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Stop Firefox 4 From Trimming URL Previews In The Status Bar

You may notice that when you mouse over a link in Firefox, the URL preview in the status bar is trimmed down to save space. If you’d rather see the whole URL, you can do so with a simple CSS tweak.

March 23, 2011
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Set Bookmarks To Open In A New Tab In Chrome

Chrome: If you have a few sites that you visit particularly often but you want them to open up in a new tab every time you visit them, reader Java-Princess shows us how to make them do so.

March 17, 2011
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How To Move Up One URL Level In Google Chrome And Firefox

Chrome/Firefox: Ever been reading a site and wish not to go back to the last page you visited, but the last page in that web site’s hierarchy? These two extensions add a button to the address bar to do just that.

March 15, 2011
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Goo.gl URL Shortener Is A One-Click URL Shortener And QR Code Creator For Chrome

Chrome: The Goo.gl URL Shortener Extension adds a button to your Chrome toolbar that brings one-click URL shortening via Google’s super-speedy and reliable URL shortener, goo.gl.

December 23, 2010
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Site To Phone Shares Links Between Any Browser And Smartphone

Most browsers and smartphones: Google’s own Chrome to Phone is great for sending links to your phone, but is restricted to Chrome and Android. Free web app Site to Phone works with any browser, most smartphones, and requires no email registration.

December 8, 2010
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New Virus: Watch Out For Goo.gl Links On Twitter

Twitter users, there’s a new worm going around. Beware of bad Goo.gl links (like the one pictured above). It spreads when you click on the these links, so don’t click if you see a Goo.gl link in a tweet all by itself.

November 17, 2010
Work

Bit.ly Bundles Creates Combinations Of Links That You Curate

A friend asks you for examples of a certain kind of music. Your boss asks for the best options for a hardware purchase. Link shortening service bit.ly now offers a way to collect links in smart, gallery-style fashion for just such occasions.

November 16, 2010
Work

Bookmark Sentry Scans Chrome Bookmarks For Dead Links And Dupes

Chrome: Manually checking your bookmarks file is an extremely low priority for most people, but it’s irritating to find out the link you need is dead. Bookmark Sentry scans your bookmarks and displays the dead links and dupes for easy deletion.

November 11, 2010
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Make Gmail’s iPhone Web App Full Screen With A Redirect Link

The new Gmail web app for iPhone is great, but that annoying Safari toolbar continues to plague email-reading on iOS. To get rid of it, just bookmark Gmail with this handy redirecting link.

November 9, 2010
Work

LinkPeelr Expands Shortened URLs In Google Chrome

Chrome: LinkPeelr is a lightweight extension that embeds the LinkPeelr URL-unpacking tool right into Chrome. Hover over any shortened URL and see the full URL you’ll be redirected to.

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