So Firefox 3.5 is out and I’m looking forward to trying it, but I can wait. Why? I use a number of extensions and I don’t want to be without them. Courtesy of the Extension List Dumper extension, here are the addons that I now use.
There really should be an easy way within Firefox to see which extensions you are now using will work or have upgrades for the most recent version of the browser. Is there an extension for that?
Also see the CNet story “Firefox add-ons: Which work in 3.5?”.
Also see the Mozilla Firefox add-on compatibility report.
Update: I decided to move to v 3.5 on my iMac/OS X but will stay on v 3.0.11 on my Lenovo work ThinkPad until the latest version is officially supported in the Ubuntu repositories. That way I can get experience with the new version while not abandoning my working environment.
Application: Firefox 3.0.11 (2009060308)
Operating System: Linux (x86-gcc3)
Total number of items: 9
- Adblock Plus 1.0.2 http://adblockplus.org/Ads were yesterday!
- ColorfulTabs 3.9.2 http://binaryturf.com/Colorful Tabs colors every tab in a different color and makes them easy to distinguish while beautifying the overall appeal of the interface.
- CoLT 2.4.4 http://www.borngeek.com/firefox/colt/Makes it easy to copy link text and locations.
- Copy as HTML Link 1.1 http://justinsomnia.org/Creates an HTML link to the current page using the selected text and copies it
- CustomizeGoogle 0.76 http://www.customizegoogle.com/Enhance Google search results and remove ads and spam.
- Diigo Bookmarks and Web Annotations 3.1.6.16 http://www.diigo.com/Bookmark, highlight, and add sticky notes on any web page. Save your bookmarks on the web so you can access them anywhere.
- Extension List Dumper 1.14.2 http://sogame.awardspace.com/Dumps a list of the installed extensions.
- Ubuntu Firefox Modifications 0.7 Ubuntu Firefox Pack.
- Xmarks 3.1.0 http://www.xmarks.com/Bookmark Sync and Web Discovery


Bob, if you use Help -> Check for Updates, Firefox will tell you which extension cannot be upgraded for Firefox 3.5 and let you decide whether you want to continue.
Benjamin, that’s from within v3.5, right? Anything I can use before I install 3.5?
Bob, no, that’s from within 3.0. When you ask it to check for the 3.5 update, it will verify extensions before downloading anything!