Here’s my list of FireFox extensions:

Web Developer - excellent toolbar for use if you’re a web developer, includes outlining tables, block level elements, css viewing/editing inline, header information, much much more (needs FireFox installed with Developer Tools).

Adblock - One of the best extensions I’ve seen. Lets you weed out ads, using filters with wildcards, for example never load any iframes or images from “*/ads/*” or “*doubleclick*”. You can import my list here.

QuickTabPrefToggle - This one will intercept popups and new windows and open them as tabs insteads (customizable).

WebmailCompose - This intercepts “mailto:” links in web pages, and opens your favorite web-based email, instead of Outlook or whatever the default mail client is on your operating system.

PRGoogleBar - Includes Google PageRank value in the open source clone of the original google toolbar.

Autofill - Save form information for auto filling.

user Agent Switcher - another handy web developer tool, to simulate what would happen with a different user agent.

BugMeNot - Great for getting around those pesky registration forms on sites like the “New York Times”.

Bookmarks Synchronizer - Good if you have more than one computer, and want to sync your booksmarks (requires ftp or scp server).

TinyURL - Great for posting in forums, or in email when sending long urls. It will shorten to something like http://tinyurl.com/a24aa

Netcraft Toolbar - This is handy for reporting phishing scams.

It appears, after my last XP update, MS has decided to shove their crappy little instant messaging client down my throat.

Here are some instructions I found on the web on how to remove it, or at least keep it from starting up when you reboot:

From advanced horizons:

MSN Messenger is typically a waste of system resources.

To remove the MSN Messenger from starting…

* Click Start
* Click Run
* Enter RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

This did it for me!

For a better instant messenger client, which supports all the major protocals in one app, try Gaim (open source).

Came across this handy little tool today: a TinyURL FireFox Extension!

Yet another great extension to make your browsing experience more pleasurable.

Great for sending those long urls in emails, IMs, and political forums.

Just right-click on a page, and you can create a tinyurl.com URL which is automatically sent to your clipboard for easy pasting.

ALso works when you hover over a link as well.