One of the ways apps and plug-ins contribute to our computer-driven lives is in providing utilities that streamline the optimization and configuration necessary to get the best out of our machines. Firefox, the Mozilla browser, has a formidable set of utilities. This week, All Things Appy takes a look at the five best, must-have utility add-ons available within the Firefox browser environment. No. 1 is DownThemAll! — an outstanding accelerated download manager that
improves on the built-in Firefox manager.
Sorry folks, but this is a weird list. There are a lot of other apps I'd put up in the top five. Adblock Plus belongs there. No argument from me about NoScript. It made browsing safe before Oracle upped the default security level of Java, and the way it handles script blocking is much more intelligent. But the other four? Meh...
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All Things Appy: Top 5 Firefox Utilities
Posted by: Patrick Nelson February 6, 2013 05:00 AMOne of the ways apps and plug-ins contribute to our computer-driven lives is in providing utilities that streamline the optimization and configuration necessary to get the best out of our machines. Firefox, the Mozilla browser, has a formidable set of utilities. This week, All Things Appy takes a look at the five best, must-have utility add-ons available within the Firefox browser environment. No. 1 is DownThemAll! — an outstanding accelerated download manager that
improves on the built-in Firefox manager.