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11 pointspalcu11y ago9 comments

Because I'm always tired of seeing Chrome promoted as the defacto browser and ecosystem, here are my favorite Firefox addons:

Ghostery - http://www.ghostery.com HTTPS Everywhere - https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere Cloud To Butt Plus - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cloud-to-butt-plus/

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Casseres11y ago· 1 in thread

This is what I run. I prefer that companies I've never heard of do not collect data about me and give it to whomever wants it for just a few cents.

Adblock Edge: Blocks all ads including "acceptable ads" https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-edge/

Better Privacy: Manage "super cookies" https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/betterprivacy...

Cookie Monster: Control who can set cookies. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/cookie-monste...

NoScript: Blocks all scripts except for whitelisted domains https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/noscript/

RefControl: Modifies HTTP Referer on a per-site basis. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/refcontrol/

RequestPolicy: Blocks all cross-site requests except whitelisted requests. https://requestpolicycontinued.github.io/

UAControl: Modifies User Agent on a per-site basis. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/uacontrol/

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These are just to make my Internet experience more enjoyable/productive.

Classic Theme Restorer: Brings back navigation buttons, makes tabs square, and more. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/classicthemer...

Firebug: Inspect and change HTML, CSS, and more. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/firebug/

HN Utility Suite: collapse discussions. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/hn-utility-su...

Image Block: If tethering on a limited connection. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/image-block/

New Tab Tools: Makes new tab page nicer. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/new-tab-tools...

Screengrab! (fix version): Take screenshot of whole webpage. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/screengrab-fi...

ChrisGranger11y ago

Just FYI, you can take a full page screenshot without using any add-ons by hitting Shift-F2 and typing screenshot --fullpage in the command line. There is also a screenshot button you can add to your Web Developer toolbar, but it's not enabled by default.

vijucat11y ago

ScrapBook : It allows you to save web pages offline, mark-up (highlight, annotate, make text-box callouts), indexes the whole collection + has tags. It unfortunately doesn't do sync yet, but provides an Import feature that is good enough in conjunction with rsync / Unison.

Scrapbook has been a serious "problem" for me: I could never make the switch from firefox to chrome, even in the intermediate years when a majority of folks had ditched FF for Chrome; I needed my scrapbook.

Link with screenshots, manual: http://www.xuldev.org/scrapbook/

getdavidhiggins11y ago

Using these ATM:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/read-it-later...

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-no-tra...

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ghostery/

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/make-address-...

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/yesscript/

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/copy-urls-exp...

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/custom-button...

forgotpasswd3x11y ago

I found this a few days ago: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/select-like-a...

It allows you to select text that's part of a link by just clicking and dragging, just like all other text.

Other addons I use are: uBlock (https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#firefox)

imagus (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/imagus/)

self-destructing cookies (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/self-destruct...)

clean links (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/clean-links/)

ballin_collin11y ago

Increases my productivity greatly

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/vimfx/

greenyoda11y ago

"Tree Style Tab" is very useful if you like to have a lot of tabs open at the same time:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-ta...

roopeshv11y ago

ublock https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases

pentadactyl http://5digits.org/nightlies

greasemonkey http://www.greasespot.net/

pentadactyl has a bit of learning curve to use it well. But after having using it for many years, it is the only addon that is keeping me away from chrome. No other vim style addon for chrome or firefox has come close, for me.

anaxag0ras11y ago

NoScript: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/

Firebug: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firebug/

Lastpass: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/lastpass-pass...

Pushbullet: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/pushbullet/

TooManyTabs: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/toomanytabs-s...

Pocket: https://addons.mozilla.org/EN-us/firefox/addon/read-it-later...

uBlock: https://addons.mozilla.org/EN-us/firefox/addon/ublock/?src=s...

Cryptocat: https://addons.mozilla.org/EN-us/firefox/addon/cryptocat/

Blur(DoNotTrackMe): https://addons.mozilla.org/EN-us/firefox/addon/donottrackplu...

Disconnect: https://addons.mozilla.org/EN-us/firefox/addon/disconnect/

Flashgot: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flashgot

Tree Style Tab: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-ta...

Web of Trust: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/wot-safe-brow...

HTTPS Everywhere: https://www.eff.org/files/https-everywhere-latest.xpi

Greasemonkey: https://addons.mozilla.org/EN-us/firefox/addon/greasemonkey/

Privacy Badger: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-badge...

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