Now that Mozilla Firefox is the world’s most used browser and has finally beaten the long-standing champion, Internet Explorer, it’ll be interesting to see how far Firefox’s success can go. But in the meantime, you should check out these five Firefox plugins that make every webmaster’s job a hell of a lot easier. And I mean a LOT easier.
Firebug
If you’re into web design, you should have heard of this plugin. If not, you probably should get it. It must be the most convenient and comprehensive HTML, JS and CSS debugging tool out there.
Greasemonkey
Greasemonkey is an insanely popular Firefox addon that runs small JS scripts to alter the way a page is displayed. But it’s not Greasemonkey that I’m pitching to you right now, it’s a small little script that numbers Search results in Google so you don’t have to waste time counting your rankings. Set your Search settings to 100 results and enjoy the brainless queries. Check out the Google Numbered Search Results script. Yahoo! and Bing scripts are also available.
SEO Quake
In its default installation, SEO Quake will easily get you banned temporarily from rapid Google searching. There’re just too many options and settings that are on when you first install it. But with some tinkering (actually a lot), this Firefox plugin offers a wealth of useful SEO data that can save you hours in the long run. The toolbar itself can fetch PR, domain age, backlinks, Alexa rating, keyword density and much more.
Web Developer
The Web Developer plugin is extremely useful for… you guessed it, web developers. If you develop web pages, this is a must have plugin simply due to the variety of tools and features. Every feature this plugin offers is available to you in just two clicks.
FireFTP
FireFTP gives you access to your FTP right within your browser. I know I know, there are similar Java based FTP programs and your cPanel can do FTP too. But what makes this plugin so great is the lack of wait time, the ease-of-use and the functionality compared to other browser-based FTP clients.
