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Firefox 3.0 is my web browser of choice. Its great! It isn’t exactly what everyone wants in a browser though. That’s where add-ons come in! I have complied a list of my favorite Firefox 3.0 add-ons. So, check them out for yourself. I am sure you will use them as much as I do.

Weather, its important information everyone needs to know to start their day. So, have it inside your browser, at your finger-tips. Forcastfox™, available for Firefox 2.0 – 3.0, will sit in your browser’s toolbar showing you weather updates as they occur in your local area. Weather information is pulled from AccuWeather.com®. It features a customizable display with radar images, forecasts, and customizable icon sets. It has saved me from the weather quite a few times.

News, stay informed on today’s important topics of conversation. Brief is a light, slick looking RSS reader for Firefox 3.0. It allows you to search your feeds and features keyboard shortcuts, automatic background feed updates, and a slick UI. Brief has allows me to quickly and easily read through multiple web-site’s articles and continue on with my day.

Web Development, something most techies do at some point in their careers, whether its as a hobby or a profession. Web Developer, for Firefox 3.0, is one of the few add-ons that I can say will be priceless to you after you use it. It’s features span the areas of CSS, Javascript, cookies, forms, images, browser resizing, page validation, and much, much more! Not only is Web Developer available for Firefox 3.0, it also works with Flock and SeaMonkey. Try Web Developer it will save you time and headaches on your next web design project.

Ads, can’t live with them, can’t live without them… Actually, I would prefer not to see them, but isn’t that how most web-sites earn their income? We all grew tired of ignoring ads on web-sites many years ago. Recently, I discovered a Firefox 3.0 add-on that will allow you to just not display the adds at all, Adblock Plus! It works great at hiding ads while your browsing. It really makes a difference too. Try Adblock Plus for a few weeks and then try browsing on a friends computer without Adblock Plus, its horrible!

Finally, one last add-on to Firefox that I find useful. Tree Style Tab, your tabs in a column on the left. Not only does it save space, but it also allows parent and child ordering and collapsing of the tabs! Try opening more than 10 tabs and tell me you like the way Firefox handles tabs!