Really, Ryan? I thought you were one of us power users.
Don’t you miss being plugged in to Gmail, Google Reader and your social bookmarking services? I would. I have my bookmarks backed up securely by Xmarks. I use the KwiClick to watch videos while surfing the web. Before I knew KwiClick existed, I had to capture the FLV URL of the player using Adblock Plus (yet another extension) and open it with Media Player Classic. I use Read It Later to keep track of articles I don’t have time for so that I can look at them later. And lastly, I have RSS Ticker scroll the latest headlines in a toolbar.

I know some of the stuff I’d miss, but things like XMarks now work across Firefox, IE, and Safari. Plus it seems like there’s a lot of things that can now be done using bookmarklets, which is nice because they don’t add any overhead to the browser when they’re not being used. KwiClick, however, is one add-on that I have been getting used to having, so that might be hard to give up.

Don’t you miss being plugged in to Gmail, Google Reader and your social bookmarking services? I would. I have my bookmarks backed up securely by Xmarks. I use the KwiClick to watch videos while surfing the web. Before I knew KwiClick existed, I had to capture the FLV URL of the player using Adblock Plus (yet another extension) and open it with Media Player Classic. I use Read It Later to keep track of articles I don’t have time for so that I can look at them later. And lastly, I have RSS Ticker scroll the latest headlines in a toolbar.

I think these things do make people more productive. But then again, not everyone has the same needs.

Same story: no extensions, no party.

I’ve actually found myself becoming less and less dependent on extensions in Firefox. At one point I know I had like 20 installed, and now I’m down to just 3. I actually think at this point I could switch to another browser and not miss Firefox all that much.

Have you used Opera? Firefox beats Opera? It can not, neither naked, nor with the memory eating clothes(extensions!)

The memory eating issue is your only valid argument. Indeed, that’s one of Firefox’s biggest problems at the moment. But overall I’m on their side.

Is it able to block iframes, divs and any element you want based on a pattern such as [mysite.com]*?

I don’t want a widget. I want an e-mail indicator on my toolbar.

Please, don’t tell me what I need. Google Reader is a useful product because of its sharing features, portability (access on any computer) and its clean no-nonsense interface. Don’t try to force me into Opera’s RSS system. I can also get a built-in RSS reader for Firefox thanks to their extensions if I wanted to, so that’s no valid argument.

Nope. Naked Firefox still beats naked Opera in my opinion because of one thing: the user interface. It looks a lot prettier.

Have you used Opera? Firefox beats Opera? It can not, neither naked, nor with the memory eating clothes(extensions!)

Frank Silva:

Is it as simple as right-clicking the area you want to block?

No, its simpler! You right click ones and block all content you want to! No more right clicking every element!

Frank Silva:

I for one use this add-on a lot, so there’s no way I could do without it. Same with the Google Reader plug-in.

There’s a GMail notifier widget for Opera that can notify of mails for not only 1 but multiple account. And yes, you can also use the inbuilt mail client! Google Reader? Opera users do not need that! We have inbuilt RSS reader.

Lesson: Use Opera before saying something about it!

Opera contains an awesome pop-up blocker, even more, you can configure each page in opera to block ads or other bandwidth demanding content or whatever areas on the page you don’t want to render each time

Is it as simple as right-clicking the area you want to block?

I for one use this add-on a lot, so there’s no way I could do without it. Same with the Google Reader plug-in.

You can hide the Google Toolbar by right-clicking it. By doing so, I can keep the “Chrome-ish new tab” feature without having the toolbar clutter up my screen.

Sounds like a lot of hassle.

Oh, and I started used another extension: RSS Ticker. Does Opera let you do that?

Nope. Naked Firefox still beats naked Opera in my opinion because of one thing: the user interface. It looks a lot prettier.

How about…
- Adblock Plus
- Gmail Notifier
- Google Reader Watcher
- The new Google Toolbar (generates a Google Chrome-like page when opening a new tab)
- Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer
- Diigo (social bookmarking tool)

Can I get all of that built-in to Opera without having to perform some black magic with INF files and plugin folders? Of course it’s luxury, but why dump all of that in favor of Opera if you can keep those features in Firefox?

Pieter

Actually, and I don’t mean Opera 10 alpha nor beta, Opera contains an awesome pop-up blocker, even more, you can configure each page in opera to block ads or other bandwidth demanding content or whatever areas on the page you don’t want to render each time, even more, if you close a tab or leave a pop-up unopened you can always re-open it using the trash can menu.

Gmail plugins, ok, i give this point to ya, but that’s is not a high added value to keeping a tab with each page opened. But ok, you have one point.

A google toolbar? Chrome looking tabs? well, use Chrome instead, or try filling your browser with toolbars and toolbars that only reduces your web experience area. if you want to google just use the google searh textbox or type your search in the address bar and press enter, or type a g before the search in the address bar, even more, want to look in yahoo? type a y; or create your own key letters for personalized searches all around the web, even in that blog you like the most.

Foxmarks bookmarks Sync: Ok, use Opera sync, just open an account in opera community, ave your own username/password credential and let all your browser instances, at home, office, laptop and Mobile phone synchronized, not only bookmarks, typed address history, notes, speed dial and searches. I mean, remember that age you searched for in the office and you thought, that’s useful for my house? ok, now you can retrieve it at home.

Diigo: well quite a good add in for your web experience, but try using notes, keep track of those sites you have visited, did you like that paragraph or quote, selected it and send it to a note; wanna send it to a friend, ok just paste a note in his/her FB wall, ad go ahead.

Ok, I’m sounding like a priest. But I always wonder why FF is good and everybody says extensions, and I say, ok, so naked FF is worthless, try naked Opera.

Now I start spellchecking it with Opera 10 built-in spell checker

Firefox has inline spell checking better which is my primary reason why I use Firefox. Posting in forums is so easy with Firefox where misspelled words are always underlined.

Second, I’ve never used Opera for more than 20 minutes without running across a bad webpage …even from popular website like Microsoft and Dell.

Firefox webpages always works. Opera continually disappoints me.