It’s my kind of Firefox

Posted August 17th, 2006

Warning: This is a post for internal consumption.

Nowadays, the browser is one of the most important pieces of software I use. Of course, I use Firefox for all the advantages it has both on security and endless possibilities of setup. So endless, in fact, that I just made a list of all the plugins, extensions and themes I use, because otherwise I will not be able to remember it. And I publish it in my blog, as it is very easy to reach.
SOFTWARE

http://portableapps.com/
(This is where I get my Firefox and install it on a thumbdrive)

A portable app is a computer program that you can carry around with you on a portable device and use on any Windows computer. When your USB flash drive, portable hard drive, iPod or other portable device is plugged in, you have access to your software and personal data just as you would on your own PC. And when you unplug, none of your personal data is left behind.

Apps Hosted Here (all can be installed in a thumbdrive)

* AbiWord Portable
* ClamWin Portable
* FileZilla Portable
* Firefox Portable
* Miranda IM Portable
* NVU Portable
* Sunbird Portable
* Thunderbird Portable
* VLC Media Player Portable
* Portable Gaim
* Portable GIMP
* Portable OpenOffice.org

FIREFOX CUSTOMIZATION

(Greasemonkey is the KEY Extension that allows to experience GMail at another level, see scripts below)

Greasemonkey is a Firefox extension which lets you to add bits of DHTML (”user scripts”) to any web page to change its behavior. In much the same way that user CSS lets you take control of a web page’s style, user scripts let you easily control any aspect of a web page’s design or interaction.
http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/
A minimalistic, dark-colored theme. Although PitchDark is a dark theme, it is designed with visibility in mind. It also uses smaller toolbars and icons to maximize screen real estate. (I like a dark browser)
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1529/
The Copy URL+ extension enables you to copy to the clipboard the current
document’s address along with additional information such as the document’s
title, the current selection or both.
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/129/

Add TinyURL to your browser’s toolbar. (Generates short URLs for emailing.)
http://tinyurl.com/
GmailThis! is an easy way to make a Gmail email without visiting mail.google.com. Once you add the GmailThis! link to your browser’s toolbar, emailing will be a snap. Or rather, a click. Clicking GmailThis! creates a mini-interface to Gmail prepopulated with a link to the web page you are visiting, as well as any text you have highlighted on that page. (useful to send stuff I find online to other people)
http://contrapants.org/blog/2005/07/gmailthis.html

Showcase is an extension thought to easily locate and select any open browser window in Firefox.
(like MacOSX expose F9 utility for Firefox. Priceless if you tend to open one too many tabs for browsing)
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1810/

SCRIPTS For Grease Monkey
http://userscripts.org/

Userscripts.org: Mailto Compose In GMail
“Rewrites “mailto:” links to GMail compose links”
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/595

“Gmail Macros adds additional keyboard shortcuts to Gmail. Some are obvious (and have been done by other scripts) such as “t” for move to trash and “r” for mark as read. However, I strove to provide a bit more functionality. For example, “p” both marks a message as read and archives it, when you really don’t want to read something (the “p” stands for “purge”). Additionally, the shortcuts can be easily customized by editing the HANDLERS_TABLE constant. More than one action can be chained together by providing a list of action codes (which are contained in the script and were extracted by looking at the generated “More Actions…” menu in Gmail). The other novel feature is for label operations. Pressing “g” brings up a Quicksilver-like display that allows you to begin typing in a label name to go to it (special names like “Inbox” and “Trash” work too). Similarly, pressing “l” allows you to label a conversation with the label of your choosing.”
http://persistent.info/archives/2005/12/23/greasemonkey

“The other script is Gmail Label Colors. In the much-quoted Walt Mossberg article on Gmail and Yahoo Mail, he claims “Gmail doesn’t allow folders, only color-coded labels.” Ignoring the folders vs. labels debate for now, this sentence is not actually true, since labels in Gmail cannot be color-coded. This script adds that functionality, since it turns out to be very useful (if used sparingly, otherwise too many colors can get overwhelming). To specify a color, simply rename a label to “Labelname #color” (e.g. to make the label “Foo” be red, use “Foo #red” and to make the label “Bar” be orange-ish, use “Bar ##d52″). It works in a similar way to the conversation bubble script, in that it overrides the JavaScript function through which Gmail receives data. It has to jump through some hoops to avoid the HTML escaping that Gmail does; intrepid Greasemonkey hackers may want to look at the source.”
http://persistent.info/archives/2005/12/23/greasemonkey

Userscripts.org: Gmail attachment reminder v2.2
“This reminds you to attach a file to your Gmail if it appears that you have not, based on whether you have the word attach(ed, ment, etc) in the body.”
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/2419

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Patxi, the entrepreneurotic, at London Business School

It’s my kind of Firefox

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