8 Cool Firefox Plugins You Never Knew Existed
1. Stopwatch - This simple little extension gives you a neat stopwatch. That’s it. A stopwatch. It’s simple,easy, and it works.
2. Search Status - This is one of my favorite extensions. It sits in at the bottom of Firefox and gives you access to a lot of pertinent information about the website you’re on. Both google and alexa pagerank status is included by default. If you right click on the "q" you can see backward links, whois info, and other information.
3. Select Search
- This is an improvement on the default right click and search option that comes default with Firefox. With this plugin you can right click and choose to search a TON of different sites including yahoo, google, google images, ebay, amazon, etc. You get the picture. It’s neat and it works.
4. Aardvark - This is an extension designed specifically for web developers. When you right click on a page and "start aardvark" it separates divs, tables, and other elements with a red border. This allows you to visually see the different elements of the web page and put something visual to the code you’re working with.
5. Tinyurl Creator - Ever have a website with an insanely long and convoluted url that you wanted to easily turn into a tiny url? Well, that’s what I thought. With a simple right click, this extension contacts the tinyurl website and copies the new url into your clipboard. Neat, huh?
6. Secure Password Generator - With the billions and billions of hackers out there right now trying to get your super secret hot chick getting info, it’s probably best to create and keep secure passwords. This plugin does it.
7. img tag - Yes hotlinking is stealing, but this extension makes it so easy it’s fun. It’s not stealing if it’s your website and your images, so let’s have at it. Right click on any image click "make image tag" and it’ll make an html image tag and copy it to your clipboard for you.
8. Advanced History Manager - This is probably one of the more popular extensions I’ve included on this list. The Advanced History Manager does a much better job than the default one that comes with Firefox. It’s cool. Trust me.
December 20th, 2005 at 3:47 am
Where is the threaded comments! Come on guys…. Develop a theaded comment system and slashdot will be history….
… and that’s somethat that I’d give money to see!
December 20th, 2005 at 4:26 am
dont forget BlogThis
http://weblog.philringnalda.com/2004/09/17/updated-right-click-blogthis-for-firefox-and-mozilla
December 20th, 2005 at 4:29 am
these are all pretty bad.
December 20th, 2005 at 4:40 am
The tinyurl one is redudent. If you go to the tinyurl site there is a link you can just drag to your bookmark too bar. One click of that bookmark creates a tinyurl.
December 20th, 2005 at 5:15 am
This has been dugg, and isn’t that good…
December 20th, 2005 at 5:31 am
Img tag really is a boon. Speaking as a talented web developer, I’ve already lost count of the hours upon hours I have spent trying to remember “img href=”.
December 20th, 2005 at 8:02 am
I use Aardvark. This is quite possibly one of my favourite extensions. Being a part-time web designer, this comes in very handy.
December 20th, 2005 at 8:12 am
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December 20th, 2005 at 8:28 am
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December 20th, 2005 at 8:41 am
[...] En este blog, recomiendan 8 extensiones para Firefox que pese a no ser muy conocidas, pueden resultar de mucha utilidad. [...]
December 20th, 2005 at 9:38 am
One that I am impressed with:
- ScrapBook
- https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=427&application=firefox
December 20th, 2005 at 10:04 am
How does Select Search differ from ConQuery, which allows you to right-click & search through any site you have a mycroft search plugin for (the same plugins used in the search bar at the top-right of the browser).
December 20th, 2005 at 10:22 am
SearchStatus is amazon spyware. No thanks.
Check out the privacy notice:
The SearchStatus extension that you are installing exchanges data with Alexa Internet, Inc. (”Alexa”), an Amazon.com company in order to provide you with information about the web pages you view.
FOR EVERY WEB PAGE YOU VISIT WHILE USING SearchStatus (EXCLUDING SECURE DOMAINS AND THOSE YOU HAVE CONFIGURED AS PRIVATE), CERTAIN INFORMATION, INCLUDING YOUR IP ADDRESS, THE URL OF THE WEB PAGE YOU VISIT, AND GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR BROWSER AND COMPUTER’S OPERATING SYSTEM, WILL BE TRANSMITTED FROM YOUR COMPUTER TO ALEXA. SOME OF THE URLS YOU VISIT, WHICH ARE TRANSMITTED TO ALEXA, WILL CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE.
December 20th, 2005 at 10:23 am
now I know why I didn’t know these existed
December 20th, 2005 at 10:33 am
Not that unknown at all.
