10 must-have free Firefox 4 add-ons
The recently released Firefox 4 is a big improvement over previous versions of the popular Web browser, but you can still teach it plenty of tricks.
We've rounded up ten great downloads to help you get more out of Firefox 4. Not all older add-ons work with Firefox 4, but every one in this roundup does. Whether you want to enhance search, better manage the information you find online, keep yourself safe, or perform other Web tasks, we have what you need. And all of these picks are free.
A good part of your browsing day consists of a single task: searching the Web. These three add-ons can help make searching in Firefox better, easier, and more productive. Want to dig deeper and get more information about any word or phrase you encounter on a Web page? Try Apture Highlights. With this add-on, you can highlight a word or phrase and then click a 'Learn More' bubble to get information from Wikipedia, links to YouTube, search results on Google and Bing, and photos related to the words. If you've highlighted a location, you can see a map in Google Maps.
