Firefox Tip: Kill the Rodent

Posted on 4/1/2006 by robotgeek

Did you ever think that using the mouse while browsing was too painful? Here are a few tips to reduce using your “rodent” while browsing. Avoid RSI and Carpal TUnnel Syndrome!

  • Learn the Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts. For example, ctrl + l takes you to the location bar.
  • Setup custom keyword searches for your regular searches, it is a lot faster than ctrl + k (shortcut for search field), and selecting the search engine.
  • Install the extension NextPlease for reading mailing lists, forums, etc. Highly recommended!
  • Install the extension Hit-a-Hint for giving you a listing of all the links on a page. Hit a key and go to the page!

If you are using Linux, you could just use Konqueror, an excellent-fully-loaded web browser with all the above features inbuilt!

About robotgeek

Rocker, philosopher, Mac lover, geek, robotics freak and an optimist. These describe me adequately, i guess! When I find time away from my lab, I love to code my robots using java to be compatible with robocode . I also make it a point to visit Slashdot or read on Wikipedia . Of course, all this has to be done while listening to Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Metallica or Pearl Jam, mostly on Shoutcast online radio . I also like to read. Though I don't find much time now, I generally stick to what I like, which is Ayn Rand. Let's just hope the world heads in the right direction 2004 has been the year of the blog, and I could not be left out!
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2 Responses to Firefox Tip: Kill the Rodent

  1. alan says:
    4/30/2006 at 2:28 pm

    how do you get the features of NextPlease in konqueror?

      

  2. robotgeek says:
    4/30/2006 at 3:10 pm

    [Comment ID #769 Will Be Quoted Here]

    Tools -> Plugins -> Document Relations

    Enable that plugin and good to go!

      

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