New Firefox extensionHaven't decided if I like it or not yet, but it's definitely a cool idea so I thought I'd share: Mouseless Browsing. I came across it whilst trying to add vi key movement keybindings to Firefox (because yes, I'm too lazy to move my hands to the arrow keys when they're already on the home row). The idea is exactly what it sounds like - being able to navigate web pages without using a mouse. It's especially useful when using a laptop, but I generally prefer to use the keyboard rather than the mouse anyway. It works by assigning a unique id to each link on the page, and putting that in a little box next to the link (which you can choose to hide by default if that's your thing). To 'click' on the link, you simply type the number. I'm normally a big fan of using ' and / to search the page for what I need, but this is very useful for those pesky websites that use images for links, as well as those that have multiple links with the same text. Between that and the built-in useful keyboard shortcuts, it's possible to do nearly anything without a mouse (though ironically, navigating the options menu of Mouseless Browsing still requires a mouse ).The one shortcut I haven't managed to find, though, is one that will focus the current tab (similar to how Ctrl-L focuses the location bar and Ctrl-K focuses the search bar). On a lighter note... Did you hear about the viagra shipment that got stolen? No, who they think did that? Well they don't know, but they're on the lookout for hardened criminals. (joke shamelessly borrowed from Bad Jokes) Is that enough links yet? LINKED MEDIA
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