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Three more Firefox features to talk about today.
ColorZilla
Sometimes you’ll come across a website you really like and think “wow, what’s that colour?” Up until now you’ve either had to open up the website’s source code to try to track down the colour name (difficult if everything’s hidden by style sheets), or get some graphics software and try to approximate what you’ve seen.
No longer.
ColorZilla has an “eyedropper” button that is incredibly simple to use. You just download the add-on, install it, click on the dropper icon in the bottom corner of your screen and hey presto, the colour is yours. Easy.
This is the URL (uniform resource locator - web address to you and me) you need:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/271 .
Tiny URL Creator
Some URLs are incredibly long. Especially if you’re trying to copy the URL from, say, the results of a search engine. Tiny URL Creator will take your long, easy-to-cut-off-and-make-incomprehensible URL, erm, well, tiny. It makes them much shorter and therefore much less easy to get wrong.
Download the add-on and save the frustrating hours (minutes, at least) you’d otherwise waste doing more productive things.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/126
Toolbar Search Engines and Dictionaries
Once you download the main Google Toolbar from Firefox, you’ll notice it has a built-in search engine box on the side. Did you know that you can get it to search through other, specific websites and online resources? I’ve got the following search engine functions set up:
Wikipedia
eBay
Amazon
imdb
LinkedIn
YouTube
WhoIs
AboutUs
Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
All ready to look stuff up for me and literally a click away. As a copywriter, the Thesaurus.com and Dictionary.com search functions are incredibly useful. This is where you can download the extra search add-ons and look for what you want:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:4 .
Have I sold it to you enough? Are you still resisting? (Gestures… does Emperor Palpatine voice) Giiiiive iiinnnn….
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Daniel O'Connor is a website copywriter, advertising copywriter and marketing copywriter using the name Daniboy. He can be contacted in the UK on +44-1892-518269 or at mail@daniboy.com. Visit http://www.daniboy.com for further details of his services, including bespoke article writing, and more free reprint articles.
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