Perusing an article on Mashable today, I ran across their poll, What’s Your Favorite Firefox Extension?, but I was surprised to see that hardly any of my favorites were on their list, or in the reader’s comments. So, while I left my favs in a comment on there, I thought I’d also post about them here, too, expounding a bit, for all my geekyfantastic readers.

Now, as far as browsers go, I actually only started re-using Firefox again this year. I had gone between using Safari & Firefox for long periods of time, but then used Flock for about a year. However they changed some things at one point & I just wasn’t as into it anymore, so I decided to switch back. Now my love affair with Firefox is back & stronger than ever, and that’s hands-down due to how awesome the add-ons are!

So without further ado, here’s my favorite Firefox Add-Ons, that make my life online easier every day:

• Firebug – an absolute must for any web developer, novice or expert.
• Feedly – Do you use Google Reader for your RSS feeds? I hadn’t either until this year (previously I had used Safari, and then Flock), so I’m here to tell you that if you don’t use it currently, you totally should. :) Because THEN you can get the Feedly add-on which is srsly awesome. It turns reading your feed subscriptions into a beautiful, magazine-like interface. I love it! Plus, it adds a little widget to your browsing experience, so you can easily twitter/post to FB or Share it in Google Reader (Shared items in Reader is another reason it’s awesome).
• Email This – Makes it easy to share a link via email with someone at the click of a button. Flock had a similar feature built in, but when I switched back to FF, I missed it so much that I went seeking for an add on that did the same thing.
• ColorZilla – Using an Eyedropper, easily grab the hexadecimal value of any color on the screen. This is helpful again for designers and web nerds, like me.
• Read Later – I sometimes find myself leaving tabs open for days, wanting to make sure I don’t lose the site. Read Later let’s you file it away (dog-ear it if you will), w/o having to bookmark it.
• Aviary – I use Skitch for most all of my screen capture needs, and I even have/used ScreenGrab! for a long time, but Aviary’s “Capture Entire Page” feature is super fast & easy to use.
• DownThemAll – do you want to nab all the MP3s that are linked to on a page? Or just the JPGs? In one click, you can! Very cool. There’s also an add-on called FlashGot that’s similar. I have no idea which is better, though.
• Power Twitter – while Brizzly is still my absolute fav (and yes, I may be partial, considering I was hired to animate & clean up the illustration of the adorable Phineas Brizzly bear), Power Twitter is handy to have around when find yourself actually on Twitter.com.

As you can see, there’s a little something for everyone, when it comes to Firefox Add-Ons. Start with the above, or you can also check out their Fashion Your Firefox site, which recommended add-ons, based on what you like to do online.
Oh & before I go, I have one more Firefox tip for you: I highly recommend setting a master password. I use 1Password for my wallet, identity & password management data, but even if you do that, you should also password protect all the usernames & passwords you’re letting Firefox remember for you. (Click the thumbnail to the right to see where you set this in the Preferences.)

Hopefully you discovered some fun new add-ons in the above. Please leave me a comment with what you think, and let me know which ones you’re in love with, too!