Install and Manage Add-ons in Firefox Browser


Those of us from the geeker side if life are quite familiar with improving the functionality of a browser via Add-ons. Add-ons up your productivity, enhance your browsing experience and let you have some fun too. In this basic tutorial, we will show you how to install and manage Add-ons in Firefox browser.

Customize Firefox Browser with Add-ons

Downloading and installing an add-on is simple- Firefox has an inbuilt installer for add-on. All you need to do is click on the download link, and the add-ons organizer does the rest.

1.) To find new add-ons in Firefox, Go to Tools>Add-ons or press “Ctr + Shift + A”. The manager will open in a new tab and then select “Get Add-ons”. You can view the featured choices, recommendation, install one of the featured and recommended add-ons or browse all the available add-ons by clicking “Browse all add-ons”.

firefox addon manager

2. You can browse the full selection by category and install new add-on by clicking green “ Add to Firefox” button. Despite claims to contrary, many Firefox add-on still require to restart browser to complete installation.

Firefox addons gallery

3. Once the add-ons has been installed, a dedicated button may appear on your Firefox toolbar or a new option may added to the Right- Click context menu.

4. The Add-ons manager  page lets you manage all the add-ons you have installed. From here you can disable, enable and uninstall an add-ons and open its options.

firefox addons settings


Author:  Ishank Badhani   Article Posted on:  Dec 19, 2011   Posted in: