Welcome to the first Four For Friday. It’s a new feature here. Think of it as a poll of sorts. Each week on Friday, I’ll throw out a topic or a question, and ask you to answer in the comment section with your favorite or what you think is the best representation of whatever the topic is.
The subject each week might be about anything: favorite foods, restaurants, TV shows, computer programs, something topical, etc. The goal is to have a little fun as well as to expose all of us to new things that we may not be aware of. I picked Firefox Add-Ons to get us started because I think the topic represents my purpose here very well. Give me your favorite add-on or two in the comments, and briefly tell what it does or why you like it. I will leave the comments open all weekend, and then on Mondays, I will post the top 4 most popular answers. The hope is that along the way, we can all give each other some new knowledge.
This won’t work without your help, so give me your answers in the comments please. I will pop back in at some point in the comment section and cast my own vote.
twitterfox- simple and powerful twitter client addon .
Firegestures- perform browser actions using mouse gestures.
smartbookmarksbar- the name says it all.
greasemonkey – powerful website customization using scripts.
Aravind,
There's two (the middle ones) that I have not heard of. Thanks for getting this off to a great start!
First off I must say I really like your blog layout. Clean, organized, good colors.
Favorite Firefox add in- Greasemonkey!! It's all about the scripts for me. My wife makes use of a handful to enjoy Flickr better.
For me, StumbleUpon plugin – Firefox is where I do all my Stumbling. The add-in makes it easy with an add on toolbar at the top. Frequently updated and covers all the features you get on the site.
One more, a new one, Glue. Check out getglue.com. It's a social shopping plug-in. It works across sites such as Amazon and BestBuy. You can see what others are visiting, what they thought about the product, and if they left any comments.
There are a few I swear by:
NoScript: for secure browsing, even if you allow scripts globally it will block some of the more dangerous Javascript exploits.
AdBlock (Plus): until I use a computer without this or NoScript I don't realize how quiet the web is on my systems.
Firebug: If you are developing style sheets or Javascript, you MUST use this add on. It allows you to debug running Javascript and inspect elements of your page to see what styles are affecting it how and modify them on live pages to see what the changes will look like before making it permanent. (Add FirePHP if testing PHP AJAX apps)
WebDeveloper Toolbar: This has a lot of miscellaneous tools that allow you to check and validate your web pages.
Other add ons that come in handy:
ColorZilla: A Photoshop-like eyedropper tool, allows you to match colors exactly
Add and Edit Cookies: Helpful if you need to test cookie handling
Tamper Data: Allows you to see request and response; helpful if you need to test redirects, requests, or 404 errors.
First off I must say I really like your blog layout. Clean, organized, good colors.
Favorite Firefox add in- Greasemonkey!! It's all about the scripts for me. My wife makes use of a handful to enjoy Flickr better.
For me, StumbleUpon plugin – Firefox is where I do all my Stumbling. The add-in makes it easy with an add on toolbar at the top. Frequently updated and covers all the features you get on the site.
One more, a new one, Glue. Check out getglue.com. It's a social shopping plug-in. It works across sites such as Amazon and BestBuy. You can see what others are visiting, what they thought about the product, and if they left any comments.
There are a few I swear by:
NoScript: for secure browsing, even if you allow scripts globally it will block some of the more dangerous Javascript exploits.
AdBlock (Plus): until I use a computer without this or NoScript I don't realize how quiet the web is on my systems.
Firebug: If you are developing style sheets or Javascript, you MUST use this add on. It allows you to debug running Javascript and inspect elements of your page to see what styles are affecting it how and modify them on live pages to see what the changes will look like before making it permanent. (Add FirePHP if testing PHP AJAX apps)
WebDeveloper Toolbar: This has a lot of miscellaneous tools that allow you to check and validate your web pages.
Other add ons that come in handy:
ColorZilla: A Photoshop-like eyedropper tool, allows you to match colors exactly
Add and Edit Cookies: Helpful if you need to test cookie handling
Tamper Data: Allows you to see request and response; helpful if you need to test redirects, requests, or 404 errors.