Some Useful AddOns for Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird

Florian Berger, 2018-05-13

Here is a list of some AddOns for Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird that I consider useful.

AddOns for Mozilla Firefox

Everyone should use these.

Privacy Badger — Protects your privacy by blocking spying ads and invisible trackers.
uBlock Origin — an efficient blocker
Decentraleyes — Protects you against tracking through "free", centralized, content delivery
Bookmark search plus 2 — Displays and filters bookmarks on search string, show parent folders.

These may interfer with your browsing experience and require tweaking.

HTTPS Everywhere — enabling HTTPS encryption automatically on sites that are known to support it
NoScript — Allow active content to run only from sites you trust
Referer Control — Control the HTTP Referer on a per-site basis

You may not need these.

Awesome RSS — Puts an RSS/Atom subscribe button back in URL bar
HTTP Header Live — Displays the HTTP header
LastPass Password Manager — saves your passwords and gives you secure access from every computer and mobile device

I deem these useful for every serious Thunderbird user.

AttachmentExtractor — Extracts all attachments from selected messages and then can delete, detach or mark-read
Clean Subject — cleans the subject from multiple occurrences of subject prefixes such as ("Re: Re-2: Re:")
ImportExportTools — Adds some tools to import and export folders and messages
Manually sort folders — allows to manually sort (order) folders and accounts
Theme Font & Size Changer — change the global font size and font family used for the user interface [yes, works in Thunderbird]
ThunderPlunger — provides a few new ways to keep Thunderbird clean [may not work with newer versions]

Calendar functions in Thunderbird

Lightning — Organize your schedule and life's important events in a calendar that's fully integrated with your Thunderbird email
Year View — Year view for calendar

Useful if you like plain text emails and keep HTML switched off most of the time.

Allow HTML Temp — allows to have HTML temporarily allowed in the currently displayed message by only one click
Toggle Word Wrap — Toggle word wrapping and PRE element wrapping in the message composition and HTML display windows

Nerd stuff.