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What add-ons do you use for Firefox and why?

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I'm relatively new to firefox and I've only been using it for a few months. (Can't believe I stuck with IE for so long)

I was just wondering what add-ons you guys like and why you like them? I don't know much about what is out there...I'm currently running...

Adblock Plus
GooglePreview
New Tab Homepage
Foxmarks Bookmarks (my favorite because i can view my bookmarks from any PC)
NoScript

Vista-Aero Theme (easy transition for IE noobs like myself :) )
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  • Ferg
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    Ferg polycounter lvl 17
    http://www.cooliris.com/

    really neat google image / flickr / etc image browser, great for screening huge numbers of images quickly to find exactly what you need
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  • aniceto
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    aniceto polycounter lvl 18
    greasemonkey, DownThemAll, Adblock Plus

    i think i just have a bunch of shacknews stuff for greasemonkey
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  • snemmy
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    snemmy polycounter lvl 18
    Color Management
    Download Statusbar
    Speed dial
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  • Daaark
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    Daaark polycounter lvl 17
    TabmixPlus
    QuickJava

    All I need.

    Thinking of ditching FF soon anyways.
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  • ru4it
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    google chrome baby yeah!!
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  • notman
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    notman polycounter lvl 18
    foxmarks - keeps your bookmarks the same between different locations, and you can access them online. Works great for me since I use 2 different computers at home, and one at work.

    User Agent switcher - Good for identifying yourself as IE or Windows (I use Ubuntu). Some sites don't let you in unless you have Internet Explorer (which is ignorant).

    Ad Block Plus - better ad blocker

    BugMeNot - Doesn't work as well as it use to, but it sometimes works to avoid creating a login at a site you'll be using once (so you can see images, download something, ...)

    DownloadHelper - download embedded content, like youtube, video, .... Good for downloading videos/trailers for later viewing.
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  • Microneezia
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    Microneezia polycounter lvl 10
    I find mouse gestures for firefox un-live-without-able.

    just dragging a right click backwards = pageback

    drag a right click forwards = pageforward

    drag up new tab drag down homepage, you get it by now..

    I pity da foo that reaches for da toolbar.
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  • breakneck
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    breakneck polycounter lvl 13
    all-in-one sidebar is pretty fresh
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  • Xenobond
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    Xenobond polycounter lvl 18
    Image Zoom
    Browse Images
    Open Image In New Tab

    DownThemAll! - great for downloading tons of midis!!
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  • leilei
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    leilei polycounter lvl 14
    AdBlock Plus because ads (on not-trusted sites) suck
    NoScript because web sites suck
    DownloadHelper because I don't like watching MP4/FLV through SWF and prefer to do that through VLC
    Java Quick Starter because it starts java quick
    Web Dev because i like editing css in front of my eyes
    Xenobond wrote: »
    DownThemAll! - great for downloading tons of midis!!

    yes, and .rm files!!!
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  • whats_true
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    stumble


    I had to uninstall it because I wasl waste so many hours with it.
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  • ScoobyDoofus
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    ScoobyDoofus polycounter lvl 19
    I've got quite a lot installed really...
    CoolIris
    Fullerscreen
    Extended Statusbar
    DownThemAll!
    AdBlock Plus
    Java Quickstart
    YetAnotherSmoothScroller
    IE Tab
    AnyColor
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  • acc
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    acc polycounter lvl 18
    Quite a lot eh? Ho ho ho.

    Abduction!
    Adblock Plus
    Better Gmail 2
    BugMeNot
    ChatZilla
    ColorfulTabs
    Cooliris
    CustomizeGoogle
    Download Statusbar
    DownloadHelper
    Easy DragToGo
    Fast Dial
    FireFTP
    Fission
    GDE
    IE View
    Image Zoom
    Link Alert
    Linkification
    Remove It Permanently
    StumbleUpon
    TwitterFox

    Those are the ones I actually use frequently.
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  • Michael Knubben
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    Michael Knubben mod
    -Adblock Plus for blocking a few ads (I don't just block everything)
    -all-in-one Sidebar, although it's not working like I'd like and I might get rid of it
    -CoolIris for a nice way to view flickr stuff. I don't use it as much as I should.
    -Download Statusbar, indispensable.
    -DownThemAll!, equally indispensable
    -Evernote Web Clipper. Haven't used it yet, but I'm planning to start using Evernote some more.
    -Gmail Manager
    -Google Toolbar for Firefox, basically only for the google bookmarks button.
    -Greasefire, shows you when there are greasemonkey scripts available for the website you're on.
    -Greasemonkey
    -Instantaction.com Game Launcher, although I've only played once. I love tribes, but I kept getting my ass handed to me.
    -Smartpager for going from thread to thread with rmb+scroll
    -Tabs open Relative, which is what the standard behaviour should be!
    -Tiny Menu for cramming all the file, edit, view etc. menus into one button.
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  • Marine
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    Adblock
    Dictionary Search, lets you add your own search options to right click menu
    DownThemAll
    FireFTP, ftp client
    Fission, progress bar in the address bar
    googlebar

    and Modern Modoki for my theme because it matches my windows theme
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  • Japhir
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    Japhir polycounter lvl 16
    autohide - so i can work in full screen without hiding the windows toolbar, and the adress/bookmarks tabs. (i have a small screen, so filling it with unnecessary stuff like file etc. is annoying).

    cooliris, and some more stuff you guys made me download.
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  • Rox
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    Rox
    CoolIris and DownThemAll! here. I don't have to tell you what they do... but I can't live without them. They've both saved me infinite amounts of clicking on various occations.
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  • super_villain
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    Flashblock: love it. only allows flash to run if you click the icon it puts over it. cuts down 95% of overly animated ads.
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  • hobodactyl
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    hobodactyl polycounter lvl 18
    I use Delicious for bookmark sharing; is there a reason to switch to Foxmarks or anything?
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  • CrazyButcher
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    CrazyButcher polycounter lvl 18
    adblock plus
    downloadhelper
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  • Zwebbie
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    Zwebbie polycounter lvl 18
    CoolIris
    Ctrl-Tab (to be honest, I never use this. Not even sure what exactly it does)
    DownloadHelper
    DownThemAll!
    Smart Bookmarks Bar (this one's nice; it allows me to have my bookmarks as simple icons above the page.)
    URL Fixer (never used)
    Youtube Comment Snob (Link. Best add-on ever)

    Office 2007 Black theme; looks exactly like Windows Zune and Blender Rounded, so my whole computer has this black/orange theme.
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  • killingpeople
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    killingpeople polycounter lvl 18
    AdBlock Plus
    Image Zoom
    DownloadHelper
    Greasemonkey
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  • michi.be
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    michi.be polycounter lvl 17
    I use addblock plus against ads, Autopager for autoscrolling several pages without clicking the "next" button in forums, cooliris, simple mail only here at work because they blocked some ports for thunderbird mail, ctrl+tab for switching tabs via hotkey and tab-scope to preview tab-content (eye-candy only).
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