What Firefox Extensions do you use?

sra

Splashie wrote:

hi

how do you get rid of the pesky black white page firefox puts up after you download something?


Splashie

???

You mean the little square box with your download history?

Tools / Options the Advanced on the left
untick 'show download manager when a download begins'

(I'm using 1.5 beta so not sure if it is exactly the same on the official releases)

lipidicman

Magpie and DownThemAll (for quick multiple downloads)
Flashgot for use with Nettransport (for big downloads)
Download Statusbar (for getting rid of that pesky download window)

Splashie

sra wrote:

???

You mean the little square box with your download history?

Tools / Options the Advanced on the left
untick 'show download manager when a download begins'

(I'm using 1.5 beta so not sure if it is exactly the same on the official releases)

er no

I mean a whole blank page opens up with nought on it for no real reason when I download

sra

Splashie wrote:

er no

I mean a whole blank page opens up with nought on it for no real reason when I download

sorry

I used to sometimes get a blank page but I think that was because the way the download had been set up by the website I was downloading from.

Never bothered me enough to try to figure out how to get rid of it.

Now I always get a blank page with a Fresh Download message because I'm using that system now

lipidicman

If you 'middle click' then you get a new tab - do that on a download link and you will get a 'blank page' as well as the download starting. That it?

smcicr

adblock adblock adblock adblock - sorry i just love that extension

sra

I've just been trying Download Statusbar.

great having the downloads shown at the bottom of the page rather than the popup window

GibsonSt19

I'd like to BUMP this thread back up to peoples attention.

Would love to know which extensions you couldn't do without

I use:

Flashgot
CustomizeGoogle
All-in-one Gestures
Tab Mix Plus
Download Statusbar
CuteMenus - Crystal SVG
DictionarySearch
GooglePreview (LOVE this one!)
TinyMenu
Paste and Go
Wellrounded

grownup1

Thanks GibsonSt19 - a couple of comments on why you find them so useful would be handy too.

I recommend sessionsaver for MSE-ers. For example, you can save a multi-tabbed browsing session of MSE, Ebay, Quidco etc. and return instantly to this bunch of favourite sites (on your preferred page in each) at a later point. I'd been looking for something like that for ages.

GibsonSt19

grownup1 wrote:

Thanks GibsonSt19 - a couple of comments on why you find them so useful would be handy too.

I recommend sessionsaver for MSE-ers. For example, you can save a multi-tabbed browsing session of MSE, Ebay, Quidco etc. and return instantly to this bunch of favourite sites (on your preferred page in each) at a later point. I'd been looking for something like that for ages.

Ah yes, there's a session save feature in TabMix Plus too

Descriptions? Flip, you don't want much eh?

Flashgot - For downloading from multiple links on a page.
CustomizeGoogle - Enhances Google search results, removes ads ans spam. Also contains a feature called Google Suggest, which suggests/predicts searches as you type.
All-in-one Gestures - Execute common navigational commands using mouse gestures.
Tab Mix Plus - Tab browsing with an added boost
Fasterfox - Performance tweaks
Download Statusbar - View and manage downloads from a tidy status bar
CuteMenus - Crystal SVG - Adds icons to all menu items
DictionarySearch - Lookup selected words in an online dictionary
GooglePreview (LOVE this one!) - Inserts website previews in google and yahoo search results.
TinyMenu - Replaces the standard menu with a tiny menu popup.
Paste and Go - Lets you post a URL from the clipboard and automatically load it.
Wellrounded - Provides rounded URL and search bars.

Does that help?