Extensions

Extensions add more features to the Firefox browser than a person could imagine. They're like little programs that the browser uses to do what you want it to. Most extensions aren't built by the developers of Firefox, but by third party persons that freely give their time and talents to make this browser great. Don't get me wrong, Firefox would still be better than IE even if there wasn't extensions because of the tabbed browsing and more security(because it doesn't have active X), but the extensions is what make Firefox blow it's competition away. You can check out The Extensions Page to see the huge list of extensions.

There are a couple of ways to install extensions. The simple way is to go to the extensions mirror link above, click one that you want to know about, read about it and if you like it click the install link on that page.
The second way is to right click that same install link and choose "save link as". Then save the xpi file to a folder on your hard drive that you have made for extensions. That way if you ever want to reinstall it or use it on more than one machine, you'll have it. To install the downloaded extension, open Firefox and go to the "File" at the top then down to "open file", find the file and press the open button.

1. Right Click the install button

Choose save as

2. Save the file to a folder you made for it.

3. Pick open file and find the file you've saved.

4. This extension install box will apear.

Push install

Get to the Extension Manager at Tools > Add-ons. On the next page I'll be talking about my favorite extensions.(so far) I haven't tried them all so I not an expert on extensions. The ones I will talk about are the ones I have tried and found the most useful. I don't want to offend any extension developer by not mentioning their's, I'm sure they are all good if you need the feature they give.

To go to the Extensions I use page

Here's is a good Firefox Help Site