Firefox works great on its own, but it’s the thousands of extensions that make it excel. We’ve pulled together more than 40 add-ons for Firefox that provide quick access to handy blogging tools. But whatever you do, don’t install them all at once.
Blog Publishing
Blogger Bar – Search Blogger, “Blog This†function for any page you’re on.
Clipmarks – Clip any portion of a website to save, email or put on your blog.
Deepest Sender – Blog to multiple platforms from one window.
JustBlogIt – Just right click, and you’re blogging about the page you’re viewing.
LiveJournal Addons – Notifies you of friends updates, messages and more.
LiveJournal Hook – Gives you quick access to many LiveJournal commands and tags.
MySpace Blog Editor – Post directly from Firefox, drag and drop clips from sites.
Scribefire – A blog editor that integrates with your browser and allows you to drag and drop items from a web page into a blog post.
Twitterbar – Post to Twitter directly from the address bar.
WordPress.com Sidebar – Adds a quick access sidebar to get to your WordPress.com account.
Uploading Photos and Media
Fireflix – Sidebar extension to upload, browse, and manage your Flickr photos.
Firefox Companion for Kodak EasyShare Gallery – Upload photos directly to your Kodak EasyShare Gallery.
Firefox Universal Uploader – Universal program for uploading to sites such as Flickr, Picasa, YouTube, and Facebook.
FireFTP – An integrated FTP system that syncs and checks versions.
Flickr Sidebar – View the pictures in your account in a sidebar.
Fotofox – Select, tag, and upload images to popular sites such as Flickr.
ImageBot – Lets you upload photos to ImageShack or Photobucket.
OakFlickr4PFF – Allows uploading to your Flickr account.
Blog Tools
Adsense Notifier – Displays your current earnings from Google Adsense in the status bar.
Copy as HTML Link – Copies the address of a page to the clipboard as an HTML ready link.
Create short URLs – Right click an address, click wrapURL, and create a shortened URL for your use.
Dict – Highlight a word, right click it, select define and get a definition in a pop-up window.
DictionarySearch – Similar to Dict, but the result appears in a new tab.
FastDict – Add quick access to any number of dictionary sites to spruce up your blog entries.
ShrinkThisLink Link Shrinker – Use the ShrinkThisLink service without leaving the page.
Tiny.pl – Shortens an address via the tiny.pl service.
Blog Design, Customization and Development
ColorZilla – Get a color reading from any spot in your browser.
DT Whois – Adds a button for Domaintools.com whois service for the site you are currently viewing.
Firebug – Look under the hood of your favorite websites and take a peak at their code.
Greasemonkey – Allows you to run small java scripts to manipulate the way a page displays to you.
HTML Validator – Checks the validity of a page’s HTML and tells you the results in simple graphics.
IE Tab – Lets you view a webpage in an Internet Explorer tab without leaving Firefox.
iWEBTOOL Webmaster’s Toolbar – Allows you quick access to services and tools from iWEBTOOL.
JavaScript Debugger – In browser Java script debugging.
KGen – Allows you to see the strongest keywords for a given site.
LinkChecker – Checks the validity of all links on a given page.
Load Time Analyzer – Allows developers to measure how long a page takes to load.
MeasureIt – Draws out a ruler to get a pixel dimension of any element on a page.
MetaTags – Checks the meta information of a site and features an automated search engine submission tool.
RankQuest SEO Toolbar – Quick access to over 30 SEO tools.
SearchStatus – Keyword density analyser and checks backlinks.
SEOHAND – Tracks a site’s standings and creates graphs over time.
SEOQuake – Ever wonder why a page gets good search ranking? This will help you figure it out.
Web Developer – A highly regarded debugging tool for designers. (via)