Interesting extensions for Firefox

Okay, so I’m on my USB stick at the library, looking for a good way to have at the internets in Firefox, without being so conspicuous.

I found an extension called Split Pannel [sic], which basically lets me open something in a frame of its own, side by side with what I’ve got going right now.

So, my browser says it’s at FurAffinity.net at the moment, and I’ve got ESL sitting here in a split panel, posting about my experience with it.

Likely, I can probably get away with Meebo that much easier as a result, since I can now squeeze it down into that bit of space.

There’s a small issue with this extension, in the sense that it’s not quite so intuitive, but it’s still worth it. :)

Also on my list of interesting extensions would be Locationbar2.
It makes the location bar much easier to read by adding in clear delimiters for the URL, as well as changing the colors appropriately: For example, the domain is green. Each folder (subdirectory) underneath it is black. Anything that is a query string (think: google.com/?search=The+Internets as an example) is in grey, adding to just how easy it is to distinguish things in the address bar.

What would you consider as an interesting extension for Firefox?

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  1. Deb’s avatar

    SplitPanel sounds cool..I may have to go check it out

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  2. Keilaron Technullkitsune’s avatar

    Split Pannel: Yeah, but I got over the “Oh cool, split my browser in X frames!” a while ago. I never found it all that useful… I like having full windows, which is why I liked tabs so much.
    Similarly, though, you’d probably find FormInputResizer (or whatever it’s called - I forget) not so useful, despite the fact that I used it OFTEN at work.

    LocationBar2, though, sounds nice. I think I’ll be using it myself.

    As for an interesting extension, if not necessarily useful… Nuke Anything (Enhanced) would take the prize. The ability to delete anything off the page, live, is pretty nice. There’s a few extensions that might also be able to do it, but this one makes it real simple to do. The most recent version even (apparently, though I’ve not used that feature) also can remember what you’ve removed so that you don’t have to see it again.

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  3. Keilaron Technullkitsune’s avatar

    Whoops! I’m going to have to disable Locationbar2 for now. For some reason, while it’s active, editing bookmarks becomes a hazard because whatever view you’re using to edit the bookmarks completely refuses to refresh; Thus, you see bookmarks that are gone/moved… had to restore my bookmarks file because I ended up deleting other bookmarks somehow.

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