Filed under: Internet, Utilities, Mozilla
Thumbstrips: remember where you've been
Let's set the scene for you: you're browsing the internet. You're surfing the web like you've never surfed before. You've got 12 different windows open, alt-tabbing (can that be a verb?) like it's going out of style. Empty non-descript cola (we don't play favorites) cans all around you. You may or may not be looking at pornography, but it's ok, we're not here to judge. So you're flying through all these sites, and you see something you like on one of the windows, and you go to minimize it so that you can cross-check something in another window (read: shut down the other classy clip you're watching), but instead of minimizing it, you accidentally SHUT DOWN THE WINDOW! What now? That page is lost forever! Sure, you could check the history, but you've been through hundreds of sites today, and it'll take you forever. And you obviously don't have time for that, you're a busy man.
Over-dramatized stories aside, it's a pain when you want to revisit a site in a window that you've closed. There's a cool new Firefox plug-in called Thumbstrips that takes care of this. It creates a filmstrip of screenshots of the sites you've visited, and allows you to revisit them, along with sharing them with others. Admit it, you need it. Go get it now. GO!