Original Title: MSN as homepage I am using Firefox as a browser; when I open Firefox, I keep getting a page that asks me to make MSN my homepage; I do so BUT every time I open Firefox still get the. Visit the SettingSanity page to get the add-on. Click on the Add to Firefox button to install it. Or you can also get the add-on by going to the Tools menu of the Firefox and choose Add-ons Once the add-on is installed, go to the Preferences menu of Firefox and choose Contents. Download Firefox Extensions to add features that customize browsing. Protect passwords, find deals, enhance video, and block annoying ads with browser apps. SettingSanity Firefox add-on can be downloaded from here. Using it is pretty straightforward: We install the add-on, restart Firefox and see the options available again. The following are screenshots of the Options pages before installing SettingSanity in Firefox And then we got the restored check-boxes just as they were on pre-23 editions.
What this is: A list of Mozilla Firefox plugin / Addon 'Extensions' (specifically, what Firefox calls extensions) that we use, find useful, or once found useful.
What this is not: This isn't a comprehensive list of extensions. Extensions we don't like, don't find useful, aren't aware of, or that are total crap are not listed here. Other types of Addons such as plugins and themes are not listed here.
- Add-ons for Firefox (web site)
All addons below have been tested at one point in time. VLT - Version Last Test is the plugin version tested most recently in our lab.
- 1Favorite Extensions
Favorite Extensions
Bazzacuda Image Saver Plus
Batch save open images, images from multiple tabs, and images of a specific size (largest images on a page).
- Category: Convenience
- Side Effects: unknown
Facebook Disconnect
A browser extension which prevents Facebook 'seeing' which other sites you visit online. Facebook is notified whenever you visit one of the more than one million sites on the web that use Facebook Connect and has a history of leaking personally identifiable information to third parties.
note: The bing search engine still recognizes you by your facebook profile and integrates bing with facebook even though this extension is active, proof this extension does not do what it claims. In our lab test the Facebook Disconnect extension failed to fulfill the authors claims. Ghostery is a better alternative.
- Usefulness: Recommended (for security)
- Category: Security
- Side Effects: Blocks some functions of Facebook such as photo links
- VLT: 1.0.1
- Conflicts: Redundant to use with privacy/anti-tracking plugins such as Ghostery.
Fireshot
Also known as, 'Webpage Screenshot in Firefox.' It will capture what you can see in the window, the entire page, just a selection, a particular frame. Save the web page as an image or PDF file. Sought as a replacement for Screenshooter, after it replaced Screengrab. Fireshot does what it is advertised to do, but is only a lite version. Since the full 'pro' version is only available for pay, this plugin receives a reduced rating. Update: further reduced rating due to annoying advertising tabs it opens in firefox on occasion to promote the pro version, which technically makes this adware.
- Category: Functionality
- Side Effects: unknown
- VLT: 0.98.28 with Firefox 18.0.2, 0.98.47 with Firefox 26.0
Flashblock
Never be annoyed by a Flash animation again! Blocks Flash so it won't get in your way, but if you want to see it, just click ..
Adobe Flash can be used to exploit your computer. Malware exists using Flash, making it possible for you to get a virus while browsing the web. Also, Flash is used in ways to track you and gather data on you. Your security is greatly enhanced when you have a choice as to whether a flash element is executed when you are visiting a web site. This plugin is a basic level of security and is so simple to use it gets a full 5 stars.
Due to the security vulnerabilities constantly being discovered in Adobe Flash Player, it is best to have Flash disabled by default with the user having the option to execute a Flash plugin as needed. Adobe Flash is notoriously insecure, with next to no configuration options, and annoying. Take back control of your browser by controlling what Flash programs execute when you visit a web site.
- Usefulness: MUST HAVE (for security)
- Category: Security
- Side Effects: no significant side effects known
- Conflicts: If running QuickJava be sure to enable Flash via the F button on the bottom right of the browser. This plugin is less necessary and somewhat redundant when using the NoScript plugin. However, an argument can be made for why a user would want both Flashblock and NoScript enabled.
- Similar Extensions: Stop Autoplay
- Read: Adobe GetPlus DLM Vulnerability before you install Adobe Flash Player - has instructions for installing Adobe Flash Player without Adobe DLM.
