With the recent release of Firefox 3, I thought I'd share some of my favorite Firefox add-ons. If you are a web designer, these are must haves.

1. ColorZilla

If you are a web designer, then this tool is a definite must have. ColorZilla is a small tool placed in the lower left-hand corner of your Firefox window that will allow you to pull color from any web page on the internet and will give you the RGB and Hex values for that color in an instant. When I'm working on new sites I often take a break and forget the hex values I am working with and this allows me to quickly pull the values straight out of the web page without digging into other software to find it.

Download ColorZilla (www.iosart.com)

2. Firebug

This add-on is probably the most powerful of all the add-ons I use because it implements in-depth development tools for web design. It allows you to debug your pages and edit them quickly and efficiently without even leaving your browser window!

Download Firebug (www.getfirebug.com)

3. Web Developer Toolbar

The Web Developer Toolbar is, well, exactly that. It's a toolbar that is packed FULL of features. It allows you to disable scripts, view and edit CSS, and view other various forms of information about the websites you visit. That is just scratching the surface, so you're just going to have to download it and play with it yourself because it'd cut into my nick at nite re-runs of Family Matters if I continued to list all the features. In fact, I still haven't used everything that is included with it.

Download Web Developer Toolbar (www.chrispederick.com)

 
With these three add-ons in your arsenal it should speed up your web design and make your life a lot easier. The best of all is that they are all compatible with Firefox 3!

If you have any other add-on suggestions be sure to share them in the comments!