Friday, November 27, 2009

QuickFox Notes - A note taking add-on for Firefox

QuickFox Notes is a multi-tab note taking add-on for Firefox that uses the integrated bookmarks system to store the notes. Therefor, if you already have a bookmarks synchronization add-on installed in your Firefox (e.g. Xmarks or Mozilla Weave), your notes will be synchronized automatically. In this case, you don't need any new registration to synchronize your notes. QuickFox Notes can be run within Firefox as well as like a standalone application (when being started via customized desktop shortcut). QuickFox Notes offers a variety of features and also supports most shortcuts as used in Notepad++.



Features:
  • Simple interface
  • Multiple tabs
  • Autosave
  • Spell check
  • Adjustable font size
  • Various background colors
  • Text search
  • Autocopy text (disabled by default)
  • Paste on middle-click (disabled by default)
  • Store to "Archive" (to free tab space)
  • Popup after X seconds upon Firefox start (disabled by default)
  • Supports most of Notepad++ shortcuts
  • Always on top (Windows only)

How to access QuickFox Notes after installation:
1. Right-click on toolbar to open a context menu
2. From the context menu, choose "Customize..."
3. Find "QuickFox Notes" icon
4. Drag the icon onto a place on your toolbar
5. Now you can click the icon to open QuickFox Notes

 • Left-click will open QuickFox Notes in a window
 • Middle-click will open QuickFox Notes a tab

Shortcuts for editing:
1. Insert tab delimiter – Tab
2. Remove tab delimiter – Shift+Tab
3. Duplicate line/selection – Ctrl+D
4. Move up line – Ctrl+Shift+Up
5. Move down line – Ctrl+Shift+Down
6. Uppercase – Ctrl+Shift+U
7. Lowercase – Ctrl+U

Mouse control:
1. Scroll on tab bar to switch tabs
2. Right-click on tab to rename it
3. Middle-click on a tab to close it
4. Double-click on a tab to send it to the Archive
5. Double-click on tab bar to create a new empty note

Click here to download QuickFox Notes for Firefox

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