- VLT: 1.5.15.1
Flash Game Maximizer
Click a button or hit the hot-key to maximize (almost) any Flash content to the entire browser window. You can then enjoy your favorite games in any size you like, simply by resizing the browser window. Now with less bugs and more features..
Particularly useful when watching streamed television events from sites that do not allow flash to full screen, or sites that present the flash window with annoying advertisement overlays.
- Category: User Control
- Side Effects: unknown
Flickr Original
Useful is you download images from flickr.com. Reduces the number of clicks to download the largest possible image. Adds 'View Original Flickr Image' and 'Download Original Flickr Image' options to the right-click context menu. The extension extracts the url of the Flickr image you select, parses out the image id, and sends it to a simple web service that uses the Flickr API to return the original image.
- Category: Functionality
- Side Effects: unknown
- Compatibility: Tested December 2011, 100% compatible with flickr.com
Firefusk
View sequentially numbered images files, gallery-style, from the context menu. This extension is made complete when used with another extension called Image Download Ⅱ. All dhruv comics pdf.
Ghostery
THEY SOLD OUT. LATEST RELEASE IS SPYWARE.
Image Blocker
Blocks individual images, such as advertisements, that you do not wish to view while visiting a web page.
- Category: User Control
- Side Effects: unknown
Palemoon Support: NO (Jetpack/SDK)
Image Download Ⅱ
This extension is made complete when used with another extension called Firefusk. Save all images in current page or multiple pages by one click, with dimension filter, file type filter, loaded status filter, self-defined thumbnails detection, and other options and settings.
Image Toolbar
Image Toolbar is a clone of one of Internet Explorer's features and provides quick and easy access to a handful of image functions in a highly customisable way. The toolbar is activated by hovering your mouse cursor over an image. It will be displayed (by default) in the top left hand corner of the image, and allows you to save the image or perform other functions.
Alternative options for torrentsYou might have noticed that since BitTorrent bought, the features and interfaces have a lot in common. They are both safe and easy options when it comes to torrent downloads. You can send the link, so others can access the file. Bittorrent download free windows 10.
- Category: Convenience
- Side Effects: unknown
- VLT: 0.6.9
Java Console
Java Console Extension.
The Java Console extension is not supposed to impact the functionality of Java in Firefox. It just lets you monitor and debug running applets. Unless you're developing a Java applet, you probably have little use for it.
- Category: Developer
- Side Effects: The Java Console extension is no longer supported as of JRE 1.6.0.10, this update cleans and removes the Java Console from Firefox 3.6.
Memory Fox
Attempting to reduce the browser's RAM Memory usage promoting the increase of available RAM memories for other application processes RAM memory requirements. Memory Fox constantly flushes Firefox memory.
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Usefulness: moderateCategory: stabilitySide Effects: performance relatedConflicts:
NoScript
In light of recent browser hijack and malware such as the Internet Security 2012 Virus it is highly recommended that users install and learn to use this extension. It allows JavaScript, Java and other executable content to run only from trusted domains of your choice, e.g. your home-banking web site, guarding your 'trust boundaries' against cross-site scripting attacks (XSS), cross-zone DNS rebinding / CSRF attacks (router hacking), and Clickjacking attempts, thanks to its unique ClearClick technology. It also implements the DoNotTrack tracking opt-out proposal by default.
No version of Microsoft Internet Explorer to date (2014) provides the same level of protection as using a Mozilla based web browser with the NoScript extension. Read Firefox With NoScript -vs- Microsoft Internet Explorer for more details.
note: incompatibility with online banking: resolve. Issue: even with 'allow scripts globally' and allowed domains many major online banking sites will not function with this extension active. NoScript had to be completely disabled for online banking. Resolution: Options -> Advanced - > uncheck 'Turn cross-site POST requests intojust don't get it' and cause them problems on their ordinary use of common web sites. However, not everyone is willing to wear a life preserver when they go boating in deep water, and as much is the same for online safety and security.
Upgraded NoScript to 5 star status. This is the most valuable Firefox Extension ever created. I recommend it to everyone.
- Usefulness: Recommended (for security)
- Category: Security
- Side Effects: may conflict with other plugins.
