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Contents 1 Mozilla Firefox 1.1 Advertisement blocking, Privacy and Security 1.1.1 Adblock Plus 1.1.2 NoScript 1.1.3 1Password 1.2 Amazon Web Services 1.2.1 Elasticfox 1.2.2 S3:// 1.3 Miscellaneous 1.3.1 GreaseMonkey 1.3.2 User Agent Switcher 1.3.3 Firefox PDF Plugin for Mac OS X 1.4 Mozilla Thunderbird

Mozilla Firefox

Firefox is an Open Source, cross-platform web-browser that conforms to modern Web standards. You can customize Firefox using a variety of Add-ons (Extensions, Themes and Plugins).

Extensions

Extensions allow you to add new features and functionality to Firefox.

Themes

Themes can be used to change the look and feel of Firefox.

Plugins

Plugins allow you to handle different types of media, for example PDF files or new video formats.

Advertisement blocking, Privacy and Security

Adblock Plus

Of course people need to make money to run their websites. But on most sites, all those popups, flashing ads and banners take longer to download than the actual content on the page.

So I'm using Adblock Plus with a couple of filter list subscriptions that reduce these annoyances to an acceptable level.

• EasyList (USA)
• EasyPrivacy + Cedrics Liste
• Dutchblock

Link:

• Firefox Add-on: Adblock Plus

NoScript

Javascript, when used properly, can enhance your browsing experience tremendously - just think of all the AJAX ("Web 2.0") sites like GMail. Unfortunately, scripting can be abused to hijack your browser.

I decided to install NoScript, which takes a "whitelist" approach - you have to explicitly allow scripting on each individual site. Whitelisting can seem annoying at first, but it is the only proper way to do this type of filtering.

NoScript also blocks certain types of plugins (for example, Flash) on untrusted websites.

• Firefox Add-on: NoScript

1Password

Not really a dedicated Firefox extension, but part of the 1Password software available on Mac OS X. It helps me remember passwords and other login information, it can fill forms with one or more "Identities" that you have set up, and lots more. The nice part is, that you can use multiple browsers (for example, Firefox and Safari) while 1Password keeps all the information in sync.

Amazon Web Services

Elasticfox

S3://

Miscellaneous

GreaseMonkey

GreaseMonkey is a Firefox extension that allows you to customize the way webpages look and function. Hundreds of scripts are already available for free. And if you're the tinkerer sort, you can also write your own.

Some interesting GreaseMonkey scripts:

User Agent Switcher

Firefox PDF Plugin for Mac OS X

Mozilla Thunderbird