Firefox rocks. Version 3 is outstanding. It’s great, really. But, if you haven’t downloaded any extensions you are missing out on at least 50% of the benefits of the browser. Here are my top five extension that make the internet bearable, and sometimes enjoyable.

1. Cooliris
This extension is truly revolutionary.  The web is some heavily visual these days that organizing it textually doesn’t always make sense. Cooliris immerses you in the multimedia component that defines the web. You’ll never look at Facebook, Flickr, the news, or any other visually heavy site  the same again.

2. Forecastfox
Sometimes its the little things that help the most. Forecastfox won’t replace you need for weather.com but it will at least make you aware of what the weather has in store for you, even if it is just in the back of your mind. If it gets me to take my rain jacket to work in morning so I don’t get wet walking home then I’ll take it.

3. Adblock Plus
Geez, I didn’t realize how many ads were on the net until I installed this. Its great, it cuts down on 90% of internet advertising.

4. Scribefire
Okay if you don’t blog you can skip it, but if you have a blog do yourself a favor and get it now. Since I downloaded it, I post at least twice as much just because its so easy. On a cool site? Bring up Scribefire, write a paragraph, and post it to your blog. Do it all without ever having to log in, create a post, cut and paste in the link, yada yada yada. It makes blogging quick and painless. (In fact, this whole post was written in Scribefire).

5. Noia Extreme
Yeah, I know not an extension. It is actually a theme. But, whatever. Noia skins Firefox into a slick interface that is infinitely more pleasing to the eye and easy to navigate.