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FireFox Add Ons

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Useful Firefox Add-ons

Firefox has many useful add-ons. There are several that I find especially useful in keeping issues to a minimum. There are several sources for additional add-ons, as well. In addition, there are some add-ons that have their own site.

Please realize that this list is not complete. However, at the sources for additional add-ons, you should be able to find whatever you need.

Individual Add Ons

Name of the Add-on	What it does	Where To Get It
AdBlockPlus	Technically, blocks ad, but also blocks a great deal of objectionable content	http://adblockplus.org/en/ https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1865/
PrefBar	Allows you to easily turn on and off many features such as pop-ups, animation and images, allowing you more control of what shows up on screen. Some overlap with ToolbarButtons	http://prefbar.mozdev.org/
BlockSite	If you stumble on an objectionable site, this add on will let you block it, and also disable any links to it from another page.	https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3145
FlashBlock	Can block flash (many "movies" and animations use flash) from playing in general, on a whole site or on individual pages.	http://flashblock.mozdev.org/
WOT	Provides a basic rating of how safe a site is. While it's not 100% accurate, it's generally quite useful Certainly if the icon is not green, be very cautious.	http://www.mywot.com/en/wot/home/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3456
ToolbarButtons	Allows you to put buttons on your button bar, menu bar or an additional tool bar, that you use to control many aspect of the browser, especially what come us. Some overlap with PrefBar	addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2377 codefisher.org/toolbar_button/