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More with Firefox

More with Firefox. Jean Anderson June 20, 2008. Why do more with Firefox? . Why not? Improve the browsing experience Personalize your browser Make your browser work for you Make some of your tasks easier It’s easier than you think. Today’s Add-on Agenda. Vertigo Tab X Morning Coffee

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More with Firefox

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  1. More with Firefox Jean Anderson June 20, 2008

  2. Why do more with Firefox? • Why not? • Improve the browsing experience • Personalize your browser • Make your browser work for you • Make some of your tasks easier • It’s easier than you think

  3. Today’s Add-on Agenda • Vertigo • Tab X • Morning Coffee • Add to Search Bar • Screengrab • Del.icio.us

  4. Del.icio.us Morning Coffee Add to Search Bar Vertigo Tab X Screengrab & Del.icio.us

  5. Vertigo and Tab X • Moves tabs from the top to the side • You can have more tabs visible • One drawback – you lose the X to close the tab • Unless… you also install Tab X • Ensures that every tab has an X to close it • I recommend adding these together

  6. Vertigo & Morning Coffee before Tab X No X

  7. Vertigo with Tab X installed – makes closing the tabs much easier!

  8. Morning Coffee • Let’s you automate the sites you regularly visit • Example – when you open Firefox – where do you regularly go? • For me, it’s Meebo, Gmail, LibraryThing, Bloglines, and eVanced (our scheduling software) • With Morning Coffee, these open with one click!

  9. Click on Options to add your favorite web sites to Morning Coffee

  10. Add to Search Bar • Add multiple search engines • Saves you time • Access your favorite search engines from one place • Can do more than Google

  11. Visit a site, right click on the Search bar Select the Add to Search Bar option

  12. Click on OK to complete the process

  13. Your site has been added to the Search Bar

  14. Screengrab • Use to capture web pages • Use to capture images or portions of web pages • Save or copy the images into a document • Warning – don’t change the file name that Screengrab assigns when you save the image • Use as you would a screen shot – in presentations, documents, flyers, etc.

  15. Click on the icon and then choose which type of screengrab you want to do Screengrab Icon

  16. An example of a screengrab - selection File name: South Central Library System_1213846365778.png

  17. Del.icio.us • Organize your bookmarks • Tag them • More information – Week 8 of Project Play • Play Date: More with Del.icio.us • Next Friday, June 27 at 10:00 a.m. • Register at the SCLS Calendar

  18. Del.icio.us gives you a tour of its features after downloading is complete – not all add-ons do

  19. To your del.icio.us account Tag a web site To Open Bookmarks Bookmarks opened on the sidebar – close when not in use

  20. How do you do it? • Click on Tools (in your toolbar) • Then on Add-ons • This also lists your current add-ons • Click on Get Extensions • This takes you out to the Add-ons portion of the Firefox website • https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ • Search for add-ons

  21. From the Tools Bar, go to Add-ons

  22. This opens a window with your current Add-ons Notice the Options, Disable and Uninstall buttons Click here to search for new Add-ons https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

  23. Click on title for more info

  24. Look for reviews Check out the Update Date

  25. Check out the description to see if the add-on will do what you want Also, check out who provides support – if needed

  26. While these reviews aren’t great – check the date. Firefox 3 was released and the add-on probably wasn’t upgraded – yet And, since we’re still using Firefox 2 – we’re good to go!

  27. Ready? • If you’re satisfied with the information you’ve found on your selected download • Click on Add to Firefox • Follow instructions on the screen • You’ll need to restart Firefox for the add-on to take effect • Easy to uninstall – if you’re not happy with the add-on

  28. How do I find out about Add-ons? • Lifehacker • http://lifehacker.com/396510/firefox-3-downloaded-eight-million-times • Other bloggers • Tasha Saecker’s blog • http://sites.menashalibrary.org/ • Jessamyn West • http://www.librarian.net/ • http://www.librarian.net/stax/2297/winding-river-library-system-talk-and-notes/

  29. Questions? Jean Anderson 608-246-5613 jfanders@scls.lib.wi.us

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