What are your favorite browser plugins?

[Thimplum]

For any browser. Say what browser you use, your favorite(3, 5) plugins, and why you like them.

I currently use Google Chrome, and these my top three:

1. Vimium. RIP mouse.
2. WOT. RIP web malware.
3. Adblock Plus. RIP advertisements.

BTW, it's my one-hundred and eleventy-first post!

[keymaster]

NoSquint (Firefox only) -- RIP eye strain
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/nosquint/

LastPass -- RIP remembering passwords
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/lastpass-password-manager/
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lastpass/hdokiejnpimakedhajhdlcegeplioahd?hl=en

[Tarzan]

Ghostery
http://news.ghostery.com/

Xmarks
http://www.xmarks.com/

[esoomenona]

Firefox:
Fox to Phone - Great tool for use with Android phones. Looking at inappropriate material at work? If you know a link is blocked, right click it, send it to your phone and view away!
Adblock Plus - Because **** ads.
Hmmm... Others I like are IE Tab because I hate using Internet Explorer, but some sites only work there. Greasemonkey allows you to use userscripts to make some sites more enjoyable.

[Sifo]

Looking at inappropriate material at work?

[SpAmRaY]

Firefox:
Fox to Phone - Great tool for use with Android phones. Looking at inappropriate material at work? If you know a link is blocked, right click it, send it to your phone and view away!

How have I missed this!! 


I've used others in the past but here is a highlight of what I'm currently running.....

- Adblock Plus 2.2.4
    http://adblockplus.org/en/
    Ads were yesterday!

- Close Tab By Double Click 1.14
    https://addons.mozilla.org/ru/firefox/addon/5610
    Close tabs clicking them twice.

- Download Statusbar 0.9.10
    http://downloadstatusbarapp.com
    View and manage downloads from a tidy statusbar

- DownloadHelper 4.9.15
    http://www.downloadhelper.net
    Download videos and images from many sites

- DownThemAll! 2.0.16
    http://downthemall.net/
    The mass downloader for Firefox.

- Extension List Dumper 1.15.2
    http://www.sogame.cat/
    Dumps a list of the installed extensions.

- FEBE 7.3.0.1
    http://softwarebychuck.com/
    Backup your Firefox data

- Flagfox 4.2.10
    http://flagfox.net/
    Displays a flag depicting the location of the current server

- HTTPS-Everywhere 3.2.4
    https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
    Encrypt the Web! Automatically use HTTPS security on many sites.

- IE Tab 2 (FF 3.6+) 4.12.22.2
    http://www.ietab.net/ffietab
    Enhanced version of the classic IE Tab that includes support for FireFox 3.6 and beyond.

- Menu Editor 1.2.7
    http://menueditor.mozdev.org/
    Customize application menus

- MinimizeToTray revived (MinTrayR) 1.1.2
    https://tn123.org/mintrayr/
    Minimizes windows into the system tray

- Padlock 0.5.0
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/padlock-icon/?src=api

- ReloadEvery 17.0.0
    http://reloadevery.mozdev.org/
    Reloads webpages every so many seconds or minutes

- Webmail Ad Blocker 3.9.1
    http://jasonsavard.com
    Expand your email area by blocking and removing ads on the right hand side of the screen when using Gmail, Hotmail, Outlook.com and Yahoo Mail

- X-notifier 3.3.2
    http://xnotifier.tobwithu.com/
    Notifies your webmails

[Thimplum]

Fox to Phone - Great tool for use with Android phones. Looking at inappropriate material at work? If you know a link is blocked, right click it, send it to your phone and view away!

[agodinhost]

FireBug
CodeBurner
SQLite
Delicious tab

[davkol]

VimFX (basically Vimium, but for Firefox; unlike Vimperator/Pentadactyl, it doesn't mess with the default UI)
Lazarus Form Recovery
AdBlock Plus (that one is kinda obvious)
FxIF (displays EXIF)
Tree Style Tab (I only wanted to have vertical tab bar—I'd be happy to get rid of the tree part)

[IvanIvanovich]

I'm pretty light on extensions these days with Firefox 28.
Adblock Edge
Self Destructing Cookies
Download Panel Tweaker
PDF viewer
As far as plug ins go, none. I don't bother installing flash or java anymore. If sites can't go html5 and webgl then **** em.

