We love Firefox for its extensibility, but sometimes we run into an extension or two that dons the “Experimental” label on the Firefox add-ons site. We prefer highlighting extensions once they’ve been approved by Mozilla—both so we know they’ve been vetted and so we can save you the effort of registering with Mozilla to install something—so we generally pass them by. When enough of them pile up in our watch list, we highlight them in one big post (see our two previous posts) in an effort to give the extensions the extra push of popularity that can expedite the approval process. So without further ado, read on for a closer look at seven awesome Firefox extensions we’re into.
FireStatus
FireStatus lets you send simultaneous updates to multiple social networks—namely Twitter, Facebook, and FriendFeed. That’s not a bad start, but it goes the extra mile by also displaying your friends’ updates through notification pop-ups (uses Growl in OS X). It also integrates with the most popular URL shrinking site, TinyURL.
Tabgroups-Plus
Tabgroups-Plus allows you to organize your Firefox tabs in even more tabs. An update to previously mentioned Tab Groups, Tabgroups-Plus does the same drag and drop organization of tabs within user-defined parent tabs, but this version supports Firefox 3 where the old version did not.
GCal Popup
GCal Popup opens Google Calendar in an overlay over any web page, giving you quick access to your agenda without leaving the page you’re already visiting. To toggle the calendar, simply click the Google Calendar icon in the corner of your status bar. [via]
December 17, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Great more Addons for us and free.