Fast Dial :: Firefox Add-ons

Fast Dial :: Firefox Add-ons: "Fast Dial replaces blank tabs with a panel of thumbnails of your favorite sites."

NOTE: Technically this isn't a *new* extension, but it was updated on September 19th. It adds a sexy feature to Firefox that we've seen regain new popularity with Google Chrome's debut (but for the record, Opera did it first).

Quick Review: Thumbs up; works as advertised.

Details: If you've tried Opera or Google Chrome, you've seen their "Speed Dial" feature. This extension, Fast Dial, adds that same capability to Firefox. Whenever you open a new/blank tab, the Fast Dial thumbnails appear for your convenience. This extension is very customizable, letting you pick the size, colors, number of sites in the grid and so on. It works as advertised, does not seem to have any conflicts with other features or extensions.

The only "bad" thing about this extension is that there's no option to "automagically" populate the "Fast Dial" grid with the web sites you most frequently visit. I'm not convinced this is a bad thing necessarily. Entering your "Fast Dial" sites is a manual process, but it's no more complicated than navigating to the site you want to add, and clicking the star icon in the address bar.