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Mozilla Firefox - Plugins and Extensions
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Install and configure plugins and extensions to Firefox, including games, Internet speed calculators, weather forecasts, and more.


#1: Automatically Store Selected Text in the Clipboard
The AutoCopy plugin for Mozilla Firefox automatically places selected webpage text into the clipboard without you having to do anything.

#2: Generate Passwords Automatically with pwgen
If you're tired of creating passwords every time you log into a new web service, the pwgen extension can generate passwords for you.

#3: Restart Firefox via the Menu or Keyboard Shortcut
The "Restartless Restart" extension for Firefox provides a menu item and keyboard shortcut you can use to shut down and relaunch the browser.

#4: Share Sites via Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, More
The AddThis extension for Mozilla Firefox provides a toolbar where you can share websites via a variety of social networks and other services.

#5: Jump Between Search Engines with One Click
The Quick Search Bar extension for Mozilla Firefox adds a row of buttons in the Navigation Toolbar allowing you to search multiple engines with ease.

#6: Automatically Replay a Video on YouTube
Continuously play a video over and over in Firefox with the YouTube Auto Replay add-on.

#7: Keep Tabs From Closing
The "PermaTabs Mod" extension for Firefox can help keep important tabs to services such as Twitter and Gmail from accidentally being closed.

#8: Extend the Size of Your Bookmarks Toolbar
Display more bookmarks in Firefox's Bookmarks Toolbar simultaneously via the "Multirow Bookmarks Toolbar" add-on.

#9: Go Crazy Tweaking / Configuring Firefox
The "Configuration Mania" extension opens up the ability to configure many previously-hidden Firefox options via a GUI interface.

#10: Scroll Conan O'Brien and Other RSS Updates Below Firefox Status Bar
Display a scrolling news ticker of RSS feeds, including Twitter feeds, at the bottom of Firefox via the "RSS Ticker" extension.

#11: Enable Right Click Search for All Installed Search Engines
When selecting text in Firefox and using the right-click context menu, hunt for the text with any of your installed search engines instead of just the default.

#12: Minimize Firefox Windows to the System Tray
The "MinimizeToTray revived" extension places minimized Firefox windows in the System Tray area of the Taskbar.

#13: Keep Other Windows from Covering Firefox
Keep a Firefox window on top of other windows with the "Always on Top" extension.

#14: Play a Puzzle Game from Virtually Any Browsed Photo
The Puzzle extension for Mozilla Firefox lets you right-click almost any browsed picture and play a puzzle game with various levels of difficulty.

#15: Copy Page URL and Title to Clipboard, Configuring the Format
"My CopyFixer" allows you to copy the URL and/or title of the currently browsed webpage in Firefox to the clipboard.

#16: Restart Firefox from the Menu or Toolbar
Memory leaks frequently require you to restart Firefox? Add a menu item and toolbar button to make it easier.

#17: Add a Scientific Calculator Directly on the Status Bar
Perform scientific calculations directly inside the Firefox Status Bar. Define your own constants, functions, and operators.

#18: Create Bit.ly URL from Toolbar, then Tweet, Facebook, Email
Create a Bit.ly URL from the currently-viewed page in Firefox and place it in the clipboard, share it via Facebook, email the URL, or tweet it.

#19: Allow More Room for Web Browsing with a Compact Menu
The Compact Menu 2 extension allows the Firefox menu to always be available, just not take up so much space.

#20: Store Notes you Can Synchronize with your Bookmarks
QuickFox Notes adds a note-taking utility inside Firefox that can be synchronized along with your Bookmarks.

#21: Need Help with Scrabble Tiles?
If you need help while playing Scrabble or other anagram word games from within Firefox, this search engine may help.

#22: Make the Domain Stand Out in the Location Bar
Make the domain names stand out in long URLs to help ensure you are visiting the right web sites.

#23: Is Your Bookmarks Toolbar Overflowing?
Force Firefox's Bookmarks Toolbar to only display website icons, and not names, unless you hover over them with your mouse pointer.

#24: Full Screen Mode Without Hiding the Windows Taskbar
Hide GUI Bars lets you set up a keyboard shortcut key to hide all or selected Firefox toolbars / on-screen elements, plus it replaces the status bar with a miniature version so you can still see hyperlink targets.

#25: Move Your Tabs to the Left in an Expandable Tree
Place related tabs in an expandable tree while browsing the web in Firefox with the Tree Style Tab extension.

#26: Test Your Typing Speed with Multiple Drills
Addictive Typing Lessons may help your typing speed with a variety of drills.

#27: Display an Animated Weather Report
Tired of boring weather forecasts? AniWeather displays large animated graphics and radar maps.

#28: Shorten an URL for Social Networks with Goo.Gl
Click the Goo.Gl Lite button to place a shortened URL in the clipboard for distribution.

