The Straw that Broke IE’s Back
So as you may or may not know, I’m working more and more on this and another blog. In an attempt to work smarter not harder, I’m constantly searching for things to make this task easier. So, when I came across a very helpful tip from reading Matt Cutts’ blog about quickly adding links, I just had to check it out.
Ok, so here’s the task I set myself. As Matt’s describes, he’s using a link creation javascript that you can load into your bookmarks. I’t’s called linkify. A simple highlight of text in any text entry field (not a wysiwyg) and a click of the link will bring up a side panel google search of the highlighted text. Each search result has a Create Link button below it and when clicked – guess what?
I’m getting excited, right? I can hardly believe that this little tool is out there just waiting for me. So here I go. . .
No, wait, opps. This is a nogo for Internet Explorer (sigh). Ok Ok OKAY! I get it. Finally. People have been telling me for years that I should be using Firefox. So why did I wait so long? No, it wasn’t because I’m fiercely loyal to Microsoft. I suppose it’s because I (we) know Internet Explorer so well. It’s familiar, and I can play it like a fiddle. And Firefox has tabs – when this was introduced, my thoughts were “Why have you brought me these tabs, and what have you done with my many many windows of IE?” I was a fool…
FYI – Linkify works BRILLIANTLY! I’m swimming now…
Baby Steps – I’ve decided to dedicate all blog related tasks to Firefox. I suppose I’ve got too much invested in IE to go cold turkey on it.
This blog entry has been written happily via Firefox (with about 8 tabs open!).
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