Your browser start page, also known as your Home Page, is a launching pad of sorts. The first page that you see when you open your web browser, your start page can impact your browsing session in a couple of ways. First, the type of page you use as your start page can impact the speed with which your browser starts. Your choice of a start page also affects how quickly you get down to business even after your browser is open, as it can help you access other content faster. With those two sometimes competing interests in mind, let’s take a look at five types of browser start pages.
Tag: Firefox (page 3 of 4)
As is apparent from my last article on 40Tech, I have been playing around with a multitude of Google Chrome Extensions since the official beta-door was opened, last week. Last night, I discovered Feedly, a social RSS extension based on Google Reader and Twitter that “organizes your favorite sites into a fun, magazine-like start page” (also available for Firefox). In a word, Feedly is awesome. In two words it is dangerously awesome, or, as the title states, dangerously useful– if you install it for either browser, make sure you set some time aside. You’re going to be there for a while.
The sheer number of extensions available for Firefox sets it apart from other browsers. The number of extensions, though, means that it can be difficult to find the hidden gems. For that reason, I’m always interested in seeing what Firefox extensions other people are using. To get the ball rolling, here are ten of my favorite Firefox extensions. We’ll call this the “Evan Kline edition” to leave the door open for Bobby to come up with his own list in the future. Also, please let us know in the comments which extensions you use, if you are a Firefox user. Read more
It is time for another digest of recent content on 40Tech’s Posterous site, where we post content that is too brief for this site, but too long for Twitter. Since the last digest, our Posterous site has taken a look at the following item:
Tweak Firefox for a Netbook – With the smaller screen real estate on netbooks, there are some tweaks you can make to Firefox to maximize your viewing area.
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It is time for another digest of recent content on 40Tech’s Posterous site, where we post content that is too brief for this site, but too long for Twitter. Since the last digest, our Posterous site has taken a look at the following items:
Set Up Tiny, Permanent Tabs in Firefox – how to set up permanent, reduced-sized tabs of selected sites in Firefox.
If a Browser Is Released in a Forest and Nobody is Around to Hear It . . . – the Opera 10 Release Candidate is out, with the final release just around the corner, but will anybody notice?
Favicon Alerts for Google Voice – a Greasemonkey script to put a count of the number of unlistened Google Voice messages into the favicon of your Google Voice tab in Firefox.
WIndows 7’s "Problem Steps Recorder" – a tool to record and annotate problems you have in Windows 7.
Multiple Gmail Signatures in Firefox Using "Blank Canvas" – a Firefox plugin that allows you to have multiple HTML-compatible Gmail signatures that can be tied to particular sending and receiving addresses.
If any of those headlines interest you, check out the 40Tech Posterous site.