MEGA extension

MEGA

One of the major complaints from the online community about MEGA, Megaupload's successor, is its optimization for Google Chrome, which results from it being programmed in HTML5. But that is now over thanks to this Mozilla Firefox extension that allows you to use MEGA in total comfort. With the 50 GB of storage that comes with a free account, you can also download other user’s files with no limits on their size. There is no longer any excuse not to try this interesting file storage service now that you are no longer obliged to use Chrome.

Gmail Manager

LongFocus

Gmail manager is a firefox plug-in which allows you to control and manage your Gmail account from Firefox. Thanks to Gmail Manager you will not have to be checking your e-mail account each two minutes to see if that desired email have arrived. Now, Gmail manager will advise you when a new e-mail have arrived. But that is not the only function of Gmail manager. It displays account details including unread messages, saved drafts, spam messages, labels with new mail, space used, and new mail snippets. And you can control more than one account. Without any doubt Gmail manager is a very good choice if you have a Gmail account and use firefox as your browser.

Twanslate

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Twanslate is a really useful add-on for Mozilla Firefox that offers us the possibility to translate any tweet to English. You only have to click the button that will appear next to the tweet. This add-on is really light and your browser will not notice it and in case you receiv a tweet in a language you don't understand is extremely useful. Translation time takes just one or two seconds and you'll be able to read the tweet as usual. Twanslate is the perfect alliate for English speakers who usually follow foreign users who speak different languages like Japanese, Spanish or German.

Firefox 4 UI Fixer

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Organize Status Bar

y5

Organize Status Bar is a small extension for this browser which lets you organize accurately the elements located in the Status Bar. All the extensions you install show an icon in the status bar, but sometimes you have so many extensions that you don’t know which is each one. The number of icons in that bar can make you dizzy, but now and thanks to this lite applcation you will be able to organize them, so now you are who indicates the order of them ad you will find them automatically. From now on, you are the boss of your icons!.

Screenshot Pimp

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Screenshot Pimp is a good screencaptor for Mozilla Firefox that will let you take screenshots of what you are seeing on the windows of the web browser. It offers different ways to take screenshots as well as different sizes, including a quite useful one which allows you to save the image of the whole website, including the parts you have to scroll down to view. Then, choose the format for the picture: JPG or PNG. Finally, it also offers the possibility to download videos from Youtube and similar websites. You'll only have to click the button in the system tray and wait for a few seconds. If you use Firefox and you usually need to take screenshots of websites, Screenshot Pimp can be helpful. Simple but helpful, exactly what you need with no extra features.

Favicon Picker 2

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Favicon Picker 2 is an add-on for Firefox that allows you to change the favicon of your bookmarks. What's a faicon? The favicon is the small icon that appears next to the name of the bookmarked website. Sometimes thos favicons are not personalized and you can decide to change them to immediately identify those bookmarks at a glance. Using Favicon Picker 2 is very easy. You only have to right-click the desired bookmark and choose properties. There, you'll see the favicon and you will be able to change it.

Vfox 3

Han Li and contributors

Vfox 3 is a Firefox add-on that can completely change the appearance of your Internet browser, making it look like a true Mac application with just a click. What's the advantage of this? Nothing practical of course, but for those who love Apple, this will make the interface feel more familiar ... and to be honest, cleaner as well. Vfox 3 is a great Firefox add-on. Even if it doesn't do anything useful in terms of browsing the Internet, it does make the interface look cleaner and more appealing, especially for those who are used to Apple products.

Spotify Search

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Day by day, there are more users using Spotify to listen to their favorite music for free. That's the reason why we see how many add-ons are appearing to complement this amazing program. One of those complements is Spotify Search, and add-on for Firefox that allows you to search for any song or artist in Spotify from the browser just selecting any word in a website. It's easy to use. You only have to select the name or title of the song you find in any website, right click it and choose the option in the menu (search for Artist, song or album).

HttpFox

HttpFox Team

HttpFox is an add-on for Firefox that llows you to monitor the HTTP traffic generated by your web browser. It is a good way to control and analyze the input and output petitions right from the browser without having to run a different application. Know the data transferred or the URL associated to each petition. HttpFox also classify the traffic depending on the protocol used: html, css, javascript, etc. It shows the headers and allows you to control the cookies, calls, POST parameters and the content itself. Finally, you can configure HttpFox to run at Firefox startup in a new tab so you will be able to control the traffic as it was another application.

Better YouTube

Gina Trapani

Disable XPI Install Delay

Mel Reyes

Disable XPI Install Delay is a a plugin for Firefox that willdisable that delay when installing XPI files. This means that new plugins and themes will be installed immediately. Ok, it's not more than 4 or 5 seconds, but sometimes it's annoying to wait for them. The main advantage of Disable XPI Install Delay is that it also works on Thunderbird, SunBird, SeaMonkey and Mozilla Suite. Once you install it, the next time you'll install a new add-on you'll see a message warning you that the delay is going to disappear from then on. accept it and enjoy.

