Comments on: Site-Specific Browsers http://dehamerspace.com/2008/04/18/site-specific-browsers/ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:18:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sajo Mathews http://dehamerspace.com/2008/04/18/site-specific-browsers/comment-page-1/#comment-3928 Sajo Mathews Sat, 20 Jun 2009 08:39:35 +0000 http://dehamerspace.com/2008/04/18/site-specific-browsers/#comment-3928 Another potential use (the reason I'm interested in it now) is if you have two email ids (official, personal) on say gmail apps. It would be painful to log out and log in to check the official id. Prism is not linked to firefox, so I can just click an icon to check the official id. Another potential use (the reason I’m interested in it now) is if you have two email ids (official, personal) on say gmail apps. It would be painful to log out and log in to check the official id.

Prism is not linked to firefox, so I can just click an icon to check the official id.

]]> By: Jake http://dehamerspace.com/2008/04/18/site-specific-browsers/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Jake Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:19:58 +0000 http://dehamerspace.com/2008/04/18/site-specific-browsers/#comment-72 For accidental closures, try out https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2558 Perma Tabs. Still, I like Prism. I use it for G-Mail on secondary computers (KMail on my main) and Google Reader. For accidental closures, try out https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2558 Perma Tabs.

Still, I like Prism. I use it for G-Mail on secondary computers (KMail on my main) and Google Reader.

]]> By: Michael Perlman http://dehamerspace.com/2008/04/18/site-specific-browsers/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Michael Perlman Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:40:47 +0000 http://dehamerspace.com/2008/04/18/site-specific-browsers/#comment-34 That screencap was at <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeperl/2615674911/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeperl/2615674911/</a>. Apparently WordPress filtered it out... That screencap was at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeperl/2615674911/. Apparently WordPress filtered it out…

]]> By: Michael Perlman http://dehamerspace.com/2008/04/18/site-specific-browsers/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Michael Perlman Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:41:44 +0000 http://dehamerspace.com/2008/04/18/site-specific-browsers/#comment-31 <blockquote>Prevents accidental tab closure. When I’m in Firefox it seems that I’m constantly spawning and closing tabs and often find that I close things I didn’t intend to close. Splitting Google Reader out of the browser means that I won’t accidentally close it in the course of my browser tab management.</blockquote> Try Opera. One of my favorite features that I constantly take advantage of is locked tabs. With the several tabs open in the browser, simply right click a tab and select Lock Tab. The result is that the close button on that tab is simply disabled. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeperl/2615674911/" title="Lock Tabs in Opera by michaelper22, on Flickr" rel="nofollow"></a> (Smaller version is pasted in so that I don't completely brake your layout - see full size by clicking through on the picure to Flickr.)

Prevents accidental tab closure. When I’m in Firefox it seems that I’m constantly spawning and closing tabs and often find that I close things I didn’t intend to close. Splitting Google Reader out of the browser means that I won’t accidentally close it in the course of my browser tab management.

Try Opera. One of my favorite features that I constantly take advantage of is locked tabs. With the several tabs open in the browser, simply right click a tab and select Lock Tab. The result is that the close button on that tab is simply disabled.

(Smaller version is pasted in so that I don’t completely brake your layout – see full size by clicking through on the picure to Flickr.)

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