Top Firefox Extension For Bloggers

I have been using Firefox for quite sometime. It has its own problems which as a as FF user have learn how to handle them. But no browser comes close ton terms of performance and expandability thanks to Mozilla’s large community which constantly adding new cool extensions and plugins. Over the past 1 year of blogging, i have played with many extensions, some made my blogging hell of a lot easier but few were nothing less then a bad joke. Previously I put up an article on how to improve performance.Today I wanna list my top favorite extensions that improved my productivity and blogging experience. Here goes the list.

• Blog Publishing

Blogger Bar- Search Blogger, “Blog This” function for any page you’re on.

Clipmarks - Clip any portion of a website to save, email or put on your blog.

Deepest Sender - Blog to multiple platforms from one window.

JustBlogIt - Just right click, and you’re blogging about the page you’re viewing.

LiveJournal Addons - Notifies you of friends updates, messages and more.

LiveJournal Hook - Gives you quick access to many LiveJournal commands and tags.

MySpace Blog Editor - Post directly from Firefox, drag and drop clips from sites.

Scribefire - A blog editor that integrates with your browser and allows you to drag and drop items from a web page into a blog post.

Twitterbar - Post to Twitter directly from the address bar.

WordPress.com Sidebar - Adds a quick access sidebar to get to your WordPress.com account.

• Uploading Photos and Media

Fireflix- Sidebar extension to upload, browse, and manage your Flickr photos.

Firefox Companion for Kodak EasyShare Gallery - Upload photos directly to your Kodak EasyShare Gallery.

Firefox Universal Uploader - Universal program for uploading to sites such as Flicker, Picasa, YouTube, and Facebook.

FireFTP - An integrated FTP system that syncs and checks versions.

Flickr Sidebar - View the pictures in your account in a sidebar.

Fotofox - Select, tag, and upload images to popular sites such as Flickr.

ImageBot - Lets you upload photos to ImageShack or Photobucket.

OakFlickr4PFF - Allows uploading to your Flickr account.

• Blog Tools

Adsense Notifier- Displays your current earnings from Google Adsense in the status bar.

Copy as HTML Link - Copies the address of a page to the clipboard as an HTML ready link.

Create short URLs - Right click an address, click wrapURL, and create a shortened URL for your use.

Dict - Highlight a word, right click it, select define and get a definition in a pop-up window.

DictionarySearch - Similar to Dict, but the result appears in a new tab.

FastDict - Add quick access to any number of dictionary sites to spruce up your blog entries.

ShrinkThisLink Link Shrinker - Use the ShrinkThisLink service without leaving the page.

Tiny.pl - Shortens an address via the tiny.pl service.

• Blog Design, Customization and Development
  

ColorZilla - Get a color reading from any spot in your browser.

DT Whois - Adds a button for Domaintools.com who is service for the site you are currently viewing.

Firebug - Look under the hood of your favorite websites and take a peak at their code.

Greasemonkey - Allows you to run small java scripts to manipulate the way a page displays to you.

HTML Validator - Checks the validity of a page’s HTML and tells you the results in simple graphics.

IE Tab - Lets you view a web page in an Internet Explorer tab without leaving Firefox.

iWEBTOOL Webmaster’s Toolbar - Allows you quick access to services and tools from iWEBTOOL.

JavaScript Debugger - In browser Java script debugging.

KGen - Allows you to see the strongest keywords for a given site.

LinkChecker - Checks the validity of all links on a given page.

Load Time Analyzer - Allows developers to measure how long a page takes to load.

MeasureIt - Draws out a ruler to get a pixel dimension of any element on a page.

MetaTags - Checks the meta information of a site and features an automated search engine submission tool.

RankQuest SEO Toolbar - Quick access to over 30 SEO tools.

SearchStatus - Keyword density analyzer and checks back links.

SEOHAND - Tracks a site’s standings and creates graphs over time.

SEOQuake - Ever wonder why a page gets good search ranking? This will help you figure it out.

Web Developer - A highly regarded debugging tool for designers.

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