Status-4-Evar

SparkyBluefang

Status-4-Evar is a small extension for Mozilla Firefox 4 that will give you some of the features of the old status bar (which is no longer available in the latest version of the browser). One of the most noteworthy components that returns once the extension is installed is the page loading activity, which will let you see when a page will finish loading. In the same manner, Status-4-Evar will allow you to see at all times the status of active downloads from the corresponding status bar, something that is very useful especially when you have several downloading. Status-4-Evar is a very fascinating extension for any user that misses any of these functions after having updated to the fourth version of the browser.

FlashGot

InformAction

Maybe one of the features you missed when using Mozilla was the possibility of accessing to the download manager directly from the browser. Thanks to this extension for Mozilla Firefox, you will not miss it anymore, because you will be able to establish shortcuts to the desired download manager, so you will be able to download the entire web or a certain part of it. Flashgot is compatible with most of the well-known download managers: FlashGet, Free Download Manager, Fresh Download, GetRight, HiDownload, InstantGet, Internet Download Accelerator, LeechGet, Mass Downloader, Net Transport, NetAnts, ReGet... Though it is mainly focused on Flashget. By this way when we right click any element in the web, you'll have the possibility of downloading the full page or only the selected items, download at the moment or queue it.

Wappalyzer

Wappalyzer

Wappalyzer is a simple Mozilla Firefox complement that tells you which technology each website uses. It's really easy to use. After installing it, you'll see small icons in the lower right hand corner of your browser. Just hover your mouse over them to find out whether that website is using Google Analytics, jQuery, Wordpress, Quantcast, etc. Wappalyzer is the perfect tool for programmers and website administrators. It'll help you figure out what each website is running in the background.

OpenDownload

Jeremy Gillick

Very often, when you download a file by using Mozilla Firefox you are asked what to do, but the main problem we find is that it only ask you to save the file or to cancel it but not to run it after downloading the file and we think that is an important feature. We are not the only ones and we have found an add-on called OpenDownload that will give us the possibility to add the button Run to that warning message. That option is very useful and it can save you some essential time, forget the download because it will be run automatically and you will not have to be watching the process or to erase the file after installing it. If you use Firefox, OpenDownload is a very useful add-on.

Copy URL

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Copy URL is a plugin for Mozilla Firefox that, as the name indicates, allows us to copy URL addresses from any Web page with just a single right click on the background and selecting the appropriate option. The difference between using this plugin and not using it is subtle enough. Even so, it saves a little time for users that need to copy Web page addresses really often, which can end up being very beneficial.

Cool Previews

Cooliris

Cool Previews is a useful extension for Mozilla Firefox that lets you preview websites before clicking on links. To use it, you just have to keep the cursor over the link for a second, and then place it over the little Cool Previews icon that appears to the right. This opens a tiny window where you can preview the site. Although you can't browse the entire content of the webpage, you can still see what's in it, and decide if you want to enter the site. Cool Previews is an extremely useful extension for any type of user. With it, you can avoid malicious websites before accessing them. If the site isn't what it says it is, you'll know it beforehand. Unfortunately, this extension is no longer being updated, so it might not work with future versions of Firefox.

iReader

Samabox

iReader is an add-on for Firefox that will change the way you read long texts while you surf the web. Once installed, if you find a long text you want to read perfectly, use the icon next to the search box or the assigned hotkey. When you do it, the selected text will be highlighted and the rest of the screen will get dark. By this way, you'll read it better. It will seem a PDF file. The font will get a bit bigger, you'll welcome it. Furthermore, you'll be able to share the text in Facebook, Twitter, print it or send it via email. In short, if you usually read news and long posts, iReader will be really useful.

LastPass Password Manager

LastPass

If you are a disaster and forget all users and passwords for different websites but you think that function in Firefox is not safe enough to store your passwords, you should try this add-on. LastPass offers more safety than the built-in password manager in Firefox and that's the reason why LastPass is being installed by lots of users nowadays. LastPass stores passwords in its own server and encrypts them before they are uploaded to the server, so they are not accessible on the way. Of course, we recommend you to set an strange but easy-to-remember password, because that one will give you access to all your passwords. The other advantage is that it can create high-security passwords you won't have to remember (it will use them automatically). By that way you'll increase security but you won't have to rack your brains to remember them. Finally, you can import all passwords from Firefox automatically. Don't hesitate, safety is important and LastPass increases it.