December 20th, 2005 at 10:43 am
Most of these seem worthless, except SearchStatus which is one of my two most used extensions (webdeveloper being the first).
That last response about spyware; Of course Search Status is sending back information to amazon, it also does this to google, as does the alexa toolbar, the google toolbar, and just about anything that requests information back from them. You can disable the alexa request or google request if you want to. All the legal above is saying is it is collecting your user_agent information and the pages you goto, and has to at least collect the page you are on to give you back it’s ranking.
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December 20th, 2005 at 10:46 am
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December 20th, 2005 at 11:06 am
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December 20th, 2005 at 11:10 am
There aren’t billions of hackers. There are only 6.4 billion people alive. 2/6 or 1/3 of people aren’t hackers. Those extensions were horrible, except for tinyurl. I hate when people who write blogs do a firefox extensions list and then submit it to digg. Happens every day.
December 20th, 2005 at 11:22 am
[...] Some really good Firefox extensions here , some of which I’d not seen before! I really lie the TinyURL creator. [...]
December 20th, 2005 at 11:36 am
Hey, we just released one you guys might like today. An extension that lets you blog to wordpress, MT and Blogger from firefox — it’s at http://performancing.com/firefox
hope you like it!
December 20th, 2005 at 1:24 pm
If we did not know these extensions existed, how can Advanced History manager be “probably one of the more popular extensions I’ve included on this list”? When something is popular it means that people know about its existence. Dumbass.
December 20th, 2005 at 1:36 pm
What a fucking terrible list. These are all dumb. How the F did this make it so high on delicious/popular?
December 20th, 2005 at 2:07 pm
8 lesser-known Firefox extensions
The Crazy 8 Opinions blog has a post up of 8 less well-known Firefox extensions. Some we’ve featured here on Lifehacker before, but others are fresh. The Tinyurl creator and image tag extensions look pretty cool. There’s also a simple…
December 20th, 2005 at 3:28 pm
[...] Crazy 8 Opinions blog has a post of 8 less-well-known Firefox extensions if you’re looking for some cool goodies for your Firefox browser. Filed under: Blog Stuff @ 12:28 pm# [...]
December 20th, 2005 at 3:33 pm
Web Developer Toolbar is a plugin that does what Aardvark does and so much more. I don’t know how I would do my job without it.
December 20th, 2005 at 5:40 pm
[...] Also, Crazy 8 Opinions released a list of 8 Cool Firefox [Extensions] You Never Knew Existed. There’s a few useful extensions on their list. [...]
December 20th, 2005 at 6:27 pm
I’m working on an extension that lets you pull 8 of the 100 most common links out of your browser history and splat them up on your blog with one click. It uses advanced hieuristics to create some text to go describe each one of them by scanning your e-mail for relevant phrases.
It’s really cool, you don’t even have to think!
December 20th, 2005 at 9:34 pm
eas, sounds like a cool plugin, let us know when you’re done.
December 20th, 2005 at 9:41 pm
[...] Looking for those not so well known but kool firefox extensions you can use? Well over at Crazy 8 Opinions they have a list of 8 kool firefox plugins you might not know ever exisited. Among them are Search Status, TinyURL creator, Advanced History Manager, and so on. Make sure you check it out as there are some pretty kool extensions that can make your firefox even that more kool and useful. [...]
December 20th, 2005 at 11:23 pm
Aardvark is freaking awesome! It my favorite extention of all time.
December 21st, 2005 at 1:20 am
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December 21st, 2005 at 1:27 am
Useless…. just Aardvark is amazing
December 21st, 2005 at 2:47 am
You can’t “steal” bits, because theft requires that the counterparty be deprived of something (and no, being deprived of a *potential* profit is not equivalent). Please don’t promote the sort of language that groups like the RIAA and MPAA use to skew the debate about copyright.
That is all.
December 21st, 2005 at 3:48 am
[...] 8 Cool Firefox Plugins You Never Knew Existed is probably over egging it. However, there are some interesting ones there. [...]
December 21st, 2005 at 7:56 am
Aardvark is useful for everyone not just developers. I use it many times every day when reading pages with lots of distracting sidebars, ads, etc. I start Aardvark then hover over a distracting area press R (remove) and it’s gone. Alternately I can hover over the part I like and press I (isolate) and it’s the only thing left on the page. Press Q (quit) to stop Aardvark. Good not only for reading but to create a page to print that only has the information you need.
