My primary reason of using Firefox, besides that it is a great browser, is the extensions. I’m so dependent on these extensions that I can’t even imagine developing and designing a website without it.
Here’s my Top 5 extension list:
1. Firebug
I think I use everything what this little extension has to offer. Console, source code inspect, DOM, Network monitor.
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2. HTML Validator by Marc Gueury
It validates your HTML code. It’s a must if you want to code by web standards. It uses 3 different algorithms for validation HTML Tidy, SGML Parser and Serial. Now don’t get fooled by the Firefox add-on page, it says it can only be installed on Windows platform. No! It supports other platforms too: Mac OS X PPC and Intel, Linux both 32 and 64 bit and OpenBSD.
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3. Web Developer Toolbar
Although it’s a secondary tool in my case, it has invaluable features like: browser window resize, external CSS, HTML, Section 508 and WAI validations, disabling Javascript and cookies, measuring page elements.
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4. ScreenGrab!
I use it for taking large screen shots of web pages that I can send to my clients. It can copy and save visible areas, whole web pages and selections. It’s the best extensions for taking website screen shots.
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5. ColorZilla
Grabbing color codes from websites it’s very useful. For ex. I visit a website and I want to check out the hex code of a particular color, now I can do this easily with this extension.
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