Firefox extensions

So, these are my favorite Firefox extensions.

All-in-One Gestures

Makes browsing much easier and faster. The only problem for me was when I accidentally closed or opened pages but I fixed that. I use more than one direction of moving the mouse. For example instead of UP for opening a new tab I now use UP followed by RIGHT.

Clicking buttons is overrated. This excellent hybrid of the old Mouse Gestures extension and a collection of tools for alternative navigation methods lets you perform almost every action in Firefox with a quick swipe.

Dictionary Tooltip

This is useful when you're not sure about a term, by clicking the little speaker icon it reads the word out loud.

When surfing the Web, sometimes you'll come across words you don't know the meaning of. Instead of reaching for a dictionary or heading to its online equivalent, use Dictionary Tooltip. With this extension you only need to double-click a word to bring up a window with pronunciations, definitions, and thesaurus entries.

GooglePreview

A really useful one, it shows little screen shots of the websites in google and yahoo next to each search result.

When you perform a regular Google search, your keyword turns up a list of links that fit your search, along with text snippets from each of the pages. But if you have the GooglePreview extension, Firefox will display a screenshot of each page in the list so you can see it before clicking the link.

MR Tech Local Install

Gives more functionality to Firefox.

For Firefox users who want to delve into the nitty-gritty of managing extensions, this add-on hacks the default extension and theme tools in Firefox to give you much more control. It also adds the invaluable "Restart Firefox" functionality.

Reveal

It's like alt+tab in Windows Vista.

Firefox Showcase is a strong competitor, but Reveal narrowly beat it out with its polished look and additional features. Simply hit F2 or Alt+~ to see thumbnail images for all open tabs for a window. Hitting the Insert key brings up thumbnails of the history for any tab or all of them, and the Back and Forward buttons also provide small thumbails of each link.

StumbleUpon

This one's my favorite, a great way of wasting time.

Most people tend to repeatedly visit the same Web sites, whether for news, sports, or shopping. StumbleUpon offers a new (and great!) way of browsing the Web by randomly picking high-rated sites from categories you select. If you like surprises, this extension delivers.

Tab Mix Plus

Great for tab customization and session saver. If you shut down the computer with Firefox open next time you open up Firefox it asks you: restore session or start new session.

There are a lot of Firefox extensions that customize tabs and a few good session savers, but none does both as well as this handy add-on. Edit everything possible about tab appearance and behavior, and also save Firefox sessions in case of a browser crash or unexpected shutdown.

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