December 21st, 2005 at 9:15 am
[...] 如果要關閉這個功能，只要按右鍵，再選擇一次「start Aardvark」就可以了（容易混淆，希望下個版本可以改過來）。[via Crazy 8 Opinions] [...]
December 21st, 2005 at 9:38 am
[...] 如果要關閉這個功能，只要按「Q」，就可以退出了。其他的快速鍵還有「W」，可以擴充範圍至上層的元素，「N」則是縮小範圍；「V」可以顯示滑鼠所選取的元素範圍之原始碼；「D」則可以清除元素的固定寬度值。更詳細的快速鍵說明，請直接參閱作者網頁。[via Crazy 8 Opinions] [...]
December 21st, 2005 at 10:35 am
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December 21st, 2005 at 3:19 pm
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December 21st, 2005 at 7:50 pm
“Secure Password Generator… This plugin does it.”
yeah, but this one does it better! check out passwordmaker.org once you get the concept, you’ll never go back. It’s superior in every aspect.
December 22nd, 2005 at 2:39 am
wtf omg ghey
December 22nd, 2005 at 3:59 pm
I use the tinyurl creator a lot. Very useful.
December 27th, 2005 at 9:31 am
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December 31st, 2005 at 8:13 am
[...] » Blog Archive » 8 Cool Firefox Plugins You Never Knew Existed This is an extension designed specifically for web developers. When you right click on a page and “start aardvark” it separates divs, tables, and other elements with a red border. This allows you to visually see the different elements of the web page and put something visual to the code you’re working with. This is the best free tool I’ve found yet for learning how CSS works. It’s what I’m using to figure out changes to this default template I’m using. Soon enough, there will be useful links in the right column instead of someone else’s pictures from Flickr. [...]
January 1st, 2006 at 3:27 pm
[...] The “8 Cool Firefox Plugins You Never Knew Existed” article is an interesting read because it brings up some little-known extensions which are very useful. My favourite from that list is Aardvark, which - once activated - notifies you graphically of the different elements of a webpage - a big help when you’re designing your own. [...]
January 4th, 2006 at 2:28 am
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January 7th, 2006 at 3:28 am
would any one please help me? here is my problem:
i use kget as download manager but it can’t download any pictures in a web page. let me clarify more, when i save a web page and open the saved page i can’t see any images in the web page. Would anyone please tell me how to get rid of this?
please mail me at meowcat_002@yahoo.com
January 24th, 2006 at 5:27 pm
I just want to know where these billions and billions of hackers are….
January 28th, 2006 at 7:52 pm
Why cant anyone come up with a plugin that resumes broken downloads in Firefox? incase of crashes or power outages, you can rely on a resume broken download plugin. That will be ultimately nice!
February 13th, 2006 at 2:02 pm
[...] Are there 8 things that you feel very strongly about? Then go here and tell us about them. Seriously, 8 things… about anything. Let me show you: 8 Favorite Candies there ya go, Best College Mascots or perhaps something a little geekier. Either way, chances are we’ve got something to tickle your fancy here, if not, send one in yourself. [...]
March 5th, 2006 at 3:06 pm
Recently one of my friends recommended me an extension named Hyperwords that totally changes the hypertext principle — no more pre-defined link, any word or phrase can be the link. I’ve downloaded it from http://www.hyperwords.net/ and installed on my home PC. Great extension! I’ve already removed 3 other extensions because Hyperword do the same things and much more! I think it will be very useful for almost everybody. It makes searching, blogging, bookmarking, emailing document fragments, translation from / to different languagues much faster than you could do it before. Worth to try. Really!
April 28th, 2007 at 5:26 am
[...] Crazy 8 Opinions » Blog Archive » 8 Cool Firefox Plugins You Never Knew Existed Tinyurl Creator -With a simple right click, this extension contacts the tinyurl website and copies the new url into your clipboard. Neat, huh? (tags: firefox plugins) [...]
September 19th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
your dating other guys, your telling me lie. Corrina Eudora.
August 31st, 2008 at 8:42 pm
Hi!,
August 31st, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Hello!,
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:17 pm
hey
its very unconventional point of view.
Good post.
realy gj
thx
September 12th, 2008 at 10:51 am
Not much on my mind lately, but pfft. I’ve just been letting everything happen without me these days. Eh. I’ve basically been doing nothing worth mentioning.