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July 17, 2014

50 Best Firefox Addons Of 2013-2014

Firefox might not be the most popular web browser out there right now, but the number of add-ons it has, and the ones it keeps welcoming every other day into its arsenal never cease to amaze me. The browser that became the favorite of the tech savvy crowd before there was Chrome, and still remains a favorite of countless loyal users has been known for its extensive add-on support to extend its functionality beyond the stock offerings. As we take a look back at 2013 to present our readers with the best stuff we’ve covered the whole year, it’s now time we show you our hand-picked collection of 50 Best Firefox extensions from 2013.




Best-Firefox-Extensions-2013
The order of add-ons in this list does not reflect their ranking in any manner.


1. Bookmark Duplicate Cleaner (Analyzes all bookmarks that you’ve saved and lists any duplicate locations so you may remove them.)


Bookmark Duplicate Cleaner


2.  Classis Retweet (Adds the missing ‘Edit & RT’ feature to Twitter’s web interface.)


Classic Retweet


3. Powerbot for Gmail (Lets you add notes or notebooks from Evernote to Gmail, and save an email thread to an Evernote notebook, complete with attachments.)


Powerbot for Gmail step 2


4. Newtab: Rows & Columns (Lets you customize the number of rows and columns on the new tab page’s Speed Dial.)


Newtab row options


5. Mega Extension (Adds support for unlimited batch file downloading with no size restrictions to the MEGA cloud storage service.)


Mega Firefox Add-on


6. about:addons-memory (Easily detect the add-ons that are dragging your browser’s performance down.)


addons-memory


7. YouTube Lyrics (Gives you access to lyrics of songs you listen on YouTube and Grooveshark.)


YouTube Lyrics


8. Remove Facebook Suggested Pages and Posts (Blocks suggested posts and pages from your Facebook News Feed.)


Facebook-suggested-posts_


9. Password Dialog Begone (Disables that pesky password saving reminder that pops up every time you enter a password.)


Firefox remember password


10. Advanced bookmarks Add on (Remember why you bookmarked a webpage by taking you to a scrolled position of your choice when you open it.)


Advanced bookmaks Add-on option


11. Firefox Button Classic Menu (Allows you to restore the old menu of Firefox, making it easier to navigate.)


Firefox Button Classic Menu


12. Google Shortcuts (Lets you access Google services from the toolbar.)


Google Shortcuts


13. Hide Unwanted Results of Google Search (Hides unwanted search results from particular websites in Google Search.)


Hide Unwanted Results of Google Search_Settings


14. Bookmark Quick Mover (Lets you organize your bookmarks easily using the right-click context menu.)


Bookmark Quick Mover


15. Search Switch (Adds the ability to search in other search engines from the default Google search page.)


Search Switch


16. Easy Access (Official add-on by Mozilla that allows you to launch some useful applications installed on your PC directly from Firefox.)


easy access


17. TranslateWebpageAtGoogle (Adds a webpage translation option via Google Translate to the right-click context menu.)


Firefox-Google-Translate-context-menu-add-on


18. Fullscreen+ (Keeps Windows Taskbar accessible even when you switch Firefox to browse the web in full screen mode.)


Fullscreen _Default


19. Google Keep (Unofficial add-on that allows you to use Google’s note-taking service in a popup.)


Google Keep new note


20. PowerInbox (Allows you to integrate social media services into major email providers.)


powerinbox-menu-(1)


21. LinksWatched (Automatically warns you when you open duplicate tabs.)


LinksWatched


22. Yet Another Context Search (Search for highlighted text via right-click context menu using sources like Google, Yahoo, Bing and Wikipedia.)


Yet-Another-Context-Search-Firefox-add-on


23. Download Panel Tweaks (Easily adjust the size and other aesthetical parameters of the download drop-down menu of Firefox.)


