Comments on: 7 Writing Addons for Turning Firefox into the Ultimate Writer’s Suite http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-writing-addons-for-changing-firefox-into-the-ultimate-writers-suite/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: polly http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-writing-addons-for-changing-firefox-into-the-ultimate-writers-suite/#comment-421350 polly Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:55:32 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=24313#comment-421350 The ease of use and coordination of these tools with each other has created an amazing virtual assistant for me. I also added zotero this week. I am giving it a trial run to possibly eliminate the need for any others. Read it later: http://readitlaterlist.com/ is another addon I use several times a day, while doing research or site searches, I come across bits of information or an interesting site I want to look at for personal use, but I don't want to necessarily save it long term. I mark it to read later. When I have time, I open my list and enjoy a variety of reading material. WebMynd http://www.webmynd.com/html/ is also an excellent short term memory for me. If I am skimming pages and decide an article or website I scanned several clicks back was a better source, WebMynd is docked on the side of my screen. I open it and have a list or screenshots(if you prefer) of my recent searches for easy reload. A final favorite is Last Pass: I log in each day, and for the rest of my day, I will not have to log into any of my blog dashboards or member sites. It will also auto fill forms for me. All of these tools are time(and sanity) savers. Check all of them out to find out many more features that might fit your needs. The ease of use and coordination of these tools with each other has created an amazing virtual assistant for me. I also added zotero this week. I am giving it a trial run to possibly eliminate the need for any others.
Read it later: http://readitlaterlist.com/ is another addon I use several times a day, while doing research or site searches, I come across bits of information or an interesting site I want to look at for personal use, but I don’t want to necessarily save it long term. I mark it to read later. When I have time, I open my list and enjoy a variety of reading material.
WebMynd http://www.webmynd.com/html/ is also an excellent short term memory for me. If I am skimming pages and decide an article or website I scanned several clicks back was a better source,
WebMynd is docked on the side of my screen. I open it and have a list or screenshots(if you prefer) of my recent searches for easy reload. A final favorite is Last Pass: I log in each day, and for the rest of my day, I will not have to log into any of my blog dashboards or member sites. It will also auto fill forms for me.
All of these tools are time(and sanity) savers. Check all of them out to find out many more features that might fit your needs.

]]> By: Suzannah http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-writing-addons-for-changing-firefox-into-the-ultimate-writers-suite/#comment-421179 Suzannah Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:33:54 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=24313#comment-421179 Out of curiosity, can you explain how you "make copies" of evernote items to scrapbook? I am wondering if it could save me from multinote hell. and for the record - if you are using scrapbook a lot (as i am) dont forget to include Readability into your process. It strips the page of all the ads and comments and the like. Then you save it to scrapbook. This is not only helpful to lower the amount of space scrapbook is taking up, but it will also make searching in scrapbook easier. Before I started doing this, scrapbook was also searching all the sidebars and ads from the pages I captured, making a search take far longer, and having wrong results. Sometimes the search is too good! Stripping the page first can seriously help. :) Out of curiosity, can you explain how you “make copies” of evernote items to scrapbook? I am wondering if it could save me from multinote hell.

and for the record – if you are using scrapbook a lot (as i am) dont forget to include Readability into your process. It strips the page of all the ads and comments and the like. Then you save it to scrapbook. This is not only helpful to lower the amount of space scrapbook is taking up, but it will also make searching in scrapbook easier. Before I started doing this, scrapbook was also searching all the sidebars and ads from the pages I captured, making a search take far longer, and having wrong results. Sometimes the search is too good! Stripping the page first can seriously help. :)

]]> By: Suzannah http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-writing-addons-for-changing-firefox-into-the-ultimate-writers-suite/#comment-421177 Suzannah Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:31:07 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=24313#comment-421177 Out of curiosity, can you explain how you "make copies" of evernote items to scrapbook? I am wondering if it could save me from multinote hell. Out of curiosity, can you explain how you “make copies” of evernote items to scrapbook? I am wondering if it could save me from multinote hell.

]]> By: Andy WIlliams http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-writing-addons-for-changing-firefox-into-the-ultimate-writers-suite/#comment-418292 Andy WIlliams Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:55:34 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=24313#comment-418292 ClipBoard Fusion by http://www.binaryfortress.com/ is a nice little freeware app that works to copy text. It can be set-up to either keep any formatting hen pasting - including associated HTML - or to strip it out, leaving virgin TXT. Has been really useful to me when copying text from one place to another when I DON'T want to also transfer formatting etc. ClipBoard Fusion by http://www.binaryfortress.com/ is a nice little freeware app that works to copy text. It can be set-up to either keep any formatting hen pasting – including associated HTML – or to strip it out, leaving virgin TXT. Has been really useful to me when copying text from one place to another when I DON’T want to also transfer formatting etc.

]]> By: Aibek http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-writing-addons-for-changing-firefox-into-the-ultimate-writers-suite/#comment-405401 Aibek Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:55:18 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=24313#comment-405401 You're welcome Shanna! You’re welcome Shanna!