- Conflicts: impacts but does not nullify QuickJava 1.7.5. Although it works ok with Flashblock 1.5.15.1., it is no longer necessary to use Flashblock when running NoScript (redundancy). Other similar plugins also redundancy; possibly QuickJava.
- VLT: 2.2.3
configuration tip: Goto Firefox about:config and change boolean parameter noscript.firstRunRedirection to disable annoying NoScript homepage after update (because updates are very frequent). Set noscript.firstRunRedirection to False.
NoScript Review is one of many Firefox Extensions discussed on the Favorite Firefox Extensions section.
Palemoon Support: YES - verified
NoSquint
NoSquint improves your browsing experience by giving you the tools you need to combat small fonts and unreadable colors on the web.
- Category: Aesthetics / Accessibility
- Firefox Configure: about:nosquint
- Side Effects: unknown
Open Image In New Tab
Adds right-click context menu item for opening images in new tabs.
Another plugin/same/similar Open Image In New Tab (update)
- Category: Convenience
- Side Effects: unknown
QuickJava
Allows quick enable and disable of Java, Javascript, Flash, Silverlight and Images from the Statusbar and/or Toolbar without having to open any dialogs!
- Usefulness: SHOULD HAVE (for security)
- Category: Security
- Side Effects: unknown
- Conflicts: If running Flashblock keep in mind Flash must be enabled via this extension's control also. There is no technical conflict with that extension.
Read Easily
Allows you to turn on or off CSS with a convenient key combinations. Instead of EDIT, VIEW, PAGE STYLE, NO STYLE, now you can simply press Cntl-Alt-Z. This is handy for web developers and for testing purposes. It is also handy for image harvesting from sites like flickr that attempt to hide images behind hidden elements.
- Category: Aesthetics / Accessibility
- Side Effects: unknown
RightToClick
Stops javascript annoyances such as forbidden right click, forbidden text selection or cascading dialog boxes. Particularly useful for web sites where the webmaster thinks a javascript will prevent you from using the right click - save image as, to copy images from the web site.
Fails in lab test on machine with FF8, Win7, Noscript, and a few other plugins when tested against flickr protected images
What this is not: This isn't a comprehensive list of extensions. Extensions we don't like, don't find useful, aren't aware of, or that are total crap are not listed here. Other types of Addons such as plugins and themes are not listed here.
- Add-ons for Firefox (web site)
All addons below have been tested at one point in time. VLT - Version Last Test is the plugin version tested most recently in our lab.
- 1Favorite Extensions
Favorite Extensions
Bazzacuda Image Saver Plus
Batch save open images, images from multiple tabs, and images of a specific size (largest images on a page).
- Category: Convenience
- Side Effects: unknown
Facebook Disconnect
A browser extension which prevents Facebook 'seeing' which other sites you visit online. Facebook is notified whenever you visit one of the more than one million sites on the web that use Facebook Connect and has a history of leaking personally identifiable information to third parties.
note: The bing search engine still recognizes you by your facebook profile and integrates bing with facebook even though this extension is active, proof this extension does not do what it claims. In our lab test the Facebook Disconnect extension failed to fulfill the authors claims. Ghostery is a better alternative.
- Usefulness: Recommended (for security)
- Category: Security
- Side Effects: Blocks some functions of Facebook such as photo links
- VLT: 1.0.1
- Conflicts: Redundant to use with privacy/anti-tracking plugins such as Ghostery.
Fireshot
Also known as, 'Webpage Screenshot in Firefox.' It will capture what you can see in the window, the entire page, just a selection, a particular frame. Save the web page as an image or PDF file. Sought as a replacement for Screenshooter, after it replaced Screengrab. Fireshot does what it is advertised to do, but is only a lite version. Since the full 'pro' version is only available for pay, this plugin receives a reduced rating. Update: further reduced rating due to annoying advertising tabs it opens in firefox on occasion to promote the pro version, which technically makes this adware.
- Category: Functionality
- Side Effects: unknown
- VLT: 0.98.28 with Firefox 18.0.2, 0.98.47 with Firefox 26.0
Flashblock
Never be annoyed by a Flash animation again! Blocks Flash so it won't get in your way, but if you want to see it, just click ..
