Devcasting #4 – Our Favorite Firefox Extensions (oh, and Derek got a Zune)
In this episode we discuss our favorite Firefox extensions with a number of developer-oriented extensions in the mix. Derek and Mike also spend some time talking about Derek’s new Zune, which Derek is surprisingly impressed with.
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The links you need:
- Zune site: http://www.zune.net
- Firebug – Javascript debugging
- IE View – Provides option to open Firefox links and pages in IE
- IE Tab – Embeds IE in Firefox tabs
- GeckoTIP – Provides Tablet PC Input Panel support in Firefox, Thunderbird, Sunbird, and Flock
- Googlepedia – Shows you a relevant Wikipedia article along with your search results
- Greasemonkey – Greasemonkey allows you to customize Web pages by adding “user scripts,” which are small JavaScript files, to change their style
- Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer – Foxmarks keeps your bookmarks automatically synchronized between two or more computers
- Web Developer – Allows the user to disable, view, and edit cookies, CSS, HTML, forms, and images; validate pages; and much more
- MeasureIt – Allows you to measure anything on the page using the mouse
- ColorZilla – Like the eyedropper from most common paint programs it allows you to get color values from anything on the page
- FireFTP – An FTP XUL program you can open as a tab
- iMacros for Firefox – Allows you to record activity and play it back. Godd interface and decent editing.
- Sage – A very good RSS reader. Probably better to track only a limited number of feeds.
- Live Http Headers – Records HTTP request and response headers as you browse
- NoScript – Allows JavaScript, Java and other executable content only for trusted domains of your choice
Enjoy the show and happy coding!
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