So with every installation of Windows/Ubuntu, I find myself reinstalling Firefox and then reinstalling all the extensions and then configuring the extensions to match my needs.

Unfortunately, Mozilla only has this crappy service that syncs your bookmarks (which 100 other extensions do already) and does not offer extension or settings sync.

I’m just gonna list a run-down of all the extensions that I use to improve my productivity.

  • Adblock Plus – Blocks ads!
  • Better Gmail 2 – It just runs several greasemonkey scripts to make your gmail experience that much better. It emulates “Folders” and allow dynamic Favicon displays.
  • Download Statusbar – One of the most annoying things about firefox is that when you download something it opens it up in another window. Why?! This extension displays everything in a neat statusbar.
  • Echofon (Formerly Twitterfox) – If you use twitter then this is an extremely light and simple twitter client. Most clients that I’ve used are generally extremely verbose. This displays a tiny icon in your statusbar and alerts you when there’s a new tweet.
  • Faviconize Tab – I find that at any given time I always have two tabs open, Gmail and Google Reader. What this extension does is that it makes the tab size of selected tabs to be the size of the favicon. This way you reduce clutter and allow more tabs to fit on the one screen!
  • Fire Gestures – Brings mouse gestures to Firefox!
  • Hide Menubar – One of the simplest extensions I have installed! It allows you to hide the menubar. To use the menu you just press ALT. You just saved x-pixels of screen real estate!
  • Net Usage Item – This basically checks your Net usage, it pretty much supports every ISP in Australia. However, the UI isn’t that great. But since I’ve hidden the menubar I just dock it in the corner of the menubar. Press alt when I want to see it. It beats having to install a separate Usage Checking client.
  • Skip Screen – If you follow me on twitter/facebook/msn, then you’ve probably seen this. But this is an amazing extension. It basically skips the waiting time when trying to download files from Rapidshare and what not.
  • Speed Dial – Whenever I show people this extension they’re like “Oh so it’s just a copy cat of Chrome!”. No you ignorant fools! It’s copying speed dial made by Opera! Unlike Chrome though which shows you the sites you’ve visited the most, it only allows you to select the sites that you want to visit.
  • Tab-mix plus – To put it simply it’s like your tab-bar on steroids and then injected with Rhino hormones. The main reason that I use it is that it supports multiple-row tabs and also allow you to customise the size of each tab.

My FirefoxSo this is the result! It only demonstrates couple of the extensions but the changes are quite significant. If any of the extensions interest you give it a try! If you know of any other funky extensions, drop a comment!