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<big><big><big>2023</big></big></big> ''Firefox updates by the politically bias and incompetent Mozilla development team have caused some of these extensions to no longer function. In other cases, the extension developers have altered the extension in undesirable ways. Extensions in some cases are abandoned. Maintenance of this list for contemporary compatibility and desirability is not possible with our limited resources. Skip ahead to our most recommended extensions for 2023.''* VLT: 0.98.28 with Firefox 18.0.2* VLT: 0.98.28 with Firefox 18.0.2, 0.98.47 with Firefox 26.0[[Image:35star.png]][[Image:00star.png]]Enables users to easily detect and control tags, web bugs, pixels, and beacons that have the potential to collect data on their browsing habits. Ghostery blocks HTTP requests according to their source address in two ways: Cookie Blocking and Cookie Protection. Ghostery for Firefox uses a separate engine from its "control" engine to scan the DOM of the webpages users visit and report the contents in a purple overlay inside the page DOM. THEY SOLD OUT. LATEST RELEASE IS SPYWARE.Being tracking online by companies like Google and Facebook is a serious problem today. You have a right to privacy and your personal activity is being exploited in ways many can't fully appreciate. Security and privacy extensions along with other precautions such as the use of [[Private Search Engines]] will help you to be more anonymous, preserving your privacy as much as possible without completely unplugging yourself from the Internet.=== Image Blocker ===[[Image:40star.png]]issue: Ghostery incompatible with Verizon Wireless web site www.verizonwireless.com online bill pay. Certain javascript buttons like the Pay Now or Next are disabled by Ghostery, making it impossible to pay a phone bill online. resolution: add verizonwireless.com to the Ghostery whitelist. Still, the inconvenience and troubleshooting time results in loss of 1/2 star rating for Ghostery.Blocks individual images, such as advertisements, that you do not wish to view while visiting a web page. * Category: User Control* Side Effects: unknown* Usefulness: Recommended (for security)''Palemoon Support: NO (Jetpack/SDK)''* Category: Security * Side Effects: causes problems with some online bill pay services* Compatibility: ''(testing)''=== [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/?src=userprofile NoScript] ====== [[NoScript]] ===[[Image:40star.png]] In light of recent browser hijack and malware such as the [[Internet Security 2012 Virus]] it is highly recommended that users install and learn to use this extension. It allows JavaScript, Java and other executable content to run only from trusted domains of your choice, e.g. your home-banking web site, guarding your "trust boundaries" against cross-site scripting attacks (XSS), cross-zone DNS rebinding / CSRF attacks (router hacking), and Clickjacking attempts, thanks to its unique ClearClick technology. It also implements the DoNotTrack tracking opt-out proposal by default.{{:NoScript Review}}''note: [http://forums.informaction.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=7971 incompatibility with online banking]: resolve. Issue: even with "allow scripts globally" and allowed domains many major online banking sites will not function with this extension active. <del>NoScript had to be completely disabled for online banking</del>. Resolution: Options -> Advanced - > uncheck "Turn cross-site POST requests into data-less GET requests" - do online banking - then promptly enable the feature again. This feature is a valuable security intervention and the problem it causes is actually a defect in the bank's web site that the bank needs to and hopefully will correct presently.''''Palemoon Support: YES - verified'' NoScript deserves 5 stars and we urge people to try out. However, it may be overwhelming for some novice users or people that "just don't get it" and cause them problems on their ordinary use of common web sites. However, not everyone is willing to wear a life preserver when they go boating in deep water, and as much is the same for online safety and security. Maybe NoScript could be improved so it is easier to Novice users by default, giving it a wider viability for user base, thus why we give it 4 out of 5 stars. However, technical users will appreciate that NoScript is, in fact, not "dumbed down." * Usefulness: Recommended (for security)* Category: Security* Side Effects: may conflict with other plugins. * Conflicts: impacts but does not nullify QuickJava 1.7.5. Although it works ok with Flashblock 1.5.15.1., it is no longer necessary to use Flashblock when running NoScript (redundancy). Other similar plugins also redundancy; possibly QuickJava.* VLT: 2.2.3 configuration tip: Goto Firefox about:config and change boolean parameter [http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/16/block-noscript-from-opening-homepage-after-update/ noscript.firstRunRedirection] to disable annoying NoScript homepage after update (because updates are very frequent). Set noscript.firstRunRedirection to False.* Compatibility: incompatible with Firefox 18.x=== SettingSanity ===[[Image:50star.png]]Recently Firefox removed some useful options from the menus, including the ability to disable images, disable JavaScript, and disable the Tab Bar in the options menu. This extension restores these useful and missed controls. * Category: User Control* Side Effects: unknown=== Switch Private Browsing ===[[Image:20star.png]]A toolbar button to switch browsing from regular to private, or open a new private window. Includes indicator icon.* Category: User Control* Side Effects: unknown=== 2023 Top Recommended ===Consider these the "must have" or Top Recommended Firefox Extensions for 2023.VLT: ''Mozilla Firefox 115.3.1esr (64-bit)''A picture's worth a thousand words...[[Image:Firefox2023recext.jpg]]Firefox added support for webp images, which the devs should make a toggle if the user wishes to have this support enabled or not. Don't Accept image/webp is somewhat like that, except it works only about half the time or maybe slightly more. The rest of the time the extension WebP / Avif image converter can help you avoid downloading webp. The existence of webp is rather pointless, it is simply less efficient and unnecessary. Using these plugins will save you from having to drop to a CLI and use curl.Hide Doodles is a preference. Many people are not interested in Google's secular progressive politics and would rather not see their stupid Doodles as the thing is used more as a political agenda platform than an event recognition gimmick in recent years. The Old Reddit Redirect is useful for people that are not regular Reddit users as much as just referencing information from posts on Reddit. If you are not a Reddit member and find yourself viewing Reddit pages as the result of a web search looking for information, the old Reddit format is more efficient to quickly search and locate information.All three of these plugins are compatible with Firefox version 18 and should remain compatible with future version releases. Each is listed above with a link to download.All three of these plugins are compatible with Firefox version 18 and should remain compatible with future version releases. Each is listed above with a link to download. Tested and compatible with Firefox 26.0. ''2023 Update: Of this list we recommend only NoScript. The developers of Ghostery have become to aggressive in upselling and the interface has become a disaster. ''