[davkol]

PDF viewer

Isn't it in Firefox out-of-the-box?

[kmiller8]

Twitch Live - To tell me when my twitch streams go live
Better TTV - To make twitch better
Sleep Timer - To close the twitch tabs when I fall asleep

Kappa FrankerZ

[IvanIvanovich]

Is it? If so it's still an extension, not part of Firefox itself. I started using it before it was a default then, as I hated Adobe Reader and mostly opened PDF from the web anyway it just made sense for me.

[davkol]

Is it? If so it's still an extension, not part of Firefox itself. I started using it before it was a default then, as I hated Adobe Reader and mostly opened PDF from the web anyway it just made sense for me.

It's shipped as a part of Firefox nowadays. Some people hate it with a passion and I'm not far from that. It's slow and renders some documents (especially fonts) awfully.

[Moosecraft]

The only ones I use are adblock and mediahint. Didn't even know these kind of plugins existed ^^

[noisyturtle]

Adblock Plus and Adblock Pop-up add-on are probably the best plug-ins available.
DoNotTrackMe is very good, keeps any company from tracking you including Google if you want.
Download keeper if you are on the go and need to dl substantial files.
Reddit Enhancement Suite which I cannot Reddit without now.
Used to mess around with Greasemonkey but it doesn't work properly in Aurora

[dustinhxc]

Web Developer, Online Translator Toolbar.

PS Thanks Ray! This Double Click to close Tabs and Flag Icon ROCK!

[demik]

RES
Hoover Zoom
Adblock
CheckerPlus
Enhanced Steam
Google Dictionary

[HotKillerZzz]

Google chrom
Youtube options ( remove all Ads and other stuff)

[DIYEyal]

1) Chrome speak (reads text for me, I have dyslexia and this is my savior)
2) youtube center (dramatically improves youtube)
3) a few scripts to dark theme websites that I frequently use
4) youtube auto like (automaticlly like videos I watch from selected channels)

I don't use adblocks.

[Burz]

DoNotTrackMe is very good, keeps any company from tracking you including Google if you want.

I much prefer DoNotTrackMe over Ghostery. The latter was noticeably slowing Firefox down, and I later learned the authors work for the ad industry.

Other favorite extensions:

ScrapBook, to save pages or parts of pages in a local folder. Also supports some editing and annotation.

Nuke Anything Enhanced, lets me delete page elements or everything that's not selected

AdBlock Edge

HTTPS Everywhere (from the EFF website)

GoogleSharing, anonymizes your Google usage

[Nojo]

Adblock Plus
IDM
ReloadEvery
Waterfox

[n0rdlad]

Just Firefox

Adblock plus

[kishy]

I use Firefox.

Adblock Plus, Download Statusbar, Status-4-Evar.

Up until my last reinstall (a week or so ago when I got a new SSD for the Thinkpad) I was also using the Disable Compatibility Check plugin to enable the use of a lookalike Firefox 3 theme, but enough buttons have become broken that I decided I had to give that up.

I also used to use a plugin that allowed you to split the browser window (e.g. side by side tab display) but as the browser updated, it became buggier and buggier. Bit of a shame really, I don't see why that functionality isn't built-in.

[VolantPhalanx]

If you're using Firefox, be sure to grab greasemonkey so you can rice your browser to a much higher degree and achieve much better aesthetics.

[Matt3o]

I don't understand this hate for ADs especially for websites that offer free access and free information. If a website has too much advertising I stop visiting it. Also adding a website to the exceptions is something that very few do.

That being said I use "Personal Blocklist" to remove some sites from the web search results. And of course I always block third party cookies (you don't need a plugin for that though).

[Skull_Angel]

I'm kind of surprised no one has mentioned NoScript; I use it along with Adblock Plus on Cyberfox for the piece of mind it adds to my browsing paranoia.

[blackbox]

Noscript and firebug. Firebug has helped me so many times.

[epzy]

1. Stylish - Need this to install 'Global dark themes' so that I can actually see something.
2. Adblock Plus - Ads are boring.

[ideus]

I am a Safari user, after I found all of the other major browsers to have inconsistencies with sites I use all the time, including corporate sites, databases, and general browsing. So far I have not installed plugins because all the functionality I need is already included. BTW I am not a mac user.

[Zeal]

Just Adblock Plus + Firefox/Chrome (I use both, one on each monitor). 

