Alan Le

A quick way to share the current page that you’re browsing on friendfeed is to use the friendfeed bookmarklet. Make sure to watch the video to see how to share sites along with pictures.

An issue I have with the bookmarklet is that I need to display the bookmarks toolbar in order to have a place to hold the bookmarklet. Ideally, I want to keep the browser chrome at a minimum. But unfortunately, you can’t just drag the bookmarklet like a button into the toolbar; it needs to reside in the bookmarks toolbar.

Here’s how I was able to add it to the left of the address bar.

1. Drag the Share on FriendFeed bookmarklet to the bookmarks toolbar
2. Delete the default bookmarks.
3. Right-click on an unused area in the toolbar and select customize
4. Move the Bookmarks toolbar to the left of the address bar and select done.
5. Right-click on an unused area in the toolbar again and uncheck bookmarks toolbar
6. I renamed the bookmark to simply “FF”

One thing that I would like to do is change the Icon to use the Friendfeed ico file and remove the text. That’s something that I’ll explore.

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The first thing that I do after installing Firefox is add the “New Tab” button. With Firefox tabbed interface, I find that creating a new tab is my most often used command (I even use it more than the back button). There is a keyboard shortcut (ctrl-T) for creating a new tab, but I browse with my left hand on the keyboard and my right on the mouse, so having a toolbar button that I can click is simpler and quicker than reaching with my pinky on the ctrl and T keys.

Here’s how to add the “New Tab” button to the default Firefox toolbar:

1. Right-click on an unused area in the toolbar and select Customize
2. Find the New Tab button and drag it to the toolbar. I place it to the right of the home button for consistency across the different computers that I use.
3. Click Done

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