Mozilla Firefox: the necessary add-ons. "Mozilla": what additions should I pay attention to?

Mozilla Firefox is a popular Internet browser that provides convenient surfing. But it contains only the basic tools for viewing pages on the Internet. Functionality can be expanded by installing add-ons that allow you to customize the browser based on your needs, creating a set of modules for your work yourself.

The features offered by the add-ons are incredibly diverse: they allow you to completely change the appearance of Firefox, simplify or speed up the work with the browser and even teach him how to translate pages, use an FTP client directly from Firefox and much more. Some of the most useful additions will be discussed below.

How to install add-ons?

All add-ons for Mozilla Firefox with their brief description can be found on the official website of the browser. The procedure for installing them is the fastest and easiest: just click on the link of the selected add-on. Next, the system asks for the installation permission, and if it is approved, the process will start. You can work with the new add-on after activation, for this you need to restart the browser.

The list of installed add-ons is located in the "Tools" menu, or in the appearing panels and menus (it depends on the add-on) you can find their collection. The add-on for Mozilla is managed through the Add-ons Manager, the path to which is located in Tools> Add-ons. From here you can install the recommended programs.

Adguard Adblocker

Many users dream of surfing the Internet without advertising. Now it has become a reality. Adguard - an add-on for Firefox, which allows you to disable advertising on any web page. It will not miss even the most competently programmed advertisements, which can not be found by other blockers. Adguard has advantages over the well-known Adblock Plus. It provides extensive functionality, while ensuring reliable protection for the browser and computer from dangerous files and other threats. To work, the extension does not require a lot of resources and prevents scammers from acquiring personal user data.

Noscript

You can increase security by disabling scenarios after installing the NoScript add-on in the Mozilla browser. It allows you to block execution of suspicious JavaScript, Flash and other plug-ins. In addition, some trusted sites can be whitelisted. These restrictions will not be applied to them. The user will be notified of the number of prohibited codes found on the sites.

Secure Login

Probably, you have often faced a situation when you could not remember the password to any of your accounts. Now users register on dozens of resources, and it becomes a problem to remember passwords for everyone, because installing the same is not very secure. What to do? This will help add-ons for Firefox. Saving passwords will make life easier with the expansion of Secure Login. Just click one button on the toolbar, and the plug-in will automatically fill out the registration information for any site.

Firebug

With this add-on, Mozilla will give you the opportunity to look at the page code, and also make your own adjustments. You can also find out more information about any web page. To do this, just click on the icon in the taskbar of the browser.

Update Scanner

If you frequently navigate to the same sites and monitor updates, make this process easier with the Update Scanner Mozilla add-on. The plugin will automatically follow all updates on the user-selected pages. Alerts about them will appear in the pop-up window in the lower right corner. At the same time, the new information is colored yellow, so you will immediately see what updates have appeared on the site.

Google favicon

Most sites have their own favicon icon for the site. In the bookmarks, this is also displayed: next to the title of the site is the corresponding icon. This is convenient and allows you to quickly navigate in a huge list when searching for the right site. But there are times when icons do not want to be updated. The addition of Google favicon for Mozilla will come to the rescue. It restores all the bookmarks icons.

ScrapBook

With it, you can save all the elements of web-markup for later viewing them offline. In addition, the add-on offers an extensive control panel for saved pages. This allows you to quickly find the information you need among a large number of web pages saved during surfing.

Google Translator

The plugin will be useful for those users who often visit web pages in a foreign language. With this "Mozilla" add-on, you can easily translate a particular part of the page or all of it in its entirety. For ease of translation, hotkeys are configured.

Awesome Screenshot

Addition is a tool for creating screenshots. It allows you to quickly zaskrinit any page, and then get a link with the image to share it with other people. The application automatically loads the screenshot in the "cloud" and gives a ready download link. It can be shared with friends in social networks or instant messengers. In addition, there is a small editor, and there is a possibility to save a screenshot on the hard disk in the format png or jpg. Also there is another extension with similar functions - FireShot. In its capabilities, it almost does not concede Awesome Screenshot.

IMacros

This extension will provide an opportunity to automate some actions in the browser using macros. If you do not have a clue what a macro is, then this add-on will be completely useless for you. And those users who know how to use them and even can create macros themselves will appreciate the boundless possibilities of this add-on, which will facilitate the task of performing routine operations in the browser.

RescueTime

It is interesting to know how much time you spend on a particular site every day? Then certainly useful for you will be the RescueTime plugin, which will display the statistics of visits to all sites, as well as the time spent on each of them.

FastestFox

With the help of this "Mozilla" Firefox add-on, the work of surfing on the Internet will speed up. You will be able to visit your favorite sites faster, easier to perform such routine actions as copying and pasting information from Internet pages, as well as adjusting them.

Cooliris Previews

Not always when loading a page, it contains the information we are looking for. Addition Cooliris Previews offers to open the page in the preliminary surfing. It appears in the temporary additional window, and it takes much less time to load it. Thus, it is possible to orient in advance, contains the information chosen by us or not.

Save-to-read

Sometimes it happens that there is not enough time to read an interesting article. In this case, you can postpone this lesson using the Save-to-read plug-in. This is convenient, because now you do not need to keep many tabs open or clean one-time bookmarks.

Stealthy

Plugin changes IP to foreign. Now it will not be a problem to visit sites where you were banned by IP. In addition, this extension gives you the opportunity to access resources that are not allowed to visit in your country or city. Thanks to the use of a proxy server, it became possible to circumvent these restrictions. And the pages in this case are loaded pretty quickly.

Download Statusbar

With it, the download information will be displayed in a separate status bar, which will allow you to monitor the download process. Also downloaded files can automatically be tested by antivirus (but this should be specified separately in the settings). The plug-in partially allows you to perform the resume of files: you can manually pause, and then resume downloading from the point of stop.

Flash Video Downloader

The supplement is intended for downloading videos from various resources. The plus is that you do not need to configure anything, because the plug-in already contains the necessary settings for downloading from the 200 most popular services.

Video Downloader

The extension allows you not only to download the video, but also to view it. The plug-in package includes a convenient video player. The extension supports downloading from almost all sites.

VKontakte.ru Downloader

With the help of this "Mozilla" add-on, you can download videos, music and pictures from social network vk.com in a few clicks. The plugin displays the correct names, indicates the size and bitrate of the files.

Conclusion

We examined some of the most interesting additions to Mozilla, which can be useful to an ordinary user. Today on the official site of Firefox there are several thousand plug-ins that allow you to significantly expand the functionality and fully customize the browser for your needs. For each user this set of useful plug-ins will be different, depending on the preferences and the type of activity.