This week's things (7 & 8) are not completely new to me, in that we have a couple of extensions on our home version of Firefox. BUT I didn't add them - just used them, without really realising what they were and how many options are out there. I've spent quite a lot of time looking at this week's things, mainly at home ( :)) - I've installed a Harley Davidson theme (didn't work very well for me - too bulky), a black one (found sections hard to read), Walnut for Firefox (I can cope with it but it is a bit distracting) and finally settled on a boring but usable one!
Details of my things below:
Add a theme - I finally chose Microfox for Firefox
Add an extension - I added a couple - ChromaTabs Plus 2.1 (I like the idea of seeing at a glance the originator of different websites - didnt work very well with the walnut theme but is fine with my current one) and Mouse Gestures Redox (we use something like this at home and I'd gotten used to it :)) I'm also thinking of installing Foxsaver to have a nice screensaver of photos of my kids :) Just need to find out if it uses too many PC resources...
Add the 23 things toolbar - done
Download Zotero and LibX - done
Add some resources to your Zotero Library. Try to include something from the Library Catalogue, a database and a website such as Google Scholar. - done
Choose one of the extensions covered in Things 7 and 8 and write a blog entry on whether you would use it and why.
I've been using the 23 things toolbar to keep in touch with other participants blogs and the RSS feed of the 23 Things blog. I also like the ease of which I can get to the 'things' It's great but I figure longer term I'll be using the LibX toolbar more consistently.
1 comment:
yeah, the open source nature of firefox often means that the themes/extensions issue can be a bit of a pain in the butt.
Sometimes they work it out sometimes you have to choose.
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