Add-on "DeskCut" problem

[Neil Turkenkopf]

Hi folks!

I used to use "Create Shortcut" to, well, create a shortcut (of a page I'm
on) to the desktop.
Worked flawlessly for years, through many Firefox versions until finally, it
was discontinued.

The only thing I've found that's even close is "DeskCut" , and I'm using
version "0.6.0.3.1-signed.1-signed".
Suddenly it no longer works, and I'm wondering if it has anything to do with
Firefox's update to 50.0?

Anyone else having this problem?
Anyone have a good or better Add-on to simply Create a Shortcut of a current
page to the Desktop?

Thanks in advance!
Neil ━D
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[John McGaw]

If I understand what you are asking for, it has been built into FF many
versions back in one form or another. In the current version, just
left-click-drag the 'show information' icon (the little i in a circle to
the left of the URL) and drag it off to the desktop. You will wind up with
a shortcut back to that URL. Of course, if this is not what you want then I
don't have a clue.

[Keith Nuttle]

On 11/19/2016 6:36 PM, Neil Turkenkopf wrote:

What is wrong with dragging the URL from Firefox's URL address window to
the desktop. Right click on the little icon on the left of the FF
address window and drag to the desktop.

I just book mark the page that I am working on. I then use Firefox
address folders to add many URLS to my Bookmark tool bar, I currently
have 12 folders on my Bookmark tool bar plus some free URLs that are not
in Folders.

In those 12 folders that you can see on the Bookmark toolbar
,
I have 100's of URL's, Some of those URL's are in subfolders in the
Toolbar folder. Others area in sub-sub-folders

[Mayayana]

"Neil Turkenkopf" <NeilTur...@comcast.net> wrote

|
| I used to use "Create Shortcut" to, well, create a shortcut (of a page I'm
| on) to the desktop.
| Worked flawlessly for years, through many Firefox versions until finally,
it
| was discontinued.
|

In Windows? It sounds like you may have got your
answer, but for future reference, a webpage shortcut
is just a text file with the extension .url. (Which may
or may not be visible.)

The content is just this:

[InternetShortcut]
URL=https://mozilla.org/

So you can make them yourself if need be, in Notepad.
Though what opens the shortcut will depend on the default
program for .url extension.

[VanguardLH]

Neil Turkenkopf wrote:

> I used to use "Create Shortcut" to, well, create a shortcut (of a page
> I'm on) to the desktop. Worked flawlessly for years, through many
> Firefox versions until finally, it was discontinued.
>
> The only thing I've found that's even close is "DeskCut" , and I'm
> using version "0.6.0.3.1-signed.1-signed". Suddenly it no longer
> works, and I'm wondering if it has anything to do with Firefox's
> update to 50.0?

WITHOUT using any extension (e.g., Deskcut), explain in detail how you
were creating shortcuts on the desktop to sites you visit in Firefox.
As evidenced by other respondents, the typical method is to drag the URL
handle from Firefox's address bar to the desktop. That would be
impossible if you had Firefox's window maximized or fullscreened so
there was no desktop space to which you could drag the URL handle from
Firefox.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/50.0/releasenotes/

Doesn't show any comment relevant to creating desktop shortcuts.

[Neil Turkenkopf]

"John McGaw" wrote in message
news:mailman.1161.147960269...@lists.mozilla.org...

On 11/19/2016 6:36 PM, Neil Turkenkopf wrote:
> Hi folks!
>
> I used to use "Create Shortcut" to, well, create a shortcut (of a page I'm
> on) to the desktop.
> Worked flawlessly for years, through many Firefox versions until finally,
> it was discontinued.
>
> The only thing I've found that's even close is "DeskCut" , and I'm using
> version "0.6.0.3.1-signed.1-signed".
> Suddenly it no longer works, and I'm wondering if it has anything to do
> with Firefox's update to 50.0?
>
> Anyone else having this problem?
> Anyone have a good or better Add-on to simply Create a Shortcut of a
> current page to the Desktop?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Neil ¦¬D

................................................

>
>If I understand what you are asking for, it has been built into FF many
>versions back in one form or another. In the current version, just
>left-click-drag the 'show information' icon (the little i in a circle to
>the left of the URL) and drag it off to the desktop. You will wind up with
>a shortcut back to that URL. Of course, if this is not what you want then I
>don't have a clue.

.............................................

Hi John!

Thank you, that was there all along and it works, too! :-)
I've been using an Add-on/extension all these years to do something
that was really unnecessary, and it's giving me a "duh!" moment.

Thanks again!

