What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

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radonrose
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Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

#21 Post by radonrose »

I could do with only "uBlock Origin", but some containers that speed up my work and entertainment are "Containerise", "Enhancer for YouTube", "Swift Selection Search", and "Add custom search engine".

@JayM take a look at the "browser.tabs.allowTabDetach" setting in "about:config" if you would like to have one plugin less on your browser.
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Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

#22 Post by wulf »

uBO
uMatrix (no longer supported, but still works as an effective "firewall")
Decentraleyes
Dark background and light text

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Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

#23 Post by MCreaves »

LionelZaylan wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 12:22 am
MCreaves wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 10:48 am The addons I like to use:
Enhancer for YouTube: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... r-youtube/
FVD Speed Dial: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... peed-dial/
Grammarly for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... ammarly-1/
I don't care about cookies: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... t-cookies/
Print Friendly & PDF: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... endly-pdf/
Privacy Badger: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... -badger17/
SponsorBlock for YouTube - Skip Sponsorships: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... nsorblock/
uBlock Origin: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... ck-origin/
Unpinterested!: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... nterested/
YouTube NonStop: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... e-nonstop/
Facebook Container: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... container/

I occasionally use the following addons as needed:
Honey: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/honey/
SpigotSearchEngine: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... rchengine/
The Camelizer: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... istory-ch/
I've heard some people say : "Don't make your browser a Christmas tree" (decorated with too many addons)
Some addons may be malicious , unnecessary and/or slow your browser down
I totally understand where you are coming from. I tend to leave addons I am not using right now disabled and enable them as needed. The list is just that, a list of addons I use and have used for some time.

The only one that I am suspicious of is Honey. It is very popular, but there are questions I have about it.

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Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

#24 Post by Cristobal »

Here are my favourites:
Adguard Adblocker
ClearURLs
Decentraleyes
Disconnect
Enhancer for Youtube
Feedbro
Ghosthery
Https Everywhere
Reddit Enhancement Suit
SaveFrom.net helper
Search by Image
UBlock Origin
Video Downloadhelper
X-notifier
Youtube Subtitle Downloader
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Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

#25 Post by jenna16bit »

A bit less 'snazz up sites' focused for me. Seems like a lot of us like the privacy add-ons!

* Decentraleyes - Keep CDN outages from ruining my day
* DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials - I like the site ratings!
* Privacy Badger - Tends to find things that uBlock doesn't or can't block outright
* uBlock Origin - nice light adblock
* Old Reddit Redirect - I just like it

Edit: I should note - I have tab detach and JS pop-outs disabled in about:config as well, there's a lot you can do in there! Plus, I use a flatpak of Firefox. I use Flatseal with that and it keeps my whole browser nicely contained. Firejail seems interesting too, but I know less about it.

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Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

#26 Post by Sparky »

Search by Image - Sounds excellent, but is it better as an addon? I found that you can do it online, why make your browser heaver?
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Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

#27 Post by MCreaves »

jenna16bit wrote: Mon Jun 28, 2021 10:29 am A bit less 'snazz up sites' focused for me. Seems like a lot of us like the privacy add-ons!

* Decentraleyes - Keep CDN outages from ruining my day
* DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials - I like the site ratings!
* Privacy Badger - Tends to find things that uBlock doesn't or can't block outright
* uBlock Origin - nice light adblock
* Old Reddit Redirect - I just like it

Edit: I should note - I have tab detach and JS pop-outs disabled in about:config as well, there's a lot you can do in there! Plus, I use a flatpak of Firefox. I use Flatseal with that and it keeps my whole browser nicely contained. Firejail seems interesting too, but I know less about it.
Came across this, might be a good read:
https://lemmy.ml/post/31321

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Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

#28 Post by Sparky »

WOW! That is worth a read! DDG is now gone for me, where to next?
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Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

#29 Post by MCreaves »

Sparky wrote: Mon Jun 28, 2021 11:03 am WOW! That is worth a read! DDG is now gone for me, where to next?
Not sure how it compares, but I am looking into this:
https://searx.space/
https://github.com/searx

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Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

#30 Post by Sparky »

Not sure If it's mature enough
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