5 useful firefox add-ons for web designers
This add-on is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux and offers many features that make web design and development fast and easy. The web developer extension has an assortment of useful features such as image and color manipulation, over 6 types of page validators, and customizable browser resizing settings that are all usable right in your browser. Learn more about this add-on and install it.
The Html Validator add-on installs a convenient little icon in the bottom right of your browser’s status bar. It has a self explanatory icon legend that tells you if your html is valid by displaying a green check mark or if it’s invalid by displaying a red x. By simply double clicking the icon all of your errors are located and highlighted. Suggestions are given on how to correct any of your coding mistakes. So small, yet so useful! Learn more about this add-on and install it here.
Easily measure any window, division, or element accurately to help fit your design. This add-on installs a ruler icon in the bottom left of your browser’s status bar that you can activate and deactivate by a single click. MeasureIt makes it very simple to measure anything you may need to measure on the web. Learn more about this add-on and install it.
Quickly generate Lorem Ipsum text. This add-on makes it simple to test input fields for forms, as well as testing blog layouts that text may not be available for yet. Learn more about this add-on and install it.
Make it easy to visit and manage any of your delicious bookmarks right through the built-in Delicious toolbar. As designers, we are constantly browsing the web for quick fixes to get our sites looking great in internet explorer and reference sites to keep our code clean. Conveniently locate all of your designer reference pages right through your Delicious Bookmarks add-on. Learn more about this add-on and install it.
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On January 24, 2009 at 1:42 pm MrStrider wrote:
i’ve used all, but MeasureIt.. kinda sucks!
On January 24, 2009 at 1:45 pm Antonea Nabors wrote:
They are all really good, and save me so much time on the web. I really enjoy how MeasureIt isolates your elements. I do not enjoy laying it over flash
On February 5, 2009 at 11:25 am Ryan wrote:
No mention of Firebug? Thanks for these others. I didn’t know about them.