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10 best Firefox extensions of 2007<br>
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Somebody schooled in zen philosophy once said that there are as many
Firefox extensions as there are grains of sand on the beach. Well,
we're going to focus on those grains of sand and pick out the 10 best
grains, I mean extensions, of the year.<br>
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<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Some here at the Firefox Extensions
and Grains of Sand Counting Division of CNET Download.com think that <strong><a
class="external-link"
href="http://www.download.com/Tab-Mix-Plus/3000-11745_4-10503067.html?tag=dl-blog">Tab
Mix Plus</a></strong> is the <a class="external-link"
href="http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-9731446-12.html?tag=dl-blog">best
Firefox extension ever</a>,
and that's hard to argue with. Tabs Mix Plus can change nearly every
behavior and action performed by tabs. With it, you can browse tabs
with your scroll wheel or mouse gestures, specify where pages will
open, duplicate a tab, prevent it from closing, merge tabs, and more.
2007 saw some bug-fixes and mid-level feature tweaks, and we're hoping
that the publisher continues to improve this must-have extension.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2"><strong><a class="external-link"
href="http://www.download.com/MR-Tech-Local-Install/3000-11745_4-10507563.html?tag=dl-blog">MR
Local Tech Install</a></strong>
is designed for those who want more control over their plug-ins. The
best tool this application gives the user is a Restart button that
reboots Firefox quickly and re-opens all the tabs that were closed.
Users are given control of nearly everything concerning plug-ins, from
the folder the plug-ins are saved in, to context-menu choices, to more
complex hacks. The interface is basic and a bit overwhelming given all
the choices it offers, but if you download only one extension, make it
this one so that all the others you get will be far easier to handle.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Firefox has always been lacking in one
area: sidebars. Inspired by the Opera browser's sidebar management, <strong><a
class="external-link"
href="http://www.download.com/All-In-One-Sidebar/3000-11745_4-10500385.html?tag=dl-blog">All-in-One
Sidebar</a></strong>
not only gives you a sidebar, it gives you plenty of things to do with
it. You can set it to live on either side of the browser, use hot key
controls, and even command other Firefox pop-ups, like the download
manager, to open in the sidebar itself. Up until a few weeks ago, it
might not have made this list for a lack of upgrades, but now All in
One Sidebar is compatible with <a class="external-link"
href="http://www.download.com/Flock/3000-2356_4-10783239.html?tag=dl-blog">Flock</a>
and <a class="external-link"
href="http://www.download.com/Mozilla-Firefox/3000-2356_4-10786374.html?tag=dl-blog">Firefox
3 beta</a>, and comes with even more options.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2"><strong><a class="external-link"
href="http://www.download.com/CustomizeGoogle/3000-11745_4-10438818.html?tag=dl-blog">CustomizeGoogle</a></strong>
lets you tweak your Google services in a myriad ways, such as removing
ads and sponsored links, adding position rankings and links to other
search engines, and forcing secure loading (https) for Gmail and Google
Calendar. The coolest new feature of CustomizeGoogle is the ability to
stream Web search results. That's right--you can kick that Next button
to the curb. Simply scroll to the bottom of a search-results page, and
more results will appear automatically. You can also use Firefox's Find
function to search the entire results content.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">There are two other top-notch
Google-based extensions in this year's top 10. One is <strong><a
class="external-link"
href="http://www.download.com/Gspace/3000-11745_4-10774607.html?tag=dl-blog">Gmail
Space</a></strong>
which turns that fast-approaching 6 gigabytes of free online space for
e-mail into free online space for whatever you like. Accessible via a
toolbar button or from the menu bar, the extension opens a new tab with
an FTP-style interface. You can transfer files by highlighting them and
hitting the directional arrow. When you finish uploading, it sends an
e-mail with the file as an attachment to your Gmail account. By
creating an appropriate filter and folder, it can be quite easy to keep
track of the files you've uploaded. Drag and drop is not available, but
there's a music player mode and a buggy slide show mode for photos.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">The other is the excellent <strong>Better
Gmail</strong>, which compiles multiple Greasemonkey user scripts into
one location and comes in two flavors--<a class="external-link"
href="http://www.download.com/Better-Gmail/3003-11745_4-10664844.html?tag=dl-blog">the
original</a>, designed for the old Gmail interface and loaded with
goodies, and the <a class="external-link"
href="http://www.download.com/Better-Gmail-2/3000-11745_4-10786781.html?tag=dl-blog">newer
version</a>,
designed for the new Gmail interface and off to a good start. Make no
mistake though, Better Gmail 1 so far has all the cool toys, including
Google Reader integration, icons for attachments, a search-by-date
option, a search string saver, and some skins. Some of the features,
like label colors, have proven so popular that Google adopted them.
Better Gmail 2 does have some neat features, like forcing a secure
connection, Thunderbird-style folders, and expanded keyboard macros.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2"><strong><a class="external-link"
href="http://www.download.com/FireFTP/3000-11745_4-10546451.html?tag=dl-blog">FireFTP</a></strong>
turns Firefox into a full-fledged FTP client. It has all the major
tools that you would expect a stand-alone FTP client to provide. It can
handle multiple accounts and remember different logins, passwords, and
connection settings for each. It supports authenticated TSL,
authenticated SSL, and implicit SSL for secure transfers,
drag-and-drop, and CHMOD changes. It can't transfer files larger than 4
GB, and it's buggy on Windows Vista, but it's surprisingly stable and
not a resource pig.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Perfect for image hunters, <strong><a
class="external-link"
href="http://www.download.com/DownThemAll/3000-11745_4-10534942.html?tag=dl-blog">DownThemAll</a></strong>
is a download manager that finds everything downloadable on a page and
lets you designate which files you'd like to download. You can not only
pause and resume downloads, but set download folders with one click,
set filters to avoid file types you don't want, like software, and
more. It also features a download accelerator for speedier transfers
and lets you set a maximum number of transfers, so your broadband
doesn't get clogged pulling in YouTube videos.</font></p>
<font face="Verdana" size="2"><strong><a class="external-link"
href="http://www.download.com/Adblock-Plus/3000-11745_4-10636539.html?tag=dl-blog">AdBlock
Plus</a></strong>
effectively blocks ads and banners from a predefined list of ad
providers, and you can expand the list by right-clicking on an
advertisement. Adblock Plus runs unobtrusively in the background.
Clicking on an ad brings up a bland, text-based message box, through
which you can easily add to the list of blocked ads. Removing an ad
from the blocked list also is as simple as clicking and choosing the
appropriate option.</font>
<font face="Verdana" size="2"><strong><a class="external-link"
href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/383">Auto Copy</a></strong>
adds Linuxesque functionality to your clipboard as long as you're
working within Firefox, so that simply highlighting a chunk of text
will copy it. More than an auto-copier, it offers up an extensive
options menu to determine how and where the clip you've just copied
gets deposited. One option opens up a context menu just after you
finish highlighting, giving you instant post-copy choices. You can also
configure a keyboard shortcut.</font><br>
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