Firefox plugins

I use Firefox. If you do not – you should. It is far superior to IE or any other browser that I have seen to date. What makes Firefox so powerful are the extensions. Extensions are the plug-ins that add or change features within Firefox.

Here are a few of the extensions I use and highly recommend:

* Spellbound – This is a great for the spellingly challenged among us. This plug in checks spelling in a text box. Just right click on the text box and choose check spelling. You can get it at: http://spellbound.sourceforge.net/

* Greasemonkey – The most powerful plugin I have ever seen. It allows the user to define the way a page looks and behaves. You can add or remove functions or content to any web page. For example you can add a delete button to Gmail. Remove adds from blogs. Whatever you want. There are hundreds of scripts available for greasemonkey. You can get Greasemonkey and scripts at http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/

* Platypus – Is a visual way to create Greasemonkey scripts. You can change font sizes for pages, remove content, move content around on pages -All with a few clicks. No code. No mess.
You can get Platypus at: http://platypus.mozdev.org/

And of course it is all open source and free.

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4 Responses to “Firefox plugins”

  1. melvynadam Says:
    January 17th, 2006 at 4:43 pm

    I love the fact that you’re expressing more opinions now in your posts. The old “this tool’s cool. try it� type posts really didn’t do much for me.
    With this latest post though you’ve gone too far – now you’re dictating to me instead of recommending a tool! “I use Firefox. If you do not – you should.â€? Actually I’ve tried it and prefer something else. I use Maxthon. It does everything Firefox does and more. It’s cleaner and I have no problems displaying any web page designed for IE compatibility (the vast majority, this blog excluded ;) ).
    Since I’m a savvy user and know how to secure my system I have no worries about the flaws in the IE engine and therefore consider it a risk worth taking. Obviously, I’m not 100% secure. None of us are. All any of us are doing is making the best compromise between functionality, usability and security. You think Firefox is the best for that compromise whilst running it on an inherently flawed foundation (Windows). I disagree.

  2. Josh Says:
    January 18th, 2006 at 2:01 pm

    melvynadam, maybe be a good example to Ari and expand on your comment – WHY do you use Maxthon? What’s ‘cleaner’ mean?

  3. Mordraug Says:
    March 7th, 2006 at 10:32 am

    I was searching for a spelling plugin and spellbound is exactly what I was looking for so thank you for posting about it! :)
    //Mordraug

  4. phentermine-kh Says:
    March 30th, 2006 at 1:26 pm

    Good site… Nice design

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