A new extension for FireFox allows you to see when new Gmail arrives. I have tried this extension with FireFox .9.1 and it works great.
Download the Gmail Notifier 0.3.1
What is Tasktime? It is software that will allow you to track
time spent on a given task. It sits idlely in the taskbar.
The data is stored in XML format so you can import it into any data
source or use the existing XSLT file to get a basic report on it.
When first run the Tasktime app will show up as a small clock.
Once you double click on the icon it will start the timing of a
specified task.
When you wish to stop tracking the task double click on the stopwatch
icon.
Enter any comments you wish recorded and click OK.
When tracking a task you can also check the running time by right
clicking on the stopwatch icon and clicking Check time.
I thought it would be really cool if I could install FireFox on my USB keychain and take my browser with me. All my bookmarks on the go and I could run Firefox even when it’s not installed on the PC I am using. Well I found that other people had this same idea. After some tweaking I got Firefox to run from my USB drive and store all my settings there.
1. After installing FireFox 0.8 on my PC, I copied all the files (except the uninstall directory) from the c:\program files\Mozilla Firefox directory to the bin folder on my USB drive.
2. The next step is to create the folder “Application Data” on the root of the USB drive. This will give you the bin folder and Application data folder on the root.
3. I then created the following batch file to run the FireFox application. This is important as it will ensure your settings on stored on the the thumb drive as opposed to the local drive.
================== FireFox.bat ============================
set USERPROFILE=%cd%
set APPDATA=%cd%Application Data
if exist “\bin\firefox.exe” start %USERPROFILE%bin\firefox.exe %1 %2 %3
The next steps are optional, but recommended. Open FireFox. Click tools - options - privacy. Set cache to 0 (default is 50MB). This will save space on the drive. Now go and customize Firefox with some of the script found here. My personal favorites are Ad Blocking, Disable blinking elements, and Disable marquee tags.