I was amongst the 8 million people who set the World Record for most download in 24 hours when I downloaded Firefox 3. However, most of the add-ons that I had recommended in my previous blog 21 Firefox Add-ons to enhance your browsing experience needed to be upgraded or became completely obsolete to Firefox 3. Hence this blog where I will advice 10 new and/or improved add-ons.
10 New and/or Improved Firefox 3 Add-ons to enhance your browsing experience
- StumbleUpon – Let’s keep it real, it is still as addictive as before and make you reach the enf of the internet - twice – through sleepless nights. A good add-on that will allow you to literally browse the web – your way
- PicLens – Now that has got to be the coolest add-on ever made. You know whenever you’re on Google Images, and you have to go through 7 different pages that take hours to load before you can actually find the one that you’re interested in? How about when you’re watching your friends’ pictures on Facebook, MySpace or Flicker? Well fear no more: PicLens is an add-on that transforms your browser into a full-screen, 3D experience for online photos and videos. That’s right, VIDEOS too! This add-on searches through Amazon, Google, YouTube, Flicker, deviantArt, Photobucket, Facebook, Myspace and more! Highly Recommended.
- Fast Dial – Another awesome and very useful add-on. I barely use my bookmarks anymore: Fast Dial replaces the ‘about:blank’ page whenever you open a new tab with a panel of thumbnails of your favorite sites. A real time-saver inspired by Opera’s Speed Dial. Again: Highly Recommended.
- TwitterFox – For all the Twitters out there, stop downloading Twitterific or whatever it’s called for PCs. Get TwitterFox. You can follow your friends or write down a Twitt directly from Firefox. It’s just extremely convenient, and you don’t even have to launch another application.
- ScribeFire – This is mainly for the bloggers. I’m actually typing this blog through ScribeFire; it’s a full-featured blog editor that integrates with Firefox and lets you easily post your blog. I can browse the web while I’m doing blogging to make sure all my web references and links are correct. Sweet add-on.
- Previews – The makers of PicLens did it again. “Best extension ever? Quite possibly.” – LifeHacker. “Cooliris makes you a more efficient web surfer.” – CNet. I somewhat agree: it is very useful when you’re on Craigslist, MySpace or Facebook when you want to see a listing but don’t want to go from one page back to the index page and onto the next page and so on… it pops a new window within your already-opened tab so you can see different pages within one. I had to set it up to my convenience, but it’s definitely worth it if you don’t want to waste your time going back and forth one page.
- Google Notebook – The page you’re on is somewhat interesting but not enough to read it right now, and definitely not interesting to bookmark? Put it in your notebook. Useful little add-on.And now for the web developers; I use those practically everyday at work:
- FireFTP – Just as useful as it before, you don’t need another application for a cross-platform FTP, it works better then before (looks like they did some tweaking) and it provides easy and intuituve access to different FTP servers.
- FireBug – This little add-on allows you to edit, debug and monitor CSS, HTML and JavaScript live in any web page. Very helpful and useful when you need to tweak your CSS.
- Web Developer – This add-on and FireBug make a great team. Web Developer adds a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools.
I haven’t used all the add-ons that I used to have, for I’ve noticed that the more add-ons you use, the more memory they use, and they drastically slow down firefox and sometimes make it crash (ok, I had a PC, but that’s another story). So now I’m only using the ones that are necessary, useful, will make me save time and really improve my browsing experience.
Again, should you have any comments, suggestions, disagreements, whatever… feel free to leave a comment! Thanks for reading.
Hi Alien64,
Thank you for posting about PicLens! We truly appreciate it. We’re thrilled to hear that PicLens ranks so high amongst your favorite add-ons! We’re also delighted that you’ve fully realized the time-saving nature of PicLens. It’s feedback like yours that makes our work here at Cooliris worthwhile!
For interested readers, please check out http://piclens.com/demo/ and http://blog.cooliris.com to learn more.
Thanks again,
Luna and The Cooliris Team
Fast dial is SUPER awesome–the only one not in my arsenal. Great find and thanks for sharing!
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Hi Alien64,
It’s Luna again from Cooliris. I know you’ve been enjoying Cooliris and thought you might like the latest update on our product.
Today, we are especially excited to announce two major developments. First, we are pleased to introduce a greatly enhanced shopping feature. You can now shop online through the sleek and time-saving Cooliris interface on Amazon, Macy’s, eLuxury, Beauty.com, Nordstrom, Apple iTunes, Wal-Mart, KB Toys and more!
We are also thrilled to announce a new partnership with Kodak Gallery, the largest photo sharing community on the web. They are now officially enabled with Cooliris so you can enjoy your photos on Kodak Gallery in Cooliris style. Sharing and browsing photos on Kodak Gallery just became easier and more visually appealing for everyone!
We hope you and your readers enjoy the latest additions to our product. As always, I’d be happy to answer any questions you may have and I look forward to hearing your feedback.
All the best,
Luna and The Cooliris Team
Those are some good suggestions. I love discovering new and helpful Firefox add-ons. The ones I’d suggest are as follows:
FireShot – for capturing screenshots from your browser
TwittyTunes – for easily posting music you’re listening to, or sites you are browsing, to Twitter
AutoFillForms – Never enter all your data again when shopping online, or use for filling out fields to post comments on sites
Foxmarks – Sync your bookmarks across multiple machines