People seem to like posting their favorite plugins and software these days, so I thought I could add my little list of useful stuff here, too. I’m open to suggestions for other good extensions, of course.
Here’s my list of Firefox AddOns I am using actively:
- Adblock Plus
- Firebug
A powerful debugging aid for web developers. Comes with e.g. a DOM explorer and a JavaScript debugger. - Web Developer Toolbar
A toolbar which offers many useful functions for web developers. In particular, I like outlining of block elements or enabling read-only form fields. - FoxyProxy
Manage proxy configurations and use them depending on URL patterns etc. - ImageZoom
Zoom images with RMB and mouse wheel. - Foxmarks
Synchronizes bookmarks. I found it particularly useful to define synchronization profiles so that I can separate work bookmarks from private stuff. - Tabinta
Ever tried to enter a TAB in textarea controls? Tabinta allows you to use TAB there. - Flagfox
Shows the country flag of the server’s origin in the address bar. - Split Browser
Splits the browser window into multiple areas. - Nuke Anything Enhanced
Allows to remove any DOM object under the mouse. Useful e.g. to get rid of layer ads that Adblock Plus doesn’t catch.
I also found the following OS X software to be useful:
- On the Job
I bought this one to do my expense tracking and invoicing when I do freelance work. It can be tested freely for 20 days and I really liked it from the beginning, but I got convinced to buy when it offered me another 10 days trial after the first period was over – wasn’t that nice? - Cyberduck
Great FTP client. - TextWrangler
Powerful text-editor with FTP-support. - The Unarchiver
Unarchiver which supports plenty of file formats. Good replacement for the native ZIP tool which is pretty limited. - LabTick
A little tool which keeps the keyboard light on all the time, independent of the ambient light. - Little Snitch
Firewall which monitors outgoing traffic and keeps programs from “phoning home” if you don’t want them to. - ChMox
Tool to read Windows CHM files. - 0xED
Small and fast hex-editor.
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