On 5/19/05, Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Firefox is a great browser and Thunderbird is turning out to be the best
> GUI email program I have ever used.

I give "best GUI email program" to Eudora.  Oh, how I wish Eudora were
available for Linux.  (and that they ported it well.  no Acrobat
Reader  5 style hack jobs.)  I haven't tried Thunderbird though.  I've
been using Evolution, but I find myself avoiding it mostly, and
falling back to my webmail interface.  Is it just me, or is Evolution
a sticky pile of good-for-nothing?  Especially given its aims.

> Extensions.

I'm continually amazed, though I shouldn't be, at how useful
extensions of various sorts can be.  If you're using AdBlock, I
recommend importing this set of pre-made rules:

http://www.geocities.com/pierceive/adblock/2005-05-12a.txt

For a general cornucopia of Firefox and Thunderbird tips and tricks,
see: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-302479.html .  It's maybe
actually not a cornucopia, but bountiful nonetheless.  The
userContent.css and userChrome.css tutorials may be of some help to
someone.

One of my favorite Firefox hacks is Portable Firefox.  Not only do I
get Firefox wherever I go (that has an accessible USB port), but I get
my own bookmarks and other bits of the Firefox environment.  It's like
taking home with me.  There's a Portable Thunderbird, too, but I
imagine you'd have to be using IMAP for that to be useful.

If XUL apps were more readily available, it'd be nice to be able to
install them onto my own server, and have "Portable Desktop" on a USB
stick, and be able to call up whatever I want, wherever I am.

-todd


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