STFU && RTFM

In a previous blogpost I wrote about my favorite Firefox extensions. One thing that annoys me though, is that whenever I try to install an extension, Firefox shows a dialog box, and grays out the “install” button for three seconds, like this:

 
Naturally, this is annoying, but easily remedied. To do this, you need to do the following:
1: In the Firefox address bar, type “about:config” and hit enter
2: Click the “I’ll be careful, I promise!” button
3: In the Filter text box, enter “security.dialog_enable_delay”
4: Change the value to 0
 
Having done this, you’ll find that the delay no longer appears.

It’s time to actually post a technical blog-post to my blog, so here goes…
 
My web-browser of choice is Mozilla Firefox, for a load of reasons, many of which I’ll go into later on. However, Firefox only gets me that far, and to get the whole nine yards, I use extensions. The reasons vary, but here are my favorite Firefox extensions:
 

• Name: Download Statusbar
• What: A statusbar displaying the status of your downloads
• Why: It keeps the download window from popping up all the time, and keeps my downloads easily manageable.

• Name: Fotofox
• What: An uploader utility for use with sites such as Flickr, Tabblo etc.
• Why: I’m an active user at Flickr, and prefer this method for uploading my pictures

• Name: IE Tab
• What: A rendering engine, rendering just one tab in Internet Explorer
• Why: Some sites only work in Internet Explorer, also I want to see how my sites render in different browsers

• Name: ShowIP
• What: It shows the IP-address of the website I’m watching
• Why: Well, I guess I’m curious

• Name: Work Offline
• What: A GUI button to take Firefox offline
• Why: Sometimes I need to not be online

 
More extensions can be found here.
 
What are your favorite extensions: Leave me a comment, and tell me!