Are you a web macro?
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Regular web users stick to a few services they are fetish about.
For instance, techies stick to technology services, updates related
to gadgets, gizmos , music downloads & chatting on IRC channels may be.
Whereas a conventional user in general logs on to check his email,
signs on to chatting services and queries search engines to get a
few things answered.The manner in which people use the web is
kind-of a macro. Now the point of focus is,
Are web users turning into macros?
Lets go through a few tools for “Web Macros” by which things start getting easier and repetition can be reduced.
Speed Dial: Its a firefox add-on to open multiple user defined webpages. You can easily access your most used websites, so it would be a cool tool to avoid repeatedly typing the URL’s your regular visit. Speed dial opens upto 9 user defined web pages once you open firefox browser.
Digsby Messenger: Digsby = IM + Email + Social Networking. Its a perfect messenger for web macros, with Digsby, you can access multiple email accounts from Google, Yahoo, msn and pop right from on your desktop . Social networking notifications from services like Myspace, Facebook reach on to your desktop. You can sign in to multiple accounts for chatting. So this would be surely handy! for people who have multiple accounts in various IM services, Networking sites and Email services. And, the past chat conversations are saved in xml format which can be browsed on firefox.
Reading Blogs - Uncluttered : Google Reader
Google Reader is a prolific feed reader, you got to spend some time with it get used to its fabulous keyboard shortcuts to take the full advantage of it. Here is a video footage on what exactly is Google Reader and how to use to read all your favorite news sites and blogs in one place and share news with friends.The best part of it is that you dont have to install any software. All you need is a Google account, just subscribe for your favourite blogs and starting reading them.
More tools on how to unclutter our digital life and pace up things on the web will be presented on further posts. Please feel free to share your view on this post in comments.
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luv tat speed dial thingy! gives me chrome feel in my all time fav firefox! chrome needs to polish a lot! they’ll learn.. firefox, as always, rocks!
These are some amazing tools I never knew about…looking forward to the future posts!
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