Firefox extensions to make remote work and school a little better

I have one for work and one for non-work and it's great!

I guess I could also write a userscript that handles the links being opened from the browser itself. Like the timewaster extension you mentioned but also starts the right instance in background.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...

you don't have to click anything — press `Ctrl+.`, and a number button from 1 to (however many containers you have configured.)

I switched it to a different combination so it can be used with one hand.

Also the privacy is nice having every tab in its own container.

AIUI, the only "container" functionality built-in to the browser is... infrastructure, I guess you'd call it: Firefox provides all the tools for addons to do stuff with containers, but doesn't actually do anything with them itself.

As I said, I prefer to have my browser at about 50% horizontal width. The only reason I wind up using it in fullscreen is because of the aforementioned issue with tree style tabs taking too much space.

You can hide the tab bar, the sidebar header, and change a whole lot more things with custom styles.

about:profiles

root directory → open directory

create a new file `chrome/userChrome.css` and put this into it:

    #main-window[tabsintitlebar="true"]:not([extradragspace="true"]) #TabsToolbar > .toolbar-items {
        opacity: 0;
        pointer-events: none;
    }
    
    #main-window:not([tabsintitlebar="true"]) #TabsToolbar {
        visibility: collapse !important;
    }
    
    #sidebar-header {
        display: none;
    }
    
    toolbarbutton#alltabs-button {
        -moz-binding: url(data:text/plain;charset=utf-8;base64,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);
    }

It also removes some other junk like the new tab button.

I've also tried selecting "Add dictionaries...". The page that goes to says that there are two available for my locale.

These are "English (US) Language Pack" [1] and "English United States Dictionary" [2]. I have installed both of them.

Those do show up as enabled under "Languages" and "Dictionaries", respectively, on the about::addons page.

This does not change the options available in the spelling context menu. It only contains "English (United States)" as it did before adding that dictionary and language pack, and there is no change in the results on my test words [3].

[1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/english-us-la...

[2] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/us-english-di...

[3] Here's my current test words that Firefox incorrect says are misspelled: prosecutable subtractive tunable epicycle inductor subparagraphs transactional micropayments blacksmithing inductor solvability verifier ethicist tradable tradeable auditable splitter surveil responder commenter. The other things that I know use Hunspell (MacOS, Chrome, Libre Office) get all of those right except for "tradeable".

Chrome is getting more granular in their approval process, but it seems that they're still a bit behind.

> Being sent back to another space when I go to open, say, a new terminal but it’s already open somewhere else was a pain too. If I’m in a space I want to be able to start apps there without doing a time wasting dance.

Take a look at your mission control settings and uncheck "When switching to an application, switch to a Space with open windows for the application".

I put a lot of energy in to "getting" spaces a couple years ago and there was a learning curve for a couple weeks but now I have a model that works with the features that exist. The effort definitely paid off.

I think spaces are a fairly polished idea from Apple actually. The problem is they create features that work well for a specific use case but then don't clearly explain what that use case is or how their solution works. You very much have to "hold it right" and it's up to you to figure out what "right" is. I figure MacOS is a tool, like a hammer, I should learn how to "swing" it.

The lack of named spaces is ok for me, I can tell from context what each space is for and I consider them ephemeral.

I do not let MacOS rearrange my spaces based on use (this is another option, "Automatically rearrange Spaces based on most recent use") because I have them sorted by my own mental model of priority. The left most space is always a general desktop space with a browser and mail and IM, etc. The right most space is a "system" space with things like task manager, system preferences and a terminal window with homebrew commands and whatever invocation of jamf commands it takes to get back on the corporate network.

Any time something in space #1 requires more than a couple browser tabs or an email I tend to throw it into a new space. I also arrange it somewhere in the existing stack by importance. This means I am almost always doing productive work in space #2. Before a meeting or call I will open up the relevant email thread(s), invite, browser tabs, etc in a new space so I have the full context without distractions.

As far as other keyboard shortcuts, I would probably use TST more if it offered "search and goto tab" within the TST window itself, including tab-key to fold/unfold sub-tabs, and return to select the actual tab.

I wonder if I've been trained by Emacs not to need to visualize these things. When I was first using it, I definitely felt a little uneasy without a visual "overview".

As to answer your question - beeline is great for _badly_ formatted texts. Many articles are in whooping 120 character long lines or absurdly long, bland paragraphs. In those cases the benefit of beeline is definitely noticable!

Finally for technical bits, it seems that that beeline extension colors each letter individually, however modern css already offers horizontal gradient[1] which might be prettier and somewhat preserve the original document better.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39884260