Favorite WebExtensions?

[grahamperrin]

There are some recommendations in Appendix B: Firefox Add ons · ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js Wiki.

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… to Tab Suspender (Tab Unloader)

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/compatibility/reporter/{e225ac78-5e83-484b-a16b-b6ed0924212f}?works_properly=0

… untimely appearances of hundreds of unwanted tabs - Firefox stops responding before the extension can be disabled - it’s necessary to manually remove the extension from the file system. …

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… depending on Tab Groups. …

Tab Groups

@quicksaver I’m deeply grateful for your work on the Tab Groups extension. Looking ahead to Firefox 57 and WebExtensions: http://fasezero.com/ is noted and understood; and Containers will not meet my requirements – so I seek an alternative. https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/search/?tag=tab+groups finds six extensions. For one of those – TabGroups Manager revived: Please: can you think of any other extension that might gain WebExtensions compatibility?

Also: see this month’s post from @amyt (Community Manager for Add-ons and Marketplace) – and other Tab Groups-related posts – under the January 2017 topic begun by Tab Groups users @irvin:

• Concern about WebExtensions exclusive strategy from add-on authors and users

[andreip]

A good replacement for Tap Translate is Page Translator since it just landed support for Android

[blueice_haller (Christian Haller)]

Hello,
here is my list of installed AddOns. Please don’t forget them :
Is there an about:config to allow them anyway?
How can I contribute? I’ve never developed an Firefox AddOn.

• Classic Theme Restorer h++ps://github.com/Aris-t2/ClassicThemeRestorer
• Download-Manager-Tweak h++p://dmextension.mozdev.org/
• Ecosia — The search engine that plants trees! h++ps://www.ecosia.org/
• HDS Link Detector h++ps://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hds-link-detector/?src=api
• Memory Restart h++p://www.teamextension.com/
• NoScript h++ps://noscript.net/
• Password Exporter h++ps://github.com/fligtar/password-exporter/wiki
• Restartless Restart h++ps://github.com/erikvold/restartless-restart-ffext shows 404
• Secure Login h++p://firefox.add0n.com/secure-login.html
• Tab Counter h++ps://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/tab-counter/?src=api
• Web Developer h++ps://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/tab-counter/?src=api
• WOT h++ps://www.mywot.com/
• Xmarks h++p://www.xmarks.com/
• Proxy Tool h++p://proxylist.co/tools
• Video DownloadHelper h++p://www.downloadhelper.net/

Thanks and best regards

[mikezilla2]

looking for an equivalent to this !

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?q=Save+File+to&appver=&platform=windows

Save file To

[erosman]

looking for an equivalent to this !

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?q=Save+File+to&appver=&platform=windows

Save file To

At the moment there isn’t a filesystem API so WebExtensions don’t have access to File system which is required for the above extensions. WebExtensions can save file to the default download location. They can also open a Save As dialogue to let the user choose and navigate to the location.

[erosman]

On request, I made the “Replace” addon compatible with FF57. It also has Regular Expression capabilities.

Replace – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

As a replacement for:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/find-and-replace-for-firefox/

[mikled]

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/roomy-bookmarks-toolbar/

[yfdyh000 (YF)]

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/image-picker/
to
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/image-picka/

[David_Adler]

Imagus – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

is an alternative to:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/thumbnail-zoom-plus/?src=ss

[erosman]

Not an exact replacement but an alternative:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/edit/

As a possible alternative to:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bbcodextra/

[grahamperrin]

Conex

… then https://github.com/kesselborn/taborama or …

Conex (formerly Taborama, not to be confused with Taborama in the Chrome Web Store) is now amongst my favourites.

Finding tabs across multiple groups (Tab Groups) and multiple windows

Around a month ago:

Concern about WebExtensions exclusive strategy from add-on authors and users

… potential for the … search feature … to partially fill the gap that arises from incompatibility of Firefox 55 with Showcase.

… listed as working with Firefox 57.0a1 and later, users of 55.x may find the search feature usable. …

Conex is experimental, so proceed with caution.

I sometimes use it with Firefox 56.0, but avoid use of Firefox containers. Two screenshots below.

Seeking a tab with the location bar of Firefox 56.0

Not found:

Seeking the same tab with Conex

Found:

[erosman]

Not an alternative but FoxyTab now includes a Tab Counter

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/foxytab/

As an alternative to:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-counter/

[yfdyh000 (YF)]

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/search-image-by-image
To
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/image-reverse-search/

[andreip]

Please add https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/context-plus/ and https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/switch-container/ as alternatives to CookieSwap https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookieswap/

[yoasif]

If Leechblock is not yet ported by the time 57 rolls around, Monastery is a pale imitation of it.

[yoasif]

If Ant is not yet ported by the time 57 rolls around, Video Downloader professional is an alternative.

[yoasif]

Image Zoom to Zoom Image.

[yoasif]

AutoClose Tabs: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/autoclose-tabs/

to

Dustman - AutoClose Tabs https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dustman/

[yoasif]

Auto Close Tab https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/auto-close-tab/

to

Blacklist AutoClose https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/blacklist-autoclose/