# Favorite Mozilla add-ons
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mozilla-add-ons/203761
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [September 25, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mozilla-add-ons/203761 "2003-09-25T15:13:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@LordVor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordVor)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mozilla-add-ons/203761/1 "2003-09-25T15:13:20Z")
There have been a few threads lately about “what’s your favorite browser” and the like, and I ended up coming to a simple conclusion: Mozilla can do practically anything that any other browser can do, and many cool things that other browsers can’t, but it sometimes requires plug-ins to do so, and it’s done a piss-poor job about getting the word out about these plug-ins.
So I thought I’d share some of my favorites, and hopefully others will do the same.
First and foremost, the one I’ve mentioned in every recent browser thread, [flash click to view](http://ted.mielczarek.org/code/mozilla/) . Replaces all flash animations with a big empty red-outlined box. Click in the box, the flash plays. Don’t click the box, it don’t.
Next up we have [Optimoz](http://optimoz.mozdev.org/gestures/) , which brings Opera-like mouse gestures to the Mozilla platform. I’m just getting started with this, so we’ll see how useful I actually find it. I do like the fact that you can enable a mouse trace for the gesture, so you can see what and when you’re gesturing.
Finally, [tabbrowsing extensions](http://white.sakura.ne.jp/~piro/xul/_tabextensions.html.en) add a lot of functionality to the tab system, but the only thing I use regularly is “undo close tab”.
Others?
-lv
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### Author:  [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mozilla-add-ons/203761/2 "2003-09-25T16:35:55Z")
As a developer, I find the Live HTTP Headers and Web Developer Toolbar extensions really handy. Both are available [here](http://www.texturizer.net/firebird/extensions.html).
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### Author:  [@LordVor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordVor)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mozilla-add-ons/203761/3 "2003-09-25T17:27:38Z")
Forgot one. [this](http://home.no.net/trihand/mozilla/home/en/) brings the home button back to navigation toolbar, to the right of the stop button. As Og intended.
-lv
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### Author:  [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2003, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mozilla-add-ons/203761/4 "2003-09-25T18:11:33Z")
Google Toolbar
[http://googlebar.mozdev.org/](http://googlebar.mozdev.org/)
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### Author:  [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mozilla-add-ons/203761/5 "2003-09-25T18:30:29Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by LordVor \*
> **[tabbrowsing extensions](http://white.sakura.ne.jp/~piro/xul/_tabextensions.html.en) add a lot of functionality to the tab system, but the only thing I use regularly is “undo close tab”.**
I’ll find this useful LV, thanks! I often wanted to move tabs around, and undo an accidental close tab.
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### Author:  [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2003, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mozilla-add-ons/203761/6 "2003-09-25T18:38:29Z")
I absolutely love the tab-in viewing. It is the only way to read the Straightdope since the hamsters load slowly. I guess a lot of other people do something similar where they read the site with many different open browsers.