I’m often asked what Firefox extensions I use in my web browser. For those who ask, here you go.
Basic plugins that anyone may like:
- Gmail Manager – check and manage multiple Gmail accounts
- History block – prevent some sites from crowding your web browser history
- Echofon – Twitter client (formally known as TwitterFox)
- I’m looking for a better Firefox Twitter client, please comment if you know of one.
- PDF Download – Decide whether you rather download or view PDF
- Tabs Open Relative – Open new tabs to the right of your current tab
Plugins specific to web development:
- Abduction! – Snag a screen shot of web pages
- Chrome View – Open current page in Google Chrome web browser
- Clear Cache Button – Clear browser cache with a simple button next to your refresh button
- Colorzilla – Select colors from within web pages
- DNS Cache – turn on/off DNS caching in Firefox
- ElasticFox – Amazon EC2 client
- Firebug – Javascript debugger
- Firesizer – resize your window to specific sizes
- HTML Validator – check web pages are well formed
- Live HTTP Headers – monitor HTTP headers found in web pages
- MeasureIt – Measure anything in a web page
- Open in IE – open current page in IE
- OperaView – open current page in Opera
- Regular Expression Tester – Test regular expressions from within your browser
- RESTClient – generate and test REST formatted HTTP requests
- S3Fox – Amazon S3 client
- Safari view Win – open current page in Safari
- Server Spy – display the server type in the status bar
- ShowIP – display the server ip address in the status bar
- User Agent Switcher – switch to other user agents for web site testing
