Firefox extension thread

[rridgely]

What do you all think of having a firefox extension pinned thread. We could all list the extensions we use and then a small description of why its useful. I think it could be interesting. What do you all think?

 

If enough people think its worth it I'll put it up.

[Parvez]

Sure, why not? Great idea XD! I'm up for it.

[1984]

Yeah I could go for that. I occasionally find new add ons that people use that i find very useful.

[Andavari]

Sounds like a good ideal so long as a few aspects are meant:

* Name of extension, with URL link (makes no sense in listing them with a URL link)

* Description of extension

[Mike Rochip]

I also think it's a great idea. I have found a lot of great extensions by seeing what other people are using and if people have a bad experience with an extension it would be good to know that, too.

[rridgely]

Alright I made the thread. I think the format I used works but it doesn't have to be done that way. Let me know what you think.

[Andavari]

I could've recommended more in the new extension thread, but I've been on an extension cleanup routine as of late.

 

For instance I found out that the Favicon picker wasn't needed for blocking favicons by using my own bookmark image because in about:config there's a way to turn off site icons. Also IE-Tab didn't make much sense to me anymore because Internet Explorer is installed so why bog down Firefox with an extension to load IE's engine.

[rridgely]

IE is kinda nice for when you go to a site that only uses internet explorer while you had been using firefox for a while. For instance if you know the site your about to go on uses IE when you first sit down then its dumb to even open firefox but if you click a link while browsing the fact that you can just press a button and have it load up is nice(saves copying and pasting the url).

Ok... I'm lazy but thats what computers are for.

 

Why were you turning off favicons? I kind of like them...

They never seem to be right in FF though. Like I will have a ccleaner logo on my digg bookmark sometimes.

[Eldmannen]

I only use the Adblock extension.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Andavari]

Why were you turning off favicons? I kind of like them...

They never seem to be right in FF though. Like I will have a ccleaner logo on my digg bookmark sometimes.

They don't bother me that much if they're inside say a bookmarks folder and if it pertains to an application.

 

I used to like them when I used IE but that's at least six years ago. Now I don't like them especially in the Personal Bar because I like it to look all uniform without nothing standing out, I guess I just like the original installed Firefox bookmarks icon.

 

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@ Eldmannen

What's up with your signature? All those Get Firefox images were a good laugh.

[Eldmannen]

They don't bother me that much if they're inside say a bookmarks folder and if it pertains to an application.

 

I used to like them when I used IE but that's at least six years ago. Now I don't like them especially in the Personal Bar because I like it to look all uniform without nothing standing out, I guess I just like the original installed Firefox bookmarks icon.

 

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@ Eldmannen

What's up with your signature? All those Get Firefox images were a good laugh.

 

The favicon is not a webstandard. It was first used by Microsoft in Internet Explorer, but it is bad for many reasons.

1. It is does a request on all sites for /favicon.ico even though the file may not be present, instead of assume it is not present, and only attempt to retrieve it if its referenced from the the <link> tag of the HTML document.

2. It uses the .ico file format which is a Windows file format.

 

Other browsers such as Firefox later implemented a similiar concept, but more correctly. Favicons are referenced via the <link> tag as:

<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/path/image.png">

 

See Favicon on Wikipedia.

While the favicon concept isnt a bad idea, Microsoft needs to stop segregate the web. Start following web standards, and be more open about stuff and stop with crappy and dumb implementations.

 

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It is not a signature, it was part of the post, as this post is about Firefox, I thought maybe someone wanted some buttons.