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What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2021 11:58 pm
by Sparky
What are your favorite add ons? Especially those that are less known?
For me it's ghostery, Dark reader, ublock origin of course, SEO minion, honey, and Disconnect.
You?

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 1:12 am
by LionelZaylan
#1 ) uBlock origin - superb for ad , tracking and malware blocking
#2 ) Dark Reader - dark mode for websites - Reduce eye strain.

Further, I use StevenBlack's hosts blocklist to block ads, malware and other nuisances . This supplements uBlock0 and other addons .
( The addons and/or the blocklist can also work separately. )
This script is good for that under MX/antiX

Code: Select all

#!/bin/bash

# Code to be used in /usr/local/bin/block-advert.sh

# Improvements to this script:
# -- Use StevenBlack's unified hosts file ( github.com/StevenBlack/hosts )
#  This is what pihole uses by default
#  This unifies most of the lists previously present in antiX advert blocker + other useful lists
# -- Options to select StevenBlack's hosts file extensions
#  ie. options to block fakenews, gambling, porn , social media -- can be useful for parental control , content filtering etc.,
# -- Compress 9 lines in 1 for lesser file size , much lesser number of lines ( about 10x ) and better performance ( as StevenBlack's updateHostsFile.py can do -- https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/pull/459)
# -- Do all work in a random subdirectory of /tmp ( not in /tmp as it was before ) for more security, less clutter and less conflicts 
# -- Show a warning if not running as root / sudo 
# -- Update the welcome message to reflect these

#v0.4 created by sc0ttman, August 2010
#GPL license /usr/share/doc/legal/gpl-2.0.txt
#100830 BK added GPL license, amended Exit msg, bug fixes.
# zenity version by lagopus for antiX, Decemder 2010
# modified to yad by Dave for antiX, September 2011
# added sysctl, Jan 2020
# fix update URL to mvps

# advert blocker
# downloads a list of known advert servers
# then appends them to /etc/hosts so that
# many online adverts are blocked from sight

TEXTDOMAINDIR=/usr/share/locale
TEXTDOMAIN=block-advert.sh

export title="antiX Advert Blocker"

# the markers used to find the changes in /etc/hosts, which are made by this app
export markerstart='# BEGIN (below) - IPs added by antiX Advert Blocker #'
export markerend='# END (above) - IPs added by antiX Advert Blocker #'

# Do all work inside a random subdirectory of /tmp , as many modern apps do for security, less clutter etc.,
WORKINGDIR=/tmp/antiXadvertblocker.$(head /dev/urandom | tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c 8 ; echo '')
mkdir $WORKINGDIR

info_text=$"The <b>$title</b> tool adds stuff to your /etc/hosts file, so \n\
that many advertising servers and websites can't connect to this PC.\n\
You can choose to block ads, malware, pornography, gambling, fakenews and social media\n\
Blocking ad servers protects your privacy, saves you bandwidth, greatly \n\
improves web-browsing speed and makes the internet much less annoying in general.\n\n\
Do you want to proceed?"

# width of progress dialogs
WIDTH=360

if [ $(whoami) != root ] ; then
 yad --image "info" --title "$title" --text=$"<b> Failed </b> \n\n\
 antiX advert blocker must be run as root or with sudo "
 exit 1
fi

# cleanup all leftover files
function cleanup
{
 # remove all temp files
 rm -rf $WORKINGDIR/*
}

# concatenate the downloaded files
# clean out everything but the list of IPs and servers
function build_blocklist_all
{

 #echo "====================YTO"
 # Remove non printable characters ( may come from corrupt downloads / files etc., )
 # suppress comments anywhere in a line ( not just at the beginning ) , then empty lines, replace tabs by spaces
 # Remove lines not beginning with "0.0.0.0" ,
 # suppress \r at end of line
 # then sort unique by field 2 (url)
    cat $WORKINGDIR/blocklist{1,2,3,4,5} | strings | \
 sed 's:#.*$::g' | \
 sed '/^$/d' | \
 sed 's/[\t]/ /g' | \
 sed 's/  / /g' | \
 sed -n '/^0\.0\.0\.0/p' | \
 tr -d '\015' | \
 sort -u -k 2 \
 > $WORKINGDIR/blocklist-all
 #echo "====================YTO"
    
