Firefox is the savvy users browser of choice, but what addons best enhance the browsing experience?
Ubiquity
Ubiquity is the be all, end all in giving you convenient access to relevant information.
It would be easy to just list the features Ubiquity brings in one neat little package, but a scenario best describes its uses.
Lets say you're reading a blog entry about a really great restaurant you've been meaning to check out. If the author uses a word you're unfamiliar with you can highlight it and use Ubiquity to define it. You can get directions to the place, look up ingredients for meals served or what that exotic dish means in English. You can also email the article, or a portion, to a friend.
All without opening a single tab. Wow is right.
Get Ubituity
Adblock Plus
The era of popup ads and banner games comes to a screeching halt. Adblock Plus doesn't play that shit.
Adblock Plus is a powerful adblocker (duh!) that uses a subscription system to keep your block definitions updated. That along with custom blocking rules makes Adblock Plus a keeper.
Get Adblock Plus
Tab Mix Plus
Tab Mix Plus takes what is already a wonderful idea in tabbed browsing and makes it work intuitively.
"It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus much more. It also includes a full-featured session manager."
Not to mention the ability to set new tabs to open a specific URL.
Get Tab Mix Plus
Cool Previews
Ever want to know what a link is before clicking? Now you can with Cooliris' Cool Previews.
Cool Previews opens a little within a window that allows you to see what a link is before you actually open it. The resulting mini windows has full functionality.
Get Cool Previews
Flashblock
Don't you hate when a page takes forever to load irrelevant content? Flashblock puts you in control by loading everything but Flash objects until you choose to by clicking.
It also solves a pet peeve of mine, Youtube videos starting unprompted (ugh).
Get Flashblock
Honorable mentions: IE Tab, ChatZilla, TwitterFox, StumbleUpon and Text-to-Image.
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