Monthly Archives: May 2008

8 steps to my personal Firefox setup for productivity

I need to give you a bit a background so you can see what my priorities are when setting up my favorite browser. I am a computer programmer that deals with web stuff as well as back-end stuff. I am NOT a designer in general, mostly a coder. I am running Firefox 3 beta 5 (not RC1 yet) since it is compatible with almost all of my extensions.

Firefox 3 top bar

Step 1: My Theme

NASA Night Launch – This has little effect on my productivity but I get asked about this more than anything else. I like the cool blackness and the fact that this theme is Firefox 3 compatible.

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Create a Color Palette Using CSS and MooTools 1.2

This entry was authored by highly-respected blogger and friend David Walsh. Learn more about David

As you can see from my site’s lack of design (davidwalsh.name), I’m about 90% programmer and 10% designer. As someone that’s not a designer, I’m really grateful for websites like ColourLovers — websites that provide you palettes of colors that look good together. Let’s pretend for a moment that I do have a good design and I want others to know my palette. MooTools 1.2 has made that a reality.

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