Open Several Sites at Once with Open All in Tabs
April 2nd, 2008 | by Rob |WHY? An easy shortcut to start the day with your most used websites.
There is a nifty little trick that I use every day when I open my browser that helps me get a good start to my day online.
If you open any bookmark folder in Firefox you will see at the bottom of the list the words “open all in tabs”. When you click it, each bookmark you have in that folder will open each in its own tab inside Firefox.
The result looks something like the following graphic making it easy to navigate from one site to another quickly and efficiently:
Important Note: No matter how many sites you currently have open when you use the “Open All in Tabs” option, all current tabs are closed and replaced by the ones in the folder.
My favorite time to use this trick is first thing in the morning. I already have a folder saved in my bookmarks with the 5 websites I want to open to start the day. For me they are:
- My Google Reader - read my web updates
- My Google Email - read my email updates
- My Google Calendar - scan my appointments for the day
- My Financial Budget - to clear any transactions from yesterday
- My Weather Report - to know how hot it’ll be today
Everyone will have their own favorite sites to put in their folder. Pick a few and give it a shot.
What are your “must start with” websites for the day?
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6 Comments to “Open Several Sites at Once with Open All in Tabs”
By Jim F. on Apr 2, 2008 | Reply
1. Yahoo Mail
2. Bloglines Reader
3. Fantasy Baseball League (this time of year)
4. Digg
I have weather on my dashboard, so I don’t have to actually visit a website to check that.
By Jill on Apr 2, 2008 | Reply
Google Reader is my main one. I don’t have to do an e-mail one because I have Outlook. And my weather is on my browser window in Firefox on the bottom right corner. I love that feature! It tells me what the current weather is and the forecast for the day.
By Rob on Apr 2, 2008 | Reply
By PaulF on Apr 18, 2008 | Reply
You can accomplish the same thing by opening the pages you want in different tabs and then go to Tools >> Options >>Main and click on “Use current pages”.
Now when you open your browser those pages will automatically become your “Home” pages. Of course you can always go back to them by clicking your “Home” button.
I have Gmail, Greader, Gcalendar as my home pages.
The above is for Firefox.
For IE you do the same thing except there’s no “Pages” button, so you have to type each address (copy/paste) in a separate line. Then it will open them in their own tab as well.
By Rob on Apr 20, 2008 | Reply