Top 10 Firefox Add-ons for Linux Users

“Firefox supports extensions, plugins, and themes — which are
collectively called “add-ons.” This probably isn’t news to anyone
who’s been using Firefox for more than a few days, but what
might not be obvious is which extensions would be most useful. It’s
a bit subjective, but I’ve tried to highlight ten of the most
useful extensions for professional Linux users. This means I’ve
slanted the choice of extensions to ones that extend productivity
rather than social media extensions like Power Twitter.

“Though other browsers do support extensions, widgets, etc.,
Firefox has by far the largest selection of bolt-on features of any
Web browser. The Mozilla folks have done a really good job of
creating a platform for development that has made the browser far
more than an application for displaying Web pages. Let’s take a
look at what Firefox has to offer.

“Mix and Match Extensions
Before we get started on our tour of useful extensions, let me step
back and give a few words of caution. Firefox itself is usually a
stable beast, but when you start adding extensions, things can get
unstable in a hurry. Especially when you start installing a bunch
of extensions.

“While I’ve tried and enjoyed all of the add-ons here, I don’t
run them all at the same time. Keeping the number of add-ons that
are installed and active at any given time has kept my browser
reasonably stable. (Conversely, I’ve found that when Firefox
crashes frequently, it’s usually solved by turning off or
unininstalling one or more extensions.)”

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