Adobe Flash can be used to exploit your computer. Malware exists using Flash, making it possible for you to get a virus while browsing the web. Also, Flash is used in ways to track you and gather data on you. Your security is greatly enhanced when you have a choice as to whether a flash element is executed when you are visiting a web site. This plugin is a basic level of security and is so simple to use it gets a full 5 stars.
Due to the security vulnerabilities constantly being discovered in Adobe Flash Player, it is best to have Flash disabled by default with the user having the option to execute a Flash plugin as needed. Adobe Flash is notoriously insecure, with next to no configuration options, and annoying. Take back control of your browser by controlling what Flash programs execute when you visit a web site.
- Usefulness: MUST HAVE (for security)
- Category: Security
- Side Effects: no significant side effects known
- Conflicts: If running QuickJava be sure to enable Flash via the F button on the bottom right of the browser. This plugin is less necessary and somewhat redundant when using the NoScript plugin. However, an argument can be made for why a user would want both Flashblock and NoScript enabled.
- Similar Extensions: Stop Autoplay
- Read: Adobe GetPlus DLM Vulnerability before you install Adobe Flash Player - has instructions for installing Adobe Flash Player without Adobe DLM.
- VLT: 1.5.15.1
Flash Game Maximizer
Click a button or hit the hot-key to maximize (almost) any Flash content to the entire browser window. You can then enjoy your favorite games in any size you like, simply by resizing the browser window. Now with less bugs and more features..
Particularly useful when watching streamed television events from sites that do not allow flash to full screen, or sites that present the flash window with annoying advertisement overlays.
- Category: User Control
- Side Effects: unknown
Flickr Original
Useful is you download images from flickr.com. Reduces the number of clicks to download the largest possible image. Adds 'View Original Flickr Image' and 'Download Original Flickr Image' options to the right-click context menu. The extension extracts the url of the Flickr image you select, parses out the image id, and sends it to a simple web service that uses the Flickr API to return the original image.
- Category: Functionality
- Side Effects: unknown
- Compatibility: Tested December 2011, 100% compatible with flickr.com
Firefusk
View sequentially numbered images files, gallery-style, from the context menu. This extension is made complete when used with another extension called Image Download Ⅱ. All dhruv comics pdf.
Ghostery
THEY SOLD OUT. LATEST RELEASE IS SPYWARE.
Image Blocker
Blocks individual images, such as advertisements, that you do not wish to view while visiting a web page.
- Category: User Control
- Side Effects: unknown
Palemoon Support: NO (Jetpack/SDK)
Image Download Ⅱ
This extension is made complete when used with another extension called Firefusk. Save all images in current page or multiple pages by one click, with dimension filter, file type filter, loaded status filter, self-defined thumbnails detection, and other options and settings.
Image Toolbar
Image Toolbar is a clone of one of Internet Explorer's features and provides quick and easy access to a handful of image functions in a highly customisable way. The toolbar is activated by hovering your mouse cursor over an image. It will be displayed (by default) in the top left hand corner of the image, and allows you to save the image or perform other functions.
Alternative options for torrentsYou might have noticed that since BitTorrent bought, the features and interfaces have a lot in common. They are both safe and easy options when it comes to torrent downloads. You can send the link, so others can access the file. Bittorrent download free windows 10.
- Category: Convenience
- Side Effects: unknown
- VLT: 0.6.9
Java Console
Java Console Extension.
The Java Console extension is not supposed to impact the functionality of Java in Firefox. It just lets you monitor and debug running applets. Unless you're developing a Java applet, you probably have little use for it.
- Category: Developer
- Side Effects: The Java Console extension is no longer supported as of JRE 1.6.0.10, this update cleans and removes the Java Console from Firefox 3.6.
Memory Fox
Attempting to reduce the browser's RAM Memory usage promoting the increase of available RAM memories for other application processes RAM memory requirements. Memory Fox constantly flushes Firefox memory.
