Although by no means a comprehensive survey or scientific analysis, W3 Counters is showing the Firefox browser now with a 25% market share while Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is at 65% (based on user stats reported by around 4,000 websites).

Pretty significant gain and exciting to see some competition (and innovation) back in the browser market. More importantly for merchants this means that it is absolutely critical to test the buyer’s shopping experience in both browsers to make sure your products look good and your checkout works flawless.

Here are a few Firefox extensions that you may find useful for managing and enhancing your content:

• Web Developer — Toolbar that comes in very handy for developing and validating HTML let’s say for an eBay Ad or your eCommerce site.

• IE Tab — Open a site in Internet Explorer right within a tab in Firefox. Very useful for checking that your page looks good in both Firefox and Microsoft’s browser.

• FireBug — This extension gets you really into the details of website development, enabling you to examine and fix your HTML, Javascript, CSS and more.

• PDF Download — Choose whether to download or view a PDF in your browser. Great little utility especially if you don’t want to look at a PDF but simply store it for later (yes, I know, doesn’t really have to do anything with web development, but it’s so darn handy that I had to sneak it in here).

Got other Firefox extensions you can’t live without?

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