While searching for something completely different, I ran into an interesting article on Firefox extensions to avoid. The article was published by Computerworld on 10 April 2007 and discusses ten add-ons that are “bad” because they waste network resources or don’t provide enough benefits to be worth running. The extensions to avoid:

• Fasterfox
• NoScript
• Adblock and Adblock Plus
• PDF Download
• VideoDownloader
• Greasemonkey
• ScribeFire (formerly Performancing)
• TrackMeNot
• Tabbrowser Preferences
• Tabbrowser Extensions

To learn why you should avoid these extensions, you’ll have to read it.

This article complements one published 7 March 2007 on 20 must-have Firefox extensions. It’s interesting to note that in March Greasemonkey was a must have, but by April it became one to avoid. And web developers who don’t know about these add-ons will definitely find them worth checking out.