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MarillaAnne's del.icio.us Thursday Thirteen #7
01/25/07

These are just a few of the tools that widens the chasm between Firefox and IE7 ... yes even IE7. I literally no longer know how to function on the web without these tools.

All-in-One Gestures | Firefox Add-ons | Mozilla Corporation / 07_01_25 Favorite Firefox Add-Ons
Control your browsing experience by "drawing" commands with your mouse. Example: I close tabs with a small downward stroke. Works anywhere on the page. Do not try to remember their gestures. Customize it completely. Most successful customizing a few commands and then use them until comfortable.

All-in-One Sidebar | Firefox Add-ons | Mozilla Corporation / 07_01_25 Favorite Firefox Add-Ons
At first I didn't really understand my husband's fascination with this add-on. Then I watched him play with it a while one day ... then I downloaded it. It seems than any tool that has an icon and a list can be displayed in the side bar. Oh it also displays bookmarks (favorites), history, etc.

del.icio.us | Firefox Add-ons | Mozilla Corporation / 07_01_25 Favorite Firefox Add-Ons
Of course! This is the simple tool and the most stable and the easiest. The others are frightening and one even cost me half a day's work (Yahoo's new toy to be exact). I'd love the new Yahoo sidebar version but it takes OVER EVeryTHing! I'll let you know if they ever get it right.

FoxClocks | Firefox Add-ons | Mozilla Corporation / 07_01_25 Favorite Firefox Add-Ons
This one is lots of fun. I remember playing with it several different ways ... Right now it sits in its own little toolbar telling me the time & date from Honolulu to Melbourne.

Google Notebook / 07_01_25 Favorite Firefox Add-Ons
If you do research, this IS a MUST have. There's a lot to it and yet it is so easy to use! I highly recommend skimming over the FAQ http://www.google.com/googlenotebook/faq.html

Google Toolbar for Firefox / 07_01_25 Favorite Firefox Add-Ons
The Google Toolbar. Very nice extras plus it has spell check. While Firefox 2.0 does a fantastic job of finding my spelling errors ... it is and ESL dictionary when it comes to suggestions. Google always knows how to suggest the correct spelling for what I really meant to spell.

Mycroft Project: Sherlock & OpenSearch Search Engine Plugins / 07_01_25 Favorite Firefox Add-Ons
Search EVERYthing right from the default tool bar. Firefox includes a search box in the tool bar. This page has links to more search engine plug ins than you can imagine.

PermaTabs | Firefox Add-ons | Mozilla Corporation / 07_01_25 Favorite Firefox Add-Ons
This tool is fantastic. During the day I open several tabs that I usually leave open all day long. Permatab keeps them open. I can't accidentally close them. If I want to close them, it's an easy right click menu toggle option. It will also automatically open saved Permatabs when Firefox opens.

Sage | Firefox Add-ons | Mozilla Corporation / 07_01_25 Favorite Firefox Add-Ons
A very sturdy little RSS feed reader. Works with the Live Bookmarks feature of Firefox. Save the links to the RSS (or Atom) by clicking on the RSS icon and then saving it to the Sage Folder ... or a folder within the Sage folder ... or if you're like me the folder within the folder ...

ScrapBook | Firefox Add-ons | Mozilla Corporation / 07_01_25 Favorite Firefox Add-Ons
An absolute gem! When I get ready to work on my site, I scrapbook the page and then use the tools to make notes all over the copy. Also another very excellent research tool.

Snapper Comments | Firefox Add-ons | Mozilla Corporation / 07_01_25 Favorite Firefox Add-Ons
This is an absolutely invaluable tool. You can drag your mouse over a portion of your screen and save it to a .jpg file ... bummer about the 2.0 you have to be a little pc savvy to install it. Read the comments. Short of it Go here to download - http://www.sauviller.be/files/snapper-2.0-fx.xpi - Then tell your pc to open the file with Firefox.

Split Pannel | Firefox Add-ons | Mozilla Corporation / 07_01_25 Favorite Firefox Add-Ons
This one has been my latest favorite. It is very useful for comparing info on one static page while doing a side by side comparison with another ... and then the mind just boggles with options from there.

Tab Mix Plus | Firefox Add-ons | Mozilla Corporation / 07_01_25 Favorite Firefox Add-Ons
I think I could do 13 ways I use Tab Mix Plus. Absolutely the best tool. If I could only have one Add-on ... I'd panic and then pick this one. Play with the settings one panel at a time. If you download this one and want help, I will do a write up on it.

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Wendy Ann 01/25/07

interesting mixed bag... I am at sea as to how to use delicious.... haven't gotten around to trying it...

Kim Priestap 01/25/07

Great list! I have some of those plug ins. My TT is up as well.

