Firefox 4.0 Released
Firefox 4.0 was officially released yesterday, you can download it here. You can also see some visualisation on the downloads too, which is rather interesting. So to celebrate it, I thought I’d show off some ideal plugins for the average user and the developer too.
For the User
Most recommended for blocking advertisements, though it might be advisable to unblock websites you’d like to support if you can’t subscribe in one way or another!
Arguably if you have NoScript you wouldn’t need ABP or vice-versa. I like it just as an “extra shield”. Of course, permanently unblock sites you can trust.
Perhaps you want to declutter some of the less used buttons from your bars, or add some which you might not need often. Only just discovering this now, it’s a really nice clean little addon which can be hidden away and acts just like another toolbar. Sweet.
I’ll avoid any further plugins, those are the basics I think everyone should have – beyond customising your own layout (often right click on various bars or the like).
For the Developer
The essential developer tool for Firefox, I’ve combined its Inspect tool with the Vertical Toolbar above, very useful.
An ideal companion for FireBug if you do AJAX development, it can interface with some IDEs too (most notably Aptana in my case). To aide in error reporting.
Ideal for taking screenshots of websites and a pretty simple interface to boot. I switched to this after my previous plugin became incompatible without an update in sight.
That might not seem like many, but I like keeping it lightweight. Don’t forge the Customise option when you right click on bars in various places, it can really help you improve the interface to your liking.
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