Izmir Übel's List: Recommended Firefox 2 Add-ons

About this Add-on

Bookmark Sync and Sort is a Mozilla Firefox extension that lets you connect to an FTP/WebDAV server and synchronize your bookmarks that are stored in an XML file. Setup is easy; just write in your FTP/WebDAV server address, username, password and a name for the XML file (by default called xbel.xml). To start, press Upload to create the file on the server and set if you want to automatically download the file on startup or sort and upload it when you close your browser. Based off of DougB's Bookmark Synchronizer 3 and Torisugari's Sort Bookmarks

Alternatives which work on current FFX versions
by Gregor Eggert on August 18, 2009

Xmarks BYOS Edition 1.0.0
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/13255

Xmarks (formerly Foxmarks) 3.3.2
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/2410

Weave Sync
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/10868

"SortPlaces" is a good sorting substitute for "Bookmark Sync and Sort," for Firefox 3

by Warren H. Chang, Jr. on August 8, 2009

If all you want to do is to alphabetize your bookmarks, then "SortPlaces" is a good substitute for the sorting feature in "Bookmarks Sync and Sort." . After installing 'SortPlaces', check your "Bookmarks" pull-down in Firefox, and you'll see a new selection, "Sort Bookmarks." It has a variety of different types of "Options" you can select, for sorting bookmarks. Take note that the only problem I found with this add-on, is when you launch it, a small pop-up window will appear giving you the status of the sorting process. If your Firefox 3 browser has a lot of bookmarks that need to be sorted, the sorting process will appear to slow down or freeze up. If after a few minutes the pop-up window does not change its status message, click the "Cancel" button, then check if the alphabetical sorting operation was successful in your bookmarks. Most times, the operation to sort was successful... but the pop-up window does not auto-exit after it is done. This is the only problem I've found with the 'SortPlaces' add-on. But to reiterate, if all you need to do is to alphabetize your bookmarks, then this is a 'good' substitute (I didn't say it was "the best," though) for 'Bookmark Sync and Sort' for Firefox 3. (If you can find a better sorter, share it with us).

by NeverFornicate on July 25, 2009
This was awesome while it lasted. I will miss FTP and webDAV backup in fox 3.5

About this Add-on

To arrange your status bar items, click "Tools->Organize Status bar...", or click "Tools->Addons/Extensions" and double-click the Organize Status Bar entry.

If you have any comments or suggestions, please contact me through my contact page. For bug reports, include your OSB version, Firefox version, and any console errors. Thanks for your help!

*** Note to Status Buttons users ***: Please visit the OSB page on my website for a patched version of Status Buttons that *should* play nice with OSB.

Not compatible with Firefox 4+

"This Extension allows you to create, use and manage your own Google Custom Search Engines right from within Firefox.

Once you create these engines you decide which websites are covered and which not, how they rank and so on. If you don't change anything, your Google Custom Search Engine will be more or less a normal Google Search.

You can integrate your own favourite search engines into Google using customizable refinements - so, if you would for example like to search craigslist from within google with just a single click, go ahead and integrate it if you wish so.

Another new option is to add rewrite refinement labels - these can for example be used to exclude all shopping related searchterms from a search - with a single click from your Google Custom Search results.

Once created, the Google Custom Search Engines can be used by anyone - no login required. They can easily be integrated into your own website or blog.

This is an inofficial Addon. It is neither provided nor endorsed by Google. Google Custom Search is a service officially provided by Google which allows anyone to create customized Google Search Engines."

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Here’s how to backup an CSE that’s independently hosted on http://www.quicksear.ch/ …

In the following URLs, replace the cse_id= and owner_id= numbers with your own numbers, then load the URL in a browser to get the XML.

The Base XML:—

http://quicksear.ch/CSEAPI/?action=CSEXML&cse_id=81955_75637_647&;owner_id=3390&t=1260223555?output=xml

The Annotations (i.e.: where your URLs are kept) XML, the first 100:—

http://quicksear.ch/CSEAPI/?t=1260223541&action=AnnotationXML&owner_id=3390&start=0&labelNames=_cse_81955_75637_647%2C_cse_exclude_81955_75637_647“/

The Annotations (i.e.: where your URLs are kept) XML, the second 100:—

http://quicksear.ch/CSEAPI/?t=1260223541&action=AnnotationXML&owner_id=3390&start=100&labelNames=_cse_81955_75637_647%2C_cse_exclude_81955_75637_647“/

OptimizeGoogle is a Firefox extension that enhances Google search results by adding extra information (like links to Yahoo, Ask, MSN etc) and removing unwanted information (like ads and spam). All features are optional. This extension was created to maintain and improve the CustomizeGoogle extension developed by Daniel, which seems to have been abandoned, falling behind the changes which Google has been making to their pages.

Stylish allows easy management of user styles. User styles empower your browsing experience by letting you fix ugly sites, customize the look of your browser or mail client, or just have fun. With an online repository at userstyles.org, you don't even need to know how to write styles yourself; just a couple clicks and the chosen style is applied. Stylish is to CSS what Greasemonkey is to JavaScript, and unlike other methods of using user styles, most styles take effect immediately.

After installing Personal Menu, "Menus Toolbar" is available in Toolbar Context Menu, and you may hide it to save the space of browser. Then you may open Personal Menu Option panel to gather all useful commands into "Menu Button", and pleace it wherever you want; or you may add the items you want in Toolbar Context Menu.\n\nWhen Menus Toolbar is hidden, although you may add "Bookmarks" and "History" inside Menu Button, it become inconvenient to access them. Therefore, here are also "Bookmarks Button" and "History Button". You may also set what happens after you middle / right-click on them, like open Bookmarks Sidebar after middle-clicking Bookmarks Button, and Undo Close Tab after right-clicking History Button.

