Add-ons for Firefox: Best extensions to save those extra dollars

3rd-party developers do a lot of good to us; wish they thought the same about our respective wallets.

But it’s our fault and not theirs; we often have no information regarding the plug-ins that shall boost the browser instead of making it as heavy a rock. So, here’s a list of the best of the available extensions that can replace an application and save you the time and money besides simplifying your tasks.

i.    Down Them All! – As the name suggests, it’s a download manager offering the typical functionalities that you can expect from a similar top-of-the-line application. A sure-shot money-saver, as claimed by its 1.3 million active users and the first and only download manager/accelerator built inside Firefox! (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/201)

ii.    Deja-Click: This is a plug-in that records every single event on the browser and allows you to play it back sequentially if required. Or in simpler words, it provides an automation for opening the sites as soon as you switch on your computer, in the same sequence as you did the last time. Find it at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3262

iii.    Video-Download Helper: Download videos with this plug-in from anywhere you like but not in the RealPlayer way. Moreover, it provides suggestions for where to download videos. It’s an easy way for downloading and converting Web videos, even the streaming ones. To be found at: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3006

iv.    Fire FTP: Perhaps the best and the simplest cross-platform extension among all that have been created for Firefox to aid bloggers and webmasters. If an intuitive access to FTP servers is your lookout, then https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/684 should be your destination.

v.    G-space: This extension is to connect you to your g-mail account and help you to upload and download attachments. Sort of an online drive, hosted at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1593.

vi.    Firebug: Strictly for developers, it’s a magnificent tool to analyze, to edit codes and to view CSS or JavaScript real time. Both the versions (1.2 and 1.05) are available at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843

vii.    Screengrab: Ideal for the machines with low resources, Screengrab does not run as a separate program but within a web page saving an entire web page as an image. Find it at: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1146

viii.    SQLite Manager: Makes “Whoa!” the common factor when it comes to creating the tables in a database. Get it at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5817

ix.    Codetech: Evident from its name, this professional, web-editing interface of the Firefox browser delivers the feel of Dreamweaver. To edit documents while you surf the Internet, the URL https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1002 shall prove a great help.

x.    G-mail Manager: It’s different from G-Space and helps managing and maintaining multiple G-mail accounts. Sort of an alarm that sits on the status bar and provide alerts as new mails pour in. To be found at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1320.

xi.    Stealther: A stealth facility, you feel like an undercover agent and start enjoying the guily pleasures. In other words, it’s anonymous browsing. Feel the thrill at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1306.

xii.    Menu Editor: Shortlist what you want to view on the Firefox menu and alter the options as well. A click is enough to hide an entire menu on the browser. Download it at http://menueditor.mozdev.org/

xiii.    Grease monkey: Additional functionality through custom JavaScript codes – it is the best way to describe this plug-in. To customize a web page display, use the JS bits after you download it from http://userscripts.org.