly to check division ...)
Fox tunes
mouse gesture (must have)
live pagerank
kristin
Written Feb. 14, 2007 / Report /
I use firebug, operator, and colorzilla
majidalbader
Written Feb. 14, 2007 / Report /
"Google notebook" i cant live without it :)
sprocketjockey
Written Feb. 15, 2007 / Report /
Delicious
Greasemonkey
Google Notebook
Googe Reader Notifier
Google Mail Notifier
Performancing Blog Editor
Tab Mix Plus
FireFTP
FoxyTunes
1-Click Weather
jmathias
Written Feb. 15, 2007 / Report /
Firebug and Web Developer (only extensions needed)
Kamigoroshi
Written Feb. 15, 2007 / Report /
Google Browser Sync
Bloglines Notifier
Mouse Gestures
Tabmix Plus
Web Developer
LooTube
Written Feb. 15, 2007 / Report /
I have a fair few extensions, however my top 5 are:
Download Statusbar - saves the annoying pop-up download window appearing, and it keeps it nicely organised at the bottom of Firefox
FaviconizeTab - can help out a lot at times (shrinks the size of a tab on the tab bar down to it's favicon)
FireFTP - VERY nice FTP client, is brilliant if you want to upload one or two files quickly without having to open up a client outside of Firefox
Google Toolbar - don't know why, but I prefer it to the built in search feature in Firefox, easy too use and I enjoy checking out the pageranks also
RSS Ticker - all your RSS feeds scroll across the screen, I have mine going across the bottom, quite simply brilliant
I have a fair few web development extensions but I don't seem to use them much :\
infantiablue
Written Feb. 16, 2007 / Report /
- Firebug
- Web Dev toolbar
- Faster Fox
- Image Got
- Flash Got
zkatkin
Written Feb. 16, 2007 / Report /
I will have to checkout download status seems like a lot of people use it, RSS ticker seems like a cool idea too. I never understood the concept behind image got and flash got.
bbenzinger
Written Feb. 16, 2007 / Report /
Alright. Let's see here... I've also added a rating for each out of 10 to show which I like most.
Web Developer (9/10) - I use the real-time CSS edit practically every day. Not to mention it has a ton of other useful features like resetting cookies, validating pages, etc.
Tiny Menu (5/10) - Makes the FF top menu into one small menu on the left. Love it. Gives a little more real estate for sites.
Microsummary Generator Builder (8/10) - Very handy. I've got Microsummaries for my sites stats always visible and up to date in my bookmarks toolbar. I've got one that shows comments for my latest post on Solution Watch. Another that shows FeedBurner stats for my main feed and side notes feed. Also, I have two microsummaries for showing my unique visits and pageviews. I should add one to show my.9r points in my toolbar :-)
Translator (6/10) - Thanks to this plugin, I can translate a whole site with one click. Very handy as I do actually read a lot of Spanish and French sites (after translating, of course).
MeasureIt (5/10) - Little measuring tool that you can use to measure anything on a site. Click it and draw a box to see the measurements. Handy for when coding sites and measuring the width of divs and whatnot. I only use this every once in a while though.
All the rest that I've got installed I probably don't really need. I've been meaning to install FireBug as all the cool kids have it, but last I tried it didn't work. Hey, maybe I'll try again now.
LooTube
Written Feb. 16, 2007 / Report /
Just installed Tiny Menu, good extension :)
I don't use the top menu much anyways, bar accessing FireFTP and my bookmarks.
Thanks a lot
Scrivs
Written Feb. 16, 2007 / Report /
Web Developer is all I need to get by.
eternalsword
Written Feb. 16, 2007 / Report /
fireftp
downthemall
stylish
greasemonkey
noscript
tab mix plus
popup master
firebug
clickngo (I wrote it for it's usefulness to me. Hopefully I'll get some time to enhance the features to make it even better)
all-in-one gestures
the ones below I find more useful than the ones above at certain times, I just don't use them that often.
menu editor
mr tech local install
add bookmark here
scroll search engines
mimetype editor
colorzilla
copy link name
console2
download statusbar
regular expressions tester
jchristopher
Written Feb. 17, 2007 / Report /
I use the Web Developer extension the most by a long shot, followed by FireBug. The others are used sporadically such as MeasureIt for a quick reference.
