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Overall the purpose of this write-up is just to enlighten others by bringing together some of the more intelligent browsing enhancements I've found. I'm also hoping that actual Firefox user-interface developers might consider setting the browser up as I have, but not everyone thinks like I do. Many others besides myself have suggested the following changes but I'm afraid those people and I may just be power-users.

OUTSIDE RESOURCES:
- MakeUseOf - The Winners of ‘Extend Firefox’ - Best Firefox Addons
- Mozilla Wiki - Talk:Firefox:3.0 Tabbed Browsing
- Mozilla Wiki - Firefox/Feature Brainstorming:Default Browser UI

CURRENT IMPLEMENTATION EXAMPLES:
- Firefox eBay Edition

FIREFOX DERIVATIVE IMPLEMENTATIONS:
- Blackbird
- Galeon
- Kirix - Strata
- Kylo.tv
- Miro
- Orca Browser
- Songbird
- Wyzo

DEFAULT INTERFACE PROBLEMS: [ more ideas can be found here ]

  BUTTONS:
   - New Tab button
      [ isn't a default but should be the first button on the toolbar ]
   - Home button
      [ is a default that nobody probably uses ]
   - Options menu button
      - add a button for the add-ons prompt
      - would help replace need for menu-bar
      - example: Options Menu

  WINDOWS:
   - Preferences, Add-ons, and Downloads
      [ each opens a new window instead of using the tabbed browser interface, they should load in the sidebar or in a separate tab ]
   - New windows
      [ new windows should only be used/allowed for separate Firefox profiles, TabGroups Manager should supplant the necessity for windows ]
   - Application window borders and title-bar

  MENUS:
   - Send Link option
      [ what is this? it never seems to work ]

  TABS & TAB BAR:
   - Tab grouping
      - more ideas can be found here
      - should use menus not additional tab-bars to select tab-groups
   - Floating tabs
      [ should be possible to float a tab, like picture-in-picture only for your browser ]
   - Double-click on Tab-bar
      [ should create new tab, Tab Clicking Options ]

  OTHER:
   - Download manager
      [ integrate (torrent / Metalinker / ZIP) support ]
   - OpenID integration
      [ VeriSign's OpenID SeatBelt extension is really buggy but the idea is great ]

TWEAKS:

EXTENSIONS (to be considered for integration):
- AddThis
- Autofill Forms
- Automatic Save Folder / Download Sort / FavLoc
- AutoPager / AutoPager Lite / PageZipper
- Browser Sign In
- Cooliris
- Download Manager Tweak / Download Statusbar / Downloads in Tab
- Easy DragToGo / QuickDrag
- ErrorZilla Mod / ErrorZilla Plus
- Extension List Dumper
- FireTorrent
- FoxTab
- Grab and Drag
- HTTPS Everywhere
- Mozilla Ubiquity
- Open IT Online
- Options menu
      [ quick and easy access to extension settings ]
- Organize Status Bar
- Screengrab
- SmoothWheel / Yet Another Smooth Scrolling
- Status-4-Evar
- Stylish
- Tab Clicking Options
- Tab Utilities
- Tab Wheel Scroll
- TabGroups Manager

OTHER EXTENSIONS:
- All-in-One Sidebar
- ArchView
- AVG LinkScanner / LinkExtend / SiteAdvisor / Web of Trust / Web Security Guard
- bit.ly Preview
      [ WARNING: can cause an extreme decrease in performance ]
- BugMeNot
- CookiePie
- Flash Block / NoScript / Adblock Plus
- Craigslist Helper
- Flash Game Maximizer
- Flem
- Fox Splitter
- FoxClocks
- Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on
- Greasefire
- Greasemonkey
- Hide Caption Titlebar Plus
- DownThemAll
      [ resume/stop downloads, Metalinker support, could be better integrated ]
- Hide Favicons
- Identity
- IE Tab 2
- Infoaxe / ThumbStrips
- Link Fixer Thing / Linkification
      [ WARNING: can cause an extreme decrease in performance ]
- Locationbar²
- Menu Editor
- Mozilla (Add-On Collector / Snowl)
- Pixelpipe Media Uploader
- Pixlr Grabber
- RetailMeNot
- SkipScreen
      [ needs to be simplified and use only the drag&drop method incorporating the edges of the window ]
- Tab Clicking Options
      [ this should replace any need for new windows ]
- Tab to Window or as I'd prefer Tab to Tab Group
- Textarea Cache / AutoSaveText
- Toolbar Buttons / UrlbarExt
- Update Notifier
      [ avoids users being asked to update things, people don't care stop asking & just do it ]
- VeriSign's OpenID SeatBelt
      [ WARNING: can cause an extreme decrease in performance ]
- WiseStamp
      [ needs a more simplified user-interface ]

FIREFOX PLUG-INS:
- OpenXML Document Viewer
- Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin

GREASEMONKEY & STYLISH & JETPACK EXTENSIONS:
- Greasemonkey
      - AutoPagerize
      - Facebook Fixed Header (Always-At-Top)
      - HTTP-to-HTTPS redirector
      - Netflix Queue Sorter
      - Unfriend Finder
- Stylish
      - Adjust Menu Height
      - Bookmarks Toolbar in Fullscreen
      - deiconify menus
      - Firefox 4 Add-Ons Hide Compatibility Warning
      - Firefox 4 Blue Loading Progress Tab-Throbber / Firebird Style Tab Throbber
      - Remove all icons (except tab-bar)
      - Remove close/minimize/restore buttons (fullscreen)
      - Remove locationbar bookmark star
      - Remove locationbar drop-down arrow
      - Remove locationbar Go arrow (FF3)
      - Remove menu-items created by particular Add-ons
      - Remove New Tab Plus
      - Remove the Site Identity Button from Fx3
      - Remove unused/annoying menu items
      - Reorder statusbar panels and icons
      - Scrollbar hidden / hide scrollbars totally
      - Smart Stop/Reload/Go Button
      - SquareTabs
      - Tabs - remove tab drop down
      - Userstyles.org - Redesign(2011) Professional
- Stylish (about:blank backgrounds)
      - about:blank backgrounds
      - about:blank OnFire Fixed
      - About:blank - Blue logo on black
      - about:blank - Dark Blue Firefox
      - NASA Night Launch - Launch Image for Empty Tabs

GOOGLE EXTENSIONS:
- Better Gmail 2
- CloudMagic
- gDocsBar
- Gmail S/MIME
- Google Earth
- Google Gears
- Googlepedia
- gReader Comments
- Greasemonkey
      - Google Account Multi-Login
      - Google Reader Preview Plus
      - Google Reader Without "Mark All As Read"
      - Google Viewer
      - Jasper's Google Reader subscribe
      - YouTube HD Suite
- PostRank Google Reader
- Stylish
      - GMail - Remove ads and relocate action links (alt)
      - Gmail Redesigned (by Globex Designs)
- Rapportive
- Taskforce
- Unsubscribe
- Xobni
- Zemanta

--Operations 15:45, 14 August 2011 (PDT)