February 2016 Featured Add-ons

Pick of the Month: Proxy Switcher

by rNeomy
Access all of Firefox’s proxy settings right from the toolbar panel.

“Exactly what I need to switch on the fly from Uni/Work to home.”

Featured: cyscon Security Shield

by patugo GmbH
Cybercrime protection against botnets, malvertising, data breaches, phishing, and malware.

“The plugin hasn’t slowed down my system in any way. Was especially impressed with the Breach notification feature—pretty sure that doesn’t exist anywhere else.”

Featured: Decentraleyes

by Thomas Rientjes
Evade ad tracking without breaking the websites you visit. Decentraleyes works great with other content blockers.

“I’m using it in combination with uBlock Origin as a perfect complement.”

Featured: VimFx

by akhodakivkiy, lydell
Reduce mouse usage with these Vim-style keyboard shortcuts for browsing and navigation.

“It’s simple and the keybindings are working very well. Nice work!!”

Featured: Saved Password Editor

by Daniel Dawson
Adds the ability to create and edit entries in the password manager.

“Makes it very easy to login to any sight, saves the time of manually typing everything in.”

Nominate your favorite add-ons

Featured add-ons are selected by a community board made up of add-on developers, users, and fans. Board members change every six months, so there’s always an opportunity to participate. Stayed tuned to this blog for the next call for applications.

If you’d like to nominate an add-on for featuring, please send it to mozilla-featured [at] mozilla [dot] org for the board’s consideration. We welcome you to submit your own add-on!

One comment on “February 2016 Featured Add-ons”

  1. LONEPUMA wrote on

    FIREFOX HAS AGAIN DROPPED THE BALL WHERE ADD-ON’S ARE CONCERNED!! WE’RE LIVID THAT THOSE LEFT IN CHARGE ARE NOT DOING THE JOB THEY’RE PAID TO DO!!

    HERE’S ANOTHER ISSUE WITH THOSE NEWER PUP ADD-ON’S THAT HAVE AN EMBEDDED VIRUS IN THEM AND MAYBE IT’S REALLY A KEYLOGGER!! WHATEVER IT IS, MALWAREBYTES BLOCKED IT CALLING IT A THREAT, AS EMAILED EARLIER IN THE WEEK TO WATCH OUT FOR THE NEW VIRUS, FROM ANOTHER SOURCE!! AND SURE ENOUGH, IT CAME IN FIREFOX’S ADD-ON’S!! WHEN TYPING IN “YOUTUBE DOWNLOADER” IT’S ONE OF THE ICONS, THIS ONE HAS A PIC OF A HIGHWAY AND TO THE RIGHT, IT SAYS THIS: Youtube Best Video Downloader 2 – MP3 MP4 M4A AAC
    STRIKE TWO FOR FIREFOX!!!