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Visual cues for bookmark keyboard shortcuts in browsers
Authored by: Crazor on Jul 11, '07 11:04:06AM

As for Firefox, Cmd+Number switches Tabs, so no use for this in FF. I like tab-switching by shortcut better, anyways =)



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Visual cues for bookmark keyboard shortcuts in browsers
Authored by: dcottle on Jul 11, '07 12:30:34PM

Nice hint. I'm constantly counting across my toolbar for the bookmark number.

For Firefox, download the add-on "bookmark keys" for access to toolbar bookmarks using control-number. (And if you've never looked at the add-ons page, be prepared to spend a few hours. I find FireFTP, Notify, Tab Mix Plus, Google Desktop, Location Navigator, Download status bar, etc., useful.)

But I don't see the point in using special characters. Just Name each hint with a leading number using the default font.

Also, in Firefox, you can set a keyword for a bookmark (use get info, then type just the keyword in the location bar), which I also can never remember, but can be fixed with this hint. So I've now renamed all my toolbar bookmarks with a number (just a plain ol' 1-9), then my keyword. For example:

1 apple 2 rumors 3 hints

So I can use control-number, or if I'm already in the location bar (com-l), then the keyword, which I can now remember.

Finally, if you have a folder for one of the bookmarks (my apple bookmark contains six apple related locations), then control-1 will open tabs of all six apple sites, which I can then access using com-1 thru 9.

Slick!



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