Download Panel Tweaks - Options page


24. Paste and Go Hotkey (Specify a hotkey of your choice for the Paste & Search option.)


Paste-and-search-hotkey-Firefox-add-on_


25. Self-Destructing Cookie (Probably the easiest way to automatically get rid of cookies upon exiting your browser.)


Another notification popup


26. YouTube Smart Pause (Pauses YouTube playback when you switch to another tab, and resumes it when you return to it.)


YouTube Smart Pause - Flavicons



27. Disconnect (Blocks tracking cookies, social widgets and other intrusive scripts on the websites you browse.)


Disconnect


28. Fess Google Bookmark Extension (Lets you manage your Google bookmarks from Firefox.)


Options menu of the Fess Google Bookmark Extension


29. All Tabs Restorer (Remember the tabs preview feature in Firefox? This add-on does a great job bringing it back.)


All-Tabs-Restorer_Firefox


30. Gmail Notifier (Notifies you of new emails in your Gmail account.)


gmail notifier


31. HelloSign for Gmail (Handy solution to quickly opening, signing and editing documents from Gmail attachments.)


Signing a document right from within your email account


32. Be Quiet (Automatically pauses any current streaming audio or video on YouTube, Pandora etc., when you play a new one.)


Be Quiet for Firefox


33. Scroll Search Engine (Lets you scroll on the search bar to quickly switch between available search engines.)


Using Firefox's search engine bar the traditional way


34. Download Scheduler (Schedule several downloads to start at different times of your choice, and also automatically pause them at a specified time.)


schedule link as


35. Multi-Link Paste and Go (Simply copy multiple URLs to clipboard and have them opened in separate tabs when you paste them in Firefox.)


Firefox-add-on-multiple-links-paste-and-go


36. Show/Hide Passwords (Toggle the visibility of passwords in password fields with a simple click.)



Show-hide passwords


37. New newtab tab (Replaces the new tab page with an old Google Chrome-style one with speed dials.)


new tab page firefox


38. TabCross (Keep a tab on your favorite websites in an always accessible sidebar.)


TabCross


39. PinTabAlt (Restores all the tabs that you have pinned to the tab bar, including ones that were pinned to previously closed windows.)


Restore Pin Tab


40. Curiyo (Look up relevant information on highlighted words on a web page without leaving it.)


Curiyo


41. tabPreLoader (Automatically restores all tabs from the previous session when starting Firefox.)


Restore Button


42. TabFlip (Flip through tabs by holding the right-click button and moving the mouse horizontally.)


TabFlip-Firefox-tab-switching-with-mouse-gestures_


43. Google Image Search (Adds Google’s reverse image search option to the right-click context menu.)


Google Image Search


44. Redirect Bypasser (Detects  and skips redirects to takes you to the final target link directly.)
Redirect Bypasser for Firefox - Use Example


45. TabStash (Lets you hide and restore opened tabs with a single click.)


TabStash Tabs


46. Blocksite (Block wanted sites within a few clicks, with no complex settings or complicated UI.)


BlockSite Preferences


47. Copy All Links (Download all the links from highlighted text via the right-click context menu.)


Copy All Links for Firefox - Menu


48. Space Next (Loads the next page when you reach the bottom of a page and press the space bar.)
Space-Next-Firefox-pagination-add-on


49. KilllSpinner (Prevents Firefox from loading web pages for an excessive amount of time by overriding the default load pattern of a website with a user-specified time interval.)


KillSpinners_Notification


50. Supertab (Use Alt+Tab or Ctrl+Tab to easily switch tabs in Firefox like you do in Windows.)


Supertab


Source: http://www.addictivetips.com/web/best-firefox-extensions-of-2013/

Check out our other year-end best-of compilations:
150 Best Windows Software Of Year 2013
55 Best Mac OS X Apps Of 2013
172 Best Android Apps Of 2013
100 Best iPhone & iPad Apps Of 2013
40 Best Windows Phone Apps Of 2013
100 Best Google Chrome Extensions Of 2013