Neil ¦¬D
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[Neil Turkenkopf]

"Keith Nuttle" wrote in message
news:mailman.1166.147960639...@lists.mozilla.org...

On 11/19/2016 6:36 PM, Neil Turkenkopf wrote:
> Hi folks!
>
> I used to use "Create Shortcut" to, well, create a shortcut (of a page
> I'm on) to the desktop.
> Worked flawlessly for years, through many Firefox versions until
> finally, it was discontinued.
>
> The only thing I've found that's even close is "DeskCut" , and I'm using
> version "0.6.0.3.1-signed.1-signed".
> Suddenly it no longer works, and I'm wondering if it has anything to do
> with Firefox's update to 50.0?
>
> Anyone else having this problem?
> Anyone have a good or better Add-on to simply Create a Shortcut of a
> current page to the Desktop?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Neil ¦¬D

...............................................

>
>What is wrong with dragging the URL from Firefox's URL address window to
>the desktop. Right click on the little icon on the left of the FF address
>window and drag to the desktop.
>
>I just book mark the page that I am working on. I then use Firefox
>address folders to add many URLS to my Bookmark tool bar, I currently have
>12 folders on my Bookmark tool bar plus some free URLs that are not in
>Folders.
>
>In those 12 folders that you can see on the Bookmark toolbar,
>I have 100's of URL's, Some of those URL's are in subfolders in the
>Toolbar folder. Others area in sub-sub-folders

....................................................

Hi Keith!

As I just said in my reply to John, Thank you!
It was there all along, and I never used it.

Now that I'm aware, there's no more need for an Add-on.

[Neil Turkenkopf]

"Mayayana" wrote in message
news:mailman.1167.147960799...@lists.mozilla.org...

"Neil Turkenkopf" <NeilTur...@comcast.net> wrote

|
| I used to use "Create Shortcut" to, well, create a shortcut (of a page I'm
| on) to the desktop.
| Worked flawlessly for years, through many Firefox versions until finally,
it
| was discontinued.
|

..................................

>In Windows? It sounds like you may have got your
>answer, but for future reference, a webpage shortcut
>is just a text file with the extension .url. (Which may
>or may not be visible.)
>
> The content is just this:
>
>[InternetShortcut]
>URL=https://mozilla.org/
>
> So you can make them yourself if need be, in Notepad.
>Though what opens the shortcut will depend on the default
>program for .url extension.

.....................................................

Hi Mayayana!

Thank you for helping me to better understand!

Neil ━D
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[Neil Turkenkopf]

"VanguardLH" wrote in message
news:mailman.1171.147965645...@lists.mozilla.org...

Neil Turkenkopf wrote:

> I used to use "Create Shortcut" to, well, create a shortcut (of a page
> I'm on) to the desktop. Worked flawlessly for years, through many
> Firefox versions until finally, it was discontinued.
>
> The only thing I've found that's even close is "DeskCut" , and I'm
> using version "0.6.0.3.1-signed.1-signed". Suddenly it no longer
> works, and I'm wondering if it has anything to do with Firefox's
> update to 50.0?

........................................

>WITHOUT using any extension (e.g., Deskcut), explain in detail how you
>were creating shortcuts on the desktop to sites you visit in Firefox.
>As evidenced by other respondents, the typical method is to drag the URL
>handle from Firefox's address bar to the desktop. That would be
>impossible if you had Firefox's window maximized or fullscreened so
>there was no desktop space to which you could drag the URL handle from
>Firefox.
>
>https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/50.0/releasenotes/
>
>Doesn't show any comment relevant to creating desktop shortcuts.

...........................................
Hi Vanguard!

I never created a shortcut without right-clicking and selecting
"Create Shortcut", which was an extension back in the day
(made by Pike?). It always worked until it was discontinued,
and then recently replaced it with "deskCut", which was working
just fine until FF v50.0 came along.

(I've also never maximized Firefox's window for any reason.)

Anywayyyy, now that I've learned the "Show Site Information"
drag-to-desktop trick, everything is wonderful! :-)

Thanks for helping!

Neil ━D
--

[VanguardLH]

Neil Turkenkopf wrote:

> VanguardLH wrote ...

