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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. Mauricio Wolff wrote on

    Firebug, all the way!!!

  2. Omar wrote on

    this awesome, I can do what ever I want , for me my favorite one is the facebook add on its just amazing how I can keep in touch with my friends all the time whenever anywhere , using my smart phone or my laptop:) second ago I made firefox my default browser , I know it deserved it

  3. troy wrote on

    no script and add block plus are the best with out a doubt, no adds ever should be a option but then Mozilla would make no money

  4. Gabi A. wrote on

    Hi,

    I’m using a great number of PC’s during a typical day, so it makes sense for me to use the following addons:
    – Ad Block: clean, fast, clutter free web browsing. Best thing since the internet&firefox where invented.
    – Xmarks – i use this to keep my extensive bookmark collection synched across all PCs. I delete and add bookmarks like crazy, all day long.
    – Last Pass – it’s hard to remember my user/passwords from all accounts, given the fact that i have over 200 of them all across the net…
    I also use some form of flash-downloader to scoop stuff from the internet. This is not a add-on, it’s built into Firefox itself but it’s absolutely awesome: spell checker – I do have a very rich digital life and the obvious language for that life is undoubtedly English. Given that and the fact that I’m not a natively English speaker, i need “walking sticks” to help me make some sense when writing in English. The Firefox spell-checker is just that great set of walking sticks.

    So basically these are all great, simple and focused addons that to a great deal.

    Great many thanks for the Firefox and Firefox add-on developers. You are doing a great job, and we notice!

    Have a good day.

  5. Jaber wrote on

    My favorite addon is ADblock

  6. Awais khatti wrote on

    early used to download video from other softwere like youtube downloader etc.and i used opera but does’nt allow add’s on and its very lazy and don’t clean the virus.after then i used mozila and it was amazing, it is fast,safe and featureful and i decided that i will n0t use any other browser it is finalest and completly nice for me and others. I like the add’s on at mozila it allow more then more add and quite safe and easy.i love to use mozila and i am using mozila.it have a good performance and quality ful. Mozila u r great always be with us and providers thank u for giving us such as goodest softwere.thanks

  7. mahesh Awatramani wrote on

    i like mozilla firfox very much because of add-ons
    my fav addon is facebook addon it allows me to go directly on facebook
    my second fav addon is saved password add-ons it show all my password
    it works very fast thanks to mozilla firefox for provideing it free of cost
    thanks

  8. Kapil wrote on

    FIREBUG… its a life saver.

    Just imagine the agony of a web-designer when at 6 in the evening his boss walks upto him and says.. the design he had worked so hard for a month ‘lacks tang’.. open firebug add few colors on the runtime and wollah!! you have a tangy design APPROVED.

    Imagine the agony of a coder who writes code and the ajax call is misfiring.. the way to debug it.. add painful alerts, and on a live environment not doable.. but here come the superhero (a.k.a Firebug) open net, see xhr edit and fix script runtime.

    And its performance is way better than other browser plugins

    It also helps me do some ‘nasty’ stuff to ‘not so secure’ sites and my ‘not so geeky’ friends call me magician 😉

  9. David wrote on

    Turn Off the Lights and Download statusbar.

  10. Dharini wrote on

    Video DownloadHelper addon is very useful to download any videos with in fraction of minutes. This helps me a lot to download my favourite videos from mozilla browser and enjoy any time. This feature is highly useful to any one using Mozilla browser.

  11. Debasish wrote on

    Personas is the best……………

  12. Stefano wrote on

    I think the best plugin so far is firebug. Firebug gives you the possibility to find out js errors, test out some css/html, debug and a lot of other useful things that are amazing. But in the other side the new inspect item, that is native provided with firefox, is really effecient, and it’s what im using right now. Firefox+firebug is the way to follow for any web developer.

  13. sandip wrote on

    Fire bug is most useful add on of firefox for developers , it helped me to wrote complex java scripts by debugging and identifying problems very easily

  14. Karri Huikuri wrote on

    The best 1 is Adblock Plus. I’m usually using slow connect so i don’t need to wait when adds are loading.

  15. HAJAR SAWABAN wrote on

    Hi! For me my favorite add-on is FACEBOOK because it helps me faster to review my notifications in my account without browsing into my facebook home signing in. thanks firefox and keep up the good work!:-)

    1. Olivier wrote on

      Well Hajar,
      it exist actually an app. that can be installed directly on your desktop menu bar,
      (at least for Mac) so called Menu Tap Pro from Fiplab ltd.
      So once you click over its little icon on the top menu bar of the system,
      It pops-up a window sized as a mobile screen, to view your FB activities and more.
      at the Top corner right of this icon, indicates in Red Messages in standby.
      and the icon itself blinks to inform you about some other activities.
      All FB concentrate in a single icon.
      it works.
      But may be you do not have a Mac. (I do not know if the app is for PC too)

  16. LAURA CHADWICK wrote on

    i love the add this add on,and the auto fill add on i love free samples and it makes it easier,plus i have rheumatoid arthritis and it makes my hands not hurt so much!!

