My Firefox Rig
Posted on February 28, 2007
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I recently replaced my Macbook Pro so I had to reinstall a bunch of software. This is always a good time to clean up the configuration, especially if you are like me and tend to try pretty much everything. I took a look at my browser and all the crap that I had added on to it, and then stripped it down to just what I need. BTW, I also use Camino, which I think is a better Mac browser but the extensions that are built for Firefox make it a much more productive environment. Camiscript comes close but it’s just not the same as all the Firefox add-ons.
Here’s my Firefox extension inventory:
Foxmarks: Absolutely have to have this in order to keep my computers synced up.
Linkedin Companion: I’ve been using Linkedin with increasing frequency and we built a pretty cool app in Teqlo that uses Linkedin so I wanted to keep this extension.
Greasemonkey: At this point this should just be included with Firefox.
PDF Download: Makes managing PDF links so much easier.
CoComment: The essential tool for managing your online presence if you comment on other people’s blogs.
TabGroups: Use one browser window with a lot of tabs? If so, this is for you.
Google Notebook: I think this is one of the better services that google offers, but also one that doesn’t get much attention. I was previously using Yojimbo to track bits and pieces of information but now I’m using Google Notebook and the fact that it is integrated with browser is plain ‘ol goodness.
VideoDownloader: This is really handy when you need it.
What I gave up:
Performancing. This is a really good extension but I use Ecto (please please please come out with v3) for all my blog postings so I just don’t need it.
Clipmarks. Just couldn’t get in the habit of using it.
FireFTP. For FTP I like Transmit and find that having a full blow app is better than a browser extension.
Cooliris: This just got to be annoying after a while.
Snap Preview: Same thing as Cooliris, started to irritate me.
Del.icio.us toolbar: I use Cocoalicious for managing my del.icio.us bookmarks so having something in the browser just isn’t necessary.
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