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Open Sidebars Where You Want Them with MultiSidebar
Posted by Kevin Purdy at 12:30 AM on February 21, 2008
Windows/Mac/Linux (Firefox): With all the things you can throw into your Firefox Sidebar—including web sites, gTalk, and a to-do list, among others—wouldn't it be nice if you had a bit more control over where that pane shows up on your browser? The MultiSidebar extension lets you right-click to place individual sidebars on the right, left, top, or bottom (kind of defying its nature, right?) and remembers where you wanted them next time you launch them. The real benefit, besides training your eyes, is being able to open more than one sidebar at once. If you have certain sidebars you browse with and others you occasionally pop open with a shortcut, MultiSidebar should be right up your alley. MultiSidebar is a free download, works wherever Firefox does.
Tags: customisation | featured firefox extension | firefox | sidebar
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christofunk
Posted 3:27 AM 21/2/08
Ok, I have a question. Is there an extension that allows to toggle the sidebar ? I would like to HIDE the sidebar (by clicking a toolbar button or by a keyboard shortcut) without CLOSING it. That is, it will not reload when I click on the button again to display the sidebar, or if I have some radio stream inside it like [www.wefunkradio.com], it will keep playing.
All-in-One sidebar extension ([addons.mozilla.org]) is able to do it but it is too bloated for me. iGoogle sidebar ([addons.mozilla.org]) can do it, but only for their custom iGoogle sidebar. EZSidebar ([addons.mozilla.org]) is supposed to handle it, but is buggy (it does not work withradio streams).
I find it hard to believe that no such little extension exist. It is just a matter of overriding the minimum sidebar width (it is possible with an about:config tweak, so it must be possible from an extension) and trig a "sidebar width=0" or "sidebar width=previous" event ! I'm considering diving into extension writing just for that. Can a skilled LH reader can help me ?
christofunk
dorylomorphs
Posted 3:27 AM 21/2/08
As much as I love Firefox, I find that it is horrible on the Mac. I am constantly getting little bugs when using it. For starters, the mac always hangs up when trying to display Flash. Also, I always get the "alt" boxes (not really knowing the proper terminology). I also have a very hard time using extensions due to it making Firefox run slower.
All in all, browsers and the Mac just dont get along.
But thanks Lifehacker! Great post and thanks for this. I guess im pissed because there is always great things that are featured for Firefox that I never really get to enjoy.
dorylomorphs
superbryant88
Posted 3:27 AM 21/2/08
I was just thinking about this yesterday haha its like Life Hacker can read my mind.........can you?
superbryant88
iceman7
Posted 5:27 AM 21/2/08
@CHRISTOFUNK
Agreed. I've been looking for something similar as well. I use All-in-one but i wish it was more streamlined.
iceman7
Deemonie
Posted 6:38 AM 22/2/08
@christofunk: Also agreed. I use All-in-One Sidebar and it is bloated and buggy!
Deemonie