I think everyone has this on their list. Adblocking is a definite must-have.
This copies selected text to the clipboard automatically, I’ve had this extension for so long I find it really annoying to use a Firefox install without this feature.
Removes Google ads and such-like but one of the coolest features of CustomizeGoogle is it allows you to stream search results, this means it will download a page of results, then as you scroll to the bottom it will download some more. So you just scroll till you find what you’re looking for. Genius..
I have a few different machines and a whole bunch of bookmarks, settings and saved passwords etc. Google Browser Sync allows me to keep all my machines up to date with my latest bookmarks, very handy indeed.
This extension removes the labels from the bookmarks on the bookmarks toolbar just leaving the favicons, this is mainly a space saver. I always move the bookmarks toolbar to the right of the File/Edit…/Help menus so having no labels next to the bookmarks there saves even more space and looks pretty neat too.
Another space saving extension, this time meaning you can remove the status bar at the bottom of the browser for that little bit extra screen real-estate. The address of a link and the loading bar appears within the address bar, similar to Safari.
This is another extension I’ve had for so long I can’t not have it now, I’ve got it set so that double-clicking on a tab closes it. I’ve just done it that way for years and I can’t browse without it.
Yet another too set in my ways to change. This extensions adds a bunch more options to the standard
This should be default behaviour in Firefox. This means when you open a new tab or middle-click a link within a page to open a new tab it opens to the right of the currently selected tab, as opposed to opening at the far right of the tab bar. I usually have quite a few tabs open and this extension means all the tabs from a particular activity are kept together, it makes browsing a lot easier.
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Unfortunately because a couple of these aren’t yet supported for Firefox 3beta, I haven’t upgraded yet although Firefox 3 is looking very nice. I participated in a recent test day. They ask you to download the most recent nightly build and do a bunch of different things to test the browser, then you report back via a web page if everything happens the way it should or if you encounter errors. I didn’t have any issues with the tests I did - which is a good thing but as they say, a successful test is one that finds a fault.
You forgot the most important extensions - the ones which ensure security.
To name a few:
*CS Lite <– Quick management for cookie permissions (think of white lists)
*NoScript <– Definitely very important. Disable scripts unless you know you can trust them (use a white list and add sites to it temporarily).
*RefControl <– For good measure, stop sites knowing where you’ve come from.
Then there’s some other, non-security goodies:
*Tiny Menu <– Minimise that annoying menu toolbar
*ScrapBook <– Keep a record of things you find on the net.
*Greasemonkey <– Remove annoyances, add features, generally play god with websites.
*All-in-One Sidebar <– More important in old versions of Firefox (e.g. 2) but this still has some value.