Browser Addons

[Renniks]

Levi's suggestion... What addons do you have for your browsers Reasons etc. would be appreciated, for other people to peruse (great word)

Chrome - 3.0.1 - No addons - Do however use tabslock, which binds chrome to my caps locks button.... very simple as I never use the button it means I can open the browser whenever... http://lifehacker.com/5046035/tabslock-puts-your-browser-one-keystroke-away

IE7 - No addons - only used for compatibility

Safari 4 - same as above

Opera 10 - Same as above

Firefox 3.5.2 -

*colorzilla - used to select a colour on your screen and return the values for it (Though have color cop, a freeware desktop version of the same type of thing) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/271

*Firebug - developers tool - if you code - get this! https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843

*MeasureIt - for measuring sections of site https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/539

*Skype extension (Didnt know I had this but yeh) - dont know

*Web Developer - another developers tool - if you code - get this! https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60

*yslow - firebug addon that tells you why your page is slow - very useful indeed. - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5369

*Recently got some SEO addons, but not tested them yet - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9403 - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9440




And you guys??

 

[Becky]

Pixel Perfect is kinda neat.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7943

Lets you add image overlays to websites in your browser. Good if you're making alignment revisions or updating a site with some new features, to see how it differs.

 

[Renniks]

*will go back through my post in 5 mins and add links just incase people want them*

 

[Becky]

Fireshot is another good one: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5648

takes screen captures of web pages. Either just the visible part (no browser window), or the entire page without the browser window surrounding it.

 

[Renniks]

I had that, but again got a desktop addon (windows 7 has built in)... snipping tool for desktop granted it doesnt do the below the fold screenshots, but I can always use paint to do that...

 

[Levi]

Well heres my little lot for firefox, I used info lister to create the list - great little app and then added my bit afterwards

Extensions (enabled: 28, disabled: 1):

• Adblock Plus 1.1.1 - get rid of those ads
• Adblock Plus: Element Hiding Helper 1.0.6 - updater for above
• All-Glass Firefox mod, based on Glasser 2.1.2 - makes it look pretty
• BetterSearch 1.60 - thumbnails of websites in google
• British English Dictionary 1.19 - I'm english not American
• DownThemAll! 1.1.4 - Bulk downloader type thing
• Fast Dial 2.23b1 - kind of a quick link thumbnail thing
• Fasterfox Lite 3.8.1Lite - speeds up firefox
• FEBE 6.2 - backs up add-ons
• Firebug 1.4.2 - web dev
• Firefox Showcase 0.9.5 - thumbnails of open tabs
• Firesizer 0.92 - resizes windows to set screen size
• IE NetRenderer 0.9 - links to IE NetRender
• Image Zoom 0.3.1 - zooms images etc
• InfoLister 0.10.1 - makes this big old list
• InvisibleHand 1.5 - Helps find the cheapest price on products (little pop down bar at top of page)
• Java Console 6.0.15
• Linkification 1.3.6 - converts text to links
• Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant 0.0.0 [disabled] - pain in the ass so disabled it
• Nightly Tester Tools 2.0.2 - allows all my add os to run
• Page Speed 1.2 - web dev for explaining why the site is slow (googles version of yslow by the looks of it)
• Pixel Perfect 1.1.0 - from suggestion
• QuickPageZoom 1.6.2 - little icons bottom right of screen to zoom in and out
• Split Browser 0.6.2009050101 - splits browser into seperate windows (think tiled windows)
• Tab Scope 0.2.2.11 - mini preview of tab (think vista/w7 start bar preview)
• VideoSurf Videos at a Glance 0.50 - timeline keyframe type thing on youtube etc
• Xmarks 3.3.2 - bookmark storage and syncronisation

Plugins (18):

• 3D Life Player
• Adobe Acrobat
• iTunes Application Detector
• Java Deployment Toolkit 6.0.150.3
• Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U15
• MetaStream 3 Plugin
• Microsoft Office Live Plug-in for Firefox
• Microsoft® Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin
• Mozilla Default Plug-in
• QuickTime Plug-in 7.6.4
• RealPlayer Version Plugin
• RealPlayer(tm) G2 LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-In (32-bit)
• Shockwave Flash
• Shockwave for Director
• Silverlight Plug-In
• VLC Multimedia Plug-in
• Windows Live® Photo Gallery
• Windows Presentation Foundation

 

[chrismitchell]

Now thats one hell of a list Levi

 

[Levi]

yeah it took an age to type out too

 

[chrismitchell]

LOL I bet it did

 

[Kevin]

For Firefox 3.5 I have installed:
Firebug, Web Developer, GooglePreview, Greasemonkey, FFChrome and Fission.

FFChrome is to reduce the amount of options when right-clicking and adding a "More options" sub menu instead. Unfortunately I'm still waiting for 3.5 compatible version

Fission is just a little extra that gives you the Safari style loading progress in the URL bar.

 

[glenwheeler]

I actually dont have any installed I use IE as my main browser, the rest for testing

 

[Dave1975]

Just found a really simple add-on for FF, something that has bugged me for ages, opens your homepage anytime you open a new tab, simples - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/777