Mozilla Firefox is one of the finest browsers available in this World Wide Web, and certainly the best and most secure browser to use as tested by many authorities.
Firefox Addons are extra components for Firefox that lets your customize your browser the way you like, the way you want it to be, pumping up your browser's features and security level to reach the top. So why not add some to your Firefox, and make it the best? To answer this question, here is a list of 8 Top Firefox Addons, handpicked, that will surely boost your performance in minutes.
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Firefox Personas Plus: Personas are free, easy-to-install "
skins" for Firefox. Choose from over 60,000 cool designs, including art from Harry Potter, Bob Marley and Lady Gaga to individualize your browser. Join over 8 million people from around the world who are asking themselves: "
What Will My Browser Wear Today?"
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FireDownload: The FireDownload extension for Firefox and Wyzo lets you manage and accelerate your web downloads! With FireDownload, faster downloading is seamlessly integrated into the browsing environment, with download acceleration showing in the native downloads window. With FireDownload, any download can be are accelerated up to 10x faster using multi-source downloading and compression techniques similar to add-ons such as DownThemAll and DownloadHelper. Why wait any longer, try the ultimate download accelerator, manager and helper!
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Alexa Sparky: Sparky is Alexa Internet's free Firefox status bar plugin. Sparky accompanies you as you surf, providing you with Alexa data about the sites you visit without interrupting your browsing. Plus, as you browse with Sparky, you're helping to make the Web a better place for everybody by contributing to the traffic information that Alexa provides. One of the best things about this addon is that with Sparky installed you won't be tricked into the phishing sites, as you can clearly see the Alexa Rank at the bottom, so you always know which one is real and which one's fake.
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Minimap Sidebar: The Minimap Addon gives you a suite of built-in maps and mapping tools for your web browser. Drag and Drop addresses or address links you find on web pages to view their location in the Map Sidebar, or by manually adding locations. Preview addresses from within any webpage using the Map Panel and get larger scale maps with the Map Tab. Import/Export KML, GPX, minimap xml file, CSV (export only). View traffic Info, drag and drop KML files, local search, Google, Yahoo! and Live Local directions, view in Google Earth, Tagzania, Platial, Geourl and many more. Address/Location points are stored locally for later use. Geodiscovery reveals geoURLís or geotags as you browse, with microformat support available in Firefox 3 (
Adr and Geo).
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Web of Trust: Web of Trust is one of Mozilla’s most popular add-ons. Our safe surfing tool uses a traffic-light style rating system to help you stay safe when you search, surf and shop online. WOT ratings are powered by a global community of millions of trustworthy users who have rated millions of websites based on their experiences. The WOT add-on provides reputation ratings to search results when you use Google, Yahoo!, Bing, Wikipedia and other popular sites, helping you protect your computer and personal information. Your online email account – Google Mail, Yahoo! Mail and Hotmail is also protected.
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FoxTab: FoxTab is a popular free 3D tab management add-on for the Firefox browser. As the web is rapidly turning into an application environment where dozens of tabs are being opened concurrently, accessing a page visually is in times the fastest and best possible option. FoxTab introduces to Firefox the best and most attractive way for accessing the web as never seen before on any other browser or operating system.This is one of the best Firefox Addon, that you enrich your browsing experience by introducing you to the world of 3D.
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YouTube Video Downloader: Download YouTube in a single click. Add small links in YouTube to Download Videos and music in MP4 HD (High Definition), MP4 High-Quality and FLV. To Download a YouTube video - whenever you're on a video page in YouTube you'll see the links to directly download the video to your hard-drive. This is an easy YouTube Video Downloader - If all you need is a simple, intuitive, and none-intrusive add-on to Download YouTube Videos, this is the add-on for you. 1-Click YouTube Video Downloader is a great Download Helper Tool and is a great combination with Video DownloadHelper , DownThemAll and FlashGot. A very handy and effective tool for you, especially if you are a YouTuber!
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FireFTP: FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers. Along with transferring your files quickly and efficiently, FireFTP also includes more advanced features such as: directory comparison, syncing directories while navigating, SFTP, SSL encryption, search/filtering, integrity checks, remote editing, drag & drop, file hashing, and much more!With this Addon you will have an effective FTP Client within your browser that works like magic!
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Bonus Firefox Trick -
Opening Firefox within Firefox - Yes you can open Firefox inside Firefox, with this cool, yet simple trick that you amaze your friends.
1) Open Firefox, any version will do.
2) Type "chrome://browser/content/browser.xul" without the quotes, in the Address Bar and Press Enter.
3) You will have Firefox opened inside Firefox, and you can do this as many times as you want, to get multiple Firefox inside Firefox, fully working.
