June 26, 2008
With the unexpected news that Google was dropping its Browser Sync Firefox addon, attention is now turning to Mozilla Labs’ “Weave” project. Weave is also a Firefox add-on and its purpose is to allow you to backup your Firefox settings such as your bookmarks, history, passwords, customizations and preferences and then sync them with the [...]
June 20, 2008
We have already covered the Read it Later Firefox extension twice before, once when I wrote about some time-saving Firefox extensions and also when Mark wrote about the benefits of this extension. But now this wonderful extension has been updated for Firefox 3 and in a big way. It brings some awesome new features which, [...]
March 31, 2008
If you browse the internet on a regular basis (and which Make Use Of reader doesn’t?), it doesn’t take long to stack up a big list of website URL’s that you will want to check up on later. The default bookmarking feature in the Firefox browser only takes you so far, so let’s take a [...]
February 6, 2008
When I go through my RSS feeds every morning looking for story leads, I end up finding approximately 10-20 stories that I see some possibilities in. But I don’t want to end up with a Firefox tab jam having those 10-20 tabs constantly open. When that happens, browser organisation gets shot to hell and my [...]
December 16, 2007
There are literally hundred of new Web 2.0 sites that appear every month and many of them sound interesting, but only a few actually get people excited and anxious to get their hands on the goods! Most of these sites start out in private beta, so only a few select people get to play around [...]
November 17, 2007
Got a blog ? If so this post is for you: 12 truly useful tools and widgets that can make your blog better. All listed services work on any blog, whether it’s a WordPress, Typepad, or a hosted Blogger blog. Enjoy! 1. Amung.us – Amung.us is a tiny real-time traffic analytics widget for your blog. [...]
September 28, 2007
Posted by makeuseof guest-writer Mark O’Neill With all the hype surrounding Del.icio.us and Digg, you’d be forgiven for forgetting that they are other bookmarking sites out there on the Information Super-Highway. If you are a blogger, knowing about the “alternative” bookmarking sites can be very useful for spreading the word about your latest blog posts. [...]
September 25, 2007
Finally my hunt is over. Aibek, the main author of MakeUseOf told me when I first started being a guest writer that there is a “free version for everything”. So I sought out to replace any of the desktop applications that I used with free (and preferably open source) desktop only programs. I don’t feel [...]
September 24, 2006
Del.icio.us Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking website belonging to Yahoo that let’s you store, share and organize yours and discover others favorite links. While this may not sound very enticing as many people can simply store their favourites on their computers, there are two main things del.icio.us gives that your locally stored bookmarks don’t. Firstly, [...]
