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Firefox is currently the ultimate choice for bloggers because of its awesome collection of addons. These addons provide a lot of flexibility by reducing the necessity of separate tools for different tasks of blogging. This saves a lot of time required in managing different tools and thus increases the overall productivity of Blogger. In this article we have compiled 13 best Firefox addons necessary for Bloggers.
To do Blogging, you need a Blog Editor and ScribeFire in Firefox acts as a nice blogging editor. The user can drag and drop text from web pages, insert images, and post to multiple blogs. Unfortunately, there is a tracking option enabled by default but it can be disabled. This addon can actually make your blog editing platform independent from your operating system.
Obviously, Bloggers need to sort out their future plans to groom quickly. Reminder Fox lets you do it with ease in Mozilla Firefox. You can manage To Do lists, set Reminders with alerts or alarms right in your Firefox browser conveniently.
Bloggers need to remain updated with other blogs and sources of information for which the defacto communication standard is RSS. RSS Ticker is a nice add-on which displays the Live Bookmarks in a scrolling fashion across the user’s screen. It means that the user gets updates while browsing and doesn’t need to log in feed reader specifically for accessing RSS feeds.
This addon increases overall productivity of blogger by providing some commonly used tasks in a refined manner. It tweaks wikipedia by showing related articles, auto loads next pages, shows suggestions by Google for a keyword in address bar, enhances Google’s search results and many more. Its my personal favorite and highly recommended for you.
If you are facing difficulty in finding a related website to the one you are currently visiting, Similar Web can actually provide many alternatives. In this way, the blogger can easily hit upon many similar resources and refine articles comfortably. It helps a lot and boosts my productivity while researching for an article.
You are wondering for addon like “Similar Web” which can find relative content for your blog post then you don’t need to worry, Zemanta is here. It’s a content recommendation engine which helps you in finding and suggesting images, links, articles, and tags correlated to your content from a large number of quality resources like YouTube, Wikipedia, Flickr, Amazon, Google Maps, Facebook, Twitter, and many more. An awesome addon which you should install right now.
Having some difficulty in reading text surrounded by redundant information on a web page. Readability addon will rip off the unnecessary information to make content more visible. In this way, the web pages can be printed with less clutter. This addon also provides auto scrolling feature which can give rest to your fingers and scroll a web page without keyboard and mouse.
Gmail is currently the mostly used email service in general and this happens to be same in case of bloggers. Also Google provides free email solution in a package named Google Apps for domains. Therefore, an enhanced Gmail notifier is needed and Gmail Manager addon is best for many purposes.
It is another Firefox addon which acts as an alternative for a feed reader. Its features are not less worth than a full feed reader. The feeds are displayed in form of a full web page with a sidebar containing user’s subscriptions. The items can be searched and bookmarked. There is also a notification option which informs whenever there is an update in any feed.
If your bookmarks are getting messy with links which you intend to read only once then you should use this extension. The web pages can be marked with single click for latter reading. The items can read offline and it is also possible to synchronize them between multiple devices and workplaces.
Bloggers need to copy content from different sources and paste it in their article but in most cases the content has its own formatting. You need to remove this formatting and then match it with your content. Instead of doing this, you can copy text from a web page through this extension which removes all formatting and makes it simple text.
Nonnative as well native English speakers need a dictionary for easy look up. For a Blogger, it is even more necessary as it can provide more sophisticated alternatives for a given word which can polish Blogger’s write up.
This Firefox addon lets a blogger organize a library of web pages or full websites. The addon supports filters which can be defined to exclude related links and web pages that are not required.
If you are a Blogger and starts utilizing these addons, you will quickly feel an improvement in quality of your work which is obviously the ultimate goal. There may be an addon missing which is your favorite one, do let us know in comments.
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Wednesday, July 13th, 2011 13:54
Thanks for the post. I was looking for such articles and I found it very interesting and informative. It was very useful to me.
