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Posted By: Daniboy | Posted On: 2008-07-28 | Article ID: 80435

Do you use Mozilla`s “Firefox” web browser?

No? Still stuck with Internet Explorer because it`s “what you know”? I`ll give you three good reasons to
think about changing right now.

One of the great things I find about Firefox, other than its security and unhackability, is how it`s
constantly being updated and bettered by “add-on” features. Unlike with the major browser in use
today, which changes only when its parent company decides to bring out an entire new version,
Firefox is always offering new and exciting stuff.

You can see a list of the add-ons Firefox is currently recommending by going to the
browser site`s "Recommended" page. In the meantime, however, I`m
going to focus on just three of them, all compatible with the latest Firefox 3 browser.

GDirections

If you`re looking at a website – let`s say, the website of a potential customer – and planning a trip
to see them, how do you normally work out your route? You go to Google Maps, Multimaps or
another of the online mapping sites, right? You then input your address and ask the website to
work out how to get from here to there. It`s not the most time-consuming thing in the world, I'll admit,
but there is a much better way.

GDirections will make your life happier. Once you`ve downloaded and installed it, you should
first set it up so that it knows where you are. Go to the Firefox browser`s “Tools” drop-down
menu. Then “Add-ons”, “GDirections” and “Options”. Insert your home address and make sure
you have the right country location selected – UK, in my case. Press “OK” and close the “Add-ons” box.

And that`s pretty much all you have to do! From then on, whenever you see an address you`d like
to check out, you simply highlight the postcode (or the full address; it`s up to you, but I find just
doing the postcode best) of the place you`re going, right-click, go to “GDirections” and then “home
to (address you`re going to)”. The Google Maps page will then open up in another tab with all the
information you need. Love it.

This is where you`ll find it: cut and paste "addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1104" into your browser window, then press "Enter".

ColorZilla

Sometimes you`ll come across a website you really like and think “wow, what`s that colour?” Up
until now you`ve either had to open up the website`s source code to try to track down the
colour name (difficult if everything`s hidden by style sheets), or get some graphics software and
try to approximate what you`ve seen.

No longer.

ColorZilla has an “eyedropper” button that is incredibly simple to use. You just download the add-on,
install it, click on the dropper icon in the bottom corner of your screen and hey presto, the colour is
yours. Easy.

This is where you`ll find it: cut and paste "addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/271" into your browser window, then press "Enter".

Tiny URL Creator

Some URLs are incredibly long. Especially if you`re trying to copy the URL from, say, the results of a
search engine. Tiny URL Creator will take your long, easy-to-cut-off-and-make-incomprehensible URL,
erm, well... tiny. It makes them much shorter and therefore much less easy to get wrong.

Download the add-on and save the frustrating hours (minutes, at least) you`d otherwise waste
doing more productive things.

This is where you`ll find it: cut and paste "addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/126" into your browser window, then press "Enter".

All add-ons have been made by programmers not affiliated with Firefox. They just made them
(for free) because… Well, because they *could*. Yes. In other words, they`re geeks. That`s not a dirty word, in my book.
I love geeks. I wish I were clever enough to be one.

To paraphrase what Bill Gates is supposed to have said, be kind to geeks. One day you might end up
working for one.

 

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Daniboy
Daniel O`Connor is a leading marketing copywriter based in the UK. See his satisfaction-guaranteed website's copywriter portfolio. He`s worked for some of the biggest companies in the world -- including NTT and Mitsubishi Electric, not to mention the 1998 Olympic Winter Games -- as well as some of the smallest. And he can do a job for you, too. Daniel is supremely qualified at explaining complicated things in a simple way. There`s nothing you can throw at him that he won`t have dealt with before. Because it`s all about one thing: the words. The right words for you and your business. Blog articles. SEO for websites. Direct marketing. White papers. Flyer advertising. You want words? Daniel O`Connor has words. Want to try out his writing before getting in touch? Check out his business blog. See this article in its original context and many others by going to the Articles section of Daniboy`s website.



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