Most Firefox users download different kind of extensions
(plugin/add-ons) for certain purpose. Just name the purpose: Social
Networking, RSS readers, Mail Notifier, Bookmarking, Downloading,
Chatting, and many more. I bet you ~as a firefox user, and if you aren’t, quickly join us)~
are confused to choose which extensions is suited for your needs. You
should know the pros and cons of every extension as they weren’t
created by Gods. You can’t just stumble all the extensions to your
Firefox because it will decrease the performance (I won’t run a browser
which make me wait 2 minutes to open a new window). Thus, you need to
search for other’s opinion regarding the best extensions for different
occasions.
Well, here’s my review of Firefox extensions which related to web designing:
Web Developer
This is the must have tools that web designers should have. You can
view a web page and edit it at the same time. It’s a very good tool to
evaluate your own website, and to take a peek at other people’s work. I
wanted to make a detailed review about this extension, but Six Revisions already listed their 9 Practical Ways to enhance this tool.
Fire FTP
A powerful, less bugg, FTP application. Manage your account to
upload websites in simple steps. Easy to configure and use, as easy as
click and drag. Linux’s site is featuring this extension in one of their post. Why bother using dedicated FTP client while you can do it from your own browser?
NewsFox
An RSS Reader inside a browser will make you spend lesser time from
switching applications. I know that most of modern browser will include
their own RSS Reader. Even Firefox already have LiveBookmark. However,
NewsFox can manage your RSS Feeds neatly. It’s quite shame that they
don’t have the search feature for those feeds. I personally subscribed
50 RSS feeds and will keep growing, because more and more well designed
websites are featured each days. How to use? Simply add the feed you
are going t read, check the feed, and refresh the feed so that it can
retrieve updates from the site. Since I have many feeds to read every
day, I often categorized all the feeds. Every Friday I look for new
websites in Designsnack from their feed and use the following extension
to make a snapshot:
ScreenGrab
As a designer, you can’t always rely on your own work to get
inspiration. Try looking at others’ websites and see their layout
combinations. Sometimes if my sense of color harmony is not right, I
browse on my snapshot collections to choose on which website’s color I
can follow on. You can take a snapshot of the whole site, part of the
site’s frame, or only their visible portion.
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