Essential Firefox and Thunderbird extensions

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » August 1st, 2005, 23:41

Mostly this is just gonna be a list with descriptions of all of my essential extensions, add your own to the thread, and we'll get a damn good list over time :D

Firefox

Adblock
Does exactly what it says on the tin, allows you to block damn near any advert you see. - use this to block most automatically.

BugMeNot
Allows you to easily bypass compulsory registration on news sites and the like.

DownloadWith
Adds an extra option to the "Save As" box, allowing you to download using your favourite download manager (I suggest getright)

FireFTP
Allows you to use Firefox as a reasonably well formed FTP app.

Image Zoom
Allows you to zoom images in/out within Firefox.

~deject's picks~

Tabbrowser Preferences
More advanced configuration of the tabs.

FLST
Focuses on the Last tab that was open.

IE View
FirefoxView
Loads the current page into IE from Firefox or Firefox into IE.

StumbleUpon
Great for random browsing.

Thunderbird

Minimize to Tray
Allows you to minimize Thunderbird to the system tray.

Post by **ProfHawking** » August 2nd, 2005, 0:36

cool cheers
might add a couple of those to mine

with adblock, i strongly reccomend using the http://www.pierceive.com/
filterset. just import the latest txt file. you shouldnt need anything else in there. the smaller the list the better, and that one is nice and efficient and gets any adds ive found

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » August 2nd, 2005, 0:39

cool :D i was looking for a felcher list thingy, but couldn't find them (i used one, but forgot where from)

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » August 2nd, 2005, 8:18

Auto Embedder
Grabs all links to objects such as swf,jpeg, and png and converts links to actual viewable objects embedded in webpage.

This is great for viewing pages such as http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/images/smiles/
You can hit the button in the bottom right corner to turn this process off or on.

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » August 2nd, 2005, 8:55

Mouse gestures: Cos i'm lazy :D

Google bar: Does what it says on the tin

And some winamp bar thing that sits at the bottom of the browser, can't remember what it's called but I quite like it.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » August 2nd, 2005, 9:46

I was using Flashblock until it was b0rked by upgrading to firefox 1.0.6

Lee · Post by **Lee** » August 2nd, 2005, 15:11

This one.

Post by **deject** » August 2nd, 2005, 15:51

mrbobbins wrote:And some winamp bar thing that sits at the bottom of the browser, can't remember what it's called but I quite like it.

maybe FoxyTunes?

Post by **Joose** » August 2nd, 2005, 20:46

that stumbler thing is marvel-arse.

Ive just found this with it

Lee · Post by **Lee** » August 2nd, 2005, 21:07

Joose wrote:that stumbler thing is marvel-arse.

Ive just found this with it

haha, i'm downloading that extension now :D

Post by **deject** » August 2nd, 2005, 21:26

it really is fucking ace. add me as your friend "deject" as always.

Lee · Post by **Lee** » August 2nd, 2005, 22:08

I would if i could find the button, also, if i could find the button to add a site i'd add 5punk, maybe we could get some publicity, i'm sure it'd make WEY happy.

Post by **deject** » August 3rd, 2005, 0:17

Lee.H wrote:I would if i could find the button, also, if i could find the button to add a site i'd add 5punk, maybe we could get some publicity, i'm sure it'd make WEY happy.

I already did! If you can't find where to add people, post your username and I'll find you.

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » August 3rd, 2005, 9:44

Yep, we've had quite a few hits last month from stumbleupon

More the merrier as always!

Lee · Post by **Lee** » August 3rd, 2005, 10:28

My username is Lee-H, I think to find me you need to know that i live in South Shields, UK. Gunslinger42 is there aswell.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » August 3rd, 2005, 14:30

This Stumble Upon is superb, but it's not helping me concentrate on my work.

Just when you thought you were bored of surfing, you Stumble Upon!

cashy · Post by **cashy** » August 3rd, 2005, 15:31

spoodie wrote:This Stumble Upon is superb, but it's not helping me concentrate on my work.

Just when you thought you were bored of surfing, you Stumble Upon!

this. its cocking great

Lee · Post by **Lee** » September 6th, 2005, 11:33

Is there a extension or something for firefox so music and video files launch in windows media player and start streaming like with IE instead of downloading it first then playing?

Post by **FatherJack** » September 6th, 2005, 12:02

mrbobbins wrote:Mouse gestures: Cos i'm lazy :D

I can't operate a browser without these any more. I even do them with my hands when other people are browsing like some spastic conductor.

Post by **deject** » September 6th, 2005, 15:24

who needs mouse gestures when we have KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS!!!