Firefox is a top notch browser which many people use purely for the ability to customize it. Because it has so many different addon options, finding the right addons to accomplish what you want can be a real hassle. That’s why we’ve listed a set of five addons which can change how you use Firefox forever.

• 1. Check4Change – If you’ve ever found yourself constantly reloading a web page to check for something new, then Check4Change is for you. You can set it to optionally pop up a display or play a sound when changes have been found, and you can also set the intervals in which changes are searched for, from five minutes to thirty.
• 2. Fast Dial – One of the greatest features about Google Chrome was the thumbnail preview offered of the bookmarks and frequently visited pages. It didn’t take long before Firefox had this feature, which takes shape in the form of Fast Dial. Any time you open a new tab, you’re greeted with a list of your favorite websites.
• 3. Favicon Picker – There’s nothing worse than adding a bookmark to your list and discovering it doesn’t have a favicon. It can really throw you off and make it hard to find in the future, as you have to read the text instead of identifying it by picture. Favicon picker lets you change the favicon for any of your bookmarks.
• 4. Skip Screen – If you download frequently from sites like RapidShare and MegaUpload, you know how much of a hassle it is to wait for the counter to count down. Skip Screen takes care of this, automating the entire process.
• 5. Tabs Open Relative – One of the things that’s always bugged many users of Firefox is that when you open a new tab, it’s added to the list behind your current tabs. This addon makes it so if you open a new tab from the first tab, the new tab will open next to your selected tab.

Firefox is one of the most customizable browsers on the web today, with many available addons which can do just about anything. We’ve looked over the thousands of available addons and have listed the top five which provide the most functionality when it comes to using Firefox.

• 1. AdBlock Plus – There’s nothing worse than going on a website and getting bombarded with flashing ads which assault the eyes. AdBlock Plus can take care of this, with the simple click of a button. Once it’s installed, it’ll subscribe you to an ad blocking database and ads will be a thing of the past.
• 2. Down Them All – The traditional download manager that comes with Firefox is nice, but it’s got nothing on Down Them All. Down Them All lets you download certain elements of a web page or all of them, all in a convenient window with pause and resume.
• 3. DownloadStatusBar – For those of you who don’t like the download window being separate, this addon places a small status bar at the bottom of the window which contains all of the downloads you’ve made You can choose to clear one download or all of them, though it doesn’t support pause and resume very well. Plays nice with Down Them All.
• 4. FastestFox – FastestFox was formerly known as FasterFox and has the unique ability to provide a search bar right above any highlighted text on a web page. It supports all major search engines and Wikipedia, which is a great feature if you find yourself constantly looking things up on Wikipedia.
• 5. Stylish – If you’ve ever wished a website layout was different, then Stylish is for you. It lets you install scripts which alter the layout of many of your favorite websites, or if you’re savvy enough, you can create your own.