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Monday 27 April 2009

Too slow

I have just decided that this blog is too slow and that that is a reason why I don't post on it so often so I am going ot do something about it such as decrease the length of posts shown.

I have also just installed 3 amazing Firefox addons they are:

Speed Dial - If you don't know what speed dial is then 1) Have a look at the Opera browser 2) don't come to this blog anymore as it is too techie for you (well maybe not, but almost every one knows what speed dial is)


iMacros - If you always need to log on to your Webmail or Blogger account every day (or even every week) which requires clicking on a link, typing in your user name and passwork and then clicking on your inbox, then this is the plugin for you. It can automate what ever you do in Firefox, just press the record button, go to your webmail address, type in your username and password, and click on your inbox, then hit the stop button. Next time all you need to do is click on the Macro and it will take you straight there! (It is actually quite fun to watch it zipping between pages doing what ever you told it to do) And if you do really want to do some coding they are text based and you can edit them at will.

AutoPager - Everyone uses google to search for stuff regualarily, but don't you just hate it when you have to scroll down the page a little and then click on the 'next' link and then wait for the page to load and scroll wond, click next, wait, etc? Well this plugin automatically adds the next page to the bottom of the page that you are vewing and then you can just keep on scrolling!

I have also found a really good gnome app called:
Gnome Do - As its name might imply, Gnome Do can do almost anything. Summon it up with Super + Space and then just start to type, as you do, Gnome Do displays the results it finds on your machine. The clever part is that these results can include almost anything. If you're searching for an application name, an icon will appear from which you can run it. Press Tab and the icon on the right is enabled, and from here you can press cursor down to list any other options for the same search result, you can also just type for the option. It's functionality is endless because it is expandable by plugins so if one of the plugins already there does not do what you wan't you can just make a new one! For instance the Microblogging plugin will let you add your typed search to your Twitter of Identi.ca account. This is by fare the quickest method to update your status from the Linux desktop.
I.E. You have to get it!

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