Mozilla/Plugins

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See also: Mozilla | Plugins

Plugins for Mozilla that allow a variety of different Web, E-Mail, and Interface features. Some are gradually being integrated into the browser itself such as MultiZilla (http://multizilla.mozdev.org/).

  • Most downloads are small, only a 10-100 kilobytes and do not take long to download or install.
  • Some plugins are in the early stages of development and damage the browser or prevent start up. Please note the front page for any warnings.
  • Most plugins require the browser be re-started. If you would like to see the effects of your tool without losing a number of tabs, select “Bookmarks” – “Bookmark this Group of Tabs” and then restart the browser and select that bookmark.

Our list and description is below. For a complete list, visit MozDev.org (http://www.mozdev.org) for a list of all active projects (http://www.mozdev.org/projects/active.html).

Table of contents 1 Categories

1.1 Web Developer
1.2 Security
1.3 Navigation
1.4 Other

Categories

Web Developer

  • Web Developer (http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/flashblock) – a must-have tool with extensive controls for images, text, validators, forms, and much more. Available for Firefox and Mozilla.
  • PrefBar (http://prefbar.mozdev.org) – One of the best Mozilla plugins. Turn images, fonts, cookies, Java/Javascript, Flash and more and more on and off like a switch in a customizable toolbar. (Mozilla only)
  • IE View (http://ieview.mozdev.org/) Viewing pages specifically written for Internet Explorer? View pages or right-click on links to look at in the other browser. (Windows only)
  • PNH Developer Toolbar (http://placenamehere.com/pnhtoolbar/) – an additional toolbar containing a collection of tools that web page builders may find helpful. Among them: hide & show style sheets, apply your own external style sheet, highlight many HTML elements, resize Window to specific dimensions for testing, highlight form information, and view page cookies.
  • LiveHTTPHeaders (http://livehttpheaders.mozdev.org/) adds information about the HTTP headers – Provides help debugging web applications, allows you to see which kind of web server the remote site is using, and lets you see the cookies sent by remote site.
  • Checky (http://checky.mozdev.org/) – a front-end to many different free and commercial online validaton and analysis services that can help users build better Web pages.

Security

  • Backup (http://backup.jasnapaka.com/) – A tool for backing up all e-mail and other browser elements sorely missing from Microsoft Outlook and Internet Explorer.
  • Enigmail (http://enigmail.mozdev.org/) – enable secure e-mail using PGP/GPG (must have GPG installed, see the help section). A tutorial (http://www.moztips.com/index.php?id=87) is also available.
  • BookSync (http://booksync.mozdev.org/) – for quickly synchronizing bookmarks in different locations
  • RefSpoof (http://refspoof.mozdev.org/) – Referrer Spoofing (partly available in PrefBar (http://prefbar.mozdev.org)) allowing enhanced privacy.

Navigation

  • Leech (http://leech.mozdev.org/) – download an entire page/site. A front-end for the “wget” command.
  • MultiZilla (http://multizilla.mozdev.org/) – Powerful tabbed-browsing tool that has only been partly integrated (http://multizilla.mozdev.org/mozilla.html) into Mozilla. Download this plugin for more features (http://multizilla.mozdev.org/features/index.html).
  • Diggler (http://diggler.mozdev.org/) – clear current URL or search sub-directories quickly as well as dig through remote Web site directories and FTP connections.
  • Linky (http://linky.mozdev.org/) – want more power over what loads up when you click on a link? Right-click and get a menu with a variety of loading options.
  • Optimoz project (http://optimoz.mozdev.org/) – Provides Mouse Gestures (http://optimoz.mozdev.org/) allowing faster execution of common commands such as Back, Forward, Bookmarks (…) with slight mouse movents, and a Radial context menu (http://optimoz.mozdev.org/piemenus/) replacement.

Other

  • Mycroft (http://mycroft.mozdev.org/) – Increasing choice of your favorite default search engine.
  • NewsAlert (http://newsalert.mozdev.org/) – Get breaking news from various sites in Mozilla
  • CardGames (http://cardgames.mozdev.org/) – a single extension that includes a number of card games for you to play
  • Linky (http://gemal.dk/archives/000252.html) – Opens all links in a selection in new tabs or windows, Finds and opens links in plain text in a new tab or window, Opens all links on page in new tabs or windows, Download all links, etc.
  • Bookmarklets (http://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/) – free tools to help with repetitive or otherwise impossible tasks in your web browser. For instance, allowing the loading all images linked from a page (great for thumbnail galleries), zappig plugins, showing hidden form fields, sorting table columns, etc. A variety of nifty tools for different browsers, including Netscape 4.79, Opera and IE.
  • QuickPrefs (http://quickprefs.mozdev.org/) – a right-click menu for faster access to preferences without using yet another toolbar.
  • Adblock (http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/adblock) – extensions containing an easy to use ad-blocker

Over time, some of the above extensions may be included or partially included in Mozilla by default:

  • NeedleSearch (http://needlesearch.mozdev.org/) – integrated into Mozilla, but more information on customizing searching from the toolbar is found here.
  • SpellChecker (http://spellchecker.mozdev.org/) – already added into Mozilla’s core as of 1.4.1 and is already a part of the standalone Thunderbird mail client. Taken from the OpenOffice spell-checking tool. Note: tested and very useful.
  • EasySearch (http://easysearch.mozdev.org/)
  • Mess (http://mess.mozdev.org/)

There are more plugins available at here and others reported on MozillaZine (http://www.mozillazine.org/articles/article3175.html) and Mozdev.org (http://www.mozdev.org/).

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