ReminderFox – Favorite Firefox Extensions
Of all the Firefox extensions I use, ReminderFox has proven to be the one I would be most lost without.
This is the first post in a series about some of my favorite Firefox extensions.
I was not in a hurry to even try Firefox.
After a particularly bad version of Netscape, I'd switched to Internet Explorer and stayed there. For many years, I was a dedicated IE user. I can't remember what finally got me to try FireFox, but now you'll hear me complain whenever I have to use Internet Explorer. I hope you are not the webmaster of a site that would be forcing IE use on me! There are too many. It is like having to take the bus instead of driving a Porsche.
ReminderFox was the answer to a particular problem I had.
ReminderFox is easy to use.
When I only used Microsoft Windows, I used Office Outlook's tasks to remind me of dates, especially recurring ones like paying the many bills I have every month. Outlook worked for the job because I nearly always started it to read email (not all my email accounts were in Outlook, but enough to get me to load it). I did loath starting Outlook. It is a resource hog that always brought computer use to a standstill while it loaded. Task reminders would pop up and freeze the screen till it loaded fully. Outlook also mixed up the Hotmail accounts, switching the mail between them and then completely failing to load the other.
When I began to switch to using Linux, I had a problem finding a substitute for Outlooks tasks.
Evolution (Ubuntu's default email client) does not handle tasks as I would like. While there are plenty of calendar and task management programs available, these additional programs have the problem of needing me to start them in order for it to work. I find that I tend to not be very reliable at starting these things.
A search of FireFox extensions turned up ReminderFox.
ReminderFox has turned out to be the ideal solution. If there is one program I can nearly guarantee I'll use regularly, it is a browser (particularly FireFox). Now I get the important reminders much more reliably.
I have found ReminderFox very easy to use.
You can set reoccurring tasks just as easily as Outlook. Reminders can be set over several days. I needed this feature for those online bills that still claim they need a couple working days to post the payment to the account. This way I get a warning before the bill is due so I can prepare for it.
Just a pet peeve:
I have seen credit cards that want a couple business days to acknowledge a payment. Add a weekend and a holiday and you need to make a payment five days before it is due to be on time. You could mail a check faster! I have canceled accounts with companies that do this but sometimes, you just have to work with morons like this. Just as annoying is finding out you paid too early and missed a monthly payment because it was credited a month early (a month that the balance was paid off also). I only hope the current banking problems will clear up stupidity like this, but it looks like our dear government leaders in Washington feel stupidity needs funding with our tax dollars. So, those companies that charge me extra fees because of their stupidity are not spending my tax money to do it.
ReminderFox can make a little pop up when a task is due.
This works just like Office Outlook's pop-up warning for tasks, except it does not lock up the program on loading.
ReminderFox itself, lives in the toolbar in FireFox.
Hovering the mouse over it will show due or upcoming tasks. You can also add an audio warning for tasks that are due and choose your own audio file.
I have not mastered ReminderFox yet.
I still need to experiment to find out all the things it is capable of doing and all the features. Basic use is simple enough to figure out quick and I have not need to learn much more to do what I need.
If you need a good way to keep track of dates conveniently, ReminderFox may be just what you need.
Because it is run with FireFox, you see the reminders and don't need to run a separate program. I've found it perfect for my needs. It makes my life easier.
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Comments on ReminderFox – Favorite Firefox Extensions
Nice and Very Useful in the life. Thanks for Sharing info about Reminder fox. It's very helpful to remind the Every Things like meeting and other activity.
I think ReminderFox is good plugin of firefox. Thanks for information. I will try it.
I just installed reminderfox.I love this neat plugin.Thanks for sharing!
its an very useful extension, i got the extension and uses it often.u got more plug ins like this?
this looks like an useful plug in, normaly i dont use/need plug in because i like it simple and easy but maybe the extension got some nice function what would be seful for me so ill try the plug in.
i like the extension, normaly i used not extension is firefox because i thought i dont eed them or they won't help me but this extension is quit nice.
i like the extension , very useful but normaly i don't need it but like i said at all it's very usefull
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im looking for a while now for an plug in like this, if this one works like i thinks it would be great. thansk for the tool.
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i normaly disliked plug ins and extension but now this oen is my favourite one the special things you can make with the tabs are great.
thanks for sharing the information so other uer can get the nice extension too.
i an fan of extension also i like this extension , its evry useful and can help you alot. thank for sharing the extension with others.
this extension is kinda cool, got the functions i always needed, was hard to find an plug in like this.
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Reminder fox looks awesome! I wonder though how much extra resources it will require to use, since I know some extensions take a little bit more than I'd like to, especially with my limited ram, hehe.
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Hey James, it seems i was unaware or very far from your blog since last month because of illness. I found this plug-in would be really helpful for me. I do have lots of task pending right now, if i would have this plug-in it earlier with me than i could do lot better and can work based on the schedule. BTW, thanks for sharing the wonderful plug-in with me.
I use this extension now for a while and must say i like the extension, the special functions are way easier than you could manage it normaly with firefox.
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Its simply awesome add-on, and you're feelin that you write too much but i like it because you accommodate each and every single point and make things easier to use.
Nice little tool. I love all the great add-ins for firefox.
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I’m looking for a little plugin that would give me an icon or side tab in Firefox where I could store lines of text for easy dragging onto pages! Have you ever heard of such a thing? But the ReminderFox seems pretty useful.