Print Edit

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Print Edit is an add-on that will let you edit any website before printing it. You'll only have to right-click the website and you'll find the option in the right-click menu, just choose 'print' and then 'Print Edit'. In that moment, a new window will be open to modify any element within a pair of clicks. No matter if it's a picture, a piece of text or whatever. Highlight it and choose whether to include it or not. By this way, you'll be able to delete any part of the website you want to print. choose the parts of the website you want to print, edit the website and then print it.

CheckPlaces

Andy Halford

CheckPlaces is a simple extension for Mozilla Firefox that allows you to check if your favorites keep functioning correctly, if you don't have duplicates or if there's an empty folder. Using it is as simple as clicking on its icons, situated in the lower right corner of the browser window, and selecting the option 'check'. In a few seconds, the program will finish the analysis showing you the corresponding results. The decision about what to do with the duplicates or if they stopped working will stay at the discretion of the user, so if you want to look for a substitute web page for one that stopped working, you can do it before deleting the broken link. CheckPlaces is a very interesting extension for those users with dozens and dozens of favorites, or those who, because of Firefox Sync (or similar applications), have a lot of duplicated favorites.

User Agent Switcher

Chris Pederick

Have you ever had problems accessing a webpage while using a browser other than Internet Explorer? Would you like to see the page with Firefox, without having to switch browsers? Now, you can. User Agent Switcher is an extension for Firefox that allows you to mask Mozilla's browser, disguising it as Internet Explorer, Opera, or any other browser. The main advantage is that you will be able to visit pages that only allow access with Internet Explorer, something that continues to happen even today. If you need to be using a specific browser to correctly see a page, but don't want to give up on Firefox, User Agent Switcher is the solution you've been looking for.

Firefox OS Simulator

Mozilla

Mozilla wants to break into the competitive mobile market and to that end will soon launch its own mobile operating system. With this Firefox extension you can take a look from your browser at how it will work. As it's a simulator, not much can be said about the performance of Firefox OS, but at least you can take a complete spin through its interface and even try some applications like Maps, Calculator, Calendar, and Notes and even edit images on your computer. Most of the functions, like the browser or the contact list, can be tried with no problems, so it's possible to get quite a good idea of how this operating system will be. Whether you want to program applications for this system or you're just curious to see what Mozilla is preparing, this extension allows you to get an excellent idea.

WOT for Firefox

Against Intuition

WOT (Web of Trust) is a web service developed to help users to be safe when surfing the Internet. It is an add-on for Firefox that will tell you if a website is harmful, safe or probably harmful. In WOT, users are who rate the different websites, so it makes the service to be much better than other arguably services like SiteAdvisor, mainly because its database is updated continuously. WOT is very easy to use, When you search for a certain term through Google, Yahoo, Gmail or Wikipedia you'll see a coloured ring next to the result, the colour of the ring will warn you about that website. Red is dangerous, yellow can be dangerous and green means the website is trusted. WOT takes into account the privacy, children safety, trustworthiness and vendor reliability and you can rate any website at any time. Finally, in case you access a website marked as dangerous, it will show a warning advise.

No Small Text

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No Small Text is a Mozilla Firefox extension that makes it easier to read texts when the typeface used on a website is too small to read comfortably. This tool allows you easily adjust the font size of any text on any website. You can even set a minimum font size for all of the websites that you open. By doing so, when you access a website where the font size is smaller than the minimum you have set, it will automatically appear using the minimum that you have set. It's the perfect tool to make it easier to read any website.

Download Youtube As MP4

Arpit Kumar

Download Youtube As MP4 is an add-on for Firefox that, as its name fairly says, allows you to download videos from youtube and convert them into mp4. This add-on is a bit different form the rest of add-ons, because you won't find any new toolbar or button whihle you surf the Internet, but when you access any Youtube video, you'll seea "Download as MP4" link below the 'Embed' option at every YouTube video page. By that way, you can download videos directly from YouTube in high quality MP4 format. Just click that link and the video will be downloaded to the folder you want. The downloaded video will be formatted as mp4, so you'll enjoy high quality and good compression, ready to play on any portable media player: mobile phone, iPod, PSP... If you are a Firefox user and a fan of Youtube videos, Download Youtube As MP4 is a must-have.

Hattrick LiveFox

Telmo Costa

Hattrick community is one of the most participative communities out there and now, one of the members has decided to create an extension for Firefox to watch live matches. Hattrick Livebox is the name given to the application that allows you to watch live matches of the Hattrick online football game. View all matches, mark your friends to keep an eye on them and much more. Hattirck Livefox is a must have for all Hattrick players.

Download Manager Tweak

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Clear inputs

Munro Entertainment

Clear Inputs is a simple add-on that adds a 'clear' command to the context menu on Mozilla Firefox. This means all you need to do is right-click on a section of text and, without having to select it, you can delete it all with just a click. And that's about it; the add-on doesn't include anything else. Clear Inputs gives you an additional command in the context menu to save you a bit of time every once in a while.