50 Add-Ons to Enhance Your Browsing Experience in FireFox

Today we’ll look at fifty of the best extensions for Firefox that can improve your usage and experience when browsing the web.

A word of warning — several of these add-ons are labelled experimental and may cause problems with your Firefox configuration. Each link provided goes to the official Mozilla Add-on page, each of which give a good overview of the particular add-on. But still, backup your Firefox configuration (and the rest of your computer while you’re at it) and install at your own risk.

Firefox 3 Themes

Are you using Windows XP but prefer the Firefox 3 Theme for Vista, or vice versa? Unfortunately Mozilla decided that Windows users shouldn’t be given the option between the two themes, but it was only a matter of time before someone duplicated them for everyone to use. As you can see above I’m running Windows XP, but Firefox 3 has the Vista theme enabled.

To do this yourself all you have to do is download the respective theme that you want to use:

• Vista on XP: Makes Firefox 3 running on Windows XP use the Vista theme.
• XP on Vista: Makes Firefox 3 running on Vista use the Windows XP theme.

I haven’t tried these themes on other operating systems (such as Linux), but I suspect that they will work on any OS just as any normal theme would. Report back in the comments if you decide to try these out on other operating systems. Update: Malinthe confirmed in the comments below that these themes work in Kubuntu Linux.

Both of the themes are still experimental, which means you’ll need to login to the Mozilla site before being able to install them.

UPDATE: Both themes are now public, and don’t require any login.

Get the Firefox 3 Theme used on a Different OS

Don’t like the default theme that’s included with Firefox 3? There is an abundance of other themes available, but as you’re probably aware Firefox 3 ships with customized themes based upon the operating system that you’re using. The good news is that you can grab the default Mac or Windows themes no matter which operating system you’re using.