 # Compress 9 lines into 1
 # This is taken from StevenBlack's updateHostsFile.py
 # This will decrease file size , decrease number of lines drastically ( about 10x ) and increase performance
 # Writing it in bash seems too slow. So, we use python, which is faster here
 cat << EndOfFile > $WORKINGDIR/compress.py
#!/usr/bin/python3
import subprocess
import os
 
f = open( "$WORKINGDIR/blocklist-all" , "r+" )
f.seek(0)  # reset file pointer
    
target_ip = "0.0.0.0"
target_ip_len = len(target_ip)
lines = [target_ip]
lines_index = 0
for line in f.readlines():
 if line.startswith(target_ip):
  if lines[lines_index].count(" ") < 9:
   lines[lines_index] += (
    " " + line[target_ip_len : line.find("#")].strip()  # remove comments
   )
  else:
   lines[lines_index] += "\n"
   lines.append(line[: line.find("#")].strip()) # remove comments
   lines_index += 1
# Sort and remove duplicates
CleanedLines = sorted(set(lines))

f.truncate(0) # Clear contents of f
f.seek(0) # Move pointer to start of file
 
for line in CleanedLines:
 f.write(line)

f.close()
 
EndOfFile

 # /tmp may be mounted with noexec , so we can make python read from its stdin and execute our code
 cat $WORKINGDIR/compress.py | /usr/bin/python3 -

}


# append the list to the /etc/hosts
function append_blocklist
{
 # Copy /etc/hosts, but the stuff between the markers, to a temp hosts file
 # Also , remove double empty lines and non-printable characters ( from corrupt files etc., )
 sed -e "/$markerstart/,/$markerend/d" /etc/hosts | strings | cat --squeeze-blank > $WORKINGDIR/hosts-temp
 # remove the markers
 #sed -i -e "/$markerstart/d" $WORKINGDIR/hosts-temp
 #sed -i -e "/$markerend/d"   $WORKINGDIR/hosts-temp
    
 if [ "$unblock" = true ] ; then
  yad --image="info" --title "$title" --text=$"Restoring original /etc/hosts."
        exit 0
 else
  # Add newlines where needed
  # add list contents into the hosts file, below a marker (for easier removal)
  echo "" >> $WORKINGDIR/hosts-temp
  echo "$markerstart" >> $WORKINGDIR/hosts-temp
  echo "# These kinds of sites are blocked : $what_to_block" >> $WORKINGDIR/hosts-temp # Show what blocking options are used
  cat $WORKINGDIR/blocklist-all >> $WORKINGDIR/hosts-temp
  echo "" >> $WORKINGDIR/hosts-temp
  echo "$markerend" >> $WORKINGDIR/hosts-temp
  # Ensure trailing newline
  echo "" >> $WORKINGDIR/hosts-temp
 fi
 
    # On first use backup original /etc/hosts to /etc/hosts.ORIGINAL
    # If /etc/hosts.original exists, then backup to /etc/hosts.saved
    if [ -f /etc/hosts.ORIGINAL ]; then
  cp "/etc/hosts" "/etc/hosts.saved"
  mv -f $WORKINGDIR/hosts-temp "/etc/hosts"
    else
  cp "/etc/hosts" "/etc/hosts.ORIGINAL"
  cp "/etc/hosts" "/etc/hosts.saved"
  mv -f $WORKINGDIR/hosts-temp "/etc/hosts"
    fi
}


# usage: wget_dialog url file
# $1 : url of the file
# $2 : file: location of the downloaded file
function wget_dialog
{
    #echo "url: [$1]"
    url=$1
    # extract domain name between // and /
    domain=$(echo "$url" | cut -d/ -f3)
    #echo "===> $domain"
    
