An add-on is an open source extension for the firefox browser which typically adds functionality. The extensions being open source and hosted on Mozillas captivating website means they are secure, free, and generally lightweight in the memory department. With just a little time invested you can be sure to find one out of the thousands that meets a need that you may or may not have even known you had! Simply browse to the add-on page, click install, and firefox does the rest!
1. FastestFox
My first foray into add-ons started with fastest fox. I was blown away the first time it auto-paged the next page while I was googling. Once you get used to features like having a pop up bubble with the option to search google, wikipedia, or even ebay for selected text, you'll realize how much time you save by not having to copy and past the text into the search bar. Seconds. Literally seconds. FastestFox also linkifys text urls, so while your antiquated old browser sees google.com mine see google.com. It has other features, but generally I disable them in tools>add-ons>FastestFox>options.
2. Forecast fox
Forecast fox is like that old bloated all quasi-malware program weather bug. Except minus the spyware and popups. Totally unobtrusive forecast fox sits in the bottom of your status bar down near the system clock, and streams information from accuweather.com Highly customizable; it can show the temperature, an hourly forecast, a 5 day forecast, and real time radar. My favorite feature are the sever weather alerts, but that might just be because I live in a trailer.
3. Speed dial
Google chrome comes default with this bitching feature, and fasterfox has the very similar Qlauncher. However this is the quickest, and most customizable. When I ctrl+T to open a new tab, I'm greeted with 9 screenshots of my favorite websites. You can add as many sites as you want per page, and as have has as many pages as you want!
4. Thumbnail expander
"With Thumbnail Expander, you no longer have to constantly use the back button when viewing a thumbnailed gallery. Instead, simply hover your mouse over a thumbnail to see the full image, and move your mouse away to have the full image disappear. Check out the other preview images for an example of this."

5. Flux
Over-illumination can create significant reduction in melatonin production. Since it is principally blue light that suppresses melatonin, wearing glasses that block blue light in the hours before bedtime may avoid melatonin loss. Use of blue-blocking goggles the last hours before bedtime has also been advised for people who need to adjust to an earlier bedtime, as melatonin promotes sleepiness.
Flux isn't actually a firefox Plugin. It's a simple program with a light weight memory footprint (8meg). It works on the principle that blue light the primary inhibitor of melatonin, and thus sleepiness. If you've ever looked in on someones window at night you'll know that a TV or computer monitor bathes the otherwise dark room with blue light.

Flux simply adjust the monitor, so that it has less blue in it at night. Does it work? Absofuckinlutley. I used to stay up all night, because I never got sleepy. In fact I relied on melatonin tabs to feel sleepy, when I wanted to go to sleep. It's free and easy to use!

Flux simply adjust the monitor, so that it has less blue in it at night. Does it work? Absofuckinlutley. I used to stay up all night, because I never got sleepy. In fact I relied on melatonin tabs to feel sleepy, when I wanted to go to sleep. It's free and easy to use!
6. Greasemonkey
Greasemonkey is a advanced add-on with 22 million downloads. It allows small javascripts to change the way you view webpages. With over 15,000 scripts available your sure to find one that suits you, whether you'd like to add Netflix links on IMDB, or automate your FarmVille wall(shudder). Facebook fixer allows for: "bigger profile pictures and photos, easier viewing of albums, showing people's age and sign, keyboard shortcuts & more." Yousabletubefix is a script for youtube that: " allows downloading and resizing videos, can prevent autoplay, adds a HD select, etc." Reddit comment boxes changes the way comments are displayed on the social news side Reddit.com, allowing them to be read easier. Reddit commentroversy shows how many upvotes or downvotes a comment has received(likes or dislikes for you facebookers). It should be noted that you need to have Greasemonkey installed for these scripts to work.
Reddit comment box lines. Reddit commenterversoy.
Greasemonkey is a advanced add-on with 22 million downloads. It allows small javascripts to change the way you view webpages. With over 15,000 scripts available your sure to find one that suits you, whether you'd like to add Netflix links on IMDB, or automate your FarmVille wall(shudder). Facebook fixer allows for: "bigger profile pictures and photos, easier viewing of albums, showing people's age and sign, keyboard shortcuts & more." Yousabletubefix is a script for youtube that: " allows downloading and resizing videos, can prevent autoplay, adds a HD select, etc." Reddit comment boxes changes the way comments are displayed on the social news side Reddit.com, allowing them to be read easier. Reddit commentroversy shows how many upvotes or downvotes a comment has received(likes or dislikes for you facebookers). It should be noted that you need to have Greasemonkey installed for these scripts to work.
Reddit comment box lines. Reddit commenterversoy.