  17. Theodore wrote on

    dictionary, I can’t spell to save my life. Having the choice between American, British, and Canadian was a pleasant surprise! I am Canadian. Thank you for your great program.

  18. NJILI MWAKYOMA wrote on

    Adblock plus and Facebook make me to enjoy Firefox and my Friend too.

  19. Tanveer wrote on

    Video DownloadHelper addon is very useful to download any videos with in fraction of minutes. This helps me a lot to download my favourite videos from mozilla browser and enjoy any time. This feature is highly useful to any one using Mozilla browser. Thumbs up

  20. Susan J. wrote on

    My favorite has to be DownThemAlll!!! I have grabbed graphics and animations for years by getting them one at a time. This amazing add-on has helped me to save major time. My daughter showed me this and I am forever grateful to her and Mozilla for having add ons!! This add-on really saves time and makes me HAPPY!

  21. Agron wrote on

    i think firebug is helping me writing code and spending les time to see how they work

  22. awais wrote on

    facebook video calling and styler are the best

  23. João Baptista Carlos Junior wrote on

    Download them all is the best!!!!! make easier our downz!

  24. Alan wrote on

    Personas Rotator’s my favorite add’ on cause it makes my browser looks better and so unique

  25. yudha nadapdap wrote on

    because of add-ons, I can change the style of my firefox whenever I want..
    Good joob for ya….

  26. earthnoob wrote on

    Download Statusbar

    Slim Add-on Manager

    Forecastfox Weather

    for me the best addons tools

  27. Mrigank wrote on

    I love is it on ebay before it i would spend hours searching only to achieve dissapointment. This is excellent.

  28. Omeed Akkash wrote on

    My Favorite Add on is Facebook toolbar button because it’s So Easy And I Like It
    Thank you Mozilla/Firefox Team…

  29. vishnuvardhan wrote on

    I like Adblock plus very much. It helps me to filter the the annoying ads. I can block the images if it is taking too long to view the site. Some times my connection speed won’t be good, then adblock plus improves browsing by stopping all ads. i can’t express how much i like it in few words.
    Thank you very much to the this addon designer.

  30. MessaoudS wrote on

    All addons are good ; Thanks for effort an good luck for all developpers ;
    ABP is a good addon ;

  31. Arturo wrote on

    I use xmarks, is just fantastic the way it help me to be productive, i can be confident that the hours and hours that took me lo find, al make the list of the sites were i need, all that is completly safe because no matter on wich PC I work my book marks always will be there for me, in fact there are a couple of times that my PC has fail, and no problem, I just go my sesion and POP!!!! they are there just as if nothing happened!!!! Totally love it!! many people for unknows this great add on, they miss alot, they don´t have idea how productive can be to have storage of all the sites you can work with… Right now, I don´t even imagine to miss out this great add on, may be i could tell that this is just magic!!!! Really, I´m very happy this adon exist. I think the xmarks team is doing a fantastic and awersome job, congrats to all of them… I hope this post helps to any one see this message to enjoy this greast add on…

  32. Ashish singh wrote on

    Ad Block: clean, fast, clutter free web browsing. Best thing since the internet& firefox where invented.
    Xmarks – i use this to keep my extensive bookmark collection synched across all PCs. I delete and add bookmarks like crazy, all day long.
    Last Pass – it’s hard to remember my user/passwords from all accounts, given the fact that i have over 200 of them all across the net…
    facebook -addon it allows me to go directly on facebook

  33. Karan wrote on

    i entered 3 reviews, i hope i win a tab

  34. raghunataha wrote on

    what to talk about firefox???
    the person is simply a fool if he prefers another web browser…when firefox is simply a fire on net.
    it gives me a all time compatibility to work at a time on facebook…gmail…sports…TV etc…etc,,,etc….
    i download all videos from net via firefox without any other single software..it provides me news..music ..fun….gaming..all these things at a time. gives a great appearence through plugins…
    the most pugin i like the FVD…amazing..
    i am using it by 2-3 years ..and will use forever..

