Jul
2008
14
awesome add-ons
Unfortunately for the design world, most people use Internet Explorer (I.E.), the browser developed by Microsoft, to surf the net. Savvy users have been surfing with Mozilla Firefox since 2004. In fact, Firefox is so useful it is now the second-most popular browser in current use worldwide after Internet Explorer.
What makes it so useful? It’s their Add-ons of course! Add-ons are great, they are targeted at end-users, not just designers and developers and let you extend and personalise Firefox, making the World Wide Web a far friendlier place.
For example, StumbleUpon discovers web sites based on your interests or FoxyTunes lets you control almost any media player, find lyrics, covers, videos and much more. Currently, there are over 5000 Add-ons available to download. Here’s just a few LEWIS favourites...
Fontfinder - Suberb, one of my favourites. Simply right-click on some text and you’ll be shown the font, colour, size, class etc.
Get it here
Dummy Lipsum - Ridiculously useful. Great for getting a quick snippet of lorum ipsum. This add-on generates paragraphs, lists and shows the html tags among other functions.
Get it here
Firebug - The developers at LEWIS swear by this one; It shows you how any live webpage is built, and lets you analyse and edit it as you wish.
Get it here
Screengrab! - One of the better screenshot add-ons available. This allows you to take screenshots of an entire webpage no matter how long, or copy the selection of the page that you need.
Get it here
Fast Dial - Whatever Opera can do, Firefox kicks its ass! This addon brings up screenshots of your favourite sites when you open a new tab.
Get it here
MeasureIt - A must for developers...pretty self explanatory, lets you measure things on a website!
Get it here
Stop! Hammertime! - Pump up the volume; hear the legend that is MC Hammer every time you click your stop button!
Get it here (See also STOP in the name of love!)
Pic Lens - This is pretty awesome...The 3D wall shows you videos, photos, news and sport feeds at the click of a button.
Get it here
Mini Map Sidebar - Have a fully functioning Google map on your brower at all times.
Get it here
Flagfox - Ever wondered which country a website comes from? Well, this add-on displays the relevant flag with a few cheeky little features.
Get it here
Forecastfox - Fancy having a mini weather forecast in your browser at all times? Well now you can!
Get it here
Undo Closed Tabs Button - Does what it says on the tin; a quick way of opening up a recently closed tab.
Get it here
Google Preview - Shows a little screenshot of each website listed in your Google search.
Get it here
Ctrl-Tab - A nice simple way of scrolling through your tabs.
Get it here
FishEye Tabs - Great if you've got loads of tabs open.
Get it here
Mee Timer - Spend too much time on Firefox like I obviously do?
Get it here
FEBE - If like me, you've got a ridiculous amount of add-ons, back them all up with this badboy.
Get it here
FootieFox - All the football info you need...in an add-on!
Get it here