Who here uses Firefox? Well I do for sure, with being a web designer/developer I realise that Firefox is more standards compliant than Internet Explorer, so with that in mind, I can’t help but use firefox on a full time basis. Another huge factor in using Firefox is the number of addons, below I have compiled a list of my must have Firefox addons.
Fire FTP - Secure FTP client, allowing you to upload files to your website with ease.
L.O.R.I - Life of Request Info - L.O.R.I as it is known tells you how long the current page you are on takes to load, this helps developers optimise speed times.
Adblock Plus - Gets rid of all the nasty popup advertising, meaning quicker to browsing on the website.
ColorZilla - You like a colour on a website? then this addon allows you to pick that color and covert it to HEX or RGB format.
IE Tab - Why use Internet Explorer? when you can use it in firefox, great for web developers to check there functioning website.
Measure It - Measures to see how big an element is on the screen.
Screen Grab - Takes screenshots of the whole website, instead of just the visable frame, it gets rid of the toolbars, buttons and cursors, showing great screenshots in PNG and JPG format.
HTML Validator - Tells you how HTML errors, if any.
And finally, I could not forget, the number one used firefox addon I use and swear by is:
Web Developer - Adds a menu and toolbar with a number of web development tools, such as view the CSS code.
There are many firefox addons that are getting added daily, many I haven’t even tried or heard of, but for the full list of all the firefox addons, then visit there website.
Ok, you have heard my list which I use in my day to day webdesigning, now tell me, what firefox addons do you use?
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25-7-2008
I use most of these but for web development you should add ColorZilla, FireBug and DT Whois to your toolbox.