[davkol]

I've recently moved to Vertical Tabs (the simplest implementation of vertical tab bar) and AdBlock Edge.

[noisyturtle]

AdBlock(of course,) DoNotTrackMe, Download Keeper, and RES. Also still have Greasemonkey still installed for some reason.

[thesentinel]

Cloud to Butt add-on for firefox/chrome

It's made my day many times.

[Oobly]

AdBlock Plus
FireBug
FlashBlock

I disable a bunch of other stuff in settings too, but I like to browse "light" while still having the option of full functionality.

[davkol]

FlashBlock isn't necessary anymore AFAIK, just change starting plugins to on-demand in about:config.

[Lain1911]

Firebug

[blackbox]

I love firebug. Oh that input string is too long? Not anymore!

[zeroni13]

Firebug, StubleUpon, Scriptish (Greasemonkey), Noscript, ABP and Hangouts.

[angelic_sedition]

Pentadactyl and related plugins, scriptish and stylish, disconnect, ad block edge, xmarks, and a few others. The only thing I actually use firebug for is for a script that automates clicking to play a video and then copy the direct video link from firebug and play it in mpv (which is what I stream all videos in.

I use a lot less extensions since I've switched from chromium to firefox (i find that pentadactyl takes care of most of my needs). On chromium, I really liked tabs outliner, context (as an extension manager), https everywhere, hoverzoom (now I'm just using a user script), and bookmarx.

[HendyZone]

Session Buddy

[eddie]

firefox riced out
adblock edge,greasemonkey,https-everywhere,privatetab,res,right to close,stylish,xkit

[compgeke]

I tend to use Chrome and the ones I use most frequently are:
Adblock Plus
Mutetab to kill that stupid music idiots thought was a good idea in 2002
Linkclump. Useful for forums and such as you can rightclick and drag rather than clicking each link individually.
Webpage Screenshot to capture websites as they display as I use a VPN to bypass the school webfilter and a lot of the Digital Media warmups we do require source files on Deviant Art and such of which the school blocks.

On Firefox I use NoScript and Firebug, but I don't use it that often.

[chibishin]

Adblock Plus, Flashblock, Noscript, LastPass, and FBPurity.

If you use facebook at all, I can't recommend FBPurity enough. Social Fixer was alright until facebook threatened legal action.

[daerid]

TBH? Stylish is probably the one that I immediately install before anything else.

I absolutely can't stand the layout of these forums and tweak the crap out of 'em with it. Also if I (God forbid) ever find myself on Hacker News, my eyes start bleeding unless I have the style fixes.

[mindoculus]

Chrome -

Rather than Hover Zoom, I use Imagus.

Also Google Dictionary, RES, sometimes Hover Hound, Metro Tabs 1.0.2, and once in a while Stumble Upon.

[Oobly]

I don't understand this hate for ADs especially for websites that offer free access and free information. If a website has too much advertising I stop visiting it. Also adding a website to the exceptions is something that very few do.

That being said I use "Personal Blocklist" to remove some sites from the web search results. And of course I always block third party cookies (you don't need a plugin for that though).

Ads often use Flash or other plugins that use up a fair amount of processing, bandwidth or both. Seriously annoying, especially if you have a lot of tabs open. Block 'em all. I'm not a fan of advertising subsidised services anyway.

[davkol]

What's worse, it's not free access and free information nowadays. It's access and information at the cost of ones privacy.

[Motan22]

I primarily use Firefox and for me it always has to be Adblock Plus, hands down.

Saying that, I typically only use it to screen annoying and intrusive advertisements on sites and I make a conscious effort to view ads in many cases to support content creators!

[chibishin]

I don't understand this hate for ADs especially for websites that offer free access and free information. If a website has too much advertising I stop visiting it. Also adding a website to the exceptions is something that very few do.

That being said I use "Personal Blocklist" to remove some sites from the web search results. And of course I always block third party cookies (you don't need a plugin for that though).

Ads often use Flash or other plugins that use up a fair amount of processing, bandwidth or both. Seriously annoying, especially if you have a lot of tabs open. Block 'em all. I'm not a fan of advertising subsidised services anyway.

this was obviously said by someone who hasn't experienced autoplay video advertisements. creating a page with those should be an offense punishable by 50 lashes.