Firefox plugins revisited Source

October 1, 2010 Markdown source

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2title: 'Firefox plugins revisited'
3date: '2010-10-01'
4published_at: '2010-10-01T13:15:00.004+10:00'
5tags: ['firefox', 'plugins', 'productivity', 'programming']
6author: 'Gavin Jackson'
7excerpt: 'That time of year again - a new job and new computers to set up. Here is my definitive list of plugins that I can not live without! Bookmarks/Password management: lastpass - great way of managing my o...'
8updated_at: '2010-10-01T13:30:52.246+10:00'
9legacy_url: 'http://www.gavinj.net/2010/10/firefox-plugins-revisited.html'
10---
11
12[![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQFLJpEXUkePAuMIN07wuCZKqfUsucgMcm3Dh4sB-IKwlBZOvdmIkRzR9_h9OFqUD9ZiSaj9DryyvkcizHgNdqZ61i8w6GNS8b-uWpNByyxrLL-lrX8zqa004lzxy-kAXl7GgZFdmt3Q/s320/firefox.png)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQFLJpEXUkePAuMIN07wuCZKqfUsucgMcm3Dh4sB-IKwlBZOvdmIkRzR9_h9OFqUD9ZiSaj9DryyvkcizHgNdqZ61i8w6GNS8b-uWpNByyxrLL-lrX8zqa004lzxy-kAXl7GgZFdmt3Q/s1600/firefox.png)
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14That time of year again - a new job and new computers to set up. Here is my definitive list of plugins that I can not live without!
15
16Bookmarks/Password management:
17lastpass - great way of managing my online passwords! [(link) ](https://lastpass.com/)delicious bookmarks - hosts all of my bookmarks - this particular implementation is fantastic - it allows me to arrange my favourite tags across the top of my browser (like folders) [(link](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3615/))
18
19Web development:
20Firebug - best javascript/html/web debugger - great DOM/CSS/JS inspection tools [(link) ](http://getfirebug.com/)Web developer toolbar - heaps of useful utilities [(link)](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60/)
21
22Misc:
23screengrab - grabs images of pages to use in doco [(link)](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1146/) scrapbook - mirrors pages locally (and helps you organise them), can also perform recursive site grabs [(link)](http://amb.vis.ne.jp/mozilla/scrapbook/) ad block plus - remove all ads!
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25[(link) ](http://adblockplus.org/en/)
26
27Search:
28yubnub search plugin - this will save you a lot of time! [(link)](http://yubnub.org/documentation/describe_installation) Let me know what your favourites are!
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---
title: 'Firefox plugins revisited'
date: '2010-10-01'
published_at: '2010-10-01T13:15:00.004+10:00'
tags: ['firefox', 'plugins', 'productivity', 'programming']
author: 'Gavin Jackson'
excerpt: 'That time of year again - a new job and new computers to set up. Here is my definitive list of plugins that I can not live without! Bookmarks/Password management: lastpass - great way of managing my o...'
updated_at: '2010-10-01T13:30:52.246+10:00'
legacy_url: 'http://www.gavinj.net/2010/10/firefox-plugins-revisited.html'
---

[![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQFLJpEXUkePAuMIN07wuCZKqfUsucgMcm3Dh4sB-IKwlBZOvdmIkRzR9_h9OFqUD9ZiSaj9DryyvkcizHgNdqZ61i8w6GNS8b-uWpNByyxrLL-lrX8zqa004lzxy-kAXl7GgZFdmt3Q/s320/firefox.png)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQFLJpEXUkePAuMIN07wuCZKqfUsucgMcm3Dh4sB-IKwlBZOvdmIkRzR9_h9OFqUD9ZiSaj9DryyvkcizHgNdqZ61i8w6GNS8b-uWpNByyxrLL-lrX8zqa004lzxy-kAXl7GgZFdmt3Q/s1600/firefox.png)

That time of year again - a new job and new computers to set up. Here is my definitive list of plugins that I can not live without!

Bookmarks/Password management:
lastpass - great way of managing my online passwords! [(link) ](https://lastpass.com/)delicious bookmarks - hosts all of my bookmarks - this particular implementation is fantastic - it allows me to arrange my favourite tags across the top of my browser (like folders) [(link](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3615/))

Web development:
Firebug - best javascript/html/web debugger - great DOM/CSS/JS inspection tools [(link) ](http://getfirebug.com/)Web developer toolbar - heaps of useful utilities [(link)](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60/)

Misc:
screengrab - grabs images of pages to use in doco [(link)](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1146/) scrapbook - mirrors pages locally (and helps you organise them), can also perform recursive site grabs [(link)](http://amb.vis.ne.jp/mozilla/scrapbook/) ad block plus - remove all ads!

[(link) ](http://adblockplus.org/en/)

Search:
yubnub search plugin - this will save you a lot of time! [(link)](http://yubnub.org/documentation/describe_installation) Let me know what your favourites are!