>
>> Neil Turkenkopf wrote:
>>
>>> I used to use "Create Shortcut" to, well, create a shortcut (of a page
>>> I'm on) to the desktop. Worked flawlessly for years, through many
>>> Firefox versions until finally, it was discontinued.
>>>
>>> The only thing I've found that's even close is "DeskCut" , and I'm
>>> using version "0.6.0.3.1-signed.1-signed". Suddenly it no longer
>>> works, and I'm wondering if it has anything to do with Firefox's
>>> update to 50.0?
>>

>> WITHOUT using any extension (e.g., Deskcut), explain in detail how
>> you were creating shortcuts on the desktop to sites you visit in
>> Firefox. As evidenced by other respondents, the typical method is to
>> drag the URL handle from Firefox's address bar to the desktop. That
>> would be impossible if you had Firefox's window maximized or
>> fullscreened so there was no desktop space to which you could drag
>> the URL handle from Firefox.
>>
>> https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/50.0/releasenotes/
>>
>> Doesn't show any comment relevant to creating desktop shortcuts.
>

> I never created a shortcut without right-clicking and selecting
> "Create Shortcut", which was an extension back in the day (made by
> Pike?).

Double negatives can confuse what you meant to say. Removing the
negatives results in "I created a shortcut with (by) right-clicking and
selecting "Create Shortcut", which was an extension."

I'm guessing where you right-clicked was on a hyperlink within a web
page rendered within Firefox or you use a context menu to get at the
extension's "Create Shortcut" feature. If indeed you used an extension
installed in Firefox and where you right-clicked was in Firefox and not
on the Windows desktop then you already know extensions (aka add-ons) do
go dead. The author doesn't update them, especially to keep up with
changes in the parent program, they abandon them, or they don't code
very well.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/deskcut/
Last Updated: May 23, 2011
Over 5 years old. Yep, it's an abandoned extension. Too bad Mozilla
doesn't dump abandonware or provide a filter on them.
And Pike's extension was abandoned even longer ago since DeskCut was
used to replace it.

So it appears you are asking for a replacement for an old and no longer
usable Firefox extension. So why not use the method that is available
in EVERY web browser by dragging the URL handle from the web browser to
the Windows desktop (or into whatever folder where you want to create a
shortcut)? No extension is required for that to work. Drag-n-drop has
been available for so long an in every web browser that I can't remember
when it first showed up. The feature is probably way over a decade old,
probably much older than Pike's abandoned extension and definitely older
than the DeskCut abandonware.

Rather than drag the URL handle onto the desktop or into another folder,
you can right-click on the address bar and select Copy. That puts the
URL string into the Windows clipboard. You can then paste that URL
string wherever you want, like when creating a desktop shortcut, a
shortcut in a different folder, into a document, into the address bar of
another web browser, etc. You'd be using copy-n-paste.

If it is for some hyperlink within the body of a web page for which you
are trying to create a desktop shortcut, and presuming you don't want to
click on the link to open that web page and then drag the URL handle to
the desktop to create a desktop, then right-click on the hyperlink, copy
its URL string (called "Copy Link Location" in Firefox), and then paste
it wherever you want, like when creating a desktop on the desktop or in
another folder. Still no web browser extension needed but just using
existing features in the web browser and in the OS.

> Anywayyyy, now that I've learned the "Show Site Information"
> drag-to-desktop trick, everything is wonderful! :-)

That involves some extra steps to show the site info from where you
would copy the URL string for the hyperlink in a web page. You could
just right-click on the hyperlink and copy the URL to then use when
creating a desktop shortcut, pasting into a document, or wherever you
want to paste the URL string.

If you want to create a desktop shortcut from the page you are currently
visiting then just drag the URL handle from the web browser's address
bar to the desktop. No need to visit Site Information. No need for an
extension. Right-clicking to use an extension seems more work than just
dragging the URL handle from the address bar to the desktop (or into
whatever folder you want).

Guess I never felt the need for an extension in any web browser to
create desktop shortcuts. I try to keep the number of extensions in any
web browser to a bare minimum. One reason is what you noted: they
eventually go dead or become flaky or even misbehaved. Another is that
there is no huge matrix noting which extensions conflict with each other
or duplicate or overlap on functionality. Another is they consume more
memory, especially for a multi-process web browser where each one gets a
separate copy of every extension to sandbox them by process.

Hopefully when you installed the DeskCut extension, you didn't install
this one:

http://malwarefixes.com/remove-deskcut-extension/

[Neil Turkenkopf]

"VanguardLH" wrote in message
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Neil Turkenkopf wrote:

