So every now and again I like to go through my Firefox extensions and weed out all the “test-run” extensions I acquire through my insatiable apatite for new toys. Anyway, after my spring cleaning, I found, once again that I keep coming back to a core list of “Must Have” extensions in order to maintain my online lifestyle. So without further ado, here is my choice list of go-to extensions for every Firefox install I have.

Adblock Plus

I’ve used this extension since the beginning of last year, I put it off until then, despite it constantly being the number one most downloaded extension from Mozilla.

Diigo Bookmarks

This a recent extension for me, but I’m including it because technically I used it to replace my del.icio.us bookmarks extension, but that’s a choice I’ll leave for a different post.

Download Embedded

Wonderfully small and useful tool for grabbing those embedded media files that you can’t get with a right-click.

DownThemAll

This is one of my favorite extensions, I use it mainly for harvesting sermon mp3’s. You can create filters based on regular expressions and file extensions.

Gmail Manager

If you are a Google fan, this is a fantastic tool, it is an icon that sits in the bottom of your window, and auto-checks your email, but most conveniently, with a click it opens your gmail in a separate tab. Very customizable, and useful.

IE Tab

Renders the current page (pages based on a list) in your installed version of Internet Explorer, perfect for css and javascript tests, and those pesky IE only sites.

Nuke Anything Enhanced

Will remove any element in a page, or more importantly exclude everything but what you’ve selected. Perfect for isolating a page to a desired article, or removing images for printing.

Stumbleupon Tool Bar

Ok, so i’m kind of addicted to Stumbleupon… a whole new meaning to “Surfing the Web”.

Tab Mix Plus

This is another great tool, it does everything and more that you wish could be done with tabs in Firefox.

Tree Style Tabs

This one is not for everyone, but in a given day, I find I may have up to 50 tabs open at one time. This extension treats your tabs in a standard tree manner (so I lied about Tab Mix Plus being the be all end all). With the collapsible tabs and auto grouping, I don’t know how I lived without it.

Web Developer Tool Bar

My favorite extension, so many tools, so many features, I use this every day.

Well, that’s it, at any given time, I will have several more installed, but that’s my starter batch. If you have any that you think I’ve missed, let me know, I’m always on the look out for new tools.