7 Ways to Copy Successfully in Firefox

Comments (1) · April 29, 2008 at 6:34 am · Firefox Usability

Sure, you can highlight with your mouse, right-click and copy - but why do that when there are so many awesome add-ons for Firefox that will help you get it done better and faster?  If your looking for an extension to help power up your browser’s copying of links, information and more I have seven of them that should help you get the job done.

Copy All Urls - This copies and pastes all urls of open tabs inclusive history in structured and well defined form to and from clipboard.

AutoCopy - Want to just highlight to copy text, links and more?  That is what AutoCopy will help you do.

Copy Link Name - This add-on for Firefox will copy the name of the link, so you don’t have to.

Extended Copy Menu - Provides the option to copy selection as plain text or HTML.

Copy Links - With this extension you can copy multiple links from Firefox in a single bound.

Copy Plain Text - Copies the content without picking up any of the formatting.

Copy as HTML Link - Creates an HTML link to the current page using the selected text and copies it (into the clipboard) for pasting.

So who, what, when, where and why are you copying?  Via my own day job, I have to send a lot of information back and forth from my own documents to the web and visa versa - so the idea of super charging my copying is a blessing I can not live without.

Tags: addons, best-of, copy, firefox, links, paste, popular

Copy Your URLs in Every Open Tab

Comments off · December 28, 2007 at 8:35 am · Firefox Settings

If you are looking for an extension to copy all the URLs in the open tabs you have in Firefox, there is only one choice you have. Copy All URLs does the job and it does it well.

After installing - all you need to do is right click on any web site, then pick  Copy All URLs from the menu.  From there you can copy all the URLs for the open tabs, or paste them.  Simple enough, right?

After copying the URLs into any text area or document of your choice they will come out as URL, then title, URL, then title, URL.. well you get the idea.  This extension could come in really handy if you were wanting to send somebody a list of links or wanted a good way to start a super list on your own blog of some of your favorite web sites.

Be sure to pick it up over at the Mozilla Addons site, and let me know if you find any other copy and pasting tools you enjoy.

Tags: copy, extension, firefox, paste, Tabbed Browsing, URLs

Tab Cloning in Firefox

Comments (4) · August 23, 2007 at 6:02 am · Tabbed Browsing

Cloning is not a thing of just science fiction stories, it is happening right here - right now.

Ok, so maybe I haven’t had a full cup of coffee yet, but all will make sense soon. Often I wish there was an easy way to copy a tab over without having to do a dance with my mouse to make it so in Firefox.

The Duplicate Tab extension takes care of that problem for me. Duplicate Tab allows you to clone a tab along with its history. You can learn more about this extension at the official site for it - or just take your browser to the Mozilla Addons web site where you can download it and use it right now.

Tags: browsing, copy, duplicate, firefox, Tabbed Browsing

Copy a Link’s Name

Comments off · January 22, 2007 at 8:03 am · Firefox Usability

I know I run into this issue from time to time and have yet to find a good solution.

It is hard to select the text of a link and not click on the link by accident. The Copy Link Name extension gets rid of that issue and gives you right-click access to copy the text you need. It copies the name (source anchor) of a link. Just a small extension that adds a context menu item to copy a link’s source anchor. Sure it could do more - but it does not have to.

+ Download and Install the Copy Link Name Extension for Firefox!

Tags: copy, extensions, firefox, link, name, text

Extension List Dumper

Comments off · November 21, 2006 at 5:00 am · Firefox Settings

You are on your favorite set of forums on the Web and everybody is sharing their favorite Firefox extensions. Being the Firefox lover you are, you want to join in on the fun. How can you share your full list of extension goodness though without a lot of typing? You need the Extension List Dumper to do all the heavy lifting for you.

+ Learn More About the Extension List Dumper!

Tags: copy, extensions, firefox, install, list

Tab URL Copier

Comments off · October 23, 2006 at 5:00 am · Tabbed Browsing

Some of the best tools out there you can use are the ones that are the most simple. Sure, you can download an extension that does ten things well, or you can download one extension that does one job better than the rest. That is the idea that comes into play when you see Tab URL Copier.

+ Learn More About and Download Tab URL Copier!

Tags: copy, extensions, firefox, Tabbed Browsing, URL