Sorry, no individual screenshots, just one of Firefox as a whole.
(My categories, not Mozilla's.)
Security and/or Privacy:
Adblock Plus : Best adblocker available, in my opinion... Just make sure to uncheck the option to "allow some non-intrusive advertising". :P
Element Hiding Helper (needs Adblock Plus to function) : Extremely handy for both removal of whatever pictures or ads might slip by the filters, and low-level webpage tweaking by 'blocking' certain elements. I used it to remove the Facebook ticker thing... hehe.
Ghostery : Blocks quite a few trackers...
NoScript : Blocks the automatic execution of Javascript as well as Adobe Flash elements. You can customize what level of blocking is default, as well as add sites to a whitelist that is always allowed to run. It's also easy to "temporarily allow" a script, if you need it for the page to load/run correctly, but you don't want to grant permanent permission. It's one of my favorite addons... :)
SelectiveCookieDelete : This one just lets you be a bit more picky about what cookies to keep and what ones to delete, than Firefox normally allows.
Link Alert : Very simple, just gives a popup icon by your cursor when you hover over a link, to alert you to what type of link it is -- java command, zip file, new window, image file, secure or not secure (https vs. http), etc.
Flagfox : Can be used for way more than I do, but it puts a little country flag up in the address bar to tell you where the website's server is located.
Better Privacy : Helps manage LSO cookies ("local share objects", cookies created by Flash plugins), usually asks to run when you close Firefox, but you can go into the options and choose which sites to prevent automatic deletion.
Appearance:
UI Fixer : Makes more Firefox user interface objects moveable...
Stylish : Allows you to use CSS ("cascading style sheets") to customize Firefox's appearance, as well as various websites. For example, I use it to make Facebook look like the screenshot.
Personas Plus : Not strictly necessary, as Firefox supports personas (image backgrounds, also known as "lightweight themes") without it, but it comes in handy to to create your own personas, aka, making your chosen one(s) available offline.
Personal Menu : Customize the Firefox menu button's, well, menu...
Personal Titlebar : Moves any UI elements that you place in the menu bar into the title bar, to help save space. :)
Menu Editor : Let's you customize all those right-click context menus, which can get horrifically long otherwise...
Bookmarks Menu : Shows the contents of the bookmarks toolbar in a dropdown menu. This differs from the default Firefox bookmarks button, as it only shows the contents of the toolbar folder, rather than all your bookmarks.
Additional Functionality:
Read It Later : Let's you save a page to read it later, when offline. You can save the page in just text mode, or full, which includes all the images and backgrounds and everything. The information is saved to your hard drive (there's options to choose whether it does so by default, or only on command), so if you really stack up the RIL's, well, your profile folder will get quite bulky... (Ask my mom how I know. :P Hehe...)
Print Edit : Instead of printing a page with everything, you can go into edit mode (available from the "Print Preview" window), and choose which elements you want removed or just hidden (hiding leaves the layout the same, removing compresses the now empty space). Comes in very handy for printing off recipes or sewing instructions...
LeechBlock : Helps productivity by letting you set times and sites to either block or allow, depending on your approach. You can also block access to the option during the specified time periods, hehe. I have mine set to block all websites except certain google services, for all weekdays -- afternoon and most of the evening, except for five minutes every hour.
LastPass : Cross-browser platform manager, much more secure than the default Firefox one. Just don't get too paranoid about securing it from all possible 'attacks', or you'll find yourself locked out. :P (Not quite speaking from personal experience...)
DownThemAll : Download accelerator/manager which supports pause/resume, can limit the number of active downloads, and makes it easy to filter all the links on the page, to just get what you want.
Scriptish : Greasemonkey replacement. In essence, it adds little bits of additional javascript to specified pages, enhancing or adding functions.
Personal Convenience (i.e., can't live without them...):
Tab History Redux : When you open a link in a new tab, it carries over the history of the parent tab, making it possible to go "back" to the original page, rather than getting stuck at 'history since creation'. :P
Simplify Awesome Bar : Start typing anywhere (with the Firefox window focused, of course), and the focus is automatically shifted to the address bar. Also, if there is highlighted text, pressing space will place said text in the address bar, ready for searching or loading (if a link). I find it extremely useful, as I do any and all searching direct from the address bar (using search keywords; e.g., ?w for Wikipedia, or ?a for Amazon). This addon is actually what kept me from tentatively switching to Chrome...
InstaClick : Instead of right-clicking a link and then finding the "Open in New Tab" option, this allows to simply right-click the link, and it automatically opens in a new tab. Pressing Ctrl while right-clicking will cancel the function, and simply open the standard menu.
Google Shortcuts : Ok, so this one isn't necessary, as I could simply use normal bookmarks, but I find it very helpful nonetheless. It combines all Google services (of your choice) into one organizable menu, even allowing for custom entries if you want to go straight to a specific page. I have links to Calendar, Documents, Blogger, Voice, and the like.
AlwaysRight : Technically, this addon is not compatible with the newer version of the Firefox browser, but if you can get it to install, it still works perfectly fine (I'm currently using it on Aurora). Basically, when you open a link in a new tab, by default it opens next to the parent tab, but if you open a blank new tab (either through toolbar button, or by keyboard shortcut), it opens at the end of the tab list. *makes disgusted face* Thus necessitating that you scroll allll the way down to find it. This addon merely open the new tab next to your current one, and gets rid of all the fuss. :)
FaviconizeTab : Gives you a few options of how to "faviconize" a tab -- shrink it down to just the favicon, or logo/icon. You can also enter url's to automatically faviconize, if wished.
Miscellaneous:
Vacuum Places Improved : Every few starts (your choice how many), it will either automatically 'defragments' the Places database (history and bookmarks), so as to supposedly reduce memory lag (typing in the address bar). I'm not entirely convinced that it actually works, but I think I've noticed a difference in speed, so I continue using it. Mine is set to automatically run every 14 starts.
United States English Spellchecker : Right-click the squiggly-underlined misspelled words, and choose a correct option. *shrugs* Not usually needed, but sure comes in handy when it is needed, hehe...
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