Comments on: Firefox 3 add-ons I can’t live without. http://cdharrison.com/2008/06/17/must-have-firefox3-addons/ This is the personal site/blog/experiment of Chris Harrison, a web designer living, working and playing in Augusta, GA. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:04:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-alpha By: Luna http://cdharrison.com/2008/06/17/must-have-firefox3-addons/#comment-11230 Luna Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:21:11 +0000 http://cdharrison.com/?p=1535#comment-11230 Hi Chris,<br><br>Thank you for posting about PicLens 1.7! We truly appreciate it.<br><br>For interested readers, please check out our visual demo at <a href="http://piclens.com/demo">http://piclens.com/demo</a> and learn more at <a href="http://blog.cooliris.com">http://blog.cooliris.com</a>.<br><br>Hope everyone enjoys the three latest additions to PicLens!<br><br>Best,<br>Luna and The Cooliris Team Hi Chris,

Thank you for posting about PicLens 1.7! We truly appreciate it.

For interested readers, please check out our visual demo at http://piclens.com/demo and learn more at http://blog.cooliris.com.

Hope everyone enjoys the three latest additions to PicLens!

Best,
Luna and The Cooliris Team

]]> By: Ben Carlson http://cdharrison.com/2008/06/17/must-have-firefox3-addons/#comment-11229 Ben Carlson Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:13:30 +0000 http://cdharrison.com/?p=1535#comment-11229 Hey Chris. I know that you're definitely a power-user when it comes to the Internet, but you're missing a key component of your browsing experience: mouse gestures.<br><br>Fire Gestures (<a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6366">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/...</a>) is pretty dang amazing. They have multiple levels of gestures (like click and hold right button then click left button, or click and hold right button then use scroll wheel) other than the normal "make a shape" by dragging (which is still sweet). I've gotten so used to mouse gestures that I feel lost without them. There's even a sweet one where if I hold shift and hold the right mouse button, then I can drag over multiple links and open up all the links I went over in new tabs. Makes opening up lists of links easy peasey.<br><br>Also not sure how you can live without AdBlock and the Filterset.G Updater. :P (<a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/...</a> and <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1136">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/...</a>)<br><br>I'm not a big fan of the new FF download box (FF2 was better IMO), so I've been using Download Statusbar that Chris Barr recommended to me (<a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/26">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/26</a>).<br><br>I mentioned it to you earlier, but Taboo has helped me quickly bookmark articles I had to stop reading part of the way through, or other quick-link sites I need to remember. (<a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5756">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/...</a>)<br><br>About your extensions: Measure it seems a bit pointless since there's a ruler in Web Developer, though I'm sure it has a few more features. I'm really digging the Favicon Tabs extension, that's pretty cool (though it'd be nice to show a little bit more of the tab for things like unread GMail messages or new SocialThing updates).<br><br>And not quite add-on related, but to show the minimalism that I like in Firefox, here's a screenshot of my browser. I remove all the buttons because I prefer key- or mouse-strokes, it just looks cleaner. (<a href="http://www.ben-carlson.com/images/121.jpg">http://www.ben-carlson.com/images/121.jpg</a>)<br><br>(Doh, just saw the posts below my comment and some of the things are mentioned, but I'm not editing. And sorry for the essay, hah.) Hey Chris. I know that you’re definitely a power-user when it comes to the Internet, but you’re missing a key component of your browsing experience: mouse gestures.

Fire Gestures (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/...) is pretty dang amazing. They have multiple levels of gestures (like click and hold right button then click left button, or click and hold right button then use scroll wheel) other than the normal “make a shape” by dragging (which is still sweet). I’ve gotten so used to mouse gestures that I feel lost without them. There’s even a sweet one where if I hold shift and hold the right mouse button, then I can drag over multiple links and open up all the links I went over in new tabs. Makes opening up lists of links easy peasey.

Also not sure how you can live without AdBlock and the Filterset.G Updater. :P (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/... and https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/...)

I’m not a big fan of the new FF download box (FF2 was better IMO), so I’ve been using Download Statusbar that Chris Barr recommended to me (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/26).

I mentioned it to you earlier, but Taboo has helped me quickly bookmark articles I had to stop reading part of the way through, or other quick-link sites I need to remember. (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/...)

About your extensions: Measure it seems a bit pointless since there’s a ruler in Web Developer, though I’m sure it has a few more features. I’m really digging the Favicon Tabs extension, that’s pretty cool (though it’d be nice to show a little bit more of the tab for things like unread GMail messages or new SocialThing updates).

And not quite add-on related, but to show the minimalism that I like in Firefox, here’s a screenshot of my browser. I remove all the buttons because I prefer key- or mouse-strokes, it just looks cleaner. (http://www.ben-carlson.com/images/121.jpg)

(Doh, just saw the posts below my comment and some of the things are mentioned, but I’m not editing. And sorry for the essay, hah.)

