[MLUG - DISCUSSION] Firefox for file browsing

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I accidentally discovered something useful.  In Firefox, at least on 
Windows, if you are looking at files on your computer, say file:///c:/ , 
then you can drag the icon to the taskbar and make a bookmark link that 
has some special properties.  Try it.  When you click on the button, it 
doesn't just go to that directory listing, it opens a branching menu. 
That is pretty useful for me.  You can still right click to open the 
directory listing in the web browser.

Looking for more info about this, I happened across this page:

http://lifehacker.com/software/how-to/use-firefox-as-a-windows-file-manager-264332.php

I installed the IEtab extension and it seems to have some value.  It isn't 
as cool as I hoped it would be (e.g., right click is the same as in 
Windows file manager and doesn't allow special tricks like "open in new 
tab").

Mike

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