What are Firefox Add-ons?

Firefox add-ons are tools that can be embedded right in to the toolbar of your Firefox web browser for quick and easy use.  These tools offer various types of help.  There are over 5000 add-on available from Firefox's Add-on site.  But do not fear or worry that you will have to search them all to find the right one.

Here's an example:

I often find valuable videos on line; either as tutorials or for my own personal enjoyment.  But I would like to store them off-line on my computer, so that I can access them with out needing a wireless network connection.  Because the Firefox Add-on website categorizes all of their add-ons, I can simply look under the Download Management category and browse for something that I like.  I can also search for something specific in the search bar a the top.





I found an add-on called DownloadHelper that easily downloads video from internet sources like YouTube.

There are many more add-ons that become very useful and practical tools for you; organize your tasks with ReminderFox; spot light video to keep students from getting distracted with Turn Off the Lights; add any image online quickly to your Picasa account with AddToPicasa; jot down a few notes with QuickFox Notes; just to name a few.  Check out all of the add-ons at Firefox Add-on.