This is the third part of my Favorite series.
Part 1 was My BOOKmarks while Part 2 was My Favorite Macbook Widgets.
Anyways, here goes the final part:
After discovering the wonders of Firefox after buying my Macbook, I’ve realized why people like it so much – it’s so customizable.
Just like the Macbook Dashboard, third-party applications are available for everyone to use as they wish.
Furthermore, every time Firefox starts, it checks for automatic updates for any of your add-ons. So your add-ons should always be up-to-date without needing to go online to check for updates.
So here are some of my favorite applications in alphabetical order:
1. Adblock Plus
Possibly one of my favorite add-ons. It literally blocks every one of those annoying advertisements on the top or sides of your screens. Furthermore, it probably makes your Internet faster when visiting sites with adds, because you don’t have to see them anymore. It doesn’t block pop-ups, but that’s okay, becuase there’s so many good pop-up blockers out there these days (especially the one that comes with Firefox by default).
The only problem that I have is that it could, one day,
Pros: Blocks almost all advertisements, it’s free, makes Internet faster, can block other Flash applications that you see on the Internet (even if they aren’t pop-ups)
Cons: it could be banned soon, the Block button that appears on the top-right corner could be annoying if you accidentally press it
As the name suggests, it colors the tabs for you. If you’re a type of person that only has 1 or 2 tabs up at a time, then it might not be as useful for you. But for someone like me who has about 7-8 at a time, and sometimes 20-25, it’s pretty useful because it differentiates each tab, and it also keeps things colorful. It’s fun and goofy, yet useful.
Pros: colorful, differentiates tabs
Cons: I’m hoping for more colors in the future
It’s pretty simple, so it doesn’t really have many Pros/Cons.
3. Download YouTube Videos in HD and MP4 1.0
This let’s you download any youtube video as an mp4 video for free. And for those newer High Definition videos that Youtube as incorporated (High Definition with the huge screens, not High Definition), you can download that, if the video supports it.
I usually use TubeTV if I wanna watch the video on my iPod, but for some strange reason, TubeTV is weirdly inconsistent.
Pros: good quality, exact copy of the Youtube video, easy to use, don’t need another application
Cons: if you wanna watch on iPod, you need to download another application
Categories
The purpose of Fission is to see the progress of each page as it loads. Like Safari. It’s just something fun that makes your time on the Internet that much better.
It’s so simple, that I won’t even put a Pros/Cons section.
5. Flagfox
This add-on tells you which country the server is located in as well as the IP Address. The developer says it’s also useful for scamming sites: if you click a link for an American bank, but see a Chinese flag, there could be something going on.
Pros: if you’re curious, it gives you the IP/country of origin
Cons: isn’t 100% accurate
Part 2 coming up in the next week, probably.
Photo Citations:
Firefox Logo by spreadfirefox.com
Adblock Plus by filenetwork
Colorful Tabs by xuldev
Download Youtube Videos… by Deepesh Agarwal
Fission by zeniko
Flagfox by Dave G.
