Shortlist of the best development firefox extensions
by admin on Aug.12, 2009, under development, Firefox
Anytime I need to build up a new profile for myself, these extensions are always the first to install.
Web Developer
Author: Chris Pederick
This tool is a godsend. Its the little things like modifying stylesheets and HTML on the fly, viewing generated source (as opposed to what is initially delivered) and the highlighting absolute/relative elements. But these are just a small number of the wide variety of tools this toolbar provides. Fantastic work chris! looking forward to see what other contributions you make in the future.
http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/
Firebug
Developer: Parakey, Inc.
Now this is the tool i have been waiting years to use but just wasnt available! there was of course the javascript console provided by netscape navigater, but then all of a sudden a dry spell of nothing. Basically, this tool allows you to Edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.
http://www.getfirebug.com/
ColorZilla
Developer: Alex Sirota
Another very handy tool! This firefox extensions allows you to get a color reading from any point in your browser, quickly adjust this color and paste it into another program. Tools like this just make things a whole heaps easier! especially when you couple this with a tool like adobe kuler ().
http://www.colorzilla.com/
YSlow
Developer: Yahoo Inc.
YSlow analyzes web pages and why they’re slow based on Yahoo!’s rules for high performance web sites. this is a great finishing tool! fully recommend it
http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/
FirePHP
Developer: Christopher Dom
Enables you to log to your Firebug Console using a simple PHP method call
http://www.firephp.org/
MeasureIt
Developer: Kevin A. Freitas
This tool draws out a ruler to get the pixel width and height of any elements on a page. Fantastic tool! Well done Kevin!
http://www.kevinfreitas.net/extensions/
FireFTP
Developer: Nighlight Productions
A Free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers
http://fireftp.mozdev.org/
NoScript
Developer: InformAction
Allow active content to run only from sites you trust, and protect yourself against XSS and Clickjacking attacks
http://noscript.net/
Greasemonkey
Developer: Arantius
Allows you to customize the way a webpage displays using small bits of JavaScript – provides a flexible framework for expansion – love your work arantius!
http://www.greasespot.net/
HTML Validator
Devloper: Marc Gueury
Adds HTML validation inside Firefox and Mozilla – fantastic development / finishing tool!
http://users.skynet.be/mgueury/mozilla/
Live HTTP Headers
Developer: Mozilla Development Team
View HTTP headers of a page and while browsing
http://livehttpheaders.mozdev.org/
ScreenGrab
Developer: Andy
It will capture what you can see in the window, the entire page, just a selection, a particular frame… basically it saves webpages as images – either to a file, or to the clipboard. Great for sending designs to management or clients!
http://www.screengrab.org/
Gspace
Developer: Fonlabs
Just in case you cant find a memory stick and your hard drive is full, this tool will allows you to use your Gmail Space (4.1 GB and growing) for file storage.
http://www.getgspace.com/
Dummy Lipsum Generator
Developer: Sogame
As the name suggests this tool generates dummy lipsum text – very useful for laying out fake content in your site!
http://sogame.awardspace.com/dummylipsum/