Daughter V 01/25/07

I <3 Firefox

~LOL ROTF! I know what ya mean! ~pam

Raggedy 01/25/07

Great list!
Thanks for the links!
Some of these are really cool.
Terrific Thursday Thirteen!
My TT is posted.
Have a wonderful day!
Happy TT'ing!
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~Thanks! Yours is funny! ~pam

Deanna 01/25/07

Hey, I've thought about going back to using firefox but I'll put it on my list of things to do after I get my computers cleaned up...and some other stuff LOL

I'll be trying the hot water and lemon juice! I'm about desperate this cough is making me nutts!!!

I let Sam put up her own post since it's her birthday - she's a girl of few words LOL

have a good weekend - we're headed to the beach in the morning! :)

~Oh I am so glad you're feeling well enough to go. I hope you survive this move! You'll love going back to Firefox. Let me know when you do. there's at least four more add-ons I use that I didn't list. ~pam

DKRaymer 01/25/07

Great info; thanks for the list! I'm frightened out of my wits by half of these - I am such a weenie with techno stuff. But one day when I feel brave (and like the earth won't fall off its axis if I push the wrong button)I will try these! Thanks for visiting, and for the comment! Happy Thursday,
Dk

~Pushing the wrong button is nearly impossible. If you (or anyone) need a coach, drop me a note, we'll figure out some way to communicate you through this. ~pam

Kuanyin 01/25/07

Happy TT! I would love to have you as my in-home computer tutor for you are an amazing resource! I don't know if you're self-taught or computer-schooled, but you sure do know your stuff--I'm impressed!

~LOL I do have some computer school'n but I never use it and never will use it because it's all now ancient technology. This is the stuff I've learned taking care of me and family and friends. I found out that I do something that not everybody does. I actually listen to the hardware. One friend was having miserable times hand feeding special paper through her printer until I taught her to listen to it. Then I realized I listen to my pc to figure out what my software is doing.

I bet you are listening to your scanner and don't even realize it :) So, next if you listen for your hard drive to work (which is getting more difficult because they are getting quieter), you'll know when the image is actually through saving -- not that you have to wait before doing anything else ... you'll just know your tools a little better.

BTW ... I'd work for food and shelter if you fly me out to Maui ;~) pam

ancsweetnsassygal 01/25/07

I have never tried Foxfire. I, too, am a weenie when it comes to techo stuff. But I may give it a try. Thanks for visiting my TT and the comment.

~Drop me a note if you decide to do it. ~pam

Barbara 01/25/07

I ought to start using firefox.

Regarding your comment on my site about using blogspot to create html, FrontPage can do the same thing, only better.

~Mmmm I have a long standing dislike for FrontPage. I have toyed with loading my copy of Dreamweaver or Mozilla's SeaMonkey which is a full Internet suite that contains an HTML editor + ...

But really when I say I use blogspot to convert small amounts of blurbage into HTML. I mean very small amounts ... very seldom ... like not worth my drive space to install another program. My digital images are Taking OVer. ~pam

Irish Church Lady 01/25/07

I don't use firefox so most of your post is lost on me.

Thanks so much for your visit to my TT earlier.

Your comment about straightening up your back when you read about my hubby's back made me laugh and him too~!

Thanks :-)

~LOL it was such a sudden and spontaneous response that I had to laugh. I'm glad ya'll thought it was funny, too. ~pam

Cindy Swanson 01/25/07

Great TT as always, MarillaAnne! Thanks for visiting mine.

~Thanks Cindy! ~pam

Sunflower 01/25/07

I prefer IE7:-)

Thanks for stopping by my Sunflower blog and supporting me! Welcome back anytime.

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Sunflower

~Everyone likes working in different ways. I am on the pc so much that I have to find tools that alleviate and avoid pain and increase my time (in that order). The add-ons for Firefox do exactly this.

Personalizing the Firefox add-ons creates a very customized workspace. It does take some time and focus at first. But I recently discovered exactly how efficient my customized my workspace is when I tried to work from my husband's pc. It was so exhausting and frustrating that I gave up.

Anyway the point is, everyone works in their own way. IE7 allows you to work in your way. Firefox is better for me and my priorities.

I noticed Chickadee is most interested in increasing your exercise routine :)

~pam

Lori 01/26/07

Ok, I know I'm terribly ignorant, but what is the del.icio.us thing?

~ Lori, you are not ignorant. Your focus just isn't always on geeky stuff. But since it's caught your attention, let me refer you to another post ... Friends Write: "What is del.icio.us" ~pam

KarenW 01/26/07

Great list! I use Firefox but some of those add ons are new to me. I'll have to check them out.

~ Thanks! My husband loves add-ons and has even more than me. He introduced me to quite a few of them ... and "gifted" me with Splitter one day when I was whining about a need. He just did a search and "poof" there it was! It amazes me what's out there in Add-on land. ~pam

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