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2, 1977) is a Colombian singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, choreographer, and model. Born and raised i. Watch shakira sexy belly dancing moves video online on Rediff Videos. More videos of shakira, sexy, belly, dancing, moves, international, singer, popstar, superstar. Hips Don't Lie is a 2006 collaboration between Shakira and Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean with plenty of outside influences and a global mishmash of dance styles. The music video uses some costumes and props from Colombia's Carnaval de Barranquilla, and the explosive music and sexy choreography mix in plenty of belly dancing, Shakira-style. You can find undulations, wicked. One of the world's largest video sites, serving the best videos, funniest movies and clips. Shakira Belly Dance Videos - Metacafe Home Latest Popular Trending. Free belly dance videos. This was filmed in san antonio texas 10/2/10 it is the hottest ive ever seen her belly dance!!
Usefulness: moderateCategory: stabilitySide Effects: performance relatedConflicts:
NoScript
In light of recent browser hijack and malware such as the Internet Security 2012 Virus it is highly recommended that users install and learn to use this extension. It allows JavaScript, Java and other executable content to run only from trusted domains of your choice, e.g. your home-banking web site, guarding your 'trust boundaries' against cross-site scripting attacks (XSS), cross-zone DNS rebinding / CSRF attacks (router hacking), and Clickjacking attempts, thanks to its unique ClearClick technology. It also implements the DoNotTrack tracking opt-out proposal by default.
No version of Microsoft Internet Explorer to date (2014) provides the same level of protection as using a Mozilla based web browser with the NoScript extension. Read Firefox With NoScript -vs- Microsoft Internet Explorer for more details.
note: incompatibility with online banking: resolve. Issue: even with 'allow scripts globally' and allowed domains many major online banking sites will not function with this extension active. NoScript had to be completely disabled for online banking. Resolution: Options -> Advanced - > uncheck 'Turn cross-site POST requests intojust don't get it' and cause them problems on their ordinary use of common web sites. However, not everyone is willing to wear a life preserver when they go boating in deep water, and as much is the same for online safety and security.
Upgraded NoScript to 5 star status. This is the most valuable Firefox Extension ever created. I recommend it to everyone.
- Usefulness: Recommended (for security)
- Category: Security
- Side Effects: may conflict with other plugins.
- Conflicts: impacts but does not nullify QuickJava 1.7.5. Although it works ok with Flashblock 1.5.15.1., it is no longer necessary to use Flashblock when running NoScript (redundancy). Other similar plugins also redundancy; possibly QuickJava.
- VLT: 2.2.3
configuration tip: Goto Firefox about:config and change boolean parameter noscript.firstRunRedirection to disable annoying NoScript homepage after update (because updates are very frequent). Set noscript.firstRunRedirection to False.
NoScript Review is one of many Firefox Extensions discussed on the Favorite Firefox Extensions section.
Palemoon Support: YES - verified
NoSquint
NoSquint improves your browsing experience by giving you the tools you need to combat small fonts and unreadable colors on the web.
- Category: Aesthetics / Accessibility
- Firefox Configure: about:nosquint
- Side Effects: unknown
Open Image In New Tab
Adds right-click context menu item for opening images in new tabs.
Another plugin/same/similar Open Image In New Tab (update)
- Category: Convenience
- Side Effects: unknown
QuickJava
Allows quick enable and disable of Java, Javascript, Flash, Silverlight and Images from the Statusbar and/or Toolbar without having to open any dialogs!
- Usefulness: SHOULD HAVE (for security)
- Category: Security
- Side Effects: unknown
- Conflicts: If running Flashblock keep in mind Flash must be enabled via this extension's control also. There is no technical conflict with that extension.
Read Easily
Allows you to turn on or off CSS with a convenient key combinations. Instead of EDIT, VIEW, PAGE STYLE, NO STYLE, now you can simply press Cntl-Alt-Z. This is handy for web developers and for testing purposes. It is also handy for image harvesting from sites like flickr that attempt to hide images behind hidden elements.
- Category: Aesthetics / Accessibility
- Side Effects: unknown
RightToClick
Stops javascript annoyances such as forbidden right click, forbidden text selection or cascading dialog boxes. Particularly useful for web sites where the webmaster thinks a javascript will prevent you from using the right click - save image as, to copy images from the web site.
