There are few plugins that will help users to manage their Firefox tab pages. If you like to open more than ten tab pages at the same time, i think you need these plugins.
- Tab Mix Plus is a Firefox plugin which include a lot of features such as undo closed tabs, tab clicking options, and much more. The main feature that attract me is it enable multi-row tab display. Go to your Tab Mix Plus Options -> Display -> Tab Bar -> When tabs don’t fit width, choose Multi-row.
- Tab Scope and Tab Preview show a pop-up on tabs so that you can view the contents of the tab through pop-up.
- Vertigo moves the tab bar to the left side of the browser. It is recommended for users who open a lot of tab pages at the same time.
- IE Tab let users switch between IE and Firefox engine with single click. Some websites are only compatible to IE, but you may wish to use Firefox to open it. Click on the Firefox icon at the bottom-right corner to switch to IE engine.
- Tab Groups is a Firefox plugin that let users organize tab pages into groups.
- Send Tab URLs add a File menu command so that you can easily create an email message which contains the list of open tab URL. You can use this plugin to share URLs with your friends.
- FaviconizeTab adds option to the context menu so that you can minimize the width of the tab to the size of favicon.
Conclusion
There are too many plugins to manage your Firefox tab pages. But, i don’t think you need all of them. Choose 1 or 2 that suite your needs. Install too many plugins will slow down your Firefox speed and it may crash your Firefox if these plugins are not compatible to each others.
If you wish to have multiple feature in single plugin, go for Tab Mix Plus.
Nice set of list. Tab Mix Plus and IE Tab are a definite “must have” plugins with Firefox. I’ll check the others. I always keep the plugins to a minimum as possible to avoid slowing up my system.
@Lloyd Lopez: I agree with you. Don’t install an extension unless you really need it, else you will make your system slow.
I must have to say a big thanks for those helpful information.expecting more.
@edunwa: Thanks! Sure i will continue to post interesting tips/tricks.
I always use Firefox. It is much better than IE, I think. Only problem is in work I have to use IE as they won’t allow us to install Firefox
The best thing about firefox is that it is so user friendly and has so many plugins and add-ons.
@Mike: They don’t allow you to install any software right? You can try to use Firefox portable, which can be found in portableapps.com.
Tried that. It installs firefox but doesn’t give it access to the network.
I use some of these plus Session Manager add-on to complement them.