Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Firefox Addons

Firefox is my preferred browser - and there are some fabulous addons that make sweeping easier.

My Favorites:

1. Tab Mix Plus -When using the "Shazam" button in OLS (Online-Sweepstakes.com) it works well to open the new links in Tabs, instead of new windows. (Go to Tools - Options - Click on the "TABS" tab, then under "Open links that open in a new window" -- select "New Tab" from the drop down list. The Tab Mix Plus addon allows you to customize your tabs any way you like.

2. Dogears - Avoid scrolling to find the submit button. On a form that you enter daily, just "dogear" where the submit button is, and the next time you open the page, it automatically scrolls to that marker.  
**  Edited:  The link above is for the older version on the Firefox Addon site - it is not compatible with the new Firefox versions.  Here is a newer version = hopefully this link will work for a while -- http://yellow5.us/firefox/dogears/

Under Dogears Options -
a) check the box to Begin Reading each page at last viewed Dog Ear.
b)
enable "Mark/Unmark" with Shift+click
c)
enable "Move to next" with Shift+Space.

Just press the shift key+click to mark your spot. Then shift+space activates the Dog Ear. Now the next time you open that page, it will automatically scroll to your mark. No more scrolling!


There are many more addons at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ Find your favorites!

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