Your favorite browser extension?

[thebird]

What is your favorite browser extension? Anybody got a cool one that they want to share?

I like FireGestures for Firefox. It lets you map functions like: back, new tab, and close window to gestures you make with your mouse.

After just a little while, the gestures become instinctual. This is very beneficial at certain times, like when I am looking at porn and someone walks into the room. I can shout "What's that over there!" whilst pointing wildly in a distracting manner and hide the porn with my other hand.

Menu Editor is a close second. Being able to hid those functions that I never use is amazing, especially when another extension adds even more stuff to the context menu.

EDIT: Removed a stupid word.

[Pilchard123]

Call me a nerd, but probably the Wolfram|Alpha thing for Chrome.

[linkthegamer]

DownThemAll for Firefox. I like to getting faster download speeds and being able to download multiple things at the same time by just selecting entities from a list.

Adblocker and useragents for firefox and chrome are a close second. Why? Because screw annoying ads and "This browser only" pages. Plus you can get into some places for free when dressed as googlebot.

[Synthetica]

Plus you can get into some places for free when dressed as googlebot.

Useful tip, thanks!

My favourite one is probably the Tweakers.net Notifier. It just tells you when a new item appears on a Dutch techsite.

[freakachu]

while not one I use often, I enjoy tamperdata for firefox. the best way to mess with your http form data or do a quick base64 or url encode/decode

[linkthegamer]

Useful tip, thanks!

My favourite one is probably the Tweakers.net Notifier. It just tells you when a new item appears on a Dutch techsite.

Through a few more dutch centric things on it, repackage and see if you can just a forum to whine about you making another "Blackbird". I managed to do it using a vaporware Linux distro 0_0 (they figured it would be Ubuntu with the gimp and a custom firefox. Since then have a really strong urge to make the that browser.)

Oh and recently tried scriptmonkey for Firefox, seems quite handy. Got awfulvision and the ad.fly (and the likes) bypasser userscripts installed.

[Synthetica]

Through a few more dutch centric things on it, repackage and see if you can just a forum to whine about you making another "Blackbird". I managed to do it using a vaporware Linux distro 0_0 (they figured it would be Ubuntu with the gimp and a custom firefox. Since then have a really strong urge to make the that browser.)

Oh and recently tried scriptmonkey for Firefox, seems quite handy. Got awfulvision and the ad.fly (and the likes) bypasser userscripts installed.

Hmm, I've got 4 days of weekend ahead... But I know better things to do with those.

[Ilan321]

No Youtube Ads for Opera

I just don't get how those people get all those thumbs up for "I hate that ad!" comments.. :P

[Nethaufer]

No Youtube Ads for Opera

I just don't get how those people get all those thumbs up for "I hate that ad!" comments..

*Snorts*

Opera. Get a real browser.

Also, Firegestures is all you need for Firefox. Maybe Adblocker if you really feel like it.

[Ilan321]

Opera is the best <3

I like it, with the mouse gestures.

Chrome = Ugleh

Firefox = Slow

IE = Don't even get me started..

[Synthetica]

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Chrome = Ugleh

Hey, don't insult Chrome!

[Pulse95]

Chrome FTW!

[Jay?]

When are you folks going to learn that ALL the browsers have functions.

Opera is fast and has gestures, Chrome is fast and has google built right the fuck into it, Firefox has the best addons, and Explorer provides a standard browser for large businesses that want to know that their internal systems will get along with each other across departments.

[Synthetica]

When are you folks going to learn that ALL the browsers have functions.

Opera is fast and has gestures, Chrome is fast and has google built right the fuck into it, Firefox has the best addons, and Explorer provides a standard browser for large businesses that want to know that their internal systems will get along with each other across departments.

Spot on. Flamewar avoided. 100 bonus points. Press 6 for airstrike.

[Nethaufer]

Okay, well, Opera still has no use because there's an addon on Firefox that pretty much brings that functionality right on over, obsoleting Opera. Firefox also gets things done.

[Jay?]

Okay, well, Opera still has no use because there's an addon on Firefox that pretty much brings that functionality right on over, obsoleting Opera. Firefox also gets things done.

Nope, opera is definitely faster than firefox, and firefox also handles flash exceptionally poorly. My previous statement stands.

[linkthegamer]

Spot on. Flamewar avoided. 100 bonus points. Press 6 for airstrike.

Aww... I was joking going to say real men use LYNX just for the hell of it.

[Synthetica]

Aww... I was joking going to say real men use LYNX just for the hell of it.

Well, there is always that airstrike on 6...

[linkthegamer]

Well, there is always that airstrike on 6...

Nah, I more of a use what the heck you want and just shut up kind of guy. I use the unstable testing version of browsers. Currently i have Firefox UX and Aurora and Chome beta and canary. Have used Opera and even Netscape in the past. Also have IE9 for no reason other then the occasional times I need to use it for some thing.

[Nethaufer]

Nope, opera is definitely faster than firefox, and firefox also handles flash exceptionally poorly. My previous statement stands.

I resort to the time honored tradition of saying: I have no problem with it. Your computer must be shit.

Actually, what do you mean by flash doesn't work? Stuff doesn't load, it loads slowly, what?

And sorry if you take offense by the preceding comment. Trying to make a joke.

[Jay?]

I resort to the time honored tradition of saying: I have no problem with it. Your computer must be shit.

Actually, what do you mean by flash doesn't work? Stuff doesn't load, it loads slowly, what?

And sorry if you take offense by the preceding comment. Trying to make a joke.

My old computer wasn't great, but firefox has had a memory leak associated with flash objects for several versions. Not a big issue if you have plenty of memory, or don't use much flash, but heavy flash games can be a nightmare in firefox.

Also, Opera does seem to load pages more responsively than firefox. It's just faster.

I'm not saying that firefox is bad, just that it's performance takes a backseat to its customizability.

[Nethaufer]

My old computer wasn't great, but firefox has had a memory leak associated with flash objects for several versions. Not a big issue if you have plenty of memory, or don't use much flash, but heavy flash games can be a nightmare in firefox.

Also, Opera does seem to load pages more responsively than firefox. It's just faster.

I'm not saying that firefox is bad, just that it's performance takes a backseat to its customizability.

I think I remember what you are talking about. It doesn't do that much at all anymore, and I've had no trouble with it having problems with memory leaks. But I see your point. Personally I don't care much about speed unless if I need it to start up fast, otherwise, it can chug along as much as it wants to. Hell, I've had to deal with using seriously outdated computers for much of my life, and if that doesn't teach you patience, I don't know what will.

[Ilan321]

I tried it all, Opera, Firefox, IE (D:), Chrome, Rockmelt (which IS chrome)

I like Opera better because there are RMB gestures, the nice sidebar, built in mail, faster tabs, PRIVATE tabs (if you know what I mean..), faster loading etc. I like Opera better..

[Synthetica]

PRIVATE tabs (if you know what I mean..)

Your personal text explains it.

[Nethaufer]

I tried it all, Opera, Firefox, IE (D:), Chrome, Rockmelt (which IS chrome)

I like Opera better because there are RMB gestures, the nice sidebar, built in mail, faster tabs, PRIVATE tabs (if you know what I mean..), faster loading etc. I like Opera better..

You know, you can get most of that stuff in Firefox, even Chrome, by looking through the addons. Firefox already has an addon that functions the same exact way the built in thing on Opera has, and you could probably find a theme that is exactly the same as Opera's is. I might even be correct to say that there are addons for built in mail and the private tabs thing.

Also, I just checked the Firefox apps site. All of those functionalities exist in Firefox as addons. There's even something that makes it so only one tab loads at a time, instead of all of them.