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Firefox has been one of the fastest and most user friendly browser for anyone. I can’t think working without it. Firefox extensions help web analyst to test, report and analysis the web data easily. I’ve used Firefox for close to four years now and I’ve found a number of extremely useful third party plug-ins and extensions to simplify manipulation, analysis and graphing of data.

Firefox has been one of the fastest and most user friendly browser for anyone. I can’t think working without it. Firefox extensions help web analyst to test, report and analysis the web data easily. I’ve used Firefox for close to four years now and I’ve found a number of extremely useful third party plug-ins and extensions to simplify manipulation, analysis and graphing of data.

If you are not familiar with how Firefox add-ons work, here is a quick introduction. Firefox is a free browser that anyone can use. But unlike other browsers, Firefox allows third party developers to come up with useful applications. These applications can be installed on the browser, and they appear to be part of the browser. For this reason, they are also commonly referred to as Firefox extensions.

Firefox 3Previously I was using Firefox 2 and was happy with its performance. Then I downloaded the latest version Firefox 3.0 on world download day. More than 22 million downloads are done till now. Earlier I used to tweak my browser to optimize it for the best performance. Now I am experimenting with the optimization tricks on the latest version. I am sharing them with you here. However I am a little disappointed with the extension compatibilities of the latest version. I guess I will need to re-install most of the extensions I was using with the earlier version.

Security flaws in Firefox are making headlines today, with two new exploits appearing on the scene. While these issues are best fixed with a soon-to-be-released patch*, we were inspired to look at the wider issue of keeping your Firefox browser secure. We present a plethora of security extensions for Firefox, followed by those that will keep your private data….private. Obviously you shouldn’t install these all at once.