]]> By: Shanna http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-writing-addons-for-changing-firefox-into-the-ultimate-writers-suite/#comment-404174 Shanna Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:36:11 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=24313#comment-404174 Wow - I cannot thank you enough for this article. As a writer, these add-ons are going to make my online experience a thousand times more productive. When I am doing research, I always have copious bookmarks and notes (in Notepard, Word, etc.), and now I have ways to organize them and keep them in a separate, easy-to-access place. The cut & paste add-on is a godsend!! I get so tired of always having to choose "Paste Special" and then "Rtf" or "Regular Text". Or, sometimes even, I have to paste text in Notepad and then where I want it to go (like in WordPress where there is no "Paste Special" option) Now I can choose that option at the moment I cut/copy, and that is going to save so much time & aggravation! Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing these wonderful add-ons. Every one of them is going to prove so useful; I can't wait to get them all installed in my Firefox browser. Wow – I cannot thank you enough for this article. As a writer, these add-ons are going to make my online experience a thousand times more productive. When I am doing research, I always have copious bookmarks and notes (in Notepard, Word, etc.), and now I have ways to organize them and keep them in a separate, easy-to-access place.

The cut & paste add-on is a godsend!! I get so tired of always having to choose “Paste Special” and then “Rtf” or “Regular Text”. Or, sometimes even, I have to paste text in Notepad and then where I want it to go (like in WordPress where there is no “Paste Special” option) Now I can choose that option at the moment I cut/copy, and that is going to save so much time & aggravation!

Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing these wonderful add-ons. Every one of them is going to prove so useful; I can’t wait to get them all installed in my Firefox browser.

]]> By: James http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-writing-addons-for-changing-firefox-into-the-ultimate-writers-suite/#comment-404173 James Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:54:27 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=24313#comment-404173 It's not an add-on, but I recommend people get a Delicious bookmark account and add the bookmarklet to their browser. Using its tags it is very easy to collect sites for different themes without cluttering your machine or browser. It’s not an add-on, but I recommend people get a Delicious bookmark account and add the bookmarklet to their browser. Using its tags it is very easy to collect sites for different themes without cluttering your machine or browser.

]]> By: Bill LaRue http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-writing-addons-for-changing-firefox-into-the-ultimate-writers-suite/#comment-404118 Bill LaRue Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:17:46 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=24313#comment-404118 In any list of writer's tools Zotero is a must have, IMHO. It is a phenomenal research toolset, allowing capture of web pages, random notes, and published resources in an unobtrusive addon to Firefox. If you add a book, say via an amazon listing, it finds the ISBN number, and also allows you to find the nearest library that has that holding. Absolutely genius! You can add notes to your reference entry and number of other things with the tool, like collaborate with others to create collections. The addin has deep roots, being pushed by library types and research organizations. There is also an addin that installs in MS Office that allows you to insert references from your stash via pushbutton and then create a bibliography/table of authorities with another click (all in a multitude of official styles to match your institution). This is a killer app for research and is rapidly becoming a standard in the academic world. And get this: it's free. Unbelievable. In any list of writer’s tools Zotero is a must have, IMHO. It is a phenomenal research toolset, allowing capture of web pages, random notes, and published resources in an unobtrusive addon to Firefox. If you add a book, say via an amazon listing, it finds the ISBN number, and also allows you to find the nearest library that has that holding. Absolutely genius! You can add notes to your reference entry and number of other things with the tool, like collaborate with others to create collections. The addin has deep roots, being pushed by library types and research organizations. There is also an addin that installs in MS Office that allows you to insert references from your stash via pushbutton and then create a bibliography/table of authorities with another click (all in a multitude of official styles to match your institution). This is a killer app for research and is rapidly becoming a standard in the academic world. And get this: it’s free. Unbelievable.

]]> By: Jeff Janer http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-writing-addons-for-changing-firefox-into-the-ultimate-writers-suite/#comment-403992 Jeff Janer Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:17:54 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=24313#comment-403992 Check out http://springpadit.com While it's not completely the swiss army knife writing suite Jeffry is looking for, it's an online web application that makes it easy to collect, create, organize, access and use your content. Previously covered by makeuseof.com: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/organize-your-life-with-springpad/ (full disclosure - I'm a co-founder) Check out http://springpadit.com While it’s not completely the swiss army knife writing suite Jeffry is looking for, it’s an online web application that makes it easy to collect, create, organize, access and use your content. Previously covered by makeuseof.com: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/organize-your-life-with-springpad/ (full disclosure – I’m a co-founder)

]]> By: Tomer http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-writing-addons-for-changing-firefox-into-the-ultimate-writers-suite/#comment-403901 Tomer Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:11:05 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=24313#comment-403901 nice, but, evernote is 40 mb every month, no space constraints. nice, but, evernote is 40 mb every month, no space constraints.

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