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Tell us about your favorite add-ons for a chance to win one of three Android tablets!

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Update: The winners have been chosen!

In 200 words or less, tell us how your favorite Firefox Add-on makes your day more productive, saves you money, or just makes you happy. A special panel of judges will pick 10 finalists, and the AMO community will pick 3 winners. Each winner will receive an Android tablet and be featured on the addons.mozilla.org homepage!

Contest period: April 24, 2012 – June 24, 2012

How to Enter

To enter the contest:

  1. Write a review of your favorite add-on at https://addons.mozilla.org
  2. Send us a link to it using this form

To get the link to your review, click on “permalink” above your review and copy the URL:

Winner Selection

10 finalists will be selected by a panel of judges on or about July 4, 2012. The community will then select the final three winners based on the following criteria:

  • Is your story compelling?
  • How creative is your use of your favorite add-on?
  • Does your review capture the “spirit” of the AMO community?

Voting will end on or about July 18, 2012, and the winners will be announced on or about August 1, 2012.

Judging Panel

  • Ken Saunders | Mozilla Contributor

Ken has been volunteering for Mozilla since 2005 and is the creator and project manager of Access Firefox. He’s also an Add-ons developer, Mozilla Accessibility steward, and a self-proclaimed add-ons junkie, with 56 add-ons enabled (68 installed).

  • Courtney Charet | Mozilla Contributor

Courtney has been a Persona designer and reviewer for over a year. Her Personas adorn the browsers of hundreds of thousands of Firefox users, who love her sparkly, flowing designs.

  • Jorge Villalobos | Add-ons Developer Relations Lead

Jorge is the Add-ons Developer Relations Lead at Mozilla. He manages the add-ons review team, add-on compatibility, and documentation. You’ll usually find him in his native Costa Rica, glued to his laptop and avoiding sunlight.

  • Matej Novak | Mozilla Scribe

Matej is Mozilla’s resident copywriter and all-around word guy. When he’s not working on a website or campaign, you’ll likely find him in a spirited debate about some obscure point of grammar or style—either with someone else or himself.

Prizes

Three winners will each receive:

  • One Android tablet
  • AMO homepage feature that includes your name, photo, and story

Fine Print

  • Up to 3 entries per person per account
  • Open worldwide
  • Entry must be written in English
  • Add-on must be compatible with latest desktop version of Firefox at the time of judging
  • AMO-hosted add-ons only
  • Ok to use a previously written review, or edit an existing review. Does not have to be new.

See full contest rules »

779 comments on “Tell us about your favorite add-ons for a chance to win one of three Android tablets!”

  1. sunanda wrote on

    easy youtube downloader is my favorite add-ons. with this i can download youtube video in mp4, avi, flv
    and also in mp3 format as well directly from firefox. It is very easy to use and very simple. Its a great add-ons.

  2. arun deo wrote on

    themes is my favorite add-ons.with beautiful themes my browser looks so cool n catchy n colorful every one glued to it…these themes are vibrant and easy to install,now searching on web i am doing with more style with this add-on,its gives true color to my web life……..open up my beautiful world…mozilla a power that i search for.

  3. Sourav nandan wrote on

    My favorite add-ons is fireBug,Its amezing adon for the developer and also for the designer.

  4. VirenSakariya wrote on

    Echofon is my 1st best add-ons, for Full featured,Super Clean #Twitter App for #Firefox,By this I can save More time on Twitter,It helps me to upload pics and time Consuming Twitter app Ever,<3.

  5. VirenSakariya wrote on

    Adblock Plus is my 2nd good add-ons,it allows me to regain control of the Internet and view the Web the way I want to,it also helps me to remove Onlone Advertising and to block Known Malware Domains.

  6. VirenSakariya wrote on

    My favourite 3rd add-ons is Add-on Compatibility Reporter,it allows me add-on Compatibility issues to be reported to Mozilla.

  7. Studabak wrote on

    I find when its working right, my desktop makes best use of ” Adobe Flashplayer “

  8. Artur wrote on

    DownThemAll is for me the best add-on for Firefox. One click and I can download every single image or video as fast as it’s possible. If you want to download e.g. more than one image you can select them and click download. It’s perfect add-on.

  9. Artur wrote on

    Second of my favorite add-ons is Adblock Plus. With this add-on I can surf in Internet fast. It’s really helpful when somebody hasn’t more time, or, if you don’t like big ad banners with text: CLICK ME! No, I just kidding now, but Adblock Plus is better than good add-on. It’s perfect tool for everybody who just want to do something in a web nicely. And, if you’re working with small resolution, Adblock Plus (very often) increases your area by removing ads from the content. That’s the reason why I use Adblock Plus add-on for Firefox. Heh, and it works in background so you don’t must to do anything 😉

  10. Sandeep wrote on

    My favourite addon is Firebug(http://getfirebug.com/). I’m being a web developer, fire bug eases my job at maximum extent. It not just a addon, its must have software in my computer. It lets me to inspect, code and debug of my web page. It emerge as a clear winner.

