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Thanks kobewan, I did get something from your comment: Remove it Permanently. I've been using Adblock Plus to do that job, but that extension is huge and I don't really need the ad filtering (Outpost Firewall filters ads). So I'll give that one a try.

As far as what I use, lots of the good well-known ones, but I do use a few lesser-known as well. The couple not on Mozilla Add-ons I've linked, the others are all found there.

BBCodeXtra: BBCode, html, and xhtml tagging of your text via context menu. Very handy for naming urls and making image links.

[url=http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/keyconfig]keyconfig[/url], and separate but related "functions for keyconfig": change FF's keyboard shortcuts, and together with functions even create new functions to map shortcuts to. Awesome for keyboard junkies. Strangely, keyconfig isn't on Mozilla Add-ons, though functions, which needs keyconfig to work, is. Not mass-user extensions, but very handy in conjunction with...

Mouseless Browsing: Adds unique numbers to every link on a page, allowing you to select any link by typing the number in the numberpad. Also back/forward, scroll up/down by numpad. Together with keyconfig and functions, I open/close/switch tabs as well, as well as do pretty much everything and anything FF via keyboard. Sweet.

Myurlbar_a: adds auto dropdown menu to address bar that suggests matches to what you enter there from your bookmarks and history. If you take a little care in naming your bookmarks, you can effectively search bookmarks in a couple keystrokes via urlbar.

[url=http://perso.orange.fr/marc.boullet/ext/extensions-en.html]Scrollbar Anywhere[/url]: Also not on FF Add-ons, but it enables omnidirectional scrolling anywhere in the page. Awesome for large pictures, and also lets you scroll very quickly while still having full control over the page, as opposed to rapid scrolling extensions. Similar to Grab and Drag, but that extension is designed for tablet PC users and is overdone and doesn't work as well for mouse scrolling.

gBrain: Man, I love this one. Adds all pages you visit to your Google Bookmarks. It happens every couple days I remember some site I saw a while ago and want to revisit but didn't bookmark. Ctrl+K, "gbook" keyword search, and tada, there it is. Can toggle on/off and also build filters to exclude sites/domains from logging.

CookiCuller: So many cookie management extensions out there, and they all seem to miss the point, except CookieCuller. I don't want to monitor cookie activity while I surf. With this ext I just accept all cookies, and if I want to keep on permanently, I protect it. When I startup FF next, CC erases all unprotected cookies--I start each session with only my hand-picked cookies. Can set it to never again accept cookies from deleted sites, too. Simple.