Top 10 firefox Addons

What is a Firefox addon?

When the usage of Mozilla Firefox has increased to such a great extent, the only way to benefit from its immense applications further is to use firefox Add-ons. These installable applications help the users in increasing the applications of Mozilla and use themes just like they want. A user can also allow his Mozilla to handle the download of novel content with these add-ons.

Firefox Extensions

Extensions are an inherent part of the Mozilla Firefox usage, because they can help the users use Mozilla with the least amount of software downloads. Otherwise the PC will have to handle a lot of software downloads that cannot fit in the memory of the PC. Also, there could be bugs in the downloaded software, increasing the running time of the Mozilla itself and other software on the PC. With, extensions, mozilla remains extremely usable while providing freedom to the user to add features which they like and whenever they need.

There are a large number of extensions for the user to pick make a choice from. The market boasts of about 1500 extensions, that can enhance the productivity of your Mozilla Firefox.

The following is the list of top 10 add-ons that will allow you to use your Mozilla in the best possible way:

1. Session Saver

• It restores the browser just like you left it. So, even while the system has crashed down, you will find everything the way as you left it after starting the Mozilla Firefox. All the tabs and windows that were opened would be restored along with anything that you were typing. This would make sure that you do not conduct the search for an internet website all over again.

2. Google Caching

• Some of us cache the articles on Digg and Slashdot. But accessing it becomes a difficulty sometimes when the remote server is stopped due to Digg/Slashdot Effect. The cacheout service makes sure that you can get hold of such articles through the caching service of Google and CoralCDN.org.

3. Gmail manager

• If you have a large number of gmail accounts, you can easily take care of all of them with the help of a Gmail manager. It is a very helpful add-on that can help you to get new mail notification on time without opening the account. You can access any of your gmail accounts by clicking on it only once. You can also compose your mails very easily with the help of this add-on. The appearance of your accounts can also be prepared on the basis of your own preferences and regulating the import/export choices. All the details of an account are displayed to you like unread messages, spam, used space and highlights of the new mails received.

4. AJAX Yahoo! Mail

• Another useful add on is the AJAX Yahoo! Mail [Viamatic WebMail++] 0.9. It can allow you to access your emails with a simple click. You can also get an inside look of your message without clicking on it and leaving the inbox. All you have to do is to add a plus sign to your email list. So, if you get any Email from any of your important contacts, you can get to know about it through the plus sign attached to that contact. You can preview the entire email. You can also reply to such emails by sending back messages by clicking on the Instant Reply option. It makes sure that you are in touch with your important business emails at any point of time, accessing them and replying to them in the easiest manner. It is also easy to download any attachment from your yahoo mail without having to open the mail. It can only be done by one click.

5. Scrapbook

• Another useful extension that can come in very handy for students and researchers is the scrapbook. It can help them to include any website link with any material that they have taken from it without looking much for the origin of the material. So, whenever they are formulating their own thesis, they can include all the website links quite easily in the bibliography. The scrapbook automatically saves the extracts of the web pages along with their links in the hard drive of the student.

6. Tab Mix Plus

• The Tab Mix Plus is also a useful add-on for the Firefox users. What’s good about this add-on is that its allows the users to regulate their tabs in the best possible way. There are many features included in this application like duplication of tabs, regulating tab focus and modifying tab clicking options to make them easier. It also allows a user to restart the closed windows and tabs. There is also a full-fledged session manager included in this program that can help you to hoard and restore, all your opened windows and tabs in case a system shuts down accidentally in a crash. Mozilla Firefox is one of the most used applications all over the world. This is the only reason, why its add-ons have to be smart to further accentuate its usability.

7. Better search

It is one of the most useful extensions that can help a user to simplify the use of Mozilla firefox-This add-on can make him conduct the search through any search engine like MSN Search, Google, Yahoo Search, Clusty.com, AllTheWeb, Vivisimo.com, Simpy.com with ease and thoroughly evaluate the results. It is better for any person if he is able to view any search result in detail with the “Wayback Machine” and the “Site Info” options. The user can also get a simplified listing of the Amazon product images and all the information about them. This will elucidate in detail the price of the products, their types along with the ratings of products belonging to different countries like US, UK, Canada, France and Denmark.

8. Foxy Tunes

• It helps you to have just one media player only. There is no need for you to download various media players hoarding your memory unnecessarily. You can play all the songs in your existing media player without downloading any other.

9. Twitter bar

• For all those people who love to twitter, twitter bar is one of the most useful ways to use it through Mozilla. From the address bar of the Mozilla, you can post links directly to twitter. You will not need to open your twitter account to post any kinds of messages to pals. Click on the icon of Twitter at the address bar’s end so that you can easily write messages. There is no need to press the return button to send messages.

10. Stumble upon

• It is also a useful Firefox add on that can help you to use all your social networking websites with ease. You can select any kind of the networking websites that you want under the various categories like humor, ancient sites and self-improvement and then view such website easily whenever you get time.