What are some of the extensions / add-ons you use for your web browser?
What are some of the extensions / add-ons you use for your web browser?
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In Firefox:
— Adblock Plus: makes the Web so much less claustrophobic.
— Firebug: Although I don't do much actual web development, I'll often use it to grab the URL of some Flash video so I can watch it in a real media player, or disable some CSS mistake to make reading more comfortable (letter-spacing, I'm looking at you).
— Firegestures: I miss the old RadialContext extension, but mouse-gestures are an acceptable replacement.
— It's All Text: Configured to open files in a tab in the currently-open gvim instance, it's vastly more comfortable to edit lengthy wiki-pages or file detailed bug-reports than using the dinky little textarea control.
Honourable mention:
— Tree Style Tab: The best thing about this extension is having a huge expanse at the left-hand-side of the browser upon which I can double-click to get a new tab, but making it easier to work with massive numbers of open tabs (say, API references for various classes I'm working with + various google searches for error messages + the bugs I'm working on fixing) is much appreciated too.
— Adblock Plus: makes the Web so much less claustrophobic.
— Firebug: Although I don't do much actual web development, I'll often use it to grab the URL of some Flash video so I can watch it in a real media player, or disable some CSS mistake to make reading more comfortable (letter-spacing, I'm looking at you).
— Firegestures: I miss the old RadialContext extension, but mouse-gestures are an acceptable replacement.
— It's All Text: Configured to open files in a tab in the currently-open gvim instance, it's vastly more comfortable to edit lengthy wiki-pages or file detailed bug-reports than using the dinky little textarea control.
Honourable mention:
— Tree Style Tab: The best thing about this extension is having a huge expanse at the left-hand-side of the browser upon which I can double-click to get a new tab, but making it easier to work with massive numbers of open tabs (say, API references for various classes I'm working with + various google searches for error messages + the bugs I'm working on fixing) is much appreciated too.
Under Firefox, I consider Adblock and Noscript to be essential. I also use Tab Mix Plus (so that I can change tabs by hovering the mouse over them, without needing to click, and also for the changing of tab color when I haven't look at one), Tab History (useful from a usability standpoint, and because I often forget which tab I was originally in), and Autopager (so that I don't have to load pages as often/wait for them to load, if it's linear stuff - like articles).
Under Chrome, I'm only using one, Adsweep, which doesn't work nearly as well as Adblock, but is better than nothing.
Under Chrome, I'm only using one, Adsweep, which doesn't work nearly as well as Adblock, but is better than nothing.
For firefox, fisheye tabs, ad block, no-script, firebug. Plus some bookmarklets to make pages easier to manage: zap colors, linearize, remove redirects.
And greasemonkey, with about a dozen scripts for various sites.
And greasemonkey, with about a dozen scripts for various sites.
ClickToFlash & AdBlock Plus for Safari. I find the web almost unusable without these tools. I block ads with no remorse. You can only push people so far before they decide to fight back.
Firebug. Without it, I would be working blind. Developer tools when I have to got to IE.
Firebug, Web Developer Toolbar, Eventbug, MeasureIt and ColorZilla...