[Mr. K]

Most firefox users are also Linux users, and zealots.

How can somoene be so worked up about a browser.. I use what came on the computer.

[smith288]

38 extensions eh? Hows that memory leak working out for ya? Up to around 180-200mb yet?

I will only run MeasureIt, Firebug and CookieSafe for developing.

Anything else will just bog down your firefox along with the rest of your PC.

I have to kill FF every 4 hours or so to get some memory back. Its really disappointing.

[ShadowAce]

[ShadowAce]

I use a few—Adblock Plus, CookieCuller, GreaseMonkey, Remove It Permanently, and Tab Mix Plus. They make my surfing experience vastly different than most people’s. I tend to get a little disconcerted when I get on my parents’ machine as they have ads and pop-ups all over the place.

[martin_fierro]

Bump fer l8r

[Mr. K]

Oh and Linux users smell bad

[NeonKnight]

bump for later

[ecurbh]

Only 38 extensions? Piker! :)

Enabled Extensions: [46]

• Adblock Plus 0.7.5.1 - Ads were yesterday!
• All-in-One Sidebar 0.7.1 - Sidebar control with award-winning user experience!
• checkrange 0.1 - Lets you check or uncheck a range of checkboxes by clicking the first checkbox and then Shift+clicking the last checkbox.
• Clippings 2.6 - Save frequently-entered text for pasting later.
• ColorZilla 1.0 - Advanced Eyedropper, ColorPicker, Page Zoomer and other colorful goodies
• Controle de Scripts 0.5.0.1 - Improves your JavaScript control.
• CookieCuller 1.3.1 - Extended Cookie Manager--protect/unprotect selected cookies
• Copy Link Name 1.2.4 - Copies the name (source anchor) of a link.
• CustomizeGoogle 0.60 - Enhance Google search results and remove ads and spam.
• CuteMenus - Crystal SVG 1.9.1 - Adds icons to all menus.
• DOM Inspector 1.8.1.4 - Inspects the structure and properties of a window and its contents.
• DownThemAll! 0.9.9.10 - The mass downloader for Firefox.
• Firebug 1.05 - Web Development Evolved
• FireFoxMenuButtons 1.5.3 - Adds 41 Buttons (duplicating of Firefox menu strings) on the browser's toolbar
• FireFTP 0.96.4 - FTP Client for Mozilla Firefox.
• Firesomething 1.8.0 - All your branding are belong to Firesomething.
• Forecastfox 0.9.5.2 - Get international weather forecasts and display it in any toolbar or statusbar with this highly customizable extension.
• Free Download Manager plugin 1.0 - Free Download Manager integration with Firefox browser.
• IE View 1.3.3 - Open pages in IE via Firefox menus
• Image Zoom 0.3 - Adds zoom functionality for images
• ImgTag 0.3.2 - Generates XHTML image tags
• Link Alert 0.7.2 - Changes the cursor to indicate the target of a link.
• Make Link 2.1 - Make HTML or ForumCode links via the context menu
• Menu Editor 1.2.3.3 - Customize application menus
• MinimizeToTray 0.0.1.2006102615+ - Minimizes Mozilla windows into the system tray
• MR Tech Local Install 5.3.2.3 - Local Install power tools for all users. (en-US)
• Organize Status Bar 0.5.2 - Organize your status bar icons.
• Page Title Eraser 0.6.3 - Removes title of current tab
• PermaTabs 1.4.0 - Create permanent tabs that don't close, and stick around between sessions
• Popup ALT Attribute 1.3.2005092702 - Popups alternate texts of images or others like NetscapeCommunicator(Navigator) 4.x, and show long descriptions in the multi-row tooltip.
• ReloadEvery 2.0 - Reloads webpages every so many seconds or minutes
• Resizeable Textarea 0.1d - Resize textareas to your needs.
• Save Image in Folder 1.1.3 - Easily save images in personally customized folders.
• Save Link in Folder 1.3.4 - Easily save links in personally customized folders.
• ScrapBook 1.2.0.8 - Helps you to save Web pages and organize the collection.
• SearchLoad Options 0.4.1 - Tweak the searchbar's functionality.
• SmartSearch 3.6 - Search for the selected text through your context menu, using any of your bookmark keywords.
• Splash 1.2.2 - Adds a splash screen. Supported in Firefox, Flock, Thunderbird and Sunbird. (en-US)
• StatusbarEx 0.2.9 - Display information on the statusbar, such as memory usage, network speed and so on. Please note that it need Microsoft VC++ 8.0 SP1 runtime library to work properly.
• StumbleUpon 3.05 - StumbleUpon Toolbar
• Stylish 0.5.2 - Customize the look of websites and of the user interface.
• Talkback 2.0.0.4 - Sends information about program crashes to Mozilla.
• United States English Dictionary 2.0.0.6 - English United States (en-US) spellchecking dictionary
• View Dependencies 0.3.2.2 - Adds a tab listing dependencies and their sizes in the Page Info window.
• ViewSourceWith 0.0.9 - View page source with external application
• Web Developer 1.1.4 - Adds a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools.

[backhoe]

Here’s one ( I’ve been lobbying Jim for years to add this capability to FR ) that really cuts down on the flamewars:

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/4107
killfile

Provides a killfile for certain blogs. Covers livejournal, haloscan comments, most typepad blogs, most blogspot blogs, scienceblogs.com, and more as I add them. Trolls can be killfiled with a single click.

[Mr. Know It All]

Interestingly, some of these add-ons were also on Computerworld's Top 10 Firefox Extensions to Avoid.

[21stCenturion]

...

[doorgunner69]

ping for reference later

[agent_delta]

bump for later reading

[CedarDave]

Great article. Thanks.

Bump for later reading.

[AFPhys]

This reminds me that I’ve got to go update some FF extensions and hunt around for other usefuls... Some of the posts in this thread will certainly help me doing that, too.