Fails in lab test on machine with FF8, Win7, Noscript, and a few other plugins when tested against flickr protected images
- Category: User Control
- Side Effects: unknown
- Conflicts: need to test with NoScript and Toolbar Buttons
- VLT: 2.8.7
Screengrab
It will capture what you can see in the window, the entire page, just a selection, a particular frame.. basically it saves webpages as images - either to a file, or to the clipboard. It captures Flash too!
Update: It's no longer supported and will not be developed any further. The last version works with Firefox 6. Announcement Some alternatives are 1) Screenshoter - which as of 1.01 works with FF 8.0 and 2) Pearl Crescent Page Saver Basic - which is reported to have some glitches.
- Category: Functionality
- Side Effects: unknown
- Compatibility: incompatible with Firefox 8.0
Screenshooter
It will capture what you can see in the window, the entire page, just a selection, a particular frame. This is being tested as a suitable replacement for the Screengrab extension due to Screengrab obsolescence. Update: around about Firefox version 18 this plugin just stopped working.
- Category: Functionality
- Side Effects: unknown
- Compatibility: incompatible with Firefox 18.x
Secure Login
Secure Login is a login extension for Mozilla Firefox integrated password manager.Its main feature is similar to Opera's (the browser) Wand login.
Opera's Wand handles saved passwords in a more logical and useful fashion than Firefox. This plugin gives Firefox that Opera behavior when it comes to saving your passwords. NEVER save passwords for online banking, credit card, or other financial web sites. This saves your passwords in a file on your harddrive, and even if encrypted, is still a risk to your security. As for other web sites, such as online forums and web based email, this extension makes logging in more convenient.
Note: Saving passwords in any manner is not recommended if you are greatly concerned about your privacy and security. Never use this plugin to save passwords from financial web sites or any form of online banking! For functionality this plugin deserves more stars than we give it here, however, due to security implications it cannot be given a higher rating.
- Category: Convenience
- Side Effects: possible security considerations in regards to saved passwords
SettingSanity
Recently Firefox removed some useful options from the menus, including the ability to disable images, disable JavaScript, and disable the Tab Bar in the options menu. This extension restores these useful and missed controls.
- Category: User Control
- Side Effects: unknown
Switch Private Browsing
A toolbar button to switch browsing from regular to private, or open a new private window. Includes indicator icon.
- Category: User Control
- Side Effects: unknown
Toolbar Buttons
This extension adds buttons to the Customize Toolbar Window. To move them from there to the Toolbar you must right click the toolbar and press customize, select what buttons you want to use and drag them to the toolbar.
- Category: Aesthetics / Accessibility
- Side Effects: unknown
Web Developer
Adds various web developer tools to a browser. The extension is available for Firefox and Chrome, and will run on any platform that these browsers support including Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Developed by Chris Pederick.
- Category: Developer
- Side Effects: unknown
- VLT: 1.1.9
Take Back Control!
The concept behind hyper text and the world wide web was to empower people, giving them access to information linked in ways and available in levels never before imagined. In the late 1990's the tide started to shift alarmingly towards limiting information, restricting access to culture and media, and replacing useful information with useless commercial advertising. Those working against the open nature of the Internet wish to restrict your ability to control what you can and can't see while browsing online. Then, taking it further, forcing you to see content that is undesired, or forcing their way into your computers and your lives. Thanks to the Mozilla Firefox plugins and extensions development community, users now have some useful tools to take back control over their web browsing experience.
The Adobe Flash Player Plugin is one of the most dominating and insecure control-ware apps that's infiltrated web development and web browsing since the popularization of the modern world wide web. It is a sad reality that so many developers have adopted its use that it has become a necessary evil for the web user. Even some online banking web sites now require Flash. It defies commonsense. Flash allows foreign code to be executed on your computer, without your permission. Flash is the security hole which can allow a virus to infect your system or a backdoor's installation allowing a stranger full access to your private computer data. But we must have Flash installed, as the end user, in order to utilize the modern web, so we need to take all reasonable precautions to reduce the threat posed by the obnoxious browser plugin.
Some of the extensions mentioned here allow you to control when the Adobe Flash Player is allowed to run. However, even updating Flash has become a security nightmare. Adobe now forces spyware onto your system during a simple Flash upgrade, known as the Adobe GetPlus DLM Vulnerability. The Mozilla Firefox web site doesn't help matters by constantly prompting you to update Flash after a browser update, which leads to the installation of Adobe's latest piece of spyware known as GetPlus.
