# Best Firefox 2.0 Extensions **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 23, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-firefox-2-0-extensions/393423 "2007-02-23T19:37:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-firefox-2-0-extensions/393423/1 "2007-02-23T19:37:12Z")
Anyone have any really good ones? I am currently running: **Adblock** Not the Adblock Plus or whatever it is. This extension is half the reason to use Firefox **Adblock Filterset.G Updater** Never have to tell it what ads to block because it already knows. **DictionarySearch** Highlight a word and one of the right click options opens up a tab to an online dictionary definition, and you can even tell it which dictionary to use. **GooglePreview** Each listing in a Google search has a preview of the web page next to it. **IE View** Right click to open the existing link in IE, or open a link in IE. Can also be set to automatically use IE whenever going to certain pages. Helpful for those pages that do not work with Firefox. **US Department of Homeland Insecurity Idiocy Level** A little icon on the bottom bar linked to the current threat level. Silly little add on. I had a few others that I was not able to keep when switching to 2.0, like one that would audibly pronounce any word if you highlight it and use a right click option. That was helpful. Oh, and I may as well mention themes: **Noia 2.0 (eXtreme)** Amazingly popular for a reason. Currently my only concession in my boycott of all things marketed as “extreme”. ---
**Author:** ![Smitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Smitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitty)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-firefox-2-0-extensions/393423/2 "2007-02-23T20:15:18Z")
The mouse gestures is my favorite. It allows you to navigate by right clicking and making a motion instead of having to go and click on the “back” button. I’ve gotten so used to doing that, I sometimes catch myself trying to navigate Windows folders that way. ---
**Author:** ![Lips\_Obsession](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bbce88/32.png) [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-firefox-2-0-extensions/393423/3 "2007-02-23T20:15:43Z")
I like **All-In-One Sidebar** as it allows me to have the “slide out” bookmarks that I had with an older extension that didn’t work after Firefox 1.0. Just bring the mouse to the left side of the screen and your bookmarks (or any other sidebar you choose) slides out for you to use it. Very nice. I also find **Adblock Plus** to be a great ad-on, and I also use it with the **Filterset.G Updater**. Another good extension that goes well with Adblock is **Flashblock** - blocks all flash and replaces it with a “play” button - if you want it to play, just click and then it’ll go. Otherwise, no annoying flash on the webpage. If you want flash all the time on any particular website, you can add it to the config for the plugin. I love the **Forecastfox Enhanced** for it’s great radar weathermaps - really nice. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-firefox-2-0-extensions/393423/4 "2007-02-23T21:13:00Z")
You can get other filter sets in Adblock Plus to update automatically (in the Adblock Plus options, under the Filters menu, go to Add Filter Subscription… The reason I mention that is that I recall reading somewhere that there are issues with Filterset.G. I took a quick look at the Mozilla knowledgebase and couldn’t find what I was thinking of, but maybe one of the other Firefox users can chime in. I also recall that if you want to use another filter subscription you have to explicitly uninstall Filterset.G. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-firefox-2-0-extensions/393423/5 "2007-02-23T21:35:26Z")
[Pimpzilla](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1542/) ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-firefox-2-0-extensions/393423/6 "2007-02-24T05:54:06Z")
[QUOTE=Boscibo] [Pimpzilla](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1542/) [/QUOTE] Curse you! I only came in here to post that. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-firefox-2-0-extensions/393423/7 "2007-02-24T06:36:47Z")
Flashblock - don’t let Flash get you down Adblock plus Linky - Um… Okay, it’s for the porn, but there are non-porn applications as well 🙂 Zoom - control the size of images. I.e. in a woodworking forum I frequent this is a godsend to control image sizes that other users post. View In IE ---
**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-firefox-2-0-extensions/393423/8 "2007-02-24T06:41:28Z")
Tab Mix plus 0.3.5.2 ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-firefox-2-0-extensions/393423/9 "2007-02-24T09:03:51Z")
[The Web Developer extension](http://chrispederick.com/work/webdeveloper/). Anyone who does any kind of web development work needs to get this extension. Right now. Go, go, go! ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-firefox-2-0-extensions/393423/10 "2007-02-24T09:57:05Z")
Another one that I like is [QuickRestart](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3559/). It simply lets you invoke the Restart function, which is normally only available after installing a new extension, at any time. I find it particularly useful when I’ve been browsing for a while and Firefox’s memory usage has skyrocketed to 200MB+ but I don’t want to lose my tab session. [QUOTE=Smitty] The mouse gestures is my favorite. It allows you to navigate by right clicking and making a motion instead of having to go and click on the “back” button. I’ve gotten so used to doing that, I sometimes catch myself trying to navigate Windows folders that way. [/QUOTE] If I may veer slightly off the topic of the thread, I suggest installing [StrokeIt](http://www.tcbmi.com/strokeit/). Then navigating Windows folders that way will actually work. 🙂 If you do decide to get StrokeIt, you’ll probably want to configure it to ignore gestures in Mozilla applications (which includes Firefox) so that it doesn’t interfere with the existing plugin. ---
**Author:** ![urban1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47c2d/32.png) [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2007, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-firefox-2-0-extensions/393423/11 "2007-02-25T04:29:25Z")
If you install StrokeIt, do you need a webcam? Bob 😃 ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-firefox-2-0-extensions/393423/12 "2007-02-27T16:36:01Z")
Thanks for the suggestions. I have added several of them and am trying to figure out mouse gestures now. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-firefox-2-0-extensions/393423/13 "2007-02-27T17:05:46Z")
I miss the Abe Vigoda status add on. I grew used to knowing that Abe was alive. Oh, and adblock ---
**Author:** ![Aserrann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@Aserrann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aserrann)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-firefox-2-0-extensions/393423/14 "2007-02-27T19:36:36Z")
Lets see… [StumbleUpon](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/138/) is fun for wasting time, and finding new things. [BugMeNot](http://roachfiend.com/archives/2005/02/07/bugmenot/) extension is very useful… saves some work. I also use [Gmail Notifier](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/173/), [User Agent Switcher](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/59/) is another web design tool (I see the web design tool bar was already mentioned), and [FoxyTunes](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/219/), which is convenient if you use one of the supported media players (most are). ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-firefox-2-0-extensions/393423/15 "2007-02-27T20:07:12Z")
I haven’t been able to get strokeit to work well with mouse gestures firefox. In strokeit, I select “mozilla” and click the “turn off for this application” box, but it doesn’t seem to turn it off. I can’t remember my exact clicks, and I can’t bring it back because I uninstalled strokeit, but you get what I’m trying to say. ---
**Author:** ![Smitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Smitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitty)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-firefox-2-0-extensions/393423/16 "2007-02-27T20:22:28Z")
Mbossa, thanks for the info. I have been playing with Strokeit (and doesn’t THAT just leave itself wide open for commentary!) and I love it. Thanks again.