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Spring clean for Firefox
Today I added in a Twitter add-on for Firefox, TwitterFox, so I could keep track of tweets when I’m browsing.
This added a little Twitter icon in my status bar along the bottom of the screen, along with a count of new/unread twitters.
Great, that’s just what I wanted!
However — my status bar has about 15 different tools/indicators on it, and TwitterFox was added on the left-hand end — about the middle of my screen and not where I wanted it. I have Gmail Manager in the right-hand corner, and I wanted TwitterFox to sit next to it.
Enter the Organize Status Bar add-on!
This handy add-on lets me easily arrange the order of programs that live in my status bar … access from the add-ons panel (select the add-on and click on options), or from the Tools menu. I’m obviously not the first user to want to tweak this part of the Firefox interface!
Easy, simple, exactly what I needed!
Thankfully I came along at version 0.5.2 — when a fix was made to have it work with Gmail Manager (critical tool for Firefox users with multiple gmail accounts!), FoxClocks (which I have, but don’t use at the moment) and other extensions.
There is some bug they mention in Firefox which hampers the program, and won’t be resolved until Firefox 3 is released — however, my particular setup doesn’t seem to be affected.
It’s just another great reason to use Firefox. You can use add-ons to improve productivity by giving you extra tools, extend your ability to integrate other applications, adjust the interface to suit your needs… all for free.
I found TwitterFox on Caroline Middlebrook’s Twitter Guide (part 4).
PS: If you want to follow me in Twitter, I’m DeanKennedy.
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