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Not all Firefox add-ons get the news coverage that they deserve. Some are mentioned on every tech site in the world while others are known to only a handful of Firefox users that dug deep into the Firefox add-on directory to find some hidden gems. And it;s those hidden gems that I want to write about today.

I;m not saying that the following Firefox add-ons are totally unknown and never appeared on a website before but if someone mentioned them it got lost in all the noise that the popular Firefox extension are causing.

I;m also hoping that you will comment in this thread and maybe mention one of the lesser known add-ons for Firefox that you are using. I;m here to learn as much as you are here to read this article.

Autofill Forms – Tired of filling out the same forms over and over again ? Autofill Forms lets the user create profiles that can fill out forms with the click of a button.

Check Fox – Check or uncheck multiple selected checkboxes at once.

QuietUrl – Automatically converts mistyped urls in valid ones, especially useful for forum users. New conversion rules can be added.

Rotate Image – rotate images on websites.

Save File To – adds user defined directories to the right-click Save To menus.

Session Keeper – Some websites automatically log the current user out if he is idle for more than x minutes. Session Keeper can keep those sessions alive.

Session Manager – Save sessions, that is the current Firefox state with information about all open websites so that you can restart where you left off after closing Firefox.

Smart Middle Click – Fixes a bug in Firefox that opens a blank tab when middle-clicking on Javascript links in Firefox.

StatusbarEx – Displays information like Firefox memory usage, network speed and system power usage in the status bar.

TwitterBar – Post to Twitter from the location bar in Firefox.

Author: Martin Brinkmann
10 Useful Firefox Add-ons That Don’t Get Glamorised