Firefox Productivity Tips
By Angsuman Chakraborty, Gaea News NetworkTuesday, January 3, 2006
Today we will discuss three productivity tips which has helped me most in Firefox last year.
Location bar for “I’m Lucky” Google Search
In the location bar (where you type in the URL) if you type in a word or phrase and hit [Enter] - the browser does a “I’m Lucky” Google search which effectively does the search and takes you to the first matching page.
Often sites have domains not exactly matching your expectations i.e. www.[Site Name].com.
For example sourceforge and boingboing sites are located on .net domains. This allows you to simply type in boingboing and you will be taken to the most popular location.
This is a big time saver.
SessionSaver Extension
I work with several tabs open. At the end of the day it becomes painful and time consuming to save the URL somewhere. Also if I mistakenly close the browser (or forced to due to Flash ads slowing it down) then I don’t lose any of my tabs. SessionSaver persists all your tabs and their positions across browser sessions.
Previously I complained that it slows down the browser. I don’t see that anymore. It is the best Firefox extension that you can get.
Middle-click Browsing & Tab-Rearranging
Using your middle-click on a link opens it in a new tab. This allows you to keep your existing page and browse the new page in a new tab.
Another small capability added in Firefox 1.5 (previously it was available via extensions) is the ability to rearrange tabs by drag-n-drop.
Which features help you become more productive in Firefox?
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November 23, 2010: 12:39 pm
Hi Angsuman, THE WEB BECOMES MORE LIQUID WITH HYPERWORDS November 23 2010, London, UK - The Hyperwords Company announced a major update to the Hyperwords Firefox Add-On. A million downloads and 5/5 stars on Mozilla.org and Hyperwords keeps getting better. “Until you have tried Hyperwords you won’t know what convenience means.” Easy to Use: Select any word or words on a web page and choose a command: • Search Wikipedia or Google (or any other source - entirely the your choice). The results of searches are presented in an easy to dismiss QuickWeb overlay and results of translations and conversions are presented in the page itself through LiquidText technology. “Hecky plonk! How did I live without it? It even tweets. Genius.” In this update Hyperwords is even more intelligent with handling of conversions and translations, featuring numerous enhancements and bug fixes from user feedback. It also sports a modern look and feel. It’s streamlined, seamless, and beautiful to use. Other exciting news is that Hyperwords will also soon be updated for Google Chrome and Beta releases will soon be available for Apple Safari and Microsoft Office, IE & Acrobat/PDF. “Hyperwords is a great tool.” “This tool is so useful you’ll wonder how you ever managed without it.” “Hugely powerful and it’s free.” The Hyperwords Company is a UK based company which started as a research project at UCL and is backed by industry pioneers Vint Cerf, Doug Engelbart, Ted Nelson, Dave Farber and Bruce Horn. “Simple, clever and useful, the Hyperwords interface is a new way – Frode Hegland The Hyperwords Company A liquid information project |
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January 5, 2006: 9:44 am
What is with everyone’s obsession of CapItAlIzIng EvEry SyLlAble in a product name? It’s Firefox, not FireFox. |
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