Foxden runs multiple Web apps in one tab
Sites like Netvibes, My Yahoo, and iGoogle are great for organizing multiple feeds and widgets on a single page, but what about if you want to get your hands on full Web pages? New Firefox tool Foxden does just that, letting you set up a framed page that renders separate Web pages within the same space. This doesn't work on all sites, especially ones that like as much screen real estate as possible; but for some it's a handy way to consolidate pages you want to keep open without filling up your available tab space.
To set it up you simply pick which sites you want and how you want them laid out, either as rows or columns. You can also have it open up local files on your machine, like text or HTML files in case you have something like a to-do list that you keep on your desktop (in which case you may want to upgrade to something like Remember the Milk or Shifd in case of a hard drive disaster). Then, to call it up you simply select it from the tools menu, and it will open up as a new window, with all the sites you've added in the locations you've given them.
Actually setting up how you want it laid out isn't all that difficult, but it's not exactly a simple affair. You have to set it up with operators that define how many rows and columns you want, and which sites go in which boxes. You can also drag the dividers to resize how much space you want for each block, which the add-on remembers between browser sessions.
This extension probably isn't for everybody, but I dig the fact that it can very quickly be customized as a heads-up display for real Web pages, which if you've set up right (and have a big monitor) certainly beats having multiple browser windows opened up and painstakingly arranged.
Load up multiple Web pages in a single framed page using Foxden.
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I'm glad to see that Firefox has a way to do this too, though.
When I used it it was fastish and OK. I still prefer FF for it's extensions. I KNOW Opera has most of their features baked in, but hey- there are still those few!
When I used it it was fastish and OK. I still prefer FF for it's extensions. I KNOW Opera has most of their features baked in, but hey- there are still those few!
IE is the worst.
Basically used z-indexes, styled A elements (for tabs AND buttons), inputs and iframes. Nice and simple.
I had a lot of plans for it, mainly for website analysis and optimization.
That never happened... but it did lead to the website note taker i commented on in another article the other day there.
The only bad part was those websites that have code that "jumps" out of an iframe, which i still never managed to get around because of the whole same-site policy nonsense.
I know how to get around it now though, so thanks for the reminder!
I need to get a site up and running for all this stuff...
There is also another Firefox plugin that can allow you to split pages up quite nicely, recommended to me as a good replacement, Split Browser.
Really useful too, you can split pages so many ways.
As a big screen user, i am fully behind this.
Still, i'd love a 2nd screen, i just have higher priorities at the moment.
- by Davey44 April 7, 2009 3:11 PM PDT
- And this is better than just opening more windows how again?
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- by Hunnter2k3 April 7, 2009 4:22 PM PDT
- You can view several sites at once.
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- by Angmarr April 8, 2009 11:36 PM PDT
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(9 Comments)This can be useful for note taking across sites as well as generally just not needing to switch between tabs.
Why have 2 (or more) monitors? Why have a bigger screen resolution?
I think what "Davey44" has to say is what I have to say
how is this a drastic improvement over opening multiple WINDOWS!? not TABs?
I just don't see myself using this addon, ---- but guess other would!