specializing in digital media technologies

I’ve been meaning to mention this useful post—10 Firefox Add-ons for Web Designers—for some time now but never seem to get around to it. Anyway, it’s a short, efficient read, well worth your time. The features added by installing some of these plug-ins more than makes up for the bloated Firefox you’ll end up with (Firefox is almost always my biggest memory hog these days). Of the add-ons mentioned, the following are in my must have list:

• Firebug, which does, well, just about everything. This is a must-have.
• Firecookie, for debugging cookies.
• Codeburner, which provides a reference for HTML and CSS elements.
• Web Developer Toolbar, which does some things that Firebug does not and is also a must-have.
• Firefox Accessibility Extension, for testing the accessibility support of your page.

Not mentioned in that post are these add-ons, which I rely upon as well:

• Console, an improved JavaScript error console.
• YSlow, for analyzing a Web page’s speed (also see my posts on this, if you want).

Plus, unrelated to Web development, but add-ons I use daily:

• Read It Later, which is a manager for more temporary bookmarks.
• StumbleUpon, which brings up random Web pages, based upon your preferences.
• NoScript, for improved security while browsing the Web.

Let me know if there’s something you especially like!