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20 Recommended Web Browser Interface Add-Ons
Free add-ons for modifying your browser's interface

By Scott Orgera, About.com

No Web browser is perfect, and there are several things about the interface of our favorite browser that we'd like to change. These 20 free add-ons (listed in alphabetical order) tweak your Web browser's interface in many different ways, allowing you to customize several appearance and functionality components.

2009 Holiday Boom Pack

The 2009 Holiday Boom Pack provides you with several different themes and skins related to various holidays. These include New Year's Day, Valentine's Day, and St. Patrick's Day. You are given the ability to switch between "Booms" quickly via the add-on's integrated drop-down menu and you can also download new holiday content as it is released.

All-in-One Sidebar

All-in-One Sidebar turns your sidebar into a centralized hub for some of the browser's main features. These include your add-on control panel, download manager, source code viewer, bookmarks, history, as well as detailed site information.

Chromifox

Chromifox applies a blue theme to your browser similar to that of Google Chrome, which was initially based off of the open source Chromium.

ColorfulTabs

ColorfulTabs displays each open tab in a different color. The coloring scheme can be set to randomize, use a default palette, or generate based on domain name.

FireGestures

FireGestures adds customizable mouse gestures to your browser. Mouse gestures allow you to perform both basic and advanced functions in Firefox by utilizing a series of mouse movements and clicks.

Fission

Fission incorporates the browser's progress bar with its address bar, similar to the display in Apple's Safari browser. The progress of loading a webpage is noted by a dynamic colored bar that is shown behind the current page's URL.

FoxSaver

Digital picture frames have become all the rage, and the FoxSaver extension transforms your browser into one that pulls photos from a compendium of thousands as well as from your own personal collection.

Greasemonkey

Greasemonkey allows you to modify the way web pages display by utilizing JavaScript code. Thousands of unique scripts tailored to a large number of sites are available free of charge.

History Submenus

History Submenus enhances the browser's default History menu by displaying each respective day's full browsing record in its own sub-menu. While Firefox normally displays the last ten sites visited on a particular day, this extension expands that functionality by displaying each and every recorded page.

IE7pro

IE7pro greatly improves upon the functionality of your Web browser. Included are enhanced tab options, customizable ad filters and search engines, modified mouse gestures and much more.
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