    # '--progress=dot' prints dots and a percentage at the end of the line
    # print $7 to cut the percentage
    # system("") to flush the output of awk in the pipe
    # sed to delete the ending '%' sign
    # sed -u to flush the output of sed
    # changed -t 0 (tries) to -t 20
    wget -c -4 -t 20 -T 10 --progress=dot -O $2 "$1" 2>&1 | \
        awk '{print $7}; system("")' | sed -u 's/%//' | \
        yad --title "$title" --progress --width $WIDTH \
               --text=$"Loading  blocklist from $domain" \
               --percentage=0 \
               --auto-close
}

# download the ads lists
function download_blocklist
{ 
    # UNBLOCK
    if [ "$unblock" == "true" ]; then
  # Remove everything between markers to unblock everything
  sed -i -e "/$markerstart/,/$markerend/d" /etc/hosts
  #remove the markers
  sed -i -e "/$markerstart/d" /etc/hosts
  sed -i -e "/$markerend/d"   /etc/hosts
        rm -f "/etc/hosts.saved"
    elif [ -z $what_to_block ] ; then
  # StevenBlack's basic blocklist ( blocks adware, malware etc., ) , without any other extensions
  wget_dialog https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts $WORKINGDIR/blocklist1
 else 
  # StevenBlack's blocklist with selected extensions
  wget_dialog "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/"$what_to_block"/hosts" $WORKINGDIR/blocklist1
 fi
  

    #100830 BK bug fix: create if not exist...
    touch $WORKINGDIR/blocklist{1,2,3,4,5} 
}


function success
{
 # tell user 
 yad --image "info" --title "$title" --text=$"Success - your settings have been changed.\n\n\
Your hosts file has been updated.\n\
Restart your browser to see the changes."
}

#=======================================================================
# main
#

# display message and ask to continue
yad --title "$title" --width "$WIDTH" --image "question" --text "$info_text"
rsp=$?

if [ $rsp != 0 ]; then
    exit 0
fi

# selection dialog
ans=$(yad --title "$title" \
             --width "$WIDTH" --height 250 \
             --list --separator=":" \
             --text $"Choose what to block" \
             --checklist  --column "Pick" --column "To be blocked"\
             TRUE "Block_Ad_and_Malware_websites" \
             TRUE "Block_Pornographic_websites" \
             TRUE "Block_Gambling_websites" \
             TRUE "Block_Fakenews_websites" \
             FALSE "Block_Social_Media_websites" \
             FALSE "UNBLOCK_everything" )

#echo $ans

# transform the list separated by ':' into arr
arr=$(echo $ans | tr ":" "\n")

selected=""
what_to_block=""
for x in $arr
do
    #echo "> [$x]"
    
    case $x in
    Block_Fakenews_websites)
        block_fakenews='true'
        selected='yes'
        ;;
    Block_Gambling_websites)
        block_gambling='true'
        selected='yes'
        ;;
    Block_Pornographic_websites)
        block_porn='true'
        selected='yes'
        ;;
    Block_Social_Media_websites)
        block_social_media='true'
        selected='yes'
        ;;
    Block_Ad_and_Malware_websites)
        block_ads_and_malware='true'
        selected='yes'
        ;;
    UNBLOCK_everything)
        unblock='true'
        selected='yes'
        ;;
    esac    
done

# Convert it into a pattern for the download link
# This code is in the order of StevenBlack's hosts links to download
# Wrong order will make the download link invalid
# The order of these extensions is fakenews-gambling-porn-social
if [ "$block_fakenews" == true ] ; then
 what_to_block=$(echo "fakenews-")
fi

if [ "$block_gambling" == true ] ; then
 what_to_block=$(echo $what_to_block"gambling-")
fi

if [ "$block_porn" == true ] ; then
 what_to_block=$(echo $what_to_block"porn-")
fi

if [ "$block_social_media" == true ] ; then
 what_to_block=$(echo $what_to_block"social-")
fi

# Remove the trailing hyphen, if any. This is to make it compatible to StevenBlack's hosts download link
what_to_block=$(echo ${what_to_block%-})

if [ -z $selected ]; then
    # nothing selected
    echo $"No item selected"
    exit 0
fi

cleanup
download_blocklist
build_blocklist_all
append_blocklist
cleanup
success

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 3:14 am
by ekeimaja
Dark Reader
uBlock Origin
Enhancer for YouTube

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 3:18 am
by Sparky
That Enhancer for YouTube seems interesting, I'm going to try it.

