Apparently, the content of this blog is “stuff I would happily share with my mom,” which is great, as she is currently the #1 commenter on this blog. (For the record? I think that’s awesome.)
Tonight, persuaded by someone’s enthusing over Panorama, I decided to upgrade to Firefox 4. I’ll have to check back in after I’ve been using it for a few weeks, but overall, I like it a lot. Most, though not all, of my add-ons have been updated for FF4, which is important – I rely on things like FireGestures and NoScript and I don’t know what I’d do without them. I had to hack the Delicious add-on to make it compatible, but as that was a fairly simple fix, I’m not too cranky.
I’m very excited about using Panorama, but the add-on I think will rock my world? Integrated Gmail. I always find it annoying to have to click out to go to Google Calendar, and I’m really bad about keeping up with Google Reader for a similar reasons, but now I’ll be able to have everything all together. Inspired, I finally added all the blogs I read to Google Reader and got everything current, and also found a neat way to have the icons I star appear in the sidebar here (under “What I’m Reading”) so you can see what I’m checking out, too.
I remember when I first installed Mozilla in 2002. Tabbed browsing ROCKED MY WORLD. I have a feeling that Panorama and Integrated Gmail are going to do the same for me.
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I was waiting for the official release announcement, but every time I see more stuff on features, the less I’m convinced that waiting is a good idea! Thanks for the recommendation.
IMHO, your “what I’m reading” rubric on the sidebar is leaps and bounds better than a blogroll: allows you not only to showcase the blogs you read but to point to the entries and ideas that catch your attention.
Thus far, I’m really really digging it. The only serious complaint I have is about Delicious, and that’s not Firefox’s fault. No, that would be… Yahoo!’s.
Thanks for the input! I’ve been putting off assembling a blogroll because I’ve been afraid I’d leave people off or something else horrible/awkward, and I like this solution much better.
Grr, silly Delicious. I’m going to have to wait until they update…
(Not that I was getting my tagging done anyway. *looks guilty*)
Honestly, the hack is pretty simple – I think it’s worth just doing that. Given how things are going with Yahoo!, I’m unsure whether or not Delicious is going to put any effort into developing an add-on that’s compatible with Firefox 4.