Devcasting #4 - Our Favorite Firefox Extensions (oh, and Derek got a Zune)

December 28th, 2006

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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