All-in-One Sidebar (AiOS) is an award-winning sidebar control, inspired by Opera's. It lets you quickly switch between sidebar panels, view dialog windows such as downloads, extensions, and more in the sidebar, or view source or websites in the sidebar.

Smarky lets you manage your Simpy bookmarks in firefox from a sidebar, menu, toolbar, and a quick search dialog.

Diigo users note that you can setup Diigo to automatically pass all bookmarks to Simpy. This gives you not only a backup for all your precious bookmark information, but also gives you direct access to your bookmarks. I find Smarky faster and easier to use than Diigo Sidebar > My Bookmarks > filter for fast access to bookmarks.

Smarky and Simpy let you access the same set of bookmarks anywhere with an internet connection.
The quick search searches only the bookmark details, can be opened with the Home+Home key combo, and looks similar to Google Desktop's Ctrl+Ctrl search. The standard search in the sidebar or organize window pulls its results from simpy.com

Smarky supports nested labels with a customizable separator. It has a toolbar button which turns yellow when the page is bookmarked and when middle clicked can add/remove the site. There are also two toolbar buttons which can be used to add a bookmark to Simpy. Smarky also adds a tab to the Firefox add bookmark window(opened via Ctrl+D) to add bookmarks directly to Simpy.com

Also included are filters, which can be used for both batch editing and for automatically adding descriptions and labels to new bookmarks, and an Organize (Simpy) Bookmarks window with inline editing of bookmarks.

Simpy and Smarky allow for easy migration to and from the service, allowing you to import and export your bookmarks from the site. Smarky is completely separate from your Firefox bookmarks and does not remove or hide them.

To create an account, simply go to http://www.simpy.com/

Locate highlighted address on Google map:
simply highlight the address, right click with mouse, select 'Locate on Google Map' in popup menu and your place will be shown on Google map.

Unfortunately, due to bug 385712, the Places Tree View does not currently allow custom columns! With that news, this extension cannot be updated for v3.
Updated from v0.6.8, extension 'Bookmark Link Checker' detects updated, redirected, and broken links in your bookmarks list by adding icons within the drop-down bookmarks menu. ...

Link Evaluator is a Firefox extension designed to help users evaluate the availability of online resources linked to from a given Web page. When started, it automatically follows all links on the current page, and assesses the responses of each URL (link).

Link Evaluator examines both the HTTP status code and the page contents returned by each URL, and attempts to distinguish between various results, such as:

broken links
network time-outs
authentication failure, and
'incorrect/correct' content for the given URL.

Die Zahl der Add-ons für Firefox Windows Windows Mac OS Linux ist mittlerweile schier unüberschaubar: Allein die Mozilla-Website listet rund 2000 Stück, von denen so gut wie alle kostenlos erhältlich sind. Manche rüsten für spezielle Anwendungsfälle nach, andere ergänzen die Oberfläche um sinnvolle Funktionen wie die Lesezeichen-Synchronisation mit mehreren Rechnern, RSS- und Newsreader oder Chat-Clients.

Oft entpuppen sich allerdings Add-ons, die laut Beschreibung ganz nützlich erscheinen, nach der Installation als ziemlich unbrauchbar. Das kostet sehr viel Zeit und macht es umso schwerer, die wahren Highlights zu erwischen. Diese Mühe können Sie sich jetzt aber getrost ersparen: Die besten Firefox-Add-ons, auf die Sie vielleicht nie wieder verzichten möchten, haben wir hier für Sie herausgepickt. Auch Webdesigner kommen nicht zu kurz und finden unverzichtbare Tools, mit denen sie ihre Webseiten mit geringem Aufwand perfektionieren und auch mehr Besucher anlocken können.

Quickly view and add tasks to your to-do list from anywhere on the internet. You no longer need to visit Toodledo just to add a quick todo.

Remember The Milk for Gmail is a Firefox extension that allows you to manage your tasks in Gmail (complete, postpone, and edit tasks), add new tasks (and connect them with your emails, contacts, and Google Calendar events), automatically add tasks for starred messages or specific labels, and much more!

Foxylicious is a Mozilla Firefox extension that integrates your del.icio.us bookmarks into your browser...

Search for a music artist or band on MySpace, LastFM, Pandora, or Wikipedia via the right-click context menu.

IMPORTANT: If you get an "invalid file hash" error when you try to install this extension, go to Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> tick 'Accept third party cookies'.

WOT, Web of Trust, warns you about risky websites that try to scam visitors, deliver malware or send spam. Protect your computer against online threats by using WOT as your front-line layer of protection when browsing or searching in unfamiliar territory. WOT's color-coded icons show you ratings for 21 million websites - green to go, yellow for caution and red to stop - helping you avoid the dangerous sites. Surf safer and add WOT to your Firefox now.

Ever wondered why you are still tracked though you tried everything to prevent it?\nBetterPrivacy is a Super-Cookie Safeguard which protects from usually undeletable LSO's (Flash-Cookies) or DOM Storage Objects. It blocks longterm tracking on Google, YouTube Ebay and many other domains.

Groowe Search Toolbar bundles toolbar functions for many search engines, shopping sites, download sites, including Google toolbar, Yahoo, Amazon, EBay, Ask, Msn, Download.com, Wikipedia, Digg, del.icio.us and others. The entire toolbar...

Looks up up the selected word in the Wikipedia encyclopedia in the language specified in your user preferences...