S/O of Nikki's FF thread - what are your fave add-ons?

[Kiki]

Well, as a follow-up to my PSA Back up thread, my hard drive is wiped, so I need to start from scratch. So I might as well install some great add-ons to FF to make me feel better. :)

So what are your favourite FF add-ons, and can you please provide links? And if you are feeling like helping out a "woe-is-me-my-harddrive-has-been-reset" gal, what other free programs do you recommend? I have a Vista-64 laptop.

[scrapperjade]

I love:

Down Them All (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/201) (makes for easy downloading of multiple files!!)
Fast Dial (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5721)

I have one that will organize my open programs (maybe thats not FF though!)... I love that - I'll have to find out what it is!

[ditzyscrap]

Agreed with Jae's suggestion of Fast Dial...I have that on mine and when it's not working I'm LOST, lol (the only issue with it, though, is when you upgrade FF, you lose your "dial" pages, and have to set it up again).

I also love, love, love my Download Statusbar (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/26)...instead of downloads popping up in a new window, they show up at the bottom of my screen...and they'll stay there until I open them (to unzip or whatever...usually they're zipped files, lol).

And the Tab Preview (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6132) add-on is pretty handy at times, if you roll over the tabs at the top, it shows you a preview of the page that isn't showing. Like for example, say I have gmail open and SSD and GoodReads and then some other random page open in other tabs...I can roll over the SSD/GoodReads/other random page tab and it will give me a small preview of what the site looks like. I dunno, I like it, lol.

[ditzyscrap]

Oh, and I just found this one last night, didn't realize how handy it really would be until just now, lol... it's called CoLT (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1812)...what it does is basically when you right click on a link, you can choose from "copy link location", "copy link text" or "copy link text and location" (and this last option, gives you options for things like email, forums, etc...different codes). It's awesome.

[Stacey42]

I love Reminder Fox and Colorful Tabs, Ad Block Plus, Download status bar, Personas, Flashblock and Cooliris

[nikkiARNGwife]

and if you install adblock plus be sure to go HERE AND ADD THIS (http://easylist.adblockplus.org/)..it'll help you block just about any ad out there.

[psalm149]

I love tab preview. I always have tons of tabs open, and it really helps. I also like forecast fox cause I'm a weather nerd. :P