Troy Thompson

Web Developer

  1. Must-have Firefox Extensions

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    • General Browsing
      • Mr Tech's Local Install - Makes it easier to manage extensions and themes, install this one first.
      • Adblock Plus - Tired of ads? This ones for you.
      • Customize Google - Adds tons of options to your favorite search engine.
      • Download Statusbar - Gets rid of the downloads pop-up and puts it in your statusbar
      • Link Alert - Changes the cursor to indicate the target of a link.
      • Greasemonkey - Adds the ability to extend existing websites with javascript. If you are not a programmer, no worries there are plenty of existing scripts at http://userscripts.org
      • Unhide Password - Shows what you are typing into password fields, especially useful if you use more than one keyboard layout.
    • Web Development
      • Firebug - My favorite extension. Useful for javascript debugging, CSS, and much more.
      • Web Developer Toolbar - Various web developer tools. I use it mostly for accessability testing and auto-populating forms.
      • Colorzilla - Eyedropper for web.
      • Selenium IDE - Useful for acceptance testing and data entry.
      • HTML Validator - Validates without leaving the current site.
      • View Source Chart - Displays tag nesting information.
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