Amit from technology weblog Digital Inspiration points out a new under-the-radar feature in Firefox 3: multiple text selection. Now selecting text in Firefox is similar to selecting text in most text editors—just select your first piece of text, then hold Ctrl (or Cmd on Macs) to select other pieces of non-consecutive text. It may not be a top 10 Firefox 3 feature, but multiple text selection may come in very handy when you’re pulling quotes for research and you don’t want to do it one piece at a time. While you’re at it, be sure to enable multi-line pasting for input boxes. Screencast: How to Select Multiple Lines of Text in Firefox 3 [Digital Inspiration]
Mozilla user experience guru Mike Beltzner demonstrates some of Firefox 3′s best features in this detailed screencast. [via]
Windows only: Freeware application FusionDesk Starter is a full-featured task management application with an emphasis on author David Allen’s Getting Things Done methodology. FusionDesk sports an attractive and user-friendly interface, priorities, tagging, contexts, calendar support, and basically anything else you’d want from a GTD app. The application even supports automated backups of all your tasks to keep your to-dos in a safe place should you suffer a hard drive crash, and it’s portable in case you want to stick it on your thumb drive.
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You already know about Firefox 3′s marquee new features, but now it’s time to dig deep and unearth the shortcuts, tweaks, and even Easter eggs that Mozilla marketing doesn’t mention. In honour of today’s official release of Firefox 3—at 10AM US Pacific Time—let’s dive in past Firefox 3′s most talked-about feature-set into its lesser-known power uses, tricks, and customizations.
The Tombuntu blog details how to install and get more from the recently-released Google Gadgets for Linux in Ubuntu or other Debian-based Linux distributions. The non-compilation instructions alone are worth a read, but the post points out a pretty nifty Compiz tweak that adds puts Gadgets on an OS X-like switchable screen. Make sure you’ve got the compizconfig-settings-manager package installed in Ubuntu, and then:
Windows only: Ariolic Disk Scanner scans your hard disks, flash drives, CDs and other removable media for errors—but it doesn’t fix them if it finds them. Completely portable and lightweight, Ariolic makes quick work of locating disk errors via read-only scanning, which is perfect for performing a quick disk check if IT lockdown or other circumstances render Windows built-in Scan Disk unavailable. Ariolic Disk Scanner is a free download for Windows only. Ariolic Disk Scanner [via gHacks]
The Boston Globe’s website has a great infographic that explains covers just about all the basics of energy-restoring naps—when to take them, how long to doze for, how to set up a good nap environment, and much more. It’s a little low-resolution for printing, so anybody who can find a scan of the original feature would be a hero to those of us with a need for some mind-clearing shut-eye now and again.
How to nap [Boston.com via 43 Folders]
