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    SiteLauncher - super-quick way to launch websites in Firefox

    Usually we use bookmarks tool bar to open our favorite websites. But what if we can open our websites just with a hotkey from our keyboard.Yes i am talking about a Firefox extension "Site Launcher". It lets you replace your bookmarks toolbar with an overlay window of links that can be pulled up at any time using a simple keyboard shortcut. SiteLauncher is an add-on for Firefox that gives you a super-quick way to to open your favorite websites using only your keyboard. One special hotkey brings up the 'Launcher', followed by a unique key to launch a site.

    It is useful as a super-fast method for opening websites you use often throughout the day, for example, many people would probably want to add Google, Gmail, Facebook, and Twitter, to SiteLauncher - what sites to include is entirely up to you.The extension comes with a handful of popular sites built in, although you can also start from scratch with your own.

    You also have several color and menu style options including setting the maximum number of columns you want, and how transparent the window is. There are 2 sets of hot keys, one is to bring in the Site Launcher which shows all the configured website and their shortcut and second one is to launch the website directly using the keys. These keys are completely customizable.




    Site Launcher features


    • Because each site key is displayed in the Launcher, you don't have to memorize a bunch of key combinations to have shortcuts to loads of sites, only one hotkey.

    • Default hotkey is customizable, in case you need it for something else.

    • Add as many sites to SiteLauncher as you want.

    • Just about any character key can be associated with a site, you're not limited to just a-z, 0-9.

    • Highly customizable appearance - change colors, text size, spacing, column size, etc

    • Optional visual effects - transparency, rounded corners, and gradients

    • You can have your site shortcuts automatically arranged or manually arranged in the order you want them to appear inside the Launcher

    • Set Launcher to open sites in current or new tab

    • Optionally, set Launcher to appear on startup instead of your homepage

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    Re: SiteLauncher - super-quick way to launch websites in Firefox

    SiteLauncher is a great way to save some space for a laptop or Netbook user looking to get the convenience of a bookmarks toolbar.The Default Shortcut to call up Site Launcher in Firefox is Ctrl+Space.

    With SiteLauncher, one can arrange a lots of wesite shortcuts into labeled groups to make them appear in a more organized fashion inside the Launcher panel. To turn this feature on, go to Site Launcher > Manage Shortcuts > More.

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    Re: SiteLauncher - super-quick way to launch websites in Firefox

    That is really nice, but the only problem is that Ctrl+Space is already taken by Ubiquity so i guess there will be a little conflict. I also guess it can be fixed either from the plugin settings or about:config shortcut in Firefox.

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    Re: SiteLauncher - super-quick way to launch websites in Firefox

    This makes browsing easy and fast, including visual and usability improvements, and a number of minor bug fixes. Thanks for sharing this info.

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