[Yhslug] using linky firefox extension

[Nicholas Wheeler]

Alternatively, for the news-reading lazy types, just go to
http://news.google.com, for it's a news aggregator. You can right-click and
say "Open in new tab" a bunch of different news articles, filtered out
specifically by google by your interests.

On 12/22/06, Phil Shapiro <pshapiro at his.com> wrote:
>
>
> hi yhslug community -
>
>     at my public library job i like to stay informed about news from many
> news
> sources. so on my ubuntu box, i use the firefox extension called linky to
> open
> multiple news web sites with just one or two mouse clicks.
>
>      i've assembled the news web sites i read at
> http://www.writersforliteracy.org/newsthump.html
>
>       i learned that firefox locks up when you open more than 20 tabs at
> once,
> so i usually open about 15 at once.
>
>        linky lets you open multiple links from the same web page in
> different
> tabs. to do so, right mouse click on any link. (on a single-button mac
> mouse,
> use control-click or option-click --one of those two.)
>
>         then throughout my work day i can easily reload these web sites by
> right
> clicking on one of the tabs. so if i need to run off to the bathroom, i
> can load
> multiple news web sites before i go to the bathroom and have them all
> loaded
> when i return a minute or two later.
>
>          hope this tip is helpful to others.
>
>                 - phil
>
> btw, in case you're curious what the word "newsthump" means, ask google.
> you'll
> reach a short play i wrote titled "News Thump."
>
>
> --
> Phil Shapiro  pshapiro at his.com
> http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/pshapiro
> http://philsrssfeed.blogspot.com
> http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html
>
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> "Learning happens through gentleness."
>
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