The best extension that fits the bill of what you're asking is CustomizeGoogle http://www.customizegoogle.com/.
Keep in mind though, after you install it you MUST configure the extension properly (older versions set SSL by default but more recent releases do not). In fact, the extension will allow you to force SSL on all services that Google offers securely (and not just the sign-in portions). I know that GMail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, and History can all be forced to run over SSL connections while being accessed via Firefox.
Although some other posts suggest to simply type in "https://mail.google.com/" (or whatever), this does NOT guarantee that your session will flow over https connections for their entirety. For example, I noticed that occasionally (w/out using the extension and manually typing in a https...) that after visiting an outside link in GMail (message is on a httpS page to start with), then navigating back to GMail, my connection may very well revert back to a non-secure connection. My guess is that vanilla http is Google's default and will revert back to that whenever it gets the chance (obviously, makes sense from their side...why host more CPU intensive secure pages if you don't have to).
Anyway, give that extension a look; highly recommended (oh, another cool thing is it blocks Google Ads...yeah, I'm sure not something that Google smiles upon).
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