Add-me-ons!

Yesterday, I mentioned that I reinstalled Firefox and thus needed to reload all my Add-ons... so what do I recommend then?

Adblock Plus - Essential for blocking all those adds that we can't stand in the slightest.

DownThemAll - Vital for downloading anything at an accelerated rate! Basically, it establishes 5 (or however many you set) connections to the server where the file is and downloads it in pieces. Or rather, it used to then it upgraded and didn't work. (It might now, I haven't trusted it enough to try recently.) Thus, although 1.0 is out, I recommend version 0.9.9.10.

IE Tab - For those sites that are "optimised" for IE (why??), Firefox sometimes has problems, but with this handy add on, Firefox can emulate IE and make the site work. Not 100% effective, but close. However, the latest version is for Firefox v3.0, which is only out in Beta.

Long Titles - Firefox has a wee bug in that when viewing pictures with long alt-texts, the long string won't display properly. This is a severe problem when reading XKCD. This fixes that.

Video DownloaderHelper - Useful for grabbing those YouTube-like videos from those sites. Yes, you can go with Orbit, but I prefer a program that isn't as aggressive. Not perfect, but gets the job done without going over the top like some programs.

Download Statusbar - Converts the very uninformative normal downloader to something far more useful. And yes, this is still a good thing to have even with DownThemAll. Sometimes that latter isn't appropriate, and this is a better way to keep track of how things are going when downloading normally.

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