Collecting Firefox add-ons
With a round of computer installations coming up soon, I’ll inevitably find myself looking for my favourite Firefox add-ons once again. I don’t overload Firefox, but have four or so add-ons that I generally can’t do without.
Over at Mozilla, the add-ons site now allows collections of add-ons to be created and stored, then shared. Little more than a website that lists specific add-ons, the collections site is nonetheless rather useful and also provides a wealth of further information on additional add-ons to try out.
Though the collection will not assist with a bulk installation of add-ons, having all add-ons immediately available on a single page makes browser customization on a new system far easier.
Collections can be shared and, if permitted by the creator, augmented with additional add-ons that other choose to include. My rather basic Essentials collection is available here and many, many more are available at the Firefox Add-Ons Collections site.
Something I found that I use a lot is CLEO’s products: http://customsoftwareconsult.com/extensions/cleo/cleo.html
Basically it backs all my add-ons up and then I can restore on any other machine. Quick way to sync my Laptop, Desktop and work Desktop with the same add-ons.
How do you LIVE without Tab Mix Plus?
Xmarks looks cool maybe I’ll switch to that. I’ve been using Spurl for bookmarks up to now but performance/availability can very occasionally be problematic.
Thanks for the feedback! Will check out TabMixPlus… XMarks is very reliable and I find that it works across all my systems without me having to worry about bookmarks at all. Must also check out CLEO.