  11. Manish Rokade wrote on

    Add-ons are an essential part of mozilla firefox. There are so many of them. And selecting one out of them is a tough job. But I think this competition is a good way to find out which add-on is most popular in the people. And their interesting uses.

  12. Marge Draeger wrote on

    My favorite addon has to be ‘compact header’ in Thunderbird and ‘save as pdf’ in Firefox. There is no doubt that those two are the first ones I install in every new installation.

  13. Himanshu Shakya wrote on

    Fasterfox is my favorite addon because it increases speed of browsing and load page fast, so i like it. I can’t explain more because it’s so nice.

  14. tanveer hassan wrote on

    I love firebug, it really helps me a lot when I dive in a deep logic of HTML/css code. I love this.

    and thunderbird is no doubt a business solution . I also like it.

    Thanks mozilla.org.

  15. Pam wrote on

    My favorite Add-on is/was ‘Utopia FFSE White’ Theme. It is.was like the tuxedo shirt of themes. I like a clean look. Now that it’s gone My fave is Adblock plus.

  16. diego wrote on

    For me DowmThemAll is the perfect add-on, because i can download easily all the biggest files around the web without the problems of desconnections, i can resume download at any time. so i don’t care anymore getting all files i needs. I really apreciate it. excuses my english.!! i do my best!

  17. saim ali wrote on

    Xmarks Bookmark and Password Sync: Anyone who uses multiple PCs will appreciate Xmarks since you maintain one set of bookmarks across all PCs. Just install Xmarks into Firefox and it will record your current bookmarks roster, as well as the saved passwords in your Firefox password manager. On any other computer running Firefox, just download Xmarks, use your Xmarks login, and all your passwords and bookmarks are ported into the current browser. Sign out and the import is revoked. As a guy who logs into multiple VPNs on several machines – each with long, convoluted URL structures – Xmarks is a lifesaver.

  18. chinthana wimalasuriya wrote on

    i use internet on my brothers computer with no permission of him.i wanted to download assassins creed lineage but he wont let me.as it needed a software i could not do it secretly.but easy youtube downloader saved me.he could not see it was installed.so i watched lineage without trouble thanks to the add on.so,thank you add on

  19. PhiLho wrote on

    Obviously, lot of people are unable to read instructions from start to the end…
    This is probably useless (as these people probably doesn’t care to read comments either) but:
    DON’T post a review here (if we can call that reviews…). Post in the comments of your favorite add-on.

  20. ABHISHEK wrote on

    Well ! according to me FOXTAB add-on is the best . Earlier i used to write the names of site which i have to use but this add-on enabled me to do so within seconds and it also provides a user friendly and interactive interface between the user and the program . With its themes and coloring options , FOXTAB provides a decent and attractive look to your Mozilla Firefox .

  21. Reyals wrote on

    My favorite Add-on is Context search X, Very useful.
    More info:
    Enhances the context menu with a list of search engines and specified engines placed outside the submenu. Includes an item to search for selected text on the current site.

  22. ANAND KUMAR wrote on

    Firefox= Fire for me to surf on net.I really wonder and make my family and friends say Hurray by seeing my Themes changing everyday. Really its fabulous. Dear all kindly switch-on to catch fire on your desktop.

  23. HarshVerma wrote on

    Youtube downloader is my 1st favourite adds on…..

  24. HarshVerma wrote on

    My favorite addon has to be ‘compact header’ in Thunderbird and ‘save as pdf’ in Firefox. There is no doubt that those two are the first ones I install in every new installation.

  25. HarshVerma wrote on

    My 3rd favourite is Ghostery add on.. i love mozilla.. everybody says me to use google crome but i say its bad .. best is Mozilla Firefox……. <3

  26. Ganesh wrote on

    Hi, I am ganesh & i am engineering student. i like very much “ANT PLAYER” add ons ’cause it helps me to download variety of videos which really benefits me interns of Technical , general, mostly video songs e.t.c.., It makes me happy ’cause its very simple to use, while playing videos just one click the icon videos gets start to download.

  27. Nagasachind wrote on

    “print edit” add on is a best tool,,superb ,awesome add on ,by using that so much of editting work is minimised before printing itself.I loved it a lot

  28. Sumon wrote on

    My most favorite add-ons are Firebug, WML Browser Plugin and User Agent Switcher.