Recommended Security Musts
A combination of the following plugins is recommended for Firefox users with security and privacy as their priorities.
- Flashblock - slightly redundant with NoScript, but I can make a case for why you need them both.
- NoScript - the most important of all 3 recommended security and privacy plugins
- Ghostery - best defense against trackers and advertising bots
All three of these plugins are compatible with Firefox version 18 and should remain compatible with future version releases. Each is listed above with a link to download. Tested and compatible with Firefox 26.0.
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Opening Settings
Beginning with Firefox 62, the icon to open Developer Tools settings has been moved into a menu accessed by clicking/touching .. (the elipsis) on the right of the tab.
The menu includes settings to control the location of the Developer Tools. You can choose between the default setting at the bottom of the windows, or move the tools to the left or right side of the screen. These settings are particularly useful if you have a widescreen monitor. You can also choose to open the tools in a separate window.
Show split console adds a section at the bottom of the tools showing the console. It makes visible the command line and one or two lines of the console output.
The rest of the settings are on the Developer Tools Settings Pane. To see the settings, open any of the Developer Tools, and then:
- click the 'Settings' command in the menu:
- or press F1 to toggle between the active tool and the Settings pane
The Settings pane looks something like this:
Categories
Default Firefox Developer Tools
This group of checkboxes determines which tools are enabled in the toolbox. New tools are often included in Firefox but not enabled by default.
Available Toolbox Buttons
This group of checkboxes determines which tools get an icon in the Toolbox's toolbar.
As of Firefox 62, if the option to 'Select an iframe as the currently targeted document' is checked, the icon will appear in the toolbar while the Settings tab is displayed, even if the current page doesn't include any iframes.
Note that in Firefox 52 we removed the checkbox to toggle the 'Select element' button. The 'Select element' button is now always shown.
Themes
This enables you to choose one of two themes.
There's a light theme, which is the default:
A dark theme (the default on Firefox Developer Edition):
Common preferences
Settings that apply to more than one tool. There's just one of these:
- Enable persistent logs
- A setting to control whether or not the Web Console and Network Monitor clear their output when you navigate to a new page.
If Common Preferences is not included in the Settings, Web Console logs can be persisted by using the 'about:config' url in browser address bar, searching for: 'devtools.webconsole.persistlog' then toggling this value to true
Inspector
- Hex
- HSL(A)
- RGB(A)
- color name
- As authored.
Web Console
- Enable timestamps
- Controls whether the Web Console displays timestamps. The Web Console defaults to hiding timestamps.
- Enable new console frontend
- Switch to the experimental new console. This setting only exists in Firefox Nightly.
Debugger
- Enable Source Maps
- Enable source map support in the debugger.
- Enable new debugger frontend
- Enable the new debugger. This setting only exists in Firefox Nightly.
Style Editor
- Show original sources
- When a CSS preprocessor supporting source maps is used, this enables the Style Editor to display the original, preprocessor, sources rather than the generated CSS. Learn more about Style Editor support for CSS source maps. With this setting checked, the Page Inspector Rules view will also provide links to the original sources.
- Autocomplete CSS
- Enable the Style Editor to offer autocomplete suggestions.
Screenshot Behavior
- Screenshot to clipboard
- When you click the icon for the Screenshot tool, copy the screenshot image to the clipboard (the image will still be saved to your Downloads directory). New in Firefox 53.
- Play camera shutter sound
- When you click the icon for the Screenshot tool, play a shutter sound. New in Firefox 53.
Editor Preferences
Preferences for the CodeMirror source editor, which is included in Firefox and used by several developer tools, including Scratchpad and the Style Editor.
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- Vim
- Emacs
- Sublime Text
Advanced settings
- Show Gecko platform data
- A setting to control whether or not profiles should include Gecko platform symbols.
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Enable a panel within the debugger to debug workers.Settingsanity For Firefox Bookmarks
Note: This option got removed from the UI in Firefox 56, because this version ships with a new Debugger UI, but it can still be enabled for the old UI by setting the preference devtools.debugger.workers to true.
