I'll admit, I'm a huge Firefox fan, and always found add-ons to fill my browsing needs. Then Google launched Chrome, and I had to give it a try. Chrome has now become my default browser on my XP laptop, and while trying to find workarounds for add-ons, I spent some time with bookmarklets.

I've used bookmarklets before, but never for anything more than sharing a story on FriendFeed. Now that I'm having to use them with Chrome, I'm falling in love with them, and have decided to share my top 8. I'd like to see others listed in the comments, and I have a few others, but 8 is enough for now.

This bookmarklet was the inspiration behind this post. X-Robots SEO Tool is a bookmarklet that can be utilized in either Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari and Opera on Windows and OS to find information vital to search engine optimization. The tool was built in collaboration with developer Cooper Harris and will continue to be developed to help SEOs. The beauty of this bookmarklet is that no updates need to be downladed since the tool is changed on our end. Just add the bookmarklet to your bookmark's toolbar, and begin to audit the web.

Drag to Bookmark Bar: X-Browser SEO Tools

Allows you to email the current web page you’re on via your Gmail account. There are a lot of tools that help with this, but this one seems the easiest.

Drag to Bookmark Bar: Gmail This

Sometimes sharing with gmail just isn't enough. Share This allows you to share the current web page you’re on to 20+ social bookmarking and social networking sites. All the heavy-hitters are there, so you'll be able to tell the whole world how Obama MUST be a evil because he doesn't wear a flag pin.

Drag to Bookmark Bar: ShareThis

I use Delicious daily. I know there are other, and arguably better social bookmarking services, but to me, it doesn't get any better than delicious. There are actually two bookmarklets you can use with this site, but I'll just post the one that allows you to directly bookmark sites.

Drag to Bookmark Bar: Bookmark on Delicious

Sure, ShareThis from above will allow you to post to Facebook, but this is just a nice and simple bookmarklet to add the page you're viewing to Facebook.

Drag to Bookmark Bar:

If you're not using FriendFeed, you're a tool. But if you are using FriendFeed, this bookmarklet will allow you to post your current page to your main feed, or to any of your rooms. It's simple, but full of options. This is a must if you ever find yourself trying to post to FF.

Drag to Bookmark Bar: Add to FriendFeed

I use a ton of different tools for screen caps, but this one is one of the easiest, making this one of my favorite bookmarklets. "kwout" is a way you quote a part of a web page as an image with an image map. To use this service, all you need is to add the bookmarklet to your favorite browser.

Visit Site for Bookmarklet

This list wouldn't be complete without a Twitter reference. If you've ever looked for a dead-simple way to update your twitter status, this is the bookmarklet for you. You have to go to the site to create the bookmarklet, but it's as simple as providing your login info. So head over, make a bookmarklet, and get twittering.

Visit Site for Bookmarklet

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From Mashable:

Gmail turned online email on its ear when it popped up a few years back. Naturally, there are more than just a few Gmail extensions for Firefox for an improved user experience. Want a more dynamic signature? How about the ability to open multiple Gmail accounts at once in the same browser? What about the chance to write your emails from right to left? All of these and more are available via these 13 Gmail extensions.

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From TechRadar:

Firefox has been outperforming IE in every department for years, and version 3 is speedier than ever.

But tweak the right settings and you could make it faster still, more than doubling your speed in some situations, all for about five minutes work and for the cost of precisely nothing at all. Here's what you need to do.

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From Noupe:

There are lots of free extensions and add-ons available on the internet for Firefox, but which are the best add-ons that can Really help you as a web developer or designer in terms of time and effort?

Many of our readers suggested some great add-ons in our previous post, Designer´s Toolbox : 15+ Time Saving Tools- What´s your Secret? . Today i would like to highlight your suggestions and other add-ons that will help make your web development process quicker and more productive. So here’s 20 extremely useful Firefox Add-ons that can help developers create websites more efficiently.

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From Smashing Apps:

Firefox is a fastest growing popular web browser. There are lots of ease provided by the firefox and this is the main reason for its popularity. There are lots of free download able extensions and add-ons available on the internet for firefox and there demands are increasing every day. In this post, I am listing down 9 Amazing Firefox Add-Ons That Will Save Your Time.

You are welcome to share if you know more amazing firefox add-ons that will save time which our readers/viewers may like.

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From Mashable:

We’ve put together a list of 30+ must-have Firefox 3 extensions that we know you’ll enjoy, whether you’ve upgraded to Firefox 3 and are looking for something new to add to your browser, or have yet to make the upgrade and are looking for a reason.

We cover everything from useful tools to social bookmarking and more. Let us know which extensions are your favorites.

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From Download Squad:

After a long wait, version 3 of the popular Firefox browser is officially available today -- get yours here. It's likely the most anticipated Firefox release ever, poised to break a world record for the most downloads in a single day but, does it live up to its lofty expectations?

Frankly, without the browser in widespread circulation it's hard judge it an unmitigated success. Mozilla's new baby contains a claimed 15,000 improvements. With a list that long, there are bound to be a few new features you'll love, a few you'll hate -- and -- maybe a few you'll wonder how you ever lived without.

After putting the betas through their paces and having a nice long chat with Mike Beltzner -- one of the user experience gurus from Mozilla -- here are five of our favorite things about the newest member of the Firefox family.

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From the Site:

As my search for methods to increase my browsing productivity continues, I have come across some excellent keyboard shortcuts for Firefox (my preferred browser) which I will discuss here .

I am sure you’ll benefit from it if you use Firefox as your browser .

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I've been playing around with Firefox 3 (portable apps), and am looking forward to the final build. One of the reasons I have been using FF3 in portable form is because I'm still married to a few addons that have not been updated for the new version of Firefox. Below is a list of some of my favorite addons that work with FF3 B5

#1 Firebug 1.2

I am so excited this has been updated. I use Firebug more than any other add-on, and it should be used by every developer using Firefox.

#2 foxytunes

Do you listen to Music while surfing the Web? FoxyTunes lets you control almost any media player and find lyrics, covers, videos, bios and much more with a click right from your browser. Continue Reading