टिप्स बॉक्स से: सरल आईई-टू-फ़ायरफ़ॉक्स सिंकिंग, आसान विंडोज टूलबार, और यूएसबी केबल्स की पहचान करना

Just thought I’d send in this tip for people like me that flip back and forth between IE and FF but constantly need access to a fully updated list of “favorites”. FF now has an add-on called “Plain Old Favorites” that, unlike importing favorites into FF bookmarks, keeps all your favorites from IE fully sync’d and current with FF in the order you have them in IE! It also updates anything you save in favorites on FF in your IE favorites in the spot where you put them. Like I said, fully sync’d! For me, this is fabulous as it now allows me to use FF so much more, since so much of what I do involves using the (literally) thousands of links saved in my favorites. This was the one thing that kept me chained to IE in the past. Happy Dance!

Has your desktop screen gotten cluttered, or has your quick launch bar too long to view? Here is a suggestion that I stumbled upon one day. Right click your taskbar and go to toolbars, that will drop down and show at the bottom “New Toolbar” select that option. This will open an Explorer window where you can select a folder that will be the name of your new toolbar-which can be anything you want.

I created a folder called shorts, in it I created sub-folders for Apps, Games, and Utilities. In the folder I put the most used shortcuts from the desktop and in the sub-folders I put the less used items. I then right clicked the task bar and selected the folder name I had put everything in which allowed it to be showing on the right side of the taskbar. Each time I want to access these apps or shortcuts I simple click on my Shorts and up pops the window in which I can quickly select what I want to run. I now have a clean screen desktop and easy (organized my way) access to my programs.

I am so glad that other people want/need this too! I use “dimensional fabric paint” from a craft store – and make small dots in what ever color I choose (geek opportunity here). You have to let it dry for an hour or so, but it holds tight and lasts.