Quick Reference: 10 Must-Have Extensions
Spare you the details; you just want the goods? Here you go -- a quick-reference chart of the must-have extensions on our list.
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• Introduction • No More Ads • Flash Control Plus Three Tiny Gotta-Haves • Better Tabs, Downloads, And IE • Speed And Secrecy • Bonus: Search Plug-Ins • Quick-Click Chart • Image Gallery |
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If you're good at counting, you'll quickly realize there are eleven extensions here. That's because the first two -- Adblock Plus and Adblock Filterset.G Updater -- go hand in hand; we count them as one extension in two parts.
The information on this chart is current as of January 2006. Minor details may change as new versions are released.
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Firefox Versions* |
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| Adblock Plus Keeps your pages ad-free, without feature bloat. |
Wladimir Palant |
38KB | ||||||||
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| Adblock Filterset.G Updater Keeps your Adblock filters current. |
Reid Rankin, |
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| Flashblock Blocks Flash animations, but if you want to see one, just click. |
Lorenzo Colitti, Philip Chee |
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| Disable Targets For Downloads Keeps new tabs and windows from opening during downloads. |
Ben Basson | 10KB | ||||||||
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| SearchPluginHacks Uninstalls unwanted search add-ons. |
Alex Sirota | 4KB | ||||||||
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| History Menu Adds a set of submenus (Today, Yesterday, etc.) to your Go menu. |
Jason Sonnenschein | 7KB | ||||||||
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| Tab Mix Plus The ultimate in tab management. |
CPU | 199KB | ||||||||
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| Download Manager Tweak Optimizes the Firefox Download Manager. |
andman42 | 46KB | ||||||||
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| IE View Lite Provides lightweight one-click access to Internet Explorer. |
Grayson Mixon | 5KB | ||||||||
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| Fasterfox Speeds up Firefox. |
Tony Gentilcore | 91KB | ||||||||
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| PasswordMaker Creates secure passwords; you just remember one. |
Eric H. Jung | 151KB | ||||||||
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More Firefox Essentials:
Firefox Essentials: 10 Must-Have Extensions
Firefox Essentials: Get To Know Your Profile
Firefox Essentials: Fixing The Fox
Matt McKenzie is the editor of Linux Pipeline. Over the years, he has broken more PC hardware than most people will ever use -- and he's not done yet. Contact him at [email protected] with questions, comments, complaints, or cash.