iMacros
iMacros is an extension that allows you to record and play certain actions you do over Firefox. It’s purpose it to simplify repetitive tasks you do from within your browser. Examples include opening and logging into your favorite websites, and filling out login and registration forms automatically. That’s not all though, iMacros can record everything you do in your browser so the possibilities are endless! iMacros also allows you to extract data from websites automatically and store it on your computer. iMacros also allows you to share your sessions with virtually anyone who also has the plugin. You could even automate the registration system for your website’s visitors by giving them access to a custom iMacro that automatically inputs their information. If you’re a web developer you can use iMacro’s stopwatch function to measure the performance of your website. There is no limit to what you could do with this extension!
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Tired of all those annoying, flashy advertisements? If so Adblock Plus is the perfect plugin for you! Adblock Plus blocks most advertisements on any website by default. It also allows you to easily block any banners that get past the filter once and for all. Just right click on the image, and select “Adblock Image” and you’re done! If the default filters aren’t good enough for you Adblock Plus even allows you to create your own filters tailored to your needs. Adblock Plus also comes with a white listing system so you can enable and disable the addon on a site-per-site basis. Adblock Plus is the must have addon in this day and age of aggressive advertising & marketing.
zoomFox is a utility that allows you to zoom into certain parts of images from within Firefox. Perfect for photographers and even graphics designers! With zoomFox you can easily zoom into any image and scroll and move the focus. The addon is easily accessible — just right click on an image and select zoomFox. From there it will open a new tab with the image and zoomFox controls for easy manipulation of the image.
HyperWords simplifies your research and general browsing experience by allowing you to lookup words and phrases on whatever page you’re reading by simply highlighting the phrase, right clicking, and select the option you want. Hyperwords currently allows you to lookup the phrase on Wikipedia, translate the phrase to another language, convert numerical values, search for the word in your favorite search engine and more.
The main purpose of StumbleUpon is to allow you to discover new content from websites that are “stumbled” or voted on by people who share similar interests as you. When you “discover” a website (be the first person to stumble it) the stumble upon toolbar asks you to review the website and give tags that describe the website. When you sign up with StumbleUpon you tell StumbleUpon what types of subjects you like (music, comedy, technology, etc) This will be used to determine which sites will appeal to you when stumbling through sites. When you stumble a site you are telling SumbleUpon that you like that website and you would like to see more sites like it. This system delivers highly personalized content just for you, so you don’t have to scour the internet for content that interests you.
The web developer toolbar addon is the essential add-on for any web developer who uses Firefox. With the Web Developer Toolbar you can edit and save your code on the go straight from Firefox — and see how it changes the look and feel of your design, instantly. Perfect for anyone who likes to see the changes made in their design without having to rely on bloated WYSIWYG editors. That’s not all though, the toolbar comes with an abundance of commonly used features which include: outlining, ability to clear session cookies, hover element information, validate your mark-up, resize your window to common preset values and many more features!
ScribeFire is another great blogging-oriented addon for Firefox. It integrates into your browser and allows you to post onto your blog without ever going into touching administration area of your blogging software. You can format the post just as you would with your blogging software, and even drag and drop text from web pages without losing the styling. ScribeFire supports most popular blogging services and software. Read more for the compatibility list.
FireShot is a sceenshot utility that allows you to take screenshots of webpages in one click, without including your Firefox browser in the image. Furthermore, Fireshot allows you to choose the specific region of the screen and even edit the screenshot so you can emphasize certain parts of it. You can also configure FireShot to automatically upload the screenshot to their image upload service instantly.
SeoQuake is the must-have addon for any webmaster who wants to take advantage of companies like Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft to drive traffic to their websites. The addon allows you to quickly and efficiently look up certain SEO factors of any site including page rank, alexa rank, and the number of indexed pages in Google, Yahoo!, and Live.com.