Speed Dial for Firefox, or how browsing the Internet just got even easier
When I first installed Speed Dial, I thought that like most of the other add-ons I install in Firefox, it would entertain me for a few days, maybe even weeks, but then I would get bored and forget about it or it would delete my Firefox profile (like numerous add-ons I’ve had before). However, not only does Speed Dial look good and is well integrated into the browser, it’s actually useful.
The concept is taken from Opera’s built-in application of the same name, and the idea is that when you open up a new page or tab, instead of loading your home page or a blank page, Speed Dial loads thumbnails of websites that have been previously chosen by you. You can have as many thumbnails as you wish (although having more than 12 thumbnails can make them quite hard to see). Speed Dial will even reload each individual thumbnail whenever you want, every X number of days, hours, minutes or seconds, allowing you to see how the chosen sites currently look when you open Speed Dial.
Not only does it do all that, as many groups of thumbnails as you can imagine can be created, so you can have one folder for “work”, one for “play”, etc.
It’s a great looking alternative to the bookmarks toolbar Firefox comes with, and since it only opens when you want it to, you no longer have to deal with a cluttered toolbar. It should serve as a useful tool for anyone who frequently uses the internet.
