The 10 Most Popular Chrome, Firefox And Opera Extensions
Browser extensions can improve a web browser’s functionality significantly. They can improve a user’s workflow on the web or add information to the browser that would otherwise not be directly accessible.
When you look at popular extensions you will notice that they differ considerable between browsers. The most popular Firefox extensions for instance are all about ad blocking, security, downloading and web development, while Chrome users like ad blocking, lookup extensions, notifiers and extensions that simplify day to day surfing. Simplifying day to day surfing extensions are also making the top list of Opera extensions along with adblocking and notification extensions.
Lets take a look at the top 10 extensions for , Mozilla Firefox and Opera.
Adblock – An adblocker for the web browser.Google Mail Checker – Notifies you if you have new mail in your Gmail inbox.FB Photo Zoom – Zoom pics on Facebook.Turn Off The Lights – Improves video watching on the Internet by dimming the rest of the page.Google Translate – Translate text on the Internet comfortably. to Phone – Send links and other information directly to Android phones.IE Tab – Display web pages designed for Internet Explorer directly in Chrome.Google Dictionary – View word and phrase definitions directly on the page they appear.Evernote Web Clipper – Save things you see on the Internet to your Evernote account.
Add to Amazon Wishlist – Add items that you see on the Internet to your Amazon Wishlist.
Adblock Plus – An adblocker for the Firefox web browser.Video DownloadHelper – Download videos from hundreds, if not thousands of video hosting sites.Greasemonkey – Lets you install userscripts in the Firefox browser.Personas Plus – Install Firefox skins.Download Statusbar – Display downloads more conveniently in the Firefox status bar.Firebug – THE extension for web developers.Flashgot – Adds download manager integration to Firefox.
DownThemAll! – A built-in download manager for the Firefox browser.NoScript – THE perfect security extension.WOT – Know Which Websites to Trust – Displays security and privacy related information about websites before you access them.
At least one adblocker is among the top 10 in all three browsers. That’s however the only similarity you will find. The Opera and Chrome top 10 list no security related extensions, while the Firefox top 10 contains two. Opera is the only browser that offers speed dial / new tab page extensions, and four have made it into the top 10.
Are Chrome users more casual and less into security? Or are Firefox users downloading security related extensions because their browser is not as secure as Chrome?
What’s your take on the data?
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