Essential (and not so essential) Firefox plug-ins
- Firebug - Amazing javascript/css/html debug tool
- Download Statusbar - For the best downloading experience
- Adblock Plus - No more annoying flash ads that yell out. Until the ads play nicely, I’m blocking them!
- Tab Mix Plus - Lets you Control + Tab in last opened order
- SearchPreview - Adds a preview thumbnail in standard Google searches.
- Web Developer - The big daddy of dynamic browser tweaking
- YSlow - Profiles your site using Yahoo! rules for high traffic
- GreaseMonkey + GreaseFire - Lets you run post-javascript on web pages to make them work the way you want
- XMarks (a.k.a. FoxMarks) - Synchronise your bookmarks (as well as passwords and cookies if you want)
- Google Advertising Opt-Out - Google were kind enough to let you opt-out of their ad tracking
- FireFTP - The best free FTP client I’ve ever used