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 18:54
Hi. I wanted to thank you for the good info you have posted on your site. I will definitelycome back to check it out again and have subscribedto your RSS feed. Have an excellent day.
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 14:54
ScribeFire is a great tool BUT very unplolite author attitude:
Users beware: this tool add to all your post an ‘invisible image’ for tracking purposes
You can disable it in the configuration panel. But the point is: inserting not wanted/solicited things in your blog is a serious matter.
It is very disappointing that things like that happens inside good tools like scribefire.
Saturday, March 27th, 2010 09:07
I like the fefoo addon https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12886 which allows you to search for blogs right from the search bar.
As an example http://fefoo.com/#SearchDefault?q=%3Abl+1stwebdesigner+firefox+13 shows all the links to this page. You can search for the same terms on any of the other blog search engines.
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 15:24
Perhaps you should also try NewsFox at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/629, it’s lightweight. Thanks for sharing.
Thursday, March 25th, 2010 10:32
Looks Promising. I will surely give it a shoot.:)
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 13:49
coool… I love to read your blog… useful for my firefox
Monday, March 22nd, 2010 22:28
Very useful article! I’m very curious to try some of these. Thanks!
Thursday, March 25th, 2010 10:31
Article was for bloggers specially. Not for developers.:)
Sunday, March 21st, 2010 15:46
Thank you for the research on this, and for your personal experience comments. This is so much better than just a description from someone who hasn’t actually used whatever it is they’re discussing. I will also urge everyone to support the developers of any add-ons you use and enjoy.
Sunday, March 21st, 2010 20:03
Thanks for your valued feed back Elizabeth. All the plugins listed here are being used by me for 1 Year now and are fully tested. Yes Totally agreed with you. Each donation keeps the developer motivated for further development.
Sunday, March 21st, 2010 18:48
Would definately recommend the Fasterfox plugin, time saving of the highest order!
Sunday, March 21st, 2010 15:56
I’ve used zemanta for quite some time now. And its great!!
I’ll be using the others in the list in the following days.
Sunday, March 21st, 2010 02:08
Nice plugins. I recently switched to chrome as my primary browser because Firefox was getting too clunky.
A similar post of Chrome extensions would be awesome!
Thank you.
Sunday, March 21st, 2010 02:31
Ah. I also tried to switch to chrome but seriously the chrome extension repository will take time in becoming able to compete Firefox addons. FF FTW. I will see whether its possible to write such post or not. Thanks for the input.:)
Sunday, March 21st, 2010 01:01
I’m already using the great SimilarWeb but some of the other add-ons are new to me. Thanks for an excellent collection
Saturday, March 20th, 2010 12:22
A very useful list, I think Brief quite heavy on PC-Mem. I recently discovered Feedly https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8538 that’s a lot better.
Keep up the good work!
Saturday, March 20th, 2010 17:20
Feedly is also good. I was using it before I came to know Brief. What I love about Brief is its simplicity and super fast. Feedly is a bit heavy and also affects Firefox speed. BTW thanks for your input.:)
Saturday, March 20th, 2010 16:28
I use zotero for organizing articles from web and it helps a lot.
Saturday, March 20th, 2010 17:37
Looks awesome. Installed it. Will give it a try for sure.:)
Saturday, March 20th, 2010 16:26
Great list – Thanks!
A few of them are new to me – will try them soon! :)
Saturday, March 20th, 2010 17:35
Hey Coding monkey give a try to Brief. It’s lovely feed reader. Simple and fast.:)
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Daniel Kurdoghlian
Saturday, March 20th, 2010 16:26
Great list – Thanks!
A few of them are new to me – will try them soon! :)
Saad Bassi
Saturday, March 20th, 2010 17:35
Hey Coding monkey give a try to Brief. It’s lovely feed reader. Simple and fast.:)
Omer Greenwald
Sunday, March 21st, 2010 01:01
I’m already using the great SimilarWeb but some of the other add-ons are new to me. Thanks for an excellent collection
Saad Bassi
Sunday, March 21st, 2010 01:55
Glad that you liked it.:)
Jan Alvin
Sunday, March 21st, 2010 15:56
I’ve used zemanta for quite some time now. And its great!!
