Simple IE-to-Firefox Syncing with Plain Old Favorites
Tracie writes in to share a Firefox add-on that saves her lots of time and headaches when it comes to accessing her Internet Explorer bookmarks in Firefox:
Plain Old Favorites circumvents the import/export model by directly tapping into both Internet Explorer’s favorites list as well as the Windows’ favorites list in real time. If you’re in a similar situation to Tracie, where you use both browsers but want to keep IE as a bookmark manager, it’s a clever solution.
Stash Frequently Used Shortcuts in Simple Toolbars
Rich writes in with a tip on using simple taskbar toolbars:
These days we’re all enamored with the new features in Windows like pinning apps to the taskbar and creating customized jumplists that it’s easy to overlook the simplicity of the basic toolbar. If you have a handful of shortcuts you use all the time you’ll be hard pressed to find a more simple and efficient way to have them at hand than a basic taskbar toolbar.
I created a folder called shorts, in it I created sub-folders for Apps, Games, and Utilities. In the folder I put the most used shortcuts from the desktop and in the sub-folders I put the less used items. I then right clicked the task bar and selected the folder name I had put everything in which allowed it to be showing on the right side of the taskbar. Each time I want to access these apps or shortcuts I simple click on my Shorts and up pops the window in which I can quickly select what I want to run. I now have a clean screen desktop and easy (organized my way) access to my programs.
Marking the Right-Side-Up of USB Cables with Dimensional Paint
We shared a tip with you regarding using little dots of felt to mark the right-side-up on USB cables in order to make in-the-dark charging easier. Betsy writes in with her own, felt-less, solution:
Since the paint is intended to stand up to the moisture and heat of the wash-dry cycle we’d imagine it is more than permanent enough for casual handling. You can find the dimensional paint in every color from hot pink to metallic gray, which makes marking cables, as Betsy notes, in your favorite color or in colors that distinguish the function, quite simple.
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