Though in the recent past we have seen a very tough competition with Browser Technologies with the insertion of Google Chrome, though it has gained a marginal success. But do you know Mozilla Firefox is still the most popular Web Browser among its users worldwide, so are the plugins designed for the Firefox. Here you will get the top ten most popular Firefox Plugins used or downloaded.
Though I know it is quite a tough job to find the most useful addons as everyone has his own specific needs but I have set one criteria as how many times a plugin download and how much important it is while deciding its importance… though I request you to if you find any other plugin very useful other than the list then plz do mention in the comments section…. So let we start with the Top ten most popular Firefox Plugins… ( Though I will list some other also for specific purpose)
1. Flashblock: These days having a Flash Enabled Website is the latest craze among the Website or the Advertisement Developer. But do you know for some of us seeing the flash Content or the Advertisement is very much annoy-able and sometimes this cause our web speed to function slow. So this is the plugin which is very useful if you don’t want to see a flash movie or ad again…. but this is not the reason to why I have given it the top priority but because it has a function which enable us to which video we would like to watch and which we don’t with the small play button inside the flash division. This is very useful plugin say if we want to watch the Youtube Videos or any specific ad or flash content from any specific site… So don’t you think this deserves the top place.
2.Video DownloadHelper : Video Sharing Sites can also be considered and evergreen sites as this is a type of content which never goes old, so is the plugin deals such type of content. Video download helper is the plugin which provides the easiest interface to download and convert Web videos from hundreds of YouTube-like sites. This works also for audio and picture galleries. DownloadHelper is a tool for web content extraction. Its purpose is to capture video and image files from many sites.
3. SessionSaver: I have nothing to say much about this plugin as the quote about the plugin explains everything “SessionSaver restores your browser -exactly- as you left it, every startup, every time. Not even a crash will phase it. Windows, tabs, even things you were typing — they’re all saved.” So now what would you say… this is the plugin which is very much new to most of the us though Mozilla FireFox latest version have this feature already enabled.
Download Link for SessionSaver
4. GMail Manager: I found this plugin very useful but if you don;t use it on public computer what it does – “It is a Firefox extension that allows you to manage multiple gmail accounts and receive new mail notifications.” It is quite very common to for a lot of us having multiple Gmail Accounts but managing them is very hard as we have to log out or log in every time to access a particular account… you can find a more info about this plugin at the link here…
5. Tab Catalouge: This is a plugin which i like for its visual appearance which gives a pleasure…. don’t able to understand… let me explain… today almost all of us open several tabs to surf the websites and as the number increases it is quite difficult in which browser we have the right information needed so this will give us the small thumbnail of all of the open tabs as shown below…
6. Sage: Sage helps you discover and read RSS and Atom feeds from your favorite websites. I like this add-on because it is simple and easy to use. Watch your friends’ blogs, or stay on top of hundreds of online publications with notification of new content and easy-to-read newspaper-like rendering.
7. Cooliris 3D Wall: If visualization is the criteria then there is one more plugin which I like the most but it uses the flash coding to give us the visualisation. This is Simply the fastest and most stunning way to browse photos and videos from the Web or your desktop. Effortlessly scroll an infinite “3D Wall” of your content from Facebook, Google Images, YouTube, Flickr, and hundreds more.
8. Cool Previews: This one is also the most amazing firefox addon and is very useful too. Let say if you have opened a page you find quite interesting and this one is pointing an another link for which you would like to see what is it but don’t want to leave the page, this is where Cool Previews comes into effect. This has the ability to show of previews of a webpage how does it when ever you hover you mouse pointer to any link.
Download link to Cool Previews
9. Download Statusbar: Now View and manage downloads from a tidy statusbar – without the download window getting in the way of your web browsing. Despite its compact size, Download Statusbar packs in more useful features than the standard download window. The fully customizable interface auto-hides when not in use, allowing full control without interruption.
10. IE Extension for Mozilla Firefox: Though this is the plugin which was widly used in the past when Internet Explorer was the sole king of the Internet Surfing. But with the insertion of Mozilla Firefox more and more websites and users have coded / shifted towards the multiple platforms. But do you know there are still some specific websites which only prefer Internet Explorer to Function Properly. So if you ever have to open multiple browser then sure this plugin will be beneficial for you.
Download Internet Explorer Extension for Mozilla Firefox
Tip: If you are using Google Chrome and want to install IE extension for that also then visit the following link to get How can you do that?
Running Internet Explorer Interface in Google Chrome
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