Gordon's WebLog

For many years I used Microsoft Outlook linked to an Exchange Server at work, and a Virtual Private Network connection from home.

However, when I ceased my full time employment I turned to Outlook Express, as a more light weight alternative to Outlook, but I must admit that I did miss Outlook's ToDo lists, calendar and notes.

For some eighteen months I was quite happy with this, untill I heard about Mozilla Thunderbird and Sunbird.

Not so well known as their bigger brother Firefox (which I have also used since its first release, both of these programs are now in constant use on my home PC.

Thunderbird is Mozilla's email client software, and you are able to import data from several other programs when you change to Thunderbird. It has all the normal email client functions, including downloading messages from remote mailboxes. One great advantage is that it can also be used as an RSS reader, much in the same way as some of the extensions used in Firefox. It really is great, and with the recent release of version 2 I am quite happy to use it for the foreseeable future.

Sunbird is Mozilla's calendar software. It includes tasks in addition to normal calendar events (which can be set to repeat in a number of ways), and again data can be imported from Outlook.

Both of these programs are thoroughly recommended, and complement Firefox.

Here is a list of all the extensions I have downloaded and used in Firefox 2, the most wonderful Internet browser available. Click the above image to go to the Mozilla site and read all about it..

I find that Firefox slows down somewhat when all extensions are enabled, so some of them are normally disabled until I need to use them.

List updated 11th April 2007.

