Having more fun with Vimperator

Than I would have thought humanly possible.

It clashes with an extension though...any guesses which one?

Yep. BlueOrganiser.

I am not in the mood to tell them - I've told the main Vimperator developer.

A quick resume of Vimperator.

It is an extension that enables you to use Firefox without the mouse /considerably less mouse.


It is not only a useful keyboard shortcut app...it is built around the vi(m) text editor and the various shortcuts that come with it.


It does help if you have learnt about vim a bit - this obviously will limit its appeal.

Even my Open Source Guru nephew thinks vim is too hard core .


But perhaps all those clever little ways of navigating around an old black screen terminal have found a new purpose in life. Setting Marks on your urls during your session -kind of quick temporary bookmarks that you can access by typing a few characters- and the Quick Hinting option (places a 2 character sequence by each link on page) seem ideal for the modern multilinking web. I tried the latter on Flickr last night and it was great cruising around swiftly without the mouse.

The directional HJKL keys are also a lot more comfy than the official arrow keys -though you can use them too. In fact you can use just about any normal or site specific keyboard shortcut if you "escape all keys" with .

If you have a bit of time -and can enter an experimental frame of mind- and you're looking for a reason to use that Firefox browser again you should try Vimperator.

Vicarious gratification

I have been visualising all the expenditure on the house in terms of MacBook floating past my eyes. About a dozen so far...but I still need feel the urge for some IT shopping therapy. This is just about within my meagre remaining budget.