Firefox Extensions
What’s better than Firefox? Firefox with extensions!
Thursday, December 15th, 2005
In a relatively short time, the
Firefox browser has accumulated nearly ten percent of browser market share (according to
http://www.netapplications.com, for one).
Firefox works on virtually every platform, performs well, is far more secure than
Internet Explorer, and provides best-of-breed features such as tabbed browsing, built-in pop-up blocking, and extensive support for World Wide Web standards.
Better yet, Firefox can be souped-up with extensions that add features to the basic browsing experience. The official repository for Firefox extensions can be found at https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/?application=firefox. There are currently over 670 extensions available — some as small as a toolbar button, yet some as large as an entire XML User Interface Language (XUL, pronounced” zool”) application. If you browse the repository, you’ll undoubtedly find something that enhances your browsing habits.
Here are four valuable extensions to investigate further.
If you create web pages, check out the Web Developer extension. This handy extension adds a menu and a toolbar that helps debug HTML and CSS. You can easily disable CSS, Javascript, and other page elements; can edit CSS and forms directly; and you can get information on cookies and link paths. Web Developer also can outline various web page elements such as blocks, tables, and individual table cells, and can highlight deprecated items. It can even validate HTML and CSS.
