2012 Browser Plugin Rundown
I recently moved to the newest version of OSX, 10.8 Mountain Lion, so that of course means that I spent some time updating applications, clearing out old plugins and just in general cleaning out. For your benefit and my own archival reference, here is a short list of all the plugins and extensions I had been using in my browsers, grouped by engine. Enjoy.
Safari
- FB Photo Zoom
- Ultimate Status Bar
- Make It Short
- 1Password
- Musicbox
- Videobox
- Turn Off the Lights
- Validator
- Evernote
- Stylish
Firefox
- Dust-Me Selectors
- Delicious Bookmarks
- Download Statusbar
- Fangs
- Fast Dial
- Firebug
- Web Developer Toolbar
- Charles Proxy
- CodeBurner
- Firefogg
- HTML Validator
- Pronounce
- Pencil
- RetailMeNot
- X-Ray
- Firesheep
Google Chrome
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