Post-its in Firefox Sidebar

Tip of the Week: Managing Post-It Notes

By J. D. BIERSDORFER

(c) NY Times
Published: January 28, 2009

Grabbing a Post-it note to quickly scribble down information from a Web page can lead to sticky-note buildup on the monitor. If you would like to jot those notes right in the browser while you work, there's a new Firefox plug-in called List.it (short for the Latitudinal Information Scrap Trapper that Indexes Things) that does just that.

Once installed and configured, List.it creates a sidebar panel in the Firefox window with a box to type or paste in notes and other bits of information. Developed by researchers at M.I.T., List.it can be downloaded at groups.csail.mit.edu/haystack/listit/. Notes can also be synchronized with other copies of Firefox with the List.it add-on, which is a lot easier than shuttling paper sticky notes between work and home.