Table of contents
#1# List of useful Add-Ons provided by community
#2# List of Add-Ons awaiting decision
#3# List of Add-Ons being dismissed
#4# Requirements/Process for posting new Add-On recommendations
#1# List of useful Add-Ons suggested by the community - (Top, Table of contents, 1, 2, 3, 4)
Need to have
Date added - Name/Link - Description
Group: Add-On\Privacy & Security
2012.02.27 - Places Cleaner (AMO) - Extension to clean and vacuum your Pale Moon places database.
2012.06.06 - Adblock Plus (AMO) - Blocks Advertising (Note: please consider [this post] when you install it)
Nice to have
Date added - Name/Link - Description
Group: Add-On\Privacy & Security
2011.09.01 - Adblock Plus Pop-up Addon (AMO) - Block Pop-Ups on mouse-clicks and other user events
2011.09.01 - NoScript (AMO) - Provides blocking for JavaScript, Java (and other Plugins) together with other security options
2011.09.01 - RequestPolicy (AMO) - Secure yourself from Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) and other attacks
2011.09.01 - Certificate Watch (AMO) - Informs you when digital certificates for secure websites are used.
2011.09.01 - SSL Blacklist 4.0 (incl. localdb) (external) - SSL Blacklist detects and warns about certificate chains that use old and insecure signatures.
2011.09.01 - BetterPrivacy (AMO) - Protects from usually not deletable LSO's
2011.09.01 - CookieCuller (AMO) - Delete unwanted cookies
Group: Feeds, News & Blogging
Group: Add-On\Web-development
2011.09.01 - SQLite Manager (AMO) - Manage any SQLite database on your computer.
Group: GUI Extensions
2011.09.13 - FireShot - can capture and edit webpages in many ways
2012.02.27 - Restartless Restart (AMO) - It adds a Restart option in the File menu, also usable with a hotkey.
Group: Power Consumption and Tuning
2012.02.27 - Stylish (AMO) - You can "style" general or specific webpages to show in a better way more pleasing for your eyes.
2012.06.06 - Cleanest Addon Manager (AMO) - reduces whitespace in the add-on manager.
#2# List of Add-Ons awaiting decision - (Top, Table of contents, 1, 2, 3, 4)
Date added - Name/Link - Description
2012.02.27 - CacheViewer Continued(AMO) - You can sort the cache upon the numerous columns, one useful one being "snatched" so you know how many times you accessed the file. You can also view them, or delete them
2012.02.27 - Keyconfig (AMO) - Create and modifiy firefox hotkeys for GUI access.
2012.02.27 - Resurrect Pages (AMO) - It scans a webpage in all the cached servers that host old version of it, and display it as it was at the cached date.
2012.06.06 - Certificate patrol (AMO) - keeps track of certificate changes
2012.06.06 - Perspectives (AMO) - Securely bypasses Firefox HTTPS security errors by verifying certificates using a collection of Network Notaries. - Doesn't seem to be updated to work with later versions of FF code)?
#3# List of Add-Ons being dismissed - (Top, Table of contents, 1, 2, 3, 4)
Date added - Name/Link - Description - Reason
2012.06.06 - Any add-on that specifically promotes one particular software/service vendor over another where there is already a clear and free choice of different vendors available (e.g. search engine add-ons, pdf viewers).
2012.02.27 - Firefox Throttle (AMO) - It adds a transfer rate display in the status bar (as in the old times), so you know when the router is downloading and how much. You can also see the total session Up/Down load and limit transfer rates (e.g. for shared networks) - Does not work on current versions.
2012.02.27 - Preserve Download Modification Timestamp / en-US (preferred, yet directlink-only) - With this addons your downloads will have the original timestamps. - There is no reason to preserve the server date/time, and it's buggy (see other thread about this)
2012.02.27 - Is It Compatible (AMO) - Check compatibility with this addon prior to the update. - Unnecessary, Fails to answer question if it's really compatible.