I’ll be using the others in the list in the following days.
Logobird Designs
Sunday, March 21st, 2010 02:08
Nice plugins. I recently switched to chrome as my primary browser because Firefox was getting too clunky.
A similar post of Chrome extensions would be awesome!
Thank you.
Saad Bassi
Sunday, March 21st, 2010 02:31
Ah. I also tried to switch to chrome but seriously the chrome extension repository will take time in becoming able to compete Firefox addons. FF FTW. I will see whether its possible to write such post or not. Thanks for the input.:)
Azizuan
Saturday, March 20th, 2010 15:46
Thanks for the tips. Keep up your good work.
Creative Nuts
Saturday, March 20th, 2010 21:17
nice plugin collection, thanks.
Mohammad Jeprie
Saturday, March 20th, 2010 16:28
I use zotero for organizing articles from web and it helps a lot.
Saad Bassi
Saturday, March 20th, 2010 17:37
Looks awesome. Installed it. Will give it a try for sure.:)
Marco
Saturday, March 20th, 2010 12:22
A very useful list, I think Brief quite heavy on PC-Mem. I recently discovered Feedly https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8538 that’s a lot better.
Keep up the good work!
Saad Bassi
Saturday, March 20th, 2010 17:20
Feedly is also good. I was using it before I came to know Brief. What I love about Brief is its simplicity and super fast. Feedly is a bit heavy and also affects Firefox speed. BTW thanks for your input.:)
jared thompson
Sunday, March 21st, 2010 18:48
Would definately recommend the Fasterfox plugin, time saving of the highest order!
JC
Saturday, March 27th, 2010 09:07
I like the fefoo addon https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12886 which allows you to search for blogs right from the search bar.
As an example http://fefoo.com/#SearchDefault?q=%3Abl+1stwebdesigner+firefox+13 shows all the links to this page. You can search for the same terms on any of the other blog search engines.
Camisetas
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 14:54
ScribeFire is a great tool BUT very unplolite author attitude:
Users beware: this tool add to all your post an ‘invisible image’ for tracking purposes
You can disable it in the configuration panel. But the point is: inserting not wanted/solicited things in your blog is a serious matter.
It is very disappointing that things like that happens inside good tools like scribefire.
Soraya Soliani
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 18:54
Hi. I wanted to thank you for the good info you have posted on your site. I will definitelycome back to check it out again and have subscribedto your RSS feed. Have an excellent day.
Steven Moore
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011 13:54
Thanks for the post. I was looking for such articles and I found it very interesting and informative. It was very useful to me.
Brett Widmann
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010 01:55
Great add on collection. Thanks for sharing.
Tora
Monday, March 22nd, 2010 07:23
nice list, but maybe you can insert FireBug too
thanks
Saad Bassi
Thursday, March 25th, 2010 10:31
Article was for bloggers specially. Not for developers.:)
Elizabeth
Sunday, March 21st, 2010 15:46
Thank you for the research on this, and for your personal experience comments. This is so much better than just a description from someone who hasn’t actually used whatever it is they’re discussing. I will also urge everyone to support the developers of any add-ons you use and enjoy.
Saad Bassi
Sunday, March 21st, 2010 20:03
Thanks for your valued feed back Elizabeth. All the plugins listed here are being used by me for 1 Year now and are fully tested. Yes Totally agreed with you. Each donation keeps the developer motivated for further development.
Alessandra
Monday, March 22nd, 2010 22:28
Very useful article! I’m very curious to try some of these. Thanks!
Blog Jawa
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 15:24
Perhaps you should also try NewsFox at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/629, it’s lightweight. Thanks for sharing.
Saad Bassi
Thursday, March 25th, 2010 10:32
Looks Promising. I will surely give it a shoot.:)
Dilhamsoft
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 13:49
coool… I love to read your blog… useful for my firefox