Comments on: CyberNotes: Top 10 Copy & Paste Firefox Extensions

By: ResearchWizard

ResearchWizard — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:29:52 +0000

Paste&Go in Opera (built in, no extension needed):

Paste and go in current or new tab Ctrl + B
Paste and go in background tab Ctrl + Shift + B

(Changed in current Opera 9.5 beta to Ctrl+Shift+V)

As far as I understood Copy/Paste Form: in Opera it is possible to copy (any) selected text to a note and to insert the content of a note in any form – I’m pretty convinced the FF extension will do somewhat more.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:30:42 +0000

James wrote:

clipboard.autocopy This is unix only as it does not work on either Mac or Windows at moment. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Abou.....cellaneous

Darn, was hoping that it would be cross-platform. Thanks for hunting that down though.

By: James

James — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:53:50 +0000

clipboard.autocopy

This is unix only as it does not work on either Mac or Windows at moment.

[kb.mozillazine.org]

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:48:39 +0000

James wrote:

The Linux version also does what “Auto Copy” does by default, just highlight and middle-click to paste say in a text box. I think you can enable one or both of these features in Windows version, though I do not have the preferences at moment.

Huh, didn't know that. I searched around for any possible preferences, but didn't see anything.

By: James

James — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:59:42 +0000

I used PasteIP when it was new and mostly for the “Paste User_Agent”. I moderate at three forums, two being quick enough to see what IP am using and past IP’s to not need the Paste IP feature. I used Nightly Tester Tools which has the option of the putting Build ID in text boxes.

Since I use Firefox on Linux, the clipboard is much more reliable than say WinXP (takes 2-3 or more tries to copy new clipboard sometimes) and the default is to paste clipboard contents with middle-click is useful. The Linux version also does what “Auto Copy” does by default, just highlight and middle-click to paste say in a text box. I think you can enable one or both of these features in Windows version, though I do not have the preferences at moment.

By: Hengist_Ludd

Hengist_Ludd — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:39:54 +0000

For images, it would be worth looking at free-standing program EverNote, which can be integrated with most browsers. It’s a little on the *large* side… but works well.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:03:03 +0000

StationStops.com wrote:

This kind of article is exactly why I subscribe to Cyber - especially since you go through so much effort to screenshot everything - it makes a huge difference, and as a blogger I know what a pain it can be. I hate to sound like an ad, but CyberNetNews probably has the best signal:noise ratio of any of the dozens of blogs I read daily.

We've quickly found how much value a screenshot adds to a post, and that's why we always try to include them. Both Ashley and myself really appreciate your kind words!

Omar Upegui wrote:

Ryan, you have made an excellent research on this topic. Copy/paste really enhances your productivity over the Internet. For about a week, I’ve been using Auto Copy in both Mozilla Firefox and Flock and the results are outstanding.

That's actually one of my favorite extensions out of the ones that I listed. I don't highlight text too often, and when I do 95% of the time it is to copy it into another application.

misterbillusa wrote:

what I didn’t find is a copy/paste to use when the article includes an IMAGE. The image doesn’t want to paste - just a placeholder. The text makes it, but not the image.

Does that happen from every site you try to copy and paste from? The image should be copied without any trouble, and so I'm not exactly sure where the problem might lie.

By: misterbillusa

misterbillusa — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:02:30 +0000

Ryan, great job as usual. Almost everyone will find at least one of these useful. Personally I’ve installed two.
However, what I didn’t find is a copy/paste to use when the article includes an IMAGE. The image doesn’t want to paste – just a placeholder. The text makes it, but not the image.

Thanks

By: Omar Upegui

Omar Upegui — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:46:03 +0000

Ryan, you have made an excellent research on this topic. Copy/paste really enhances your productivity over the Internet. For about a week, I've been using Auto Copy in both Mozilla Firefox and Flock and the results are outstanding. I'll be testing your other suggestions and see which ones work best for me. Thanks a lot.

By: StationStops.com

StationStops.com — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:05:08 +0000

Great post Ryan – I have often wanted some of this functionality (especially paste&go and extended), but always so infrequently that I never bothered to hunt for them, even though I knew they must have existed.

This kind of article is exactly why I subscribe to Cyber – especially since you go through so much effort to screenshot everything – it makes a huge difference, and as a blogger I know what a pain it can be.

I hate to sound like an ad, but CyberNetNews probably has the best signal:noise ratio of any of the dozens of blogs I read daily.