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 3:49 am
by LU344928
I use the Firefox-based Tor Browser for everything except the most trusted sites like this one and my email and cloud storage accounts where I use Firefox and Waterfox. Even then I have uBlock Origin on all.

Tor Browser is probably No.1 for privacy. If I use it to visit whatsmybrowser.org from a Linux machine I'm informed I'm using Windows 10 from an ip address on the other side of the world.

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 3:51 am
by Antediluvian
Zoom Page WE
ClearURLs
Decentraleyes
Full Web Page Screenshots (Fireshot)

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 4:32 am
by malspa
uBlock Origin

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 4:42 am
by Sparky
Decentraleyes looks very interesting. I use Disconnect, they overlap in some areas, but aren't the same.

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 5:35 am
by JayM
Disable Tab Detach. I got tired of sites that I'd opened in new tabs from changing into new Firefox windows by themselves. Their tab detach "feature" acts like more of a bug IMHO. If I'd wanted the site to be in its own window I'd have told Firefox to do so when I right-clicked on the link. Without the add-on, sometimes clicking on an open tab would cause it to detach itself into a new Firefox window when I just wanted to go to the tab.

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 5:57 am
by JuhaT
uBlock Origin
Cookie autodelete
Multi account containers
F.B Purity (cleans up Facebook and a adblocker on FB)

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 6:18 am
by Sparky
Thanks @JuhaT I just installed Multi account containers. So far I was simply syncing, but this is way cooler!

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 8:24 am
by entropyfoe
noscript

My wife browses with ff without noscript, I can hardly believe it is the same internet and browser. She gets so many ads and slower browsing.

I think the security it brings is excellent...why let all those scripts run on your machine, they just track you and load more ads and scripts.

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 10:48 am
by MCreaves

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 1:21 pm
by Sparky
SponsorBlock - Skip Sponsorships on YouTube is AMAZING!! It's already done a great job for me, thanks for posting it.

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 1:29 pm
by figueroa
DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials
Privacy Badger
Web Developer
Facebook Container (usually disabled)
GNU LibreJs (usually disabled)

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 12:19 am
by LionelZaylan
@JuhaT A separate firefox profile for facebook etc., would be better for you. ( Even better if that is firejailed )

Type in your terminal:

Code: Select all

mkdir $HOME/.facebook_firefox_profile
cat << EOF > $HOME/Desktop/Facebook_firefox.Desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=Facebook_firefox
Comment=Firefox dedicated for Facebook
Exec=firefox --class Facebook_firefox --no-remote --profile $HOME/.facebook_firefox_profile
Icon=facebook
Path=
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false
EOF
Then, go to your desktop, double-click on the facebook icon ( you may have to allow that desktop file to open ) and open the new, separate firefox profile for facebook.
Please clear all your data in the old firefox profile ( for facebook to forget about your old firefox profile )

For your information: The new profile would be located at $HOME/.facebook_firefox_profile

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 12:22 am
by LionelZaylan
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

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 12:25 am
by LionelZaylan
entropyfoe wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 8:24 am noscript

My wife browses with ff without noscript, I can hardly believe it is the same internet and browser. She gets so many ads and slower browsing.

I think the security it brings is excellent...why let all those scripts run on your machine, they just track you and load more ads and scripts.
Give your wife uBlock origin .
It blocks most ads, if not all ; and is very user friendly -- just install and forget .
As Far As I Know, uBlock origin never breaks any website .

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 12:38 am
by SwampRabbit
uBlock and VirusTotal are pretty much all I run on my daily use boxes.

Thanks for everyone sharing all those

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 6:09 am
by Kulmbacher
Binnen-I be gone, anti gendering ;-)
Removes the most common varieties of indented I's on visited German-language web pages.

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 12:56 pm
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.

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:54 pm
by wulf
uBO
uMatrix (no longer supported, but still works as an effective "firewall")
Decentraleyes
Dark background and light text

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2021 6:21 am
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.

