Top 10 useless Firefox extensions
I’m an equal-opportunity list basher. Since I’ve already taken on PC World’s “Top 50 Best Tech Products of All Time,” it seems only fitting to take a look at PC Mag’s “10 Useless Firefox Extensions.” Though this one is less sweeping in its ambitions, it still hits close to home, since I pretty much live in Firefox, and can never find enough extensions to meet my needs (which might explain why my browser is so darn slow and buggy). While there’s no question that some of the extensions listed are indeed useless (though, perhaps, fun in a totally geeky sort of way), some are actually extremely useful. Google Icon, for example, takes favicons and adds them to your Google search results. This is a handy way to quickly scan a screen of results and see which come from sources you’ve found reliable in the past (especially if, like me, you’ve changed your Google prefs to display 100 results per page). And Copy Link Text is a handy adjunct to the built-in “Copy Link Location” function. As the developer points out, the tool “also includes a means of copying both a link’s text and URL at the same time. This feature is particularly handy for bloggers, web developers, or anyone else who finds themselves writing links to other places on the web.” Of course, some of the useless extensions listed really are just timewasters, such as Confuscator, which can turn any text into gibberish. Oh, wait. It does pig latin, too? Never mind. I’m downloading it now! [Thanks, Download Squad!]
