I always use Firefox for my internet browsing, one of the reasons being that there are so many add ons available to surf and work the way I want to. I was using an add on called “Linky”, which let me select multiple links and open them simutanously with multiple tabs. However, Linky was only working part of the time since it isn’t totally compatible with my version of Firefox.

Today I came across another add on called Snap Links which works much the same way, so I thought I’d pass on some information about how to use it, as it may help other EC’ers with their drops.

First, I’m using Firefox 2.0.0.16; I haven’t upgraded to the latest version since many other add ons I use are not yet compatible. You can easily go to the Snap Links page to download and install it.

Because of the way Snap Links uses the mouse to highlight links, I can’t provide a true screenshot of the process, but hopefully this gets the point across. It really is simple to use. After installing it, you can configure how it works with your mouse.

After installing Snap Links, go to your Entrecard inbox.

Using your mouse button ( default is the right button ), draw/drag a line ( green is default ) around a few of the banners in your inbox.

Hold your Shift key and release the mouse button. When releasing the mouse button, Firefox will open the blogs for your selected banners in new tabs. This does take some practice to time it right, and make sure you get your options set up the way want to make it the easiest for you to use.

Now, you can simply select a tab, drop on the EC banner of the blog you’re looking at, close the tab and go to the next one.

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1. by LadyJava on July 23rd, 2008 at 8:42 pm

   Cool! I’ll check it out.. thanks

2. by Metallman on July 24th, 2008 at 10:32 am

   Hey there. Great stuffs. I can soooo use this to reciprocate links. Thanks!

3. by Malaysia Fabric Heritage on July 26th, 2008 at 4:27 am

   Thanks for sharing this dropping technique. It is really efficient and effective. You’re an angel to those who read and comment on this post.

4. by Michelle Gartner on July 27th, 2008 at 8:33 pm

   I am new to entrecard and while I suppose this is a good technique- doesn’t one want people to stay, read, and comment on their blog. I mean just dropping while it might help out the person dropping- it doesn’t seem to really foster some blogging relationships… just my opinion.

5. by Michael on July 27th, 2008 at 9:34 pm

   Michelle, I’m not saying that droppers should just drop and not read blogs, this is just a way to easily go to the blogs that have dropped on you already. By all means, blogs are for being read, and I encourage you to do so.

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