10 Popular Web Designer Tools for Firefox

Thanks to Firefox and some of the great add-ons that have been developed for it, your browser is your best friend when it comes to web site design.  From CSS tools, to promoting your domain, here are 10 of the most popular web designer tools for Firefox.

Any of these add-ons would be great to add to your own proverbial web designer’s toolbelt.

  • ColorZilla – This advanced eyedropper and color picker will help you find out exactly what color is being used on somebody else’s web site, so you can use it on your own.
  • Firebug – Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.
  • FireFTP – Looking for an FTP client you can reach from inside of Firefox?  FireFTP is a free, secure, cross platform FTP client built into and for Firefox.
  • IE Tab – Quickly embed Internet Explorer into an open tab of Firefox, for cross browser web site checking and testing.
  • Picnik – Get quick access to your own online image editor with this add-on.  It adds a menu option to import images right into the Picnik online image editor.
  • Stylish – This add-on is often considered for web site tweakers, however it can also be used to add or remove CSS and design elements on the fly, without even having to login to your web site.
  • Web Developer Toolbar – By far, the king of the web development Firefox extensions.  It adds a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools.
  • User Agent Switcher – Another good one to have for cross browser testing.  It adds a menu to the toolbar so you can quickly change the user agent of the browser.
  • FireShot – Take a screenshot and also add notes to it.  If you are a designer, wanting to highlight key features of a design to a client, there is no better Firefox add-on out there to do just that.
  • SeoQuake – Aimed at the search engine optimization crowd, this extension will help webmasters deal with the promotion side of their domains.

What Firefox add-ons and services help you get the job done when it comes to web design?  Drop in a comment, and give me your own “best of” suggestions.


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  1. the_guv Mar 24, 2009 at 6:00 pm #

    cheers Mitch,

    also I like FF addons EditCSS, PixelPerfect, Palette Grabber and SEO For Firefox/SEO Toolbar.

    will definitely try Stylish.

  2. AzzX Mar 25, 2009 at 3:20 am #

    Great list, Firebug is one of the most useful tools ever, SeoQuake certainly looks interesting – I’ll give it a try.

  3. Phaoloo Mar 25, 2009 at 3:27 am #

    Awesome list. I really like Firebug

  4. Jeet Mar 25, 2009 at 3:52 am #

    I would include greasemonkey there. Both firebug and ‘web developer’ plugins are really useful.

  5. po3ts Mar 25, 2009 at 4:12 am #

    Rankchecker from seobook.com .

  6. alexx Mar 25, 2009 at 5:09 am #

    Awesome!

  7. John Davis Mar 25, 2009 at 5:51 am #

    Excellent tools indeed! Thanks for sharing!

    RT
    http://www.privacy-tools.us.tc

  8. Wil waldon Mar 25, 2009 at 5:52 am #

    I use firebug daily. Great add on.

  9. Jon Mar 25, 2009 at 8:18 am #

    Decent list.

    In addition, I really like SEO for Firefox, YSlow, Live HTTP Headers, and Xenocode Clickstart (for IE6 testing). I also know a lot of people who like iMacros.

  10. Eddie Rowe Mar 25, 2009 at 8:28 am #

    Great list, I had no idea about the web developer toolbar. It will definitely make my student life a lot easier :) Goodbye for now Google chrome

  11. Ruby Mar 25, 2009 at 9:37 am #

    I really use the FireBug and the FileZilla lot and they really save me a lot of time. Glad that you placed it on top of the list.

  12. smartfather Mar 25, 2009 at 9:40 am #

    Great post, I’ve been using a few of these for a while now but had no idea of the others. I’ve been looking for something like Colorzilla for a long time. Thanks!

  13. umang Mar 25, 2009 at 10:42 am #

    MeasureIt is quite good as well

  14. Mitch Mar 25, 2009 at 11:20 am #

    Thanks for the suggestions, keep them coming!

  15. wormgineer Mar 25, 2009 at 11:57 am #

    Thank you! Awesome timing for me, I’m off to install nine of those – Firebug has been *essential* to my efforts so far. It is time to upgrade my skills and these will likely help. Thank you.

  16. T-Law Mar 25, 2009 at 2:12 pm #

    Great list, thanks.

  17. Mason Sklut Mar 25, 2009 at 2:52 pm #

    Couldn’t agree any more. My favorites are Firebug, Web Developer Toolbar, and the ColorZilla. They are probably my most used Firefox plugins after AutoPager and TwitterFox.

  18. Manuel Graf Mar 28, 2009 at 7:28 am #

    There are two more:
    Loremtools and “Rezisable Textareas”

    so long, and thx for all the fish
    Manuel Graf

  19. Tw33tinowl Mar 30, 2009 at 7:28 am #

    what why no greasemonkey

  20. Web Design Feb 19, 2010 at 4:10 am #

    Firefox is a nice explorer.I always try to use it.It provides the facility of great add-on.

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