![]() As I sought ways to make my web browsing experience better the Fox taught me about user scripts via Grease Monkey and how to edit its’ functionality itself. Firefox was simply awesome contributed significantly to my “geek” development. Then “add-ons” were introduced there was no turning back. When I started using Firefox, its reputation was already well established as a stable and secure browser. Having started life as a Windows user Firefox came more naturally into my web based experience – or in other words the Fox did a better job of marketing itself. What did surprise me was the fact that I didn’t turn to Safari as my browser of choice. While I consider myself to be something of a geek, Opera is one step too far as Browser’s go in much the same way as Linux is in terms of operating systems. On top of this it is a Microsoft product so is automatically put in the do not use pile for me. IE as has been widely written about is simply not secure enough. ![]() It’s a simple matter of security + usability + reputation that turned me into a Firefox user in the first place. More info on Chrome’s shortcomings with Moodle and how to get past them (unless you only run Apple products like me) can be found on “Changing The Game” a Moodle-oriented blog written by not going to dwell on Internet Explorer, Opera and Safari for very long. The only thing that is keeping the Fox in my life at all is the poor integration Chrome offers with Moodle which is my schools VLE of choice. If you want to know why you should be using nvALT, read this: Perfect ‘Simple’ Note Making, and this: Notational Velocity – Freedom To Write! Posted on Friday, 29 July 2011 Friday, 29 July 2011 Categories Productivity, Technology Tags brett terpstra, chrome, david halter, elastic threads, extensions, forked, notational velocity, nvALT, productivity, safari, Technology, update, writing Leave a comment on In the wild and extended! I’ve Been Chromed!Īs Google Chrome comes of age (in beta at least) I have kicked Firefox to the kerb, an act that I thought may never happen, for 95% of my web experience. If you’ve already been using nvALT 2.0 you can up date from within the app, if not get it here. You can read more about the updates here: nvALT 2.1 in the wild, and here: nvIt – Chrome and Safari extensions for nvALT. David has also developed extensions for Chrome and Safari, enabling you to create notes from a snippet of text or a whole page. ![]() A particularly useful addition is the auto-pairing of matched characters. Brett and David (Elastic Threads) have just released nvALT 2.1, the latest version of their Notational Velocity fork. ![]()
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