> VanguardLH wrote ...
>
>> Neil Turkenkopf wrote:
>>
>>> I used to use "Create Shortcut" to, well, create a shortcut (of a page
>>> I'm on) to the desktop. Worked flawlessly for years, through many
>>> Firefox versions until finally, it was discontinued.
>>>
>>> The only thing I've found that's even close is "DeskCut" , and I'm
>>> using version "0.6.0.3.1-signed.1-signed". Suddenly it no longer
>>> works, and I'm wondering if it has anything to do with Firefox's
>>> update to 50.0?
>>
>> WITHOUT using any extension (e.g., Deskcut), explain in detail how
>> you were creating shortcuts on the desktop to sites you visit in
>> Firefox. As evidenced by other respondents, the typical method is to
>> drag the URL handle from Firefox's address bar to the desktop. That
>> would be impossible if you had Firefox's window maximized or
>> fullscreened so there was no desktop space to which you could drag
>> the URL handle from Firefox.
>>
>> https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/50.0/releasenotes/
>>
>> Doesn't show any comment relevant to creating desktop shortcuts.
>
> I never created a shortcut without right-clicking and selecting
> "Create Shortcut", which was an extension back in the day (made by
> Pike?).

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Hey Vanguard!

Thank you (once again) for your thoughtful and extensive reply!
I learned some things I never knew before, and I appreciate your help!

(No, I never installed that other thing.) I *did* just remove deskCut from
the list of Add-ons with no problem. All is well, and Thanks again!

Neil ━D
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[pedrobra...@gmail.com]

Amazing how much people write and still completely miss the point.
The point is having a simple way to put on the desktop a shortcut to the current URL on the browser.
In Internet Explorer it's quite simple: File - Send - Shortcut to desktop. Done! Too bad IE is not an option anymore, I'm stuck with Firefox.
In Firefox, with the "site information" icon, it can require a lot of steps depending on the windows' arrangement. For me it usually means to minimize all windows, then restore the window I want, then restore it down (I work with the windows maximized), then move it to be able to view an empty space on the desktop, and then finally drag it to the desktop.
That's why the need for the extension.

[Peter Holsberg]

pedrobra...@gmail.com wrote on 11/29/2016 1:51 PM:
> On Saturday, November 19, 2016 at 11:37:37 PM UTC, Neil Turkenkopf wrote:

> Amazing how much people write and still completely miss the point.
> The point is having a simple way to put on the desktop a shortcut to the current URL on the browser.
> In Internet Explorer it's quite simple: File - Send - Shortcut to desktop. Done! Too bad IE is not an option anymore, I'm stuck with Firefox.
> In Firefox, with the "site information" icon, it can require a lot of steps depending on the windows' arrangement. For me it usually means to minimize all windows, then restore the window I want, then restore it down (I work with the windows maximized), then move it to be able to view an empty space on the desktop, and then finally drag it to the desktop.
> That's why the need for the extension.

Win-D brings up the desktop
Click on Firefox
Drag the "site info" to the desktop

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message
<mailman.1510.148054194...@lists.mozilla.org>, Peter

Holsberg <pj...@pobox.com> writes:
>
>
>pedrobra...@gmail.com wrote on 11/29/2016 1:51 PM:

[]

>> Amazing how much people write and still completely miss the point.
>> The point is having a simple way to put on the desktop a shortcut to
>>the current URL on the browser.
>> In Internet Explorer it's quite simple: File - Send - Shortcut to
>>desktop. Done! Too bad IE is not an option anymore, I'm stuck with
>>Firefox.
>> In Firefox, with the "site information" icon, it can require a lot of
>>steps depending on the windows' arrangement. For me it usually means
>>to minimize all windows, then restore the window I want, then restore
>>it down (I work with the windows maximized), then move it to be able
>>to view an empty space on the desktop, and then finally drag it to the
>>desktop.
>> That's why the need for the extension.
>
>Win-D brings up the desktop
>Click on Firefox
>Drag the "site info" to the desktop
>

He can't: note he says he works with "the windows" maximised; so, when
he clicks on Firefox, he can no longer see the desktop.
>
(Though, if he works with maximised windows all the time, I'm puzzled
how he uses desktop shortcuts anyway, but each to his own. Unless he
drags them to the Quick Launch area after creating them.)
>
3
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As the man said when confronted by a large dinner salad, "This isn't food.
This is what food eats."

[Keith Nuttle]

All he has to do is to put the URL shortcuts in one folder and then
place the folder in the taskbar.

I know in Windows 10 you can drag the folder to the File Explorer and it
will be pinned to the Jumplist for the File Explorer. (I have File
explorer pinned to the taskbar)

If Firefox is full screen to access a URL, right click the taskbar File
Explorer icon, select the folder and slect the URL you want from the folder.

A folder can be pinned directly to the taskbar by first pinning it the
Start menu, and then on the Start Menu pin to the Taskbar.

Then if he wants a URL, and Firefox is full screen, he clicks on the
taskbar folder icon and selects the URL he wants.


I also believe there is a way to place a folder on the taskbar, like you
could in Window XP.