  35. shady wrote on

    my favorite add-on is super start it’s beautiful add-on to start my browse very helpful too
    and save lots of time by saving my favorite websites at the homepage

  36. Nutsu Lawrence wrote on

    In deed i did not remember number of times i have worked on a lengthy text or review comments and making a mistake to press on a wrong button or key or anything and loss the entire work completely without getting them back.In fact, the add-on makes the problems of loosing works or texts a thing of the past. It is indeed the greatest invention for me and works faster and flawlessly.

  37. Mariusz wrote on

    For me the best add-on is Ad-Blocker. I cannot stand ads popping into my face and being around articles I’m reading. Keep Firefox fast and work on ”not responding’ issue (unless it’s Windows 8 customer preview causing that).

  38. Hani wrote on

    Mozilla Firefox is the best Browser of all over the word because its have great feature extra smart browsing running well and all the feature Mozilla have who i wanna in 1 browser and Mozilla Firefox have….
    that’s why Mozilla Firefox is the best Browser great browser ..

  39. Narender wrote on

    Firefox has always been my favorite and continues to be..
    The addon I use the most is definitely ImgLikeOpera. It really helps me to make my allowed 5GB last for the complete month. Images are the data eaters and it they get disabled easily, I can save a plenty of data.
    RefControl and Firebug are my other favorites 🙂

  40. suci wrote on

    I loved the bird angry persona,,,, my friends all jealous and wanted to have the same persona,,,,, just this application is very good and cool,,,, if you’ve tried various options,, can be forgotten time,

  41. msh wrote on

    cocoon is new and best add-on.

  42. ANIL SHARMA wrote on

    FIREBUD is the best addon on FIREFOX,

  43. carlos21 wrote on

    I use the Download Helper add-ons and WebMail Notifier, who help me on a daily basis at work and home chores and studies. I save time both at work and studies. It is advisable since they save a good job. Congratulations

  44. John wrote on

    ProxTube – Just a simple and amazing Add-On!
    It’s helpful day for day, I couldn’t surf on YouTube without it anymore.
    It was nasty and much effort to always change the proxy yourself, with this tool it’s simple and done in not even 1 minute!

  45. Haitham wrote on

    Add block Plus i don’t need to wait when adds are loading
    Thank you very much.

  46. Stephen Noe wrote on

    There are so many great add-on’s, I FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO CHOOSE JUST ONE. So I would suggest the best add-on has to be the Yahoo toolbar bacause it brings other appts available with just one click. Whether it be facebook, ebay, mail, translations, notes, calendar, address book, the weather or finacial outlook, it is all there at the top of Mozilla web browser.
    The toolbar facilitates ease of use, immediate identification of the program one needs and the possibility of syncing the toolbar and appts across other computers, whatever the operating system; be it Linux, Microsoft or Mac.
    Adding an Appt is simplicity itself, or if you wish to be more adventures you can add your own appt from a link.
    So in summary, the Yahoo toolbar add-on helps one work more speedily, productively, brings together a whole world of appts, which are targeted at what you need specificly. It makes working with Firefox a joy, no matter if your at work, at your home PC or Tablet. I do not know of another add-on that does more.

  47. Ravi Dahiya wrote on

    My favourite is FLAGFOX – The country flag display for websites. it creates uniqueness in this web of internet. sometimes we learn about a country’s flag and sometime we feel proud to have our country flag on some website.

  48. Vishal Pratap Singh wrote on

    this amazing to use add-on on our Mozilla it is so easy to use ,and its provide a good platform where we experience a speed full net surfing.So i promote every person who want to use a speed full internet surfing please add-on all feature Mozilla Firefox.my best add-on is speed booster, themas and other video surfing tools.

  49. Mahalakshmi wrote on

    My favourite is firebug. it helps me to produce deeplink.

  50. surya wrote on

    Hi,

    I’m using a great number of PC’s during a typical day, so it makes sense for me to use the following addons:
    – Ad Block: clean, fast, clutter free web browsing. Best thing since the internet&firefox where invented.
    – Xmarks – i use this to keep my extensive bookmark collection synched across all PCs. I delete and add bookmarks like crazy, all day long.
    – Last Pass – it’s hard to remember my user/passwords from all accounts, given the fact that i have over 200 of them all across the net…
    I also use some form of flash-downloader to scoop stuff from the internet. This is not a add-on, it’s built into Firefox itself but it’s absolutely awesome: spell checker – I do have a very rich digital life and the obvious language for that life is undoubtedly English. Given that and the fact that I’m not a natively English speaker, i need “walking sticks” to help me make some sense when writing in English. The Firefox spell-checker is just that great set of walking sticks.

    So basically these are all great, simple and focused addons that to a great deal.

    Great many thanks for the Firefox and Firefox add-on developers. You are doing a great job, and we notice!

    Have a good day.

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