2012.02.27 - DownloadHelper (AMO) - Gain access to download media content on the webpage. - Potentially breaks copyright laws.
2011.09.03 - WOT / en-US (AMO) - WOT shows you which websites are trustworthy based on millions of users' experiences. - They delete and add comments as they like to, also it's a security risk! You might want to test YouNeed – Content indicator
2011.09.03 - Targeted Advertising Cookie Opt-Out (TACO) (AMO) - Stops behavioral advertising by over 120 different companies who quietly track you as you surf. - Generates opt-out-cookies that are tracked by the advertisers.
2011.09.03 - Ghostery (AMO) - Protect your privacy. See who's tracking your web browsing and block them with Ghostery. - Not trustworthy after being sold and causes a lot of browsing issues in Pale Moon
2011.09.01 - TrackerWatcher (AMO) - Shows you if any (3rd party) website is collecting information about you - too many bad reviews, doesn't work half the time
2011.09.01 - Torbutton (AMO) - De-/activates TOR and other in-/compatible add-ons - NOT something you can use by itself, it even has been removed on official TOR distributions
2011.09.01 - FireFound (AMO) - locates your computer if you lose it and protects your private data from identity theft. - This is a security risk!
2012.02.27 - Hide Find Bar (AMO) - What this does is auto close the Find Bar after a given amount of seconds. - Buggy, Unnecessary to automate this function.
2012.02.27 - Status-4-evar (AMO) - Same as Pale Moon Status Bar functionality. - This add-on directly conflicts with Pale Moon.
2012.06.06 - HTTPS everywhere & HTTPS finder - Known to break browsing to a good number of sites in Pale Moon. Only works on sites that specifically support this, but then again, those sites also usually support simply using https:// as a protocol.
#4# Requirements/Process for posting new Add-On recommendations - (Top, Table of contents, 1, 2, 3, 4)
- You should have already used it, hearing/reading some Add-on might be good is not enough unless you want to recommend it for the dismissed list to warn other users (make a comment to explain)!
- Mainly just reviewed Add-Ons. If it has not been, but you still feel it is good, mark it as "experimental" or "preliminarily reviewed" in the "known problems" field!
So how should you post a recommendation?
Here is an example (* is required to fill in):
Here you have the clean code for posting:*Link: en-US (preferred, yet directlink-only): https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865/, (Other languages: de)
*Name: Adblock Plus
*Category: Add-On\Privacy & Security (so this one, it could be Personas too f.e.)
*Short Description: Adblock Plus allows you to regain control of the internet and view the web the way you want to. The Add-on is supported by over forty filter subscriptions in dozens of languages which automatically configure it for purposes ranging from removing online advertising to blocking all known malware domains. Adblock Plus also allows you to customize your filters with the assistance of a variety of useful features, including a context option for images, a block tab for Flash and Java objects, and a list of blockable items to remove scripts and style-sheets.
Valid for: Firefox based builds 3.5.*-6.* and 7-9 with developer builds (acc to: http://adblockplus.org/de/requirements)
Recommended configuration: I would recommend at least "Easy Privacy+EasyList" cause i don't want to be tracked or get annoying pop-ups. Advertising in general is nothing bad and remember that it is mostly the only way to provide free services! (Note: please consider [this post] when you install it f.e.)
Known problems: none
Personal comment: One of the most used Add-Ons which you don't want to miss and useful together with NoScript and Request Policy for secure browsing!
If you have a suggestion for an add-on you use but do not know all of the information required feel free to discuss the add-on over in the Add-ons Discussion thread first. Others in the community may be able to help you out.
Adhere to the specifications or else you will be warned and your post may be deleted or removed!
You can add more than one recommendation per post.
The staff will decide if an add-on should be added or not, but be open with your suggestions. We want to know what you use to enhance your browsing experience!
Last update 2012.06.06
