.trash-imansyah v2.0

Hmm.. Seperti yang sudah pernah disinggung sebelumnya, bahwa di kantor ga bisa sembarangan install software, akhirnya semakin getol buka mata dan telinga terhadap software portable.

Dan sekarang, setelah lama menggunakan Firefox 1.5 portable (+extensions tentunya), kemudian sempat mencoba Opera 9.0 (yang ternyata juga portable), kini aku sudah jatuh hati dengan Firefox 2.0 portable. Tak banyak berbeda, memang. Tapi fitur-fitur seperti tabbed browsing bawaan yang lebih elegan, spell checker, search suggestion dan beberapa fitur standar lainnya, tampaknya sudah cukup memenuhi hasrat menjelajah di dunia maya. Yah, dan juga karena sudah kadung terbiasa dengan environment Firefox sebenarnya.. :p

Kemudian, tak banyak extension yang kutambahkan, hanya:

1. Adblock Plus, extension untuk block segala macam ad yang muncul, termasuk gambar dan flash.
2. All-in-one Sidebar, sidebar control yang memungkinkan kita membuka panel extension, download, history, bookmark, page info, dll di sebuah sidebar.
3. DownThemAll, download manager untuk Firefox.

Dan yang terasa paling berguna –berkaitan dengan issue portability di atas– adalah DownThemAll, sebuah download manager yang memiliki fitur lebih kaya daripada download utility bawaan Firefox, dan enaknya, terintegrasi langsung dengan Firefox. Jadi tidak perlu install download manager terpisah, dan kemudian mengintegrasikannya dengan Firefox.

PS: Extension yang dulu pernah kuinstall di Firefox 1.5.. Uhmm.. Lagi tidak dipake dulu..

Are you using Firefox..?? I think you better take a look of it. I found firefox is way more than ‘just a browser’. I has zillion of extension, themes, and also regularly updated (I currently used 1.5.0.1).

Currently, there’re several extension that I’m using in my Firefox (sorted alphabetically) :

1. AJAX Yahoo! Mail — add a lil bit of AJAX dinamic web experience into Yahoo. You dont have to open new window just to read your mail — it will expand some space to show you email so you can read it on the same page.
2. IE Tab — Well, some website only able to show up in IE. But dont worry, Firefox can simulates the IE environment in it.
3. Performancing — The one i’m using to write blog..!! You dont have to go to blogger.com just to post new stories or news. Open Performancing in Firefox, and post it..
4. Sage — Just some RSS reader. It uses XSLT to view the feed in one window.
5. Tab Mix Plus — Add more information to your tab and also customizing the behaviour of your tab.
6. Web Developer — A must-have-extension for web developer. Many features in one extension. You could manage cookies, CSS, display anchor, div, and other elements od a web page.
7. Yahoo! Mail Notifier — Well, unlike Gmail, Yahoo! Mail page doesnt relaod automatically. This extension let you know whenever a new message arrives.

Can’t found the features that you need? Just go to the Firefox extension page, and find new web surfing experience. Good luck..!!

PS: You could also try Flock. Pretty much like Firefox, but with blogging tool and photo uploading tool integrated. But currently it has only few extensions available (waiting for some more actually.. ) Oops, my mistake..!! Eventhough we only find few extension in its official website, Flock has also have many extension available at this flock developer site. But then again, since Flock hasn’t reach stable version (the newest version as developer preview is Flock 0.5.12) so I think I’d prefer Firefox for my daily browser (at least for now :p)