I usualy end up using my phones built-in calendar and organiser. It's a lot more mobile and actualy easier to use then any extensions/applications.
i thought it is a plugins of firefox!!!but it's really informative article
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Fantastic! I've been using it for ages and loved it ! Unfortunately I've just had to reload windows so I'm downloading again. It's so helpful to this 68year old ! I'd also like to take this opportunity to say how much I like FireFox, Thunderbird and Sunbird also and have ReminderFox running through all of them. I tell all my friends to use them too ! Thank you !
Good little plugin but I'd still prefer to use a suite of products like MS office.
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I like the reminderfox extension, normally I used not extension is fire fox because I thought I don’t need them or they won’t help me but this extension is quite nice.
Thanks. You can never have enough FF plugins clogging up your RAM
Reminder fox is pretty cool. I have it installed in Thunderbird rather than FF, though – it just feels more natural to have it with the emails (that are usually driving the reminders).
hello? – Last comment seems to have been deleted? I was just saying that I prefer ReminderFox in Thunderbird rather than FF.
Thanks for this addons. It is very helpfull for me.
I just got a push request for Internet Explore 8.0. Wish I could completely remove IE. I haven't used it since 5.0! Firefox is 10x better.
I like this plugin, I use it. For this plugin very helpfull, I Love Firefox. and thanks for share good information, and i get more information about this plugin
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Downloading now – thanks for sharing.
I prefer using online reminder services like Google and Yahoo and integrate them with offline clients like iCalendar. That's because I use multiple devices and want the reminders to be in sync.
I recently installed reminder fox under TB. As I would mainly like to use it as a birthday reminder, I also used outlook2ical to create an iCal file to import to reminderFox. This seemed to work just fine untill I took a closer look at the dates of the reminder in ReminderFox. Apparently, they are all delayed by three days
Does anyone have an idea where and why things could have gone wrong ?
Reminderfox, looks like another great Firefox Addon, you gotta love the awesome add-ons that are associated with Firefox! Doesn't get better than Firefox! Thats for sure!
This is a great plugin. I installed it after reading your blog – I love it!
Nice plugin. I used Firefox browser and now i will download it. It's really helpful for me.
This is an awesome app. Have downloaded it and use it all the time. Great find.
Great plug in thanks for the info. There are a ton of great plugins for ff that let you do just about anything you can imagine
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My favourite FireFox plugin so far
The big gun for IE is Window coz it's built-in. In contrast, Firefox's big gun is, of course, plug-ins. However, according to wikipedia, more than 50% of people still use IE.
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I love Firefox!
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Mozilla have just released a feature that enables you to publish your collections of plugins for others to share. And you can subscribe to them so you can install the same ones too.
Their blog explains it better though: http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2009/06/10/introducing-add-on-collections/
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I like this Reminderfox plugin. Now i download in my FF browser. Thanks.
I was the same way. I had been using Internet Explorer for such a long time, and I thought that everything was nice and dandy. Then for my work computer, I had to switch to FireFox. Since, I have not used Internet Explorer. There are such great features included with FireFox and it's compatible with mostly everything. It is much much better than IE.
Some of the most useful (and used daily) extensions… Quicknote (tabbed,kills Notepad as it retains notes without having to save), SEOpen (great for checking backlinks, getting a quick Whois, etc.), Plain Text Links, TinyURL Creator, Translate, and ChatZilla (much improved irc client, used to be very basic).
Some of the most useful (and used daily) extensions… Quicknote (tabbed,kills Notepad as it retains notes without having to save), SEOpen (great for checking backlinks, getting a quick Whois, etc.), Plain Text Links, TinyURL Creator, Translate, and ChatZilla (much improved irc client, used to be very basic).
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I currently use IE. I also use Microsoft Outlook for my E_MAIL. I'm considering a change to FireFox 3.5. Can someone please answer the following for me? 1)can/should I delete IE after downloading FF? 2)how will FF deal with my MSOutlook mail?
thanks for your help
Reminderfox is really cool plugin. I'll download now and thanks for information.
Now that you tried FF you probably won't want to hear that, but try Opera. It's mad-fast and even though it doesn't have that many plugins available it's still a better browser for a casual user.
I love the Speed-Dial function of Opera Browser very much. So I am using the Speed-Dial add-on for Firefox as my homepage and when every new-tab is opened, I get a choice to select between 9 websites which I really love visiting.
Thanks for sharing such nice info. I am going to download this. Reminderfox is really cool plugin.
Firefox is simply the best brownser on market (never used chrome but surely FF is better then IE or O). I love those multiple plugins option, You can do with Your brownser anything You want. Reminderfox could be usefull, but I prefer analog callendar
I was exactly searching for something similar. And I am very excited to find that my favorite browser can also maintain a reminder for me! I just now installed it on my firefox. Thanks for spreading the word about reminderfox
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Hi,thanks for sharing. I'll try it.
I found this plug-in would be really helpful for me. I do have lots of task pending right now, if i would have this plug-in it earlier with me than i could do lot better and can work based on the schedule.
reminderfox add-ons really useful,
i don't quite good with paper schedule because i'm lazy to read my schedule on paper.
anyway great post!
keep posting, thanks
Remiderfox is a very usefull extension. I have allready install this tool.
Never heard of this extension before but will definitely install it now.
Very good tool. The pluggins are really helpful. Its working well for me.