  29. monique wrote on

    OK.have you ever has been in your computer just have some fun time..and then.. the most bother thing in this world..a pop up ad…and..and …and with sound.. OMG…nooo thats so unpleasant..and for this I love adBlock plus..this is the best add-on that you can use, thanks to this. I can see all my favorite movies (animation or 3d).. i just love it..now I dont have to worry for..PA PANAMERICANO..and other adds….:D…if one of my friends doesn’t have it I just rapture the computer and active the add-on..then my friends love me…:D

  30. sajid wrote on

    i love adblock addon which will block all pop ups and improve the speed of the page to load.

  31. Santhiya wrote on

    I am the biggest user of the language translator addon. if its not there i cant even do my work. i have to work with people in and around europe and english is the only language i know, but people dont stop talking their national language and such cases i take the toolbar help and get my work done. thanks for saving me and my job.

  32. Jaison wrote on

    My favorite add-on is Youtube High Definition. It automatically makes every youtube video that I watch in HD. It used to be a hassle before I had this add-on. This is a very great add-on

  33. Yoe Tha wrote on

    Stylist Add-On is perfect . It search Themes for many Social Website and Others.
    For me, I Change my Gmail And Facebook Themes to magnificient looks. It please me much.
    It help me easy to find Many themes in Just one click . Easy to Download . Great.

  34. ankit wrote on

    my favorite add-one is add- block its save time 4 opening a new page and protect pc from 3rd parties virus and advertisement nd consume low data.. <3 love it.

  35. vineet wrote on

    youtube downloader is one of the best adds-on:)

  36. Manish Kumar Tomar wrote on

    Easy YouTube Video Downloader is my favorite, It is just awesome for me.

  37. Aram wrote on

    I can’t live any more without my zotero add! Is part of my self.. Now I can surf and research “with the single click”. Since I use Firefox+zotero I have more time for my girlfriend and friends. Firefox+zotero are really amazing! And is free.. and better.. GNU!

  38. Shibu wrote on

    One of my my favorite add-ons are quickfox-notes & Reminder Fox, and when these add-ons are powered by Firefox Sync enabled… its save my time, money, allows me to take notes & get alerts, even when am at my office,home or traveling.

  39. nishi kant wrote on

    modify headers, session manager

  40. tahir wrote on

    The most Firefox Add-ons I like is Youtube Downloader because it easy to download my favorite video from YouTube and also can download videos in various format,. I also like to use Google Translator add -ons because it make me easy to read website from different language just click the T button and in a second it translate. with add-ons everything become simple just 1 click and everything done.

  41. Raghavendra wrote on

    Hi my dear Firefox friends & Developers……
    my fav app is “ADD-BLOCK”…..bcz when ever i ope any site damn shit happens i.e the pop up screen opens which may delay my work…i am the one who really give respect to the time..i am thankfull the add on came…this help me lot blocking pop up screen & and opening of new windows…
    ONCE AGAIN LOT OF THANKS TO “ADD-BLOCK”
    ADD-BLOCK ROCK”SSSSSSSSS

  42. roberto wrote on

    non so molto di queste applicazioni,ma spero tanto di imparare al più presto a come possono essermi ytili grazie tante a voi tutti

  43. Piloti wrote on

    Thunderbird : Send later.
    What is not to like. It does what it is supposed to do [send later] , can be set for any minute of any day, and just works.
    Good stuff.

  44. Ramendra wrote on

    When you sit for a download the biggest problem occurring to users is that they have very less amount of time. In such a situation, you need a proper download manager. I was, am and will be always happy as the Exciting Firefox offers a great Download Manager Add-on – ‘ DownThemAll’. This add-on is just not a substitute for your disease of irritation but also a compatible add-on which helps the mozilla to beat all the rest of Browsers. 🙂

  45. parisudh wrote on

    rainbow

  46. Shaharyar wrote on

    I have been using “Firebug” add-on for a long time its a really great add-on as i develop websites this help me to copy any animation’s HTML, Script, CSS, DOM, etc to any website i make.

    I can change text on a specific website and copy it to my on…….. Each new version inspires me and I really find-out facts about Firebug too goodly…….

  47. roman wrote on

    i just love them alll ……………….
    the add-on are amazing as there is specific add-on`s for different purpose,hence no need to download add-on from untrusted company.

  48. Jim Chandler wrote on

    My favorite has to be firegestures. It is the major reason I don’t move completely to another browser.

  49. Ujjawal Krishnam wrote on

    the best add-on according to me is avg safe search 2012 because it helps me to protect from dangerous fake websites that i can’t forget this add-on throughout my life

  50. Ezz El Dean wrote on

    I Love Easy YouTube Video Downloader So Much

    https://addons.mozilla.org/ar/firefox/addon/easy-youtube-video-downl-10137/?src=cb-dl-mostpopular

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