I’ve been using Google Chrome a lot lately mostly because it’s one damn fast browser. But I do find myself keeping Firefox on standby for some features that are simply not available on Chrome. But as Chrome matures, more and more Firefox extensions are either getting ported to Chrome or someone has written a comparable equivalent. In this article, I’ll highlight some of the essential Firefox extensions I use and their Chrome counterpart. Feel free to suggest your own additions in the comments.
| Function | Firefox | Chrome | Notes |
| Ad blocking | Ad block plus | Adblock | |
| MultiLinking | SnapLinksPlus | Snap Links Lite | |
| ScreenCap | Screengrab | Webpage Screenshot | |
| Bookmark/Password | Xmarks | Xmarks | Does not sync passwords with FF |
| Plain text copying | Copy w/o formatting | Handy for bloggers | |
| Form spellcheck | After the deadline | ||
| Gmail tool | Better Gmail 2 | Better Gmail | |
| Form mgmt | Clippings | ||
| Image gallery | Cooliris | Cooliris | |
| FTP | FireFTP | ||
| Form recovery | Lazarus | Lazarus | |
| Hyperlinking | Text Link | LinkIt | |
| Image search | TinEye | TinEye | |
| Gmail notifier | Gmail notifier | Google Mail Checker Plus | |
| Automation | iMacro | iMacro | |
| Exif reader | EXIF Reader | ||
| URL Shortener | Google URL Shortener |