Which Firefox addons do you use?

[aygart]

I am mainly an Opera user, but I see that many of you feel that Firefox's addons make it superior. Which do you use and what do they do? Maybe you will win me over!

[whYME]

IE tab (loads a tab as IE), web developers toolbar (a whole bunch of really neat tools for web development), firebug (javascript debugger), fireshot  (takes screenshots), noscript (only allow sites you trust to run scripts) and S3fox (manage your files on amazon s3) are ones that I use regularly.
I doubt these particular ones will interest you that much but if you visit the firefox add-ons site and I'm sure you'll find a whole bunch that you find interesting.

[Eli]

I'm curious to hear about add-ons for backing up my preferences and bookmarks and saved passwords, and an add-on to save browsing "sessions" (this is a big thing for me).

[Dan]

IE tab is nice, but it seems to slow down FF for me.

[Yitzter]

Piclens
ReloadEvery
Seperate Tabs
ShippingFox
Snap Links
WellRounded
Track Package
PermaTabs
Nuke Anything Enhanced
NoScript
Fireshot
FireGestures
Duplicate Tab
ChromaTabs
Hebrew Calendar
Interclue
StatusbarEx
WOT

These are all basically the ones I use, awesome selection. By the add-on page, type on of these into the search bar to see more what its about.

I'm curious to hear about add-ons for backing up my preferences and bookmarks and saved passwords, and an add-on to save browsing "sessions" (this is a big thing for me).

Here ya go, https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2324

[Yitzter]

I'm curious to hear about add-ons for backing up my preferences and bookmarks and saved passwords, and an add-on to save browsing "sessions" (this is a big thing for me).

I found a backup program for you, it will only work with firefox 2 but there are some experimental ones that you can try.

[aygart]

Are there any that record steaming audio playing with flash that doesn't download to a temporary file. Especially one which records just from the browser/window without recording other system sounds. If you have something like that which works with Opera or IE it would be helpful as well.

[Eli]

I downloaded the Session one and it's pretty cool. Does basically what I need it to. Yitzter, you didn't mention which backup add-on so I'm not sure what you mean. I think there's one called FEBE but I don't know if it works for FF3.

I think with the Google Toolbar for FF, you can log into your google account through the toolbar and from there you can have all of your bookmarks saved. Not only that, but it'll save all your browsing history, no matter which computer it was on, as long as you're logged in. Good for people who have a computer at work and one at home.

[Yitzter]

I downloaded the Session one and it's pretty cool. Does basically what I need it to. Yitzter, you didn't mention which backup add-on so I'm not sure what you mean. I think there's one called FEBE but I don't know if it works for FF3.

I think with the Google Toolbar for FF, you can log into your google account through the toolbar and from there you can have all of your bookmarks saved. Not only that, but it'll save all your browsing history, no matter which computer it was on, as long as you're logged in. Good for people who have a computer at work and one at home.

Your right my bad, It was late at night and I thought I posted the link. If you search for backup, there are ones that are experimental, they may or may not work, try em. You have to log in though, I can try it and let you know if it works.

[Yitzter]

Are there any that record steaming audio playing with flash that doesn't download to a temporary file. Especially one which records just from the browser/window without recording other system sounds. If you have something like that which works with Opera or IE it would be helpful as well.

How exactly would a firefox add-on work for opera or IE?

[aygart]

"it would be helpful as well"

[E]

How exactly would a firefox add-on work for opera or IE?

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59  check it!

[aygart]

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59  check it!

All that does is make a website think you are using a different browser than you really are.

[Smirk]

Mozilla has officially made history with a new Guinness world record for the largest number of software downloads in a 24-hour period.
The final record breaking 8,002,530 downloads for Firefox 3.0 took place in June with parties in over 25 countries.

[stevenk]

Is there an add-on where I can set up an account that only allows one or two websites? (Noggin, Nick JR) No other online access?