• Add to Netvibes 0.7.3
  Add feeds to netvibes
• AI Roboform Toolbar for Firefox 6.9.1
  Allows the use of Roboform in Firefox.
• All-in-One Sidebar 0.7.1
  Sidebar control with award-winning user experience!
• Back to Top 4.0
  Go to the top (or bottom) of a page
• BBC Bar 1.0.1.29
  (Disabled)
  Great companion for BBC fans!
• British English Dictionary 1.19
• Broadband Speed Test and Diagnostics 1.0.3
  Test speed of your broadband connections and provide troubleshooting
• Browser Statistics 1.0
  Statistics (e.g. size of data loaded) about browsing on the statusbar
• CalendarHome.com Toolbar 1.5.0.8
  More than just a toolbar.
• Clear Cache Button 0.5
  Adds a clear cache toolbar button
• Colorful Tabs 2.0.1
  (Disabled)
  Colorful Tabs colors every tab in a different color and makes them easy to distinguish while beautifying the overall appeal of the interface.
• ColorZilla 1.0
  Advanced Eyedropper, ColorPicker, Page Zoomer and other colorful goodies
• CSSViewer 1.0.2
  A simple CSS property viewer
• Extended Copy Menu 1.3
  Provides the option to copy selection as plain text or html.
• Extension List Dumper 1.8.0
  Dumps a list of the installed extensions.
• Extension Manager Extended 2.6
  Use the extension manager to view the id and the folder of an extension.
• Fasterfox 2.0.0
  Performance and network tweaks for Firefox.
• FavLoc 1.1
  Easily download to commonly used locations.
• Firebug 1.01
  Web Development Evolved
• FireFTP 0.95.2
  FTP Client for Mozilla Firefox.
• Firesomething 1.7.0
  All your branding are belong to Firesomething.
• FoxyTunes 2.2.5
  Control any media player from Firefox and more...
• Fullerscreen 1.0a1
  Really full screen...
• Gmail Space 0.5.6
  Use your Gmail account space for file storage. Enables uploading/downloading of folders.
• Googlepedia 0.4.3
  Shows you a relevant wikipedia article along with your search results.
• GooglePreview 2.1.4
  Inserts web site previews in Google and Yahoo search results.
• Highlight 0.12.12.20
  Share the news with the click of a button!
• Html Validator 0.8.3.9
  Adds HTML validation to the View Page Source of the browser. The validation is done by Tidy from W3c.
• InFormEnter 0.5.3
  Helper for form filling in semi-automatic mode.
• JSView 1.2.9
  View the source code of external stylesheets and javascripts.
• MeasureIt 0.3.6
  Draw out a ruler to get the pixel width and height of any elements on a webpage.
• Menu Editor 1.2.3.3
  (Disabled)
  Customize application menus
• MinimizeToTray 0.0.1.2006102615+
  Minimizes Mozilla windows into the system tray
• MR Tech Disable XPI Install Delay 2.4
  Disables default delay when installing extensions.
• My IP Viewer 2.03
  This extension will display your current IP address in the status bar. It is also equipped with the following features: IP Country; Auto-update (every 10 minutes); Last Update (on hover); Copy IP to clipboard (on click and in popup menu); Link to More Info.
• My Portal 1.0.7
  A live web page of your bookmark hierarchy.
• netcrafttoolbar 1.1.1.7
  (Disabled)
  Blocks Phishing Sites
• NewsFox 0.6.5.1
  RSS/Atom News Reader.
• Plain Text Links 0.3
  (Disabled)
  Treat plain text urls as links, right click to open
• Print Hint 0.3
  Helps you to quickly find printer-friendly versions of webpages
• Print/Print Preview 0.4
  Replace the default "Print" button with the Mozilla Suite style "Print/Print Preview" toolbar button/menu. Adds new options to context menu as well.
• Professor X 0.4.1
  See inside a page's head.
• QuickNote 0.6.0.3
  A note taking extension with advanced features
• QuickRestart 1.1.0
  (Disabled)
  Adds a "Restart Firefox" item to the Tools menu.
• QuickZoom 1.0.5
  (Disabled)
  Adds two icons to the status bar that enable quick access to the Enlarge Text, Reduce Text, and Normal Text menu items.
• RankQuest SEO Toolbar 3.9
  RankQuest SEO(Search Engine Optimization) Toolbar provides you quick access to more than 30 intuitive SEO tools. Once you download and install the SEO Toolbar you are only one or two clicks away from carrying out most of your day to day SEO operation
• Reload Tab On Double-Click 1.0.6
  (Disabled)
  Reload tab when double-clicking on tab.
• ReminderFox 1.2.1
  Displays and manages reminders and ToDo's
• Restart Firefox 0.3
  Restart Firefox with ease
• RSS Ticker 1.8.10
  Scrolls your RSS feeds (Live Bookmarks) in a toolbar.
• Sage 1.3.10
  A lightweight RSS and Atom feed aggregator.
• ScrapBook 1.2.0.8
  Helps you to save Web pages and organize the collection.
• Searchbar Autosizer 1.3.6
  (Disabled)
  Auto resizes the searchbox as you type
• SearchStatus 1.18
  (Disabled)
  Display the Google PageRank and Alexa ranking with search-related tools.
• SnagIt Firefox Extension 1.0.1
  Captures images, scrolling web pages and more right from Firefox!
• Snipshot 1.0
  Bring any picture into Snipshot for editing
• Splash 1.2.2
  Adds a splash screen. Supported in Firefox, Flock, Thunderbird and Sunbird. (en-US)
• StumbleUpon 3.04
  StumbleUpon Toolbar
• Stylish 0.4
  Customise the look of websites and of the user interface.
• Tab Mix Plus 0.3.5.2
  Tab browsing with an added boost.
• TableTools 0.19
  Sort, filter or copy any table ('ctrl+alt+click' sorts, 'ctrl+shift+click' shows filter, 'ctrl-z-click' etc. allows copying in various formats).
• Talkback 2.0.0.3
  (Disabled)
  Sends information about program crashes to Mozilla.
• Viamatic foXpose 0.6
  Click on the icon in the status bar to view all the browser windows with a single click.
• View Source Chart 2.5.02
  Creates a Colorful Chart of a Webpage's Rendered Source.
• Web Developer 1.1.3
  Adds a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools.
• Wizz RSS News Reader 2.1.8
  A fairly good RSS and Atom news reader.