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List of Firefox extensions
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This is a list of some of the many available Firefox extensions, software add-ons designed for Mozilla Firefox based web browsers. Many Firefox extensions work in the SeaMonkey web browser as well.
For a more complete list, see the official repository. [1] As of April 30, 2007, there were 2,286 extensions available from the Firefox Add-ons repository website.
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- ChatZilla - is a full-fledged IRC chat client that works inside Firefox.
- DOM Inspector - is for web developers. It allows them to inspect the Document Object Model tree of any page.
- Venkman - is a JavaScript debugger for web developers.
- Talkback - reports any crashes of Firefox to Mozilla.
These are official Firefox extensions which are also co-developed and distributed by Mozilla on their site as a bundle (extension + browser). The close involvement of Mozilla in these distribution is notable as being a new distribution tactic, especially with large sites like eBay who have a very large distribution reach.
- Firefox Companion for eBay - track "my eBay" status and get alerts for certain events such as being outbid.
- Google Browser Sync - allows users to synchronize their settings across multiple computers via the Internet.
- Google Notebook - provides a simple way to save and organize clips of information when conducting research online.
- Google Toolbar - provides features related to Google Search as a toolbar.
- Google Web Accelerator - is a web accelerator.
- CustomizeGoogle - (third party) allows the user to change and customize the look and feel of Google to their liking.
- Advanced Dork: - (third party) Provides Google's Advanced Operators for use in context menus.
- AllPeers - provides file-sharing by peer-to-peer among friends registered to the service.
- Googlepedia - shows users Wikipedia articles along with their Google search results.
- Joga.com Companion - creates a visual theme for Mozilla Firefox as well as providing tools relating to the 2006 FIFA World Cup and Joga.com
- LibX - library catalogues
- StumbleUpon - allows users to encounter random sites based upon the rating given by stumblers and their interests.
- Adblock Plus variant of Adblock - used for blocking ads via a paired blacklist and whitelist.
- AlchemyPoint - browser-based mashup / semantic web tool, lets you customize websites, scrape structured data into RSS feeds, etc.
- All-in-One Sidebar - adds enhanced sidebar functionality similar to that found in the Opera Internet suite.
- Colorful Tabs - adds randomized colors to page tabs in order to beautify the interface.
- Cookiesafe - controls which websites have permission to store cookies.
- DownThemAll - a popular download manager/accelerator.
- Fasterfox - pre-fetches links on pages, adjusts page rendering, and employs "network optimizations" to make browsing faster.
- Feedview - opens RSS and Atom feeds as webpages.
- Firefox Showcase - shows tabs as thumbnails, to preview, manage and search across them.
- Flashblock - prevents Flash content from running without being explicitly started (clicked) or whitelisted.
- Greasemonkey - allows users to install user scripts that modify specific web pages.
- IE Tab - allows users to view pages using the Internet Explorer rendering engine from within Firefox. This is useful for some websites that do not work properly in Firefox.
- Image Zoom - allows users to change image sizes within the page.
- iMacros - is a macro recorder for the Firefox web browser.
- Me.dium - shows a graphical map of people on the web
- MR Tech Local Install - contains "bundled" extensions to customize Firefox.
- NoScript - allows users to control JavaScript and other potentially executable content.
- PDF Download - allows users to customize the handling of PDF files.
- Operator - parses microformats.
- RankQuest SEO Toolbar - provides access to various search engine optimization tools.
- Sage - a popular, lightweight Feed reader extension.
- ScrapBook - adds enhanced scrapbooking, page saving, bookmarking, and notetaking functionality.
- Stylish - allows the user to install custom CSS that can modify specific web pages and XUL application interfaces.
- Tab Mix Plus - provides tabbed browsing enhancements.
- VideoDownloader - Download videos from sites like Youtube or Metacafe.
- Firebug - allows the debugging, editing, and modifying of any website's CSS, HTML, DOM, and JavaScript, and provides other web development tools.
- Web Developer - adds a menu and a toolbar to the browser with various web developer tools.
- FlashGot - provides download features and integration with a variety of external download managers.
- FoxyTunes - controls external media players.
- ^ Firefox Add-ons Repository Mozilla.org, Accessed April 30, 2007