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Thursday, November 02, 2006

My infatuation with Firefox: part I

I happened upon an article on Digg today about Firefox extensions, appropriately titled "I Want a Firefox Extension to...200+ Common Problems Solved" . Some of my favorites (I'm new to Firefox, so I'm sure this list will grow): I am a creature of habit, which is why Morning Coffee is my first choice. It does what all extensions should do; take what you already do online, and help you find a better/more efficient way to do it. You can add all of the websites that you browse daily (or daily by morning/afternoon, bi-weekly, weekly, etc.) and, when you hit the "Morning Coffee" icon in your browser, each of your selected websites will open in your Firefox browser. So handy! I'm a big fan of the feeling of serendipity that I get when "old-school" shelf browsing (which is not to say that I think the Library of Congress classification system translates well to an online environment...but that's a whole 'nother post), so I am inclined to say that I will, once I get used to it, like StumbleUpon. When you sign up, you're given a large list of very broad categories of interest (clothing, liberal politics, etc.). From these categories, StumbleUpon "randomly" selects websites according to your interests. As I mentioned before, I'm a creature of habit, both online and off, and I think this will help me get out of the online ruts that I tend to get myself into.

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