Accelerating the Performance of FireFox with 10 add-ons

10 FAVORITES FOR FIREFOX ADDONS

Firefox is my favorite browser since the last few years. One of the main reasons is the number of free addon that can be added to enrich the features of Firefox. It's definitely different with Internet Explorer and Opera which has little choice addons or plugins.

Below are 10 essential addon for the "comfort" in your surfing activity:



1. Adblock Plus



Number of ads in a web page, in addition to "disturb" will also slow down the loading of web pages. With this addon you can block those ads, either text ads or image ads (banners).

2. Flashblock 


Used to block flash. Suitable for you who use a low speed internet connections. You can still play a blocked flash by pressing the Play button.

3. Tab Scobe



To display previews of web pages, similar to Opera previewnya features.

4. Screengrab

With this addon you can make screenshoot display web pages.

5. DownloadHelper

With this addon you can download videos from hundreds of video sites on the internet like Youtube, MetaCafe, Google Video, Yahoo Video, etc. directly from Firefox, without the help of a special download manager.

6. Foxmarks

With this addon you can synchronize bookmarks (list of sites saved as favorites). Suitable for your regular Internet access from many places, like offices, homes, cafes, etc..

7. Greasemonkey

With GreaseMoney and the script is in userscripts.org you can "to customize" a site, for example, to pass by countdown download Rapidshare, block ads on GMail, making dropdown Gmail login page, etc..

8. FlashGot

This is a firefox addon that integrates with your favorite download manager. You can "merge" with FlashGet FlashGot, BitComet, Download Accelerator Plus, GetRight, MassDownloader, and so forth.

9. Tab Mix Plus



This addon will add many new features mainly related to the tab, such as making a duplicate tab, locking tabs, controlling focus, restore closed tabs, etc..

10. Fast Dial



Fast Dial will "replace" the contents of an empty tab when opening a new tab with the tab containing the thumbnails of your favorite sites.