#29: Manage Downloaded Files via a Status Bar
View details of files downloaded via Firefox without having to access the "Downloads" dialog with the Download Statusbar add-on.

#30: Tired of Retyping the Same Text in Web Pages? Use Clippings to Store and Recall Clips
The Clippings add-on lets you organize clips that can be pasted into web page text fields via a shortcut key or right-click of the mouse.

#31: Add Toolbar Icons to Zoom In or Out of Web Pages
Quickly zoom in or out of web pages browsed in Firefox with the Zoom toolbar add-on.

#32: Translate Text or Web Pages Directly from Firefox
The BabelFish Instant Translation add-on lets you translate words, paragraphs, or whole web pages from within Firefox by accessing external translation services for you.

#33: Another Way to Add Color to Firefox Tabs
ColorfulTabs adds colors to Firefox tabs, allowing you to choose presets depending on the domain.

#34: Display the Time Around the World in Your Status Bar
FoxClocks lets you display the local time for multiple cities in Firefox's status bar, allowing you to customize various display options and even show country flags.

#35: Keep the Status Bar Visible When Viewing Sites in Full Screen
If you find Firefox's status bar useful and miss it when displaying websites in full screen mode, this extension can keep it visible.

#36: Temporarily Hide the Tab Bar for More Web Browsing Space
To add space for web browsing, playing Flash games, viewing e-mail, etc., hide Firefox's tab bar with a keyboard shortcut.

#37: View Tabs in a Sidebar
Instead of viewing a tab bar near the top of Mozilla Firefox, view a sidebar with previews of open tabs.

#38: Tweak Firefox's Title Bar Text
Customize the text displayed in the title bar of Firefox to display the browser name, version, and/or page title.

#39: "Tape" a Virtual Sticky Note to your Monitor
The Really Simple Sticky extension for Firefox allows you to toggle viewing a "taped" virtual sticky note to help remind you of upcoming tasks.

#40: Preview Tabs as you Hover Over Them
Hover over tabs in Firefox to view thumbnail previews with the Tab Scope extension.

#41: Add Color to the Current or All Tabs
FabTabs adds colors to your Firefox tabs by calculating the dominant colors used in webpages.

#42: Display Google Services as a Toolbar or Dropdown Menu
GButts provides a customizable list of Google Services you can access from Firefox.

#43: Display the Number of Open Tabs in the Status Bar
See how many tabs are open in all of your Mozilla Firefox windows.

#44: Copy the Webpage Title to the Clipboard
For documentation purposes, copy the title of the current webpage to the clipboard for easy pasting into other applications.

#45: Add 'About' Options to Help Menu
The "About:About" extension offers convenient shortcuts to several "about" pages in Mozilla Firefox such as the cache, configuration, and 'Book of Mozilla'.

#46: Play the Snake Game
Play the classic snake game in Mozilla Firefox. Grab the food while dodging the borders and yourself as you grow.

#47: Test Websites by Resizing the Browser to Exact Dimensions
See how websites appear in different display resolutions by resizing the Mozilla Firefox web browser to exact dimensions.

#48: Play Ping Pong in Your Browser
Play the most basic of all computer games, ping pong, inside Mozilla Firefox.

#49: Switch Between Tabs in 3D
Add pizzazz to tab switching in Mozilla Firefox with FoxTab.

#50: Be Like George Costanza and Play a Clone of Frogger
Guide your frog across the street and river in this clone of a classic arcade game, playable inside Mozilla Firefox.

#51: Add Weather Forecasts to Your Status Bar
Is it raining outside? How hot or cold is the temperature? Find out merely by glancing at Mozilla Firefox's status bar.

#52: Play Tetris in Your Browser
Now you can play a game of Tetris, filling up row upon row of blocks from within Firefox.

#53: View Link Types Such as PDF, DOC, or ZIP
Find out exactly what type of link you are clicking on via Firefox with the Link Alert Add-In.

#54: Play Card Games in Your Browser
Play Aces Up, Canfield, Klondike, Spider, and other games from within Mozilla Firefox.

#55: View Pages Rendered in Firefox and Internet Explorer
Use the "IE Tab" add-on to see webpages rendered via Internet Explorer.

#56: Disable an Extension or Plugin without Uninstalling It
Temporarily turn off Mozilla Firefox extensions and plugins that you do not need.

#57: Test Your Internet Connection Speed
How fast are you currently accessing the Internet? These Mozilla Firefox extensions will tell you.

#58: Extensions and New Versions
Will your extensions work when upgrading to newer versions of Firefox?

#59: Right-Click to Search a Dictionary, Encyclopedia, or other Website
Query search engines, dictionaries, encyclopedias, or other data sources from Mozilla just by right-clicking text.

#60: View List of Installed Plug-Ins
Diagnose plug-in problems with Mozilla Firefox by viewing the list of installed software.

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