My five favorite Firefox add-ons
FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers. Opens in a new Firefox tab for easy access and it can manage multiple FTP accounts with ease. Looks and feels like a typical FTP application, but all within the comfort of your Firefox broswer!
Gmail Notifier is well……a notifier for Gmail. Allows checking for new Gmail messages directly from the browser’s UI. A status bar item will show once installed, and a toolbar item can be added by customizing the toolbar. Simple but effective.
StumbleUpon lets you “channelsurf” the best-reviewed sites on the web. It is a collaborative surfing tool for finding and sharing great sites. I’m not going to go into a huge description of StumbleUpon. Why reinvent the wheel, when Maki at DoshDosh.com has already written the most comprehensive StumbleUpon guide imaginable! In simple terms, if you’re a Stumbler, you need this add-on. (By the way, if you find this post useful, 
Stumble it!
Tab Catalog shows the contents of your Firefox tabs as a thumbnail-style grid, similar to Internet Explorer 7’s new feature. A quick press of your F8 key will give you a snapshot of all your open tabs - more useful than it sounds, honest!
Web Developer adds a menu and a Firefox toolbar with a huge array of web developer tools. If you’re serious about web design and development, you need this add-on. I promise you’ll wonder how you managed without it.
I hope at least one of the add-ons proves useful to you. I’d love to hear about your experiences with them and if you know of other classic extensions, please pass them on!
Disclaimer: I use all of the above add-ons on a regular basis, but am not affiliated with them in any way, shape or form.
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May 14th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
Wot no ad-block?
Good list though.
May 17th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
Hey Steve,
I finally got myself a StumbleUpon account, so I’ll add your article now that I can
lol. Man, I feel like I learn like a thousand new things a day. And tomorrow is Friday, so I’m happy happy happy.
-Kate
May 17th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Hey Kate,
Thanks! I’m learning every day too. The latest thing people keep telling me about is digg.com. I’ve signed up but will have to leave playing around on there for another time. Too many “current” projects to work on for now…
I know you’ll enjoy StumbleUpon though!
–Steve