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Essential Firefox and Thunderbird extensions

Posted: August 1st, 2005, 23:41
by Dr. kitteny berk
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.

Posted: August 2nd, 2005, 0:36
by ProfHawking
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

Posted: August 2nd, 2005, 0:39
by Dr. kitteny berk
cool :D i was looking for a felcher list thingy, but couldn't find them (i used one, but forgot where from)

Posted: August 2nd, 2005, 8:18
by Woo Elephant Yeah
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.

Posted: August 2nd, 2005, 8:55
by mrbobbins
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.

Posted: August 2nd, 2005, 9:46
by spoodie
I was using Flashblock until it was b0rked by upgrading to firefox 1.0.6

Posted: August 2nd, 2005, 15:11
by Lee

Posted: August 2nd, 2005, 15:51
by deject
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?

Posted: August 2nd, 2005, 20:46
by Joose
that stumbler thing is marvel-arse.

Ive just found this with it

Posted: August 2nd, 2005, 21:07
by Lee
Joose wrote:that stumbler thing is marvel-arse.

Ive just found this with it
haha, i'm downloading that extension now :D

Posted: August 2nd, 2005, 21:26
by deject
it really is fucking ace. add me as your friend "deject" as always.

Posted: August 2nd, 2005, 22:08
by Lee
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.

Posted: August 3rd, 2005, 0:17
by deject
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.

Posted: August 3rd, 2005, 9:44
by Woo Elephant Yeah
Yep, we've had quite a few hits last month from stumbleupon

More the merrier as always!

Posted: August 3rd, 2005, 10:28
by Lee
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.

Posted: August 3rd, 2005, 14:30
by spoodie
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!

Posted: August 3rd, 2005, 15:31
by cashy
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

Posted: September 6th, 2005, 11:33
by Lee
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?

Posted: September 6th, 2005, 12:02
by FatherJack
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.

Posted: September 6th, 2005, 15:24
by deject
who needs mouse gestures when we have KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS!!!