Firefox
A multi-tab note taking extension which saves data on bookmarks so your notes will be synchronized if you have installed Xmarks or Mozilla weave without any new registration. This extension also supports most of the Notepad++ shortkeys
| Version | 1.2D |
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| Works with | Firefox: 3.0a1 – 3.5.* |
| Updated | November 17, 2009 |
| Developer | InBasic |
| Homepage | http://inbasic.mozdev.org/root/ext3/home/index.html |
| Rating | Rated 5 out of 5 stars 21 reviews |
| Downloads | 7,591 |
More about this add-on
Add "QuickFox Notes" to Firefox:
After installation, right click on Toolbar-> Customize... -> Find "QuickFox Notes" icon -> Drag it to desired place of Toolbar
Usage:
-Middle click on QFN icon will open QFN in a tab
-Left click on QFN's icon will open QFN in a new window
Keyboard shortcuts for editing:
-Inset Tab: Tab
-Remove Tab: Shift+Tab
-Duplicate current line: Ctrl+D
-Move up current line:Ctrl+Shift+up
-Move down current line:Ctrl+Shift+down
-To upper case: Ctrl+shift+U
-To lower case: Ctrl+U
Features:
-Simple & Multi tab
-Auto save notes
-Check spelling
-Changeable font size
-Changeable background color
-Easy search tool
-Various keyboard shortcuts
-Always on the top of other Firefox windows (Windows OS only)
-Copy selected text automatically (Not active by default)
-Paste on middle click (Not active by default)
-Archive (A place to save notes temporary)
-Support most of the Notepad++ shortcuts
Mouse:
-Scroll on tabs or tab-bar to select next/previous Tab
-Right click on a tab to rename it
-Middle click on a tab to close it
-Double click on a tab to send it to the archive
-Double click on the tab-bar to create a new empty note
FAQ:
1. [Q] How to open QuickFox Notes as a standalone application (Like MS Notepad, ...)?
[A] Create Firefox shortcut, then change the target application to:
"Path to Firefox" -chrome chrome://qfnotes/content/openEditor.xul
Note: For most of the users final string should be something like this:
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -chrome chrome://qfnotes/content/openEditor.xul
2. [Q] How to open QuickFox Notes in new Tab?
[A] Middle click (Right click) on QuickFox Notes icon from Toolbar
3. [Q] Is it possible to open QuickFox Notes by keyboard shortcut?
[A] Yes, Press Ctrl+Shift+F.
4. [Q] Is it possible to change default shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+F)?
[A] Yes, Go to about:config, find "InBasic.QuickFoxNotes.modifier" & "InBasic.QuickFoxNotes.key", and then change them to desire ones. (Browser restart is required for the changes to take effect)
5. [Q] What does happen if QFN functioned abnormally
[A] In the case of serious errors, it would be possible that all of your notes disappear!. In these kinds of situation, first of all close QFN, then use Xmarks restore ability which is located on Xmarks settings to restore all of the notes.
6. [Q] QFN does not support drag and drop to sort tabs order, is it possible to change tabs order
[A] Yes, Close QFN, In Bookmarks menu find "Quickfox Notes" folder, change the order of tabs as you wish, open QFN again.
7. [Q] What is the "Archive"?
[A] Archive is a packing tool for QFN. With archive, infrequent notes can be easily hidden, so the main window would have more space for substantial notes.
8. [Q] Where does QFN save notes?
[A] QFN saves data on Firefox Bookmarks. After first run, QFN creates a folder, "Quickfox Notes", in your bookmarks, . Each note saves as a separate bookmark in this folder (Bookmark’s title is the tab’s name; Bookmark’s description is the actual note). So you can access to your notes from bookmark's properties even if QFN is not installed on the machine!
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IMPORTANT:
Always backup your notes before updating QFN; to do this simply copy & paste "Quickfox Notes" bookmark folder, then rename it to something else.
From version 1.2D, QFN is not supposed to function abnormally, If you find any serious problem like what "anuluj" reported in review section, please kindly send me a bug report.
To find the bug, open error console from Firefox's tools menu and find any error related to QFN
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Support
Support for this add-on is provided by the developer at http://inbasic.mozdev.org/root/ext3/home/index.html or by sending an e-mail to inb dot cor at gmail dot com
Reviews
I like it! But can you please make menus better? What is T? What is E??? Menus in full text please!
Rated 3 out of 5 stars by Johnny Flash on November 20, 2009
I want to shout, "This thrills me."
As an extra to that, they quickly replied to my emails in a way that it seems I am their only fan.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars by E J on November 18, 2009
Thanks for the neat addon! I'd like to have the option to change my font to monospace, seems to just have one font right now. Option to show line numbers will be a nice thing for some people. The icons in the bar could be smaller (small icons option?). And the Archive menu is a good idea, but I'm wondering what would happen if I have more notes than the vertical space on the screen (I'm unaware of the overflow behavior).
Rated 5 out of 5 stars by eli2k on November 18, 2009
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Release Notes
New features:
1. An important compatibility with xmarks solved
2. Sandbox renamed to Archive
3. Ctrl+N short key added for opening a new tab
4. Ctrl+W short key added for closing a tab
5: Ctrl+S short key added for sending a note to the Sandbox/Archive
6. From now on, QFN will save selection area before closing a tab
7. QFN will focus to the text area after being open
8. Keyboards renamed to "Edit Text"
9. "Insert Tab" renamed to "Insert tab delimiter"
10. "Remove tab" renamed to "Remove tab delimiter"
11. Icon of Sandbox & "Text edit" changed