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2021 10:01 am
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

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2021 10:29 am
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.

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2021 10:42 am
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?

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2021 10:48 am
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

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2021 11:03 am
by Sparky
WOW! That is worth a read! DDG is now gone for me, where to next?

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2021 11:14 am
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

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2021 6:24 am
by Sparky
Not sure If it's mature enough

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2021 9:27 pm
by putih
I install two only
uBlock Origin - i need the logger
buster - the anti-robot robot

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2021 7:40 pm
by jenna16bit
Thanks for the links on DDG. That is worth reconsidering, dang. I've also heard Ecosia might be ok?

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 2:44 am
by ryks
my favo is
adblockplus-block ads
noscript 11.2.9-block nusty bot s
WebScrapBook-save a entire webpage to read offline later
qwant -european browser engine based on firefox

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 11:22 pm
by galaxysurfer
I second the use of FBPurity for those wanting to use FB. For watching youtube videos I run Freetube. Adblocking gets done from my router, covering my whole network.

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 6:20 pm
by davidy
I use only 4: adnauseum, dark background and light text, https everywhere, & I don't care about cookies.
I noticed that the adblocker I use, adnauseum, will constantly try to check for updates to it's lists so I have to block it with opensnitch even when I've set all addons to disable updating. Actually i believe so does dark reader. It calls home every single time you open your browser so I removed it. Most popular addons do this so I try to keep it to the barest of minimums. I disable javascript as default & only enable it if required. Can't trust the 'net' whatsoever these days.
I wouldn't call it favorites, more like necessary. I'd remove adnauseum but it really is the easiest way to block javascript and catch the ads my vpn doesn't. I'll look into a simpler javascript on/off button addon later.

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 6:46 pm
by oops
Here into Palemoon (an old Firefox like)
I install :
Lull The Tabs
HTML5 Media Tuner
uBlock Origin
Descentraleyses
Toggle Java-cript
HTTPS Always

( And, block-advert.sh from antiX & MX , For all Web Browsers in one shot)

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 7:01 pm
by Shifu
Dark Reader
uBlock Origin
Video download helper

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 8:45 pm
by timkb4cq
uBlock Origin
cliget (creates wget/curl commands to download from places like google drive with indirect download links when you're sshing into a server with cli only).

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:05 pm
by davidy
Toggle javascript. TYVM oops.
I tentatively settled on Javascript Switcher. It remembers, so you only have to set it once.

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 3:09 pm
by mepislover
NoScript
KeePassXC-Browser
HTTPS Everywhere
Decentraleyes
Privacy Badger
uBlock Origin

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 3:28 pm
by davidy
Ryks... WebScrapBook is my new favorite addon. I noticed that a browser's typical 'save page as'... feature saves as an html file plus a folder to include the actual webpage content. Clumsy and cumbersome at best. With webscrapbook I can save an entire page (javascript disabled) into a single html file that's a fraction the size of 'save page as...'. Reminds me of HTTrack a little.

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 2:45 am
by TimothySimon
uBlock Origin ( https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock ) -- block ads, tracking and other junk.
Decreases annoyances, Increases battery life, Decreases data usage, Decreases load on the system .....

Dark Reader -- to read websites in dark mode.

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2021 3:28 pm
by The Dark Side
Ublock Origin
Privacy Badger
Decentraleyes
NoScript

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2021 6:05 pm
by siamhie
Dark Reader
DDG Privacy Essentials
FB Purity (customise the look of Fakebook)
HTTPS Everywhere
Load Progress Bar (hate that FF removed this awhile back)
Privacy Badger
Reverse Image Search (icon has moon over mountains)
S3.Translator
uBO (block mode set to hard because I can't be bothered with third party scripts https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/ ... -hard-mode)

Re: What are your favorite firefox add-ons?

Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2021 7:32 pm
by Mauser
uBlock Origin, HTTPS Everywhere, Dencentraleyes, YouTube Video and Audio Downoader, Video Downloader Professional, Download Video & Flash, DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials, and Chameleon.