]]> By: Chris Harrison http://cdharrison.com/2008/06/17/must-have-firefox3-addons/#comment-11226 Chris Harrison Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:40:30 +0000 http://cdharrison.com/?p=1535#comment-11226 Hmm... maybe I'll give it a shot... :) Hmm… maybe I’ll give it a shot… :)

]]> By: Chris Harrison http://cdharrison.com/2008/06/17/must-have-firefox3-addons/#comment-11228 Chris Harrison Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:40:06 +0000 http://cdharrison.com/?p=1535#comment-11228 Yeah it is :) Chris Palle convinced me to give it a second try. Yeah it is :) Chris Palle convinced me to give it a second try.

]]> By: Montgomery http://cdharrison.com/2008/06/17/must-have-firefox3-addons/#comment-11227 Montgomery Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:53:01 +0000 http://cdharrison.com/?p=1535#comment-11227 Hey, this Disqus thing is pretty cool. Hey, this Disqus thing is pretty cool.

]]> By: Montgomery http://cdharrison.com/2008/06/17/must-have-firefox3-addons/#comment-11225 Montgomery Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:47:51 +0000 http://cdharrison.com/?p=1535#comment-11225 Yes, that's easy (and only needs to be done once per domain):<br>AdBlock > Disable for <a href="http://myfriendswebsite.com">myfriendswebsite.com</a> Yes, that’s easy (and only needs to be done once per domain):
AdBlock > Disable for myfriendswebsite.com

]]> By: Chris Harrison http://cdharrison.com/2008/06/17/must-have-firefox3-addons/#comment-11224 Chris Harrison Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:16:54 +0000 http://cdharrison.com/?p=1535#comment-11224 A couple of my coworkers swear by Adblock Plus... The only reason I don't use it that on some of the sites I frequently visit, the only way those people pay for their sites is by the advertising. Yes, I find most of the ads annoying, but I find that ignoring them is more effective - to me - then not displaying them at all. (I realize I can turn it on/off selectively, but it's not a huge deal for me to just ignore the ads.)<br><br>I'm checking out the other add-ons you mentioned. GridFox seems cool. I've used YSlow in the past, but the found that its' benchmarking really only applies to Yahoo! A couple of my coworkers swear by Adblock Plus… The only reason I don’t use it that on some of the sites I frequently visit, the only way those people pay for their sites is by the advertising. Yes, I find most of the ads annoying, but I find that ignoring them is more effective – to me – then not displaying them at all. (I realize I can turn it on/off selectively, but it’s not a huge deal for me to just ignore the ads.)

I’m checking out the other add-ons you mentioned. GridFox seems cool. I’ve used YSlow in the past, but the found that its’ benchmarking really only applies to Yahoo!

]]> By: Chris Harrison http://cdharrison.com/2008/06/17/must-have-firefox3-addons/#comment-11222 Chris Harrison Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:02:21 +0000 http://cdharrison.com/?p=1535#comment-11222 You're right, the Web Developer add-on/toolbar does have a ruler, but unless you keep it open all the time, you have to 1) display the toolbar, 2) click Miscellaneous, 3) click Display ruler. With MeasureIt, it stays tucked on the status bar, and activating it is as simple as double-clicking on the icon :) The Web Developer add-on is far more powerful, but I only use it/enable it when I need it. You’re right, the Web Developer add-on/toolbar does have a ruler, but unless you keep it open all the time, you have to 1) display the toolbar, 2) click Miscellaneous, 3) click Display ruler. With MeasureIt, it stays tucked on the status bar, and activating it is as simple as double-clicking on the icon :) The Web Developer add-on is far more powerful, but I only use it/enable it when I need it.

]]> By: Montgomery http://cdharrison.com/2008/06/17/must-have-firefox3-addons/#comment-11223 Montgomery Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:59:16 +0000 http://cdharrison.com/?p=1535#comment-11223 Thanks for the list.<br><br>Some of my additional favorites are:<br>AdBlock Plus - Enabled by default, & disabled for sites that won't assault me with garish or video ads. Not optional. 'nuff said.<br>GridFox - Toggles a grid with customizable columns. Not sure about this one yet.<br>HTML Validator - Love that green checkmark.<br>Pearl Crescent Page Savor - Best screenshot app I've found.<br>YSlow - Nathan likes this one, but I'm not sure yet. Thanks for the list.

Some of my additional favorites are:
AdBlock Plus – Enabled by default, & disabled for sites that won’t assault me with garish or video ads. Not optional. ’nuff said.
GridFox – Toggles a grid with customizable columns. Not sure about this one yet.
HTML Validator – Love that green checkmark.
Pearl Crescent Page Savor – Best screenshot app I’ve found.
YSlow – Nathan likes this one, but I’m not sure yet.

]]> By: antgoo http://cdharrison.com/2008/06/17/must-have-firefox3-addons/#comment-11221 antgoo Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:37:09 +0000 http://cdharrison.com/?p=1535#comment-11221 Web developer has a ruler function built in that pretty much eliminates the need for the measureIt plugin. If I'm not mistaken, so does ColorZilla. Web developer has a ruler function built in that pretty much eliminates the need for the measureIt plugin. If I’m not mistaken, so does ColorZilla.

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