Firefox Add-ons I Gotta Try

Best of the New Firefox Extensions
Here's a new list of Firefox extensions that look interesting, but I haven't had time to check them out. Reviewed firefox extensions you should really try are at the top.

• Surf Canyon purports to add other engines to the adds functionality and extends search results when you use Google Search. It does this by adding a little bullseye icon which if clicked, produces related results from other engines such as Yahoo, MSN and even Craigslist. The best part is it also shows results from deeper within the various engines as well, so you don't have to scroll through page after page of results.
  
  Pros: Surf Canyon puts them right there (where they should be) on page one! Awesome. We'll see how useful that is, This is a great time saver and one of those, "why didn't they think of this sooner" type things since usually when the first 20 Google finds are garbage or adverts.
  
  Cons: None, so far
  
  Update! Hey, I installed Customize Google (see below) and Surf Canyon disappeared. Odd, to say the least. I'm reinstalling Surf Canyon so we'll see if there's a war in the browser.


• Customize Google. I'm not sure what this one is about, but I like the name. It seems to be another add-on to enhance Google (duh) but here's a nice twist; they've included a link to the Internet Wayback Machine. Now the Internet Wayback Machine is the best marketing tool ever and I'll be happy to elaborate on why in another post when I find the time (probably when I should be doing something else much more important).
  
  Pros: I especially like the "filter" feature. You can select websites you know you don't want to visit so you never see them in the results again. History is another favorite. I like to see how a successful web marketer started out -- shows that no one was great at first, but over time. Use "History" to see how someone created a business over time. Ton of options, including turning off adverts! Those of us who actually make a living online like to see competitor's ads, but not everyone wants them cluttering up the screen so this is a great feature.
  
  Cons: There are so many options, it may take awhile to play with them all (not really a con, just a heads-up)
  

Still need to try these

• Resurect Pages I use the Internet Time Machine all the time, so this could be an interesting addition.


• Idea Shower. I don't remember even seeing this before, but there it was in a tab in my browser, and I love the site! Edgy, but ... somehow compelling as to its potential usefulness. Doh! Now, I remember, the add-on (formerly known as extensions) is called "Read it Later" and that I plan to do just about constantly. Problem is, I never get back to read those "read it later" entries, but hey, I love collecting ideas.
  
  Between my "Quick Note" entries (I have many, many, many lists in Quick Note), Google Notes, and now "Read it Later" I have about 50 years of reading to do to get it all done. My magazine pile is 36" high as well. Time to go on an information diet.
  


• Fireshot a screenshot and more capture utility is sadly not available for the Mac. Oh, woe. I'll check it out anyway. I still use my Windows computer, despite hating every moment of it.


• Print PDF I want to review for those who don't have the ability to print just about anything to a PDF format. I try to remember to print to PDF instead of printing paper so I have an archive of documents, rather than a huge pile of paper to scan later (and create into PDFs). This could be a real solution.

See now why I never get any work done! If only someone would hire me to review software and utilities.