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Integrate your Firefox bookmarks with del.icio.us

Ogremindes — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 06:46:38 +0000

The problem with normal bookmarks is that they are stored on the local computer, inaccessible unless you’re at that one machine. And although storing your bookmarks on an online service solves this problem, using them is often much more work than normal bookmarks. The del.icio.us Bookmarks Firefox Add-on solves both problems by replacing your normal bookmark interface with one that works with the del.icio.us social bookmarks service.

I installed it myself mainly because my computer is dual-boot, and it’ll save me the hassle of syncing bookmarks between the two OS’s

After installing the Add-on, you will be asked if you want to upload your bookmarks to del.icio.us, and, from then on, your normal bookmark interface will be gone, replaced with the new del.icio.us bookmarks interface. This interface is far from perfect, but is much more handy than using the del.icio.us site.

My tips, from installing this myself are: Before installing the Add-on, rearrange your bookmarks so that there aren’t any folders-within-folders. Each of your bookmarks will be given tags depending on what folders that they’re in. For example, I change my folder ps2 that was within the folder ‘games’ to be instead ‘games_ps2′. Rename the folders too, as tags can’t have spaces. Finally, don’t let the add-on automatically add tags, It’ll make your tag-list a huge mess.

del.icio.us Bookmarks Firefox add-on

Firefox 2 Beta 2

Ogremindes — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:17:38 +0000

A new beta version of Firefox 2 has been released. Extensions and Themes from the older versions wont work unless the author’s updated them for Firefox 2 (although the Nightly Tester Tools can override this).

The new default theme looks really nice, in my opinion, and gives much more feedback, in terms of buttons highlighting when hovered over and stuff, than the old one.

Mozilla Firefox 2 Beta 2 Release Notes

Firefox 2.0 ‘Bon Echo’ Alpha 1

Ogremindes — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:29:02 +0000

The alpha version of Firefox 2.0 is now available. Not to be relied on (it is an alpha), and apparently wont run while another firefox is open. Nevertheless, it could be interesting to check out. Firefox 2.0 Alpha.

Brief Review (Mac Universal Binary version)

Bon Echo is fast! Some people in class have heard me raving about Camino because of it’s speed, and Caminio feels rather sluggish by comparison. I wont be using the Firefox 2.0 alpha as my main browser at this point though, tonight I’ve found my bookmarks vanishing from the interface, and no doubt there are more crippling bugs. Disappointingly, there seems to be few improvements to the User Interface, but there are more planned improvements, such as “undo close tab” (yay!).