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Firefox Extension Expertise

Get the most from your trove of Firefox add-ons with these management tips:

To maximize precious toolbar space, right-click a toolbar, choose Toolbar Properties, and select Icons only. You'll have to remember what the icons represent, without text reminders, but in return you'll get a lot more open space for buttons.To get rid of icons that you don't want, right-click a toolbar again, and choose Customize. You can drag and drop buttons between the ones shown and the ones that already appear on the toolbar.

The Firefox Addons site should be redesigned by the time you read this, making navigation and search easier. But in case it's not, to find an add-on whose name you already know, you're better off going to a search engine and typing site:addons.mozilla.org [name of add-on].

MR Tech's Local Install is the ultimate metatool for managing your add-ons. It also enables you to load old (and yet often still usable) add-ons. Be forewarned, however: It requires expert setup.