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Firefox 2 is out. First problem? My favorite extension, tab mix plus, stopped working. Even though the default Firefox tab behavior is much improved, it still can’t hold a candle to the level of customization I was used to. Fortunately there is a beta of TMP that you can download which works with Firefox 2.
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I kept meaning to to list them all but I’m too lazy. So here’s a screen grab of the extensions I can’t live without.
If you’re looking for the source code to Techno’s NetPopup you can find it here.
So I ran across musicplasma. It shows relationships between artists based on influences and genres by drawing a visual map given an artist name. It looks very impressive and the graph is interactive, letting you discover new artists.
I do wonder how it accomplishes this. It seems that the the artist discography and album images are [...]
Very nice! A gmail notifier for Firefox is available. Just tried it, and it works perfectly. This browser is growing on me.
I need one of these babies…
All I have to do is pair my 3 Mbps Comcast cable connection with a 6 Mbps DSL connection from Speakeasy. Leech heaven! Well, until I feel the need for a hundred megabit connection anyway…
A friend pointed me to an IBM research venture called ReMail.
It certainly looks very interesting, with a number of innovations in dealing with threads, mapping contacts to messages and searching. Take a look at some of their publications here:
Reinventing the Email Client
ReMail: A Reinvented Email Prototype
Email Thread Visualization
Notepad2…
Having seen mention of Notepad2 on six different blogs in two weeks, I finally had to give in.
It’s now my default text editor.
Acrobat Reader 6 certainly is slow while starting up. In fact I would go as far as to say it’s painful when launching a PDF link from the browser. There are good tips on disabling unnecessary plugs here and here. Launch times improve dramatically.
I’ve been waiting eagerly for this Outlook 2003 Notes Add-in. It connects to a Lotus Notes / Domino server backend. About time I got rid of one of these two memory hogging mail clients. I vote to kick Notes off the island.
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