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bywimaxpro, June 1, 2013
jbetolo
I tried others and they broke page loads and did not provide the degree of control needed to troubleshoot and get around them. JBETOLO has controls and tweaks for almost anything that can speed up a website.

The development group supporting it also appears very active so that bugs and improvements are being pursued. I think that is important because Joomla, script libraries, and the cloud CDN services are rapidly evolving.

One bummer: After spending time doing tweaks to my apache server, a single-click in this extension modified the .htaccess file that I had spent ~30 minutes searching, reading, and patching configuration files on the server!

This extension is the Swiss Army Knife of speed tweaks for Joomla.

For me, this is the best site performance tool, easily five stars.
Joooid
Most limitations stem from this being a mobile device application. I am using an Android 4.0 smartphone with a 5.3" screen. The input using the touch-screen is OK but is limited by my slow keyboard skills on mobile devices. Can't blame Joooid for that. I would expect improvement in typing using a touch screen tablet.

Using Google voice recognition input speed up entry quite a bit. Recognition is almost as good as a desktop app. It is more awkward to make corrections, however, that is the limitation of the device not Jooid.

I took a couple of test pictures: when submitting/uploading the articles I got a server error message. However, the articles did upload and the picture looked good... again that is device dependent.

This module/plugin works well for free.. If I find that I make use of it, I will be glad to pay for the pro version.
bywimaxpro, March 11, 2013
TorTags
Tor Tags not just works where others I've tried have run into trouble, this Tag Module has the most-needed features.

TT could use CSS formatting of tag cloud modules and a few other bells and whistles, but otherwise is a pleasure to work with.
cedTags
An excellent TAG module that combines most wanted features and a few extras such as Wikipedia definitions look-up. I found the built-in CSS edit feature to be both a problem solver for a conflict and a way to extend/modify the visuals.
bywimaxpro, January 15, 2013
Pages-and-Items
An excellent component that works well with other modules and does not impose a structure or changes to core Joomla! files or custom tags, etc. that are a mess with some content components and, thus to be avoided imo.

Pages and Items is a component that should be installed even if you run a fairly static website... just occasional use will make it worthwhile. On the otherhand, if you are doing an upgrade of Joomla, importing content, a major reorganization/reclassification of content, checking for broken/changed internal or external links, this component should be of great help.
Template Creator CK
Web content and applications are converging with mobile and multiple device screen environments. This is leading to Joomla and other CMS to adopt Bootstrap along with other ICT industry standards. Template Creator CK fits in cleanly as a Joomla core-friendly template tool that takes advantage of the new responsive environment but does not impose its own construct that ies the user into particular choices of extensions or a disply format.

TP CK is flexible enough to fulfil a broad range of template needs.

I also suggest considering Seblod if you have needs that go beyong content and display and into database query and applications. That combined with Joomla 3+ and the great extensions now avaiable make for a formidable applications as well as content environment because it can work well within the broader ICT environment.
bywimaxpro, April 21, 2012
ITPSocial Buttons
This has several button choices which allowed me to use it where others would not look good. Also, it just works which is better than I can say for a couple of other free social share modules I tried.
Amplify QR Code Module
I would give it five stars except that it is limited in functionality from what I am looking for.

The module provides, basic, clean looking QR codes for page/article URLs. It allows for opting out of author URL link... thanks!
bywimaxpro, April 10, 2012
Page QR-Code
This does nothing more than fetch a QR code image for an online generator site that encodes the site URL. There are no options to include additional contact or other information, no formatting contained within the module. It includes a link to the module providers website with no opt-out for excluding it other than to use no-number or other replacer.

Lame imo.
Owner's reply

Hi,

I'm not feeling sorry, providing a Module doing exactly what is written in it's description. If you are looking for something else, don't use my Module! As it is written in the FIRST LINE: "This is a QR-Code Module which serves the QR-Code of the current page." NOTHING MORE and NOTHING LESS!

And of course you didn't had a look in the Options of the Module, where you can switch on or of the link to my site.

jUpgrade
This extension tackles a difficult and complex problem. The documentation is sufficient and methodical to allow for many situations.

Excellent for free.

Follow the steps... like uninstalling extensions that will not work well in J2.5 prior to using.
J2XML Importer
J2XML is simple to install and use. It exported over 100 blog articles from J1.5 and imported to J2.5. Some problems with image file import but that could have been lack of attention on my part.