Firefox... extended
Thursday, 26 March 2009 11:55
I love Firefox. Not the first time I've said that. Firefox is a fast, secure, open-source browser. One of the best aspects of Firefox is the multitude of free third-party add-ons available for the browser. Available add-ons allow you to do pretty much any and everything you want (or wouldn't want) with Firefox.
There's so many add-ons out there, here are a few of the ones I use on a daily basis:
ColorZilla - Allow me to get hex and RGB color values by clicking an eye-dropper icon and then clicking anywhere on a web page. I can then copy the value to the clipboard and use it in Photoshop or another program.
Firebug - Allows me to interact with CSS live in the browser as well as troubleshoot JavaScript.
FireShot - Gives me the ability to take and edit screenshots without leaving my browser. I was so tired of pressing print screen and then pasting everything into Photoshop.
Forecastfox - The forecast right in the status bar of my browser.
Foxmarks Bookmarks Synchronizer - I have this running on three computers. It keeps all my Firefox bookmarks synchronized.
Web Developer - Tools to validate pages and other web design tasks.
As you can see many of the add-ons are specific to what I do: design websites. What do you do? I'm sure that you can find some add-ons that help you do it better or faster. Take a look at all the add-ons available.
