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old add-on list

This list has been superceded by https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collection/bshanks

• Adblock Plus
  • Note: here's a list of lists to subscribe to: http://adblockplus.org/en/subscriptions
• All-in-one sidebar
  • view not just history but also downloads, extensions, view source, etc, in the sidebar
• annozilla
  • w3c's annotation project
• Book burro
  • When you view a book, BookBurro? shows you a list of nearest libraries and prices from some online booksellers
• Cache View
  • Adds a submenu in the right click menu to view the archived version of the current URL in the Internet Archive, Google Cache, Coral Cache, etc
• Download Statusbar
  • Instead of the download manager window, displays downloads on a compact statusbar on the bottom
• EditCSS
  • Edit the current page's CSS and see the results in realtime
• FireBug
  • Debugger
• Firefox Showcase
  • Press F12 to see thumbs of all tabs
• FoxLingo
  • Translator
• Greasemonkey
  • Middleware for all sorts of hacks
• Mouse Gestures
  • Lets you execute commands by "gesturing" with the mouse
• QuickCheck
  • Select a bunch of checkboxes and check or uncheck them all at once
• Resizeable Textarea
  • Makes textareas on forms resizable
• Sage
  • RSS reader
• Save Image in Folder
  • Adds submenu in right-click menu to save images to a list of favorite folders
• Searchbar Autosizer
  • Searchbar is small by default but grows as you type more into it
• Semantic Radar
  • Looks for FOAF and DOAP info in a webpage, has option to display it if found (puts icon in lower right of statusbar)
• StumbleUpon
  • Collaborative filtering on webpages
• Tamper Data
  • Like packet sniffer for HTTP -- also I guess you can intercept and modify requests
• ViewSourceWith
  • Add an option to right-click menu to edit text in forms in emacs!
• Zotero
  • Bookmark and citation manager
• link Widgets
  • Add buttons to make HTML LINK elements work.
• keyconfig for FF3 (real keyconfig homepage)
  • Customize keybindings ('keybindings' = 'keymappings' = 'keyboard shortcuts')
• OldBar
  • Disables the new "rich" style autocomplete select list in firefox 3 -- i.e. makes the autocomplete select list look like it did in firefox 2
• Yubnub: a commandline for the web
  • See http://www.yubnub.org/ for details

interesting addons that i didnt install

but that i'm keeping a list of for future reference:

• XUL Reference
• Tiny menu
• XML Developer toolbar
• ebay ends
• Tiny menu (for mobile machines)
• scuttle social bookmarking integration
• del.irio.us social bookmarking integration
• simply bookmarking integration
• Annotea ubimarks
• Bluemarks
• FireFoxMenuButtons
• MozCC
• http://www.calmar.ws/firefox/

add-ons that i used to have but uninstalled or disabled

• ClearURLButton
  • A button which clears the addressbar (you can do this with the control-J or control-K keyboard shortcuts)
• NoScript
  • Blocks JavaScript? except at whitelisted sites (too annoying; maybe if there was a shared whitelist that i could subscribe to?)