Supering the Awesome Bar
Krish Raghav -
Friday, October 10, 2008 11:25 AM
Firefox 3's Address bar, rather modestly called the 'AwesomeBar' has been the subject of numerous pontifications - some debating on the extent of its awesomeness, others revelling in the amount of awesome, and others criticizing it for falling short of its promised awesomeness to settle on merely good.
Those debates can now end. Enter URLBarExT.
Gaze upon its awesome-ness amplifying abilities.
It adds, right next to the URL, the ability to (from left to right):
- Copy links to the clipboard
- Make TinyURLs (Yes! Yes!)
- Google search that particular site
- Go 'Up' one level on the site. (useful for sites organized by categories and sub-categories)
- Add tags/bookmarks
- Enter 'Privacy' mode...you know, for sensitive research.
The TinyURL functionality itself is worth the price of admission (which is...well, free) - but the addtion of one-click domain search and navigation features make it a must-have. Sure, you cant (yet) change the order of buttons, or choose which ones you want - but thats a minor niggle - one that'll be undoubtedly be fixed in coming versions.
This nifty little thing, however, is still an 'experimental add-on' - meaning you'll have to sign up at the Add -on database to download it.
(Ive been using it for a few days now, with no troubles except being rather pleased with my browser) Try it out!