Firefox has a vast collection of add-ons that can entirely change the way you surf the web. If you’re a web designer, you will be pleased to know that many of these are add-ons are built with you in mind. I’ve been using some of these add-ons and decided to compile a list with the best Firefox add-ons for web design. However, if you are a web developer, check the best Firefox add-ons for web development.
ColorZilla is the best friend of any web designer. With useful tools like an advanced eyedropper, a color picker and a measuring tool you will save a lot of time on your design projects.
GridFox is a great Firefox addon that allows you to overlay a customizable grid on top of a website. This is a brilliant tool to check designs that follow a grid-based layout.
Abduction is a cool extension that allows you to take screenshots of your web pages. Excellent when you need a whole page screenshot to add in your portfolio.
MeasureIt it’s a fairly convenient add-on that creates a ruler on top of the browser page, so you can verify width, height and alignment of its content.
Dummy Lipsum is Firefox add-on that generates “Lorem Ipsum” dummy text taken from Lorem Ipsum website. When the cursor is in a form field, a menu option appears in the context menu.