Nuthatch
Written Feb. 17, 2007 / Report /
Gmail Manager
TinyURL creator
Clippings (saves and manages frequently-entered text)
Resizeable Form Fields (resize HTML form fields, including textareas, select boxes, text fields, and iframes)
Highlighter
Screen Grab
Cite Bite (formerly Deep Quote) (creates links to specific text on any web page)
Lugat
Written Feb. 18, 2007 / Report /
- Clean And Close
- del.icio.us
- Download Statusbar
- Fast Video Download
- Get File
- GraphicsEx
- NightlyTesterTools
- DownThemAll!
- Link Alert
- Palette Grabber
- Kodak EasyShare Gallery Companion / Fotofox
Ivy
Written Feb. 19, 2007 / Report /
I use a lot of extensions already mentioned, does anybody else use foxposè? I like it :D
wellsurp
Written Feb. 19, 2007 / Report /
- Firebug
- Web Dev toolbar
- Faster Fox
- Image Got
- Flash Got
I like FF
wellsurp
Written Feb. 19, 2007 / Report /
zkatkin
Written Mar. 21, 2007 / Report /
I just found OnlyWire... it's not an extension per-se, but it rocks!
Craige
Written Mar. 24, 2007 / Report /
In no particular order:
ColorZilla
GreaseMonkey
Live HTTP Headers
Pearl Crescent Page Saver Basic
WebDeveloper
zkatkin
Written Apr. 4, 2007 / Report /
Thanks nuthatc for pointing me to screen grab... it rocks!
dotcommakers
Written Apr. 4, 2007 / Report /
Hit-A-Hint
IE Tab
IMacros for Firefox
Imageshack Toolbar
InfoRSS
MeasureIt
NoScript
Password Explorer
Quicknote
ReloadEvery
ScribeFire
SearchStatus
Send2Cellphone
SiteDelta
StumbleUpon
Stylish
Temporary Inbox
TinyUrl Creator
Update Scanner
User Agent Switcher
Video Downloader
Wizz RSS Newsreader
Phew!! That's it!
snowdonkey
Written Nov. 8, 2007 / Report /
Adblock Plus
ColorZilla
Download Statusbar
Firebug
FullerScreen
JSView
MeasureIt
Remove It Permanently(!)
Tab Mix Plus
Web Developer
Vidar
Written Nov. 8, 2007 / Report /
ChromEdit plus (because I love to play around with that suff and its what I use for ad-blocking, also to make backups of my about:config stuff)
Colorzilla
DownThemAll
Imageshack Right Click (useful for posting stuff to forums and such)
Minimize to Tray
Pearl Crescent Page Saver Basic (full viewport screenshot)
Web Dev
TechMalaya
Written Nov. 13, 2007 / Report /
akismet, better comments manager, social bookmarker reloaded.
h3rald
Written Nov. 18, 2007 / Report /
Delicious
GreaseMonkey
Gmail manager
FireBug
Colorzilla
Web Developer Toolbar
Better Gmail
Secure Login
Search Status
Griffith
Written Nov. 18, 2007 / Report /
Adblock Plus, Flashgot and FEBE (backup utility).
binnyva
Written Feb. 10, 2008 / Report /
I have a multi profile setup for casual browsing and for development work. Between them both, these are my favorites...
Firebug - must have for all JavaScript developers
Greasemonkey
Flashblock
Tab Mix Plus
Video Downloader
HTML Validator
Snap Links
And more...
kostas
Written Apr. 16, 2008 / Report /
Flasblock
Gspace
Stylish (GMail, DeviantArt,...)
Adblock
Download Statusbar
Foxmarks
Flashgot
Splash
... and the latest PICLENS, so deviantart.com is yet more beautiful (if it's possible...)