Cool LJ FList Page Tool

[liz_marcs]

I keep meaning to post about this. I don't know how many people are familiar with this nifty LJ tool, but I've been trying it for the past few days and this has been a tremendous godsend.

This Navigation Toolbar (this links to the FAQ) appears as a strip across the top of your computer screen when you're on LJ. It includes a drop-down menu that has a default Journals, Communities, and Syndicated Feeds that you've friended.

Those options alone help declutter your FList quite a lot, especially if, like me, you've got a ton of communities on your FList. It just so happens my communities tend to be pretty high-traffic, so it wasn't at all unusual for me to have an entire friends' page taken up by one community.

In addition, your drop down menu will also include any customized friends' group you've created, further slincing your FList view as you want.

Here's the link to click if you want to add it and try it out.

As I've said, I've been using it for the past few days and I'm very pleased with how it works. People are less like to get lost on my FList now.

Of course, I'm probably way behind the curve on this one. Everyone probably already knows about it.

Comments

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

Hey, thanks. I think I'd seen that at the top of a community somewhere and I wondered what it was (actually, I thought it was annoying, LOL, because it Wasn't What I Expected) -- I've added it to my LJ for now but it sure seems like it'll come in handy. :-)

[liz-marcs.livejournal.com]

It surprisingly does.

Sometimes the communities I belong to post up a cartoon or something and my FList goes all wonky (LJ CUTS PEOPLE!)

This has almost resolved the problem. Plus, I don't feel overwhelmed whenever I look at my FList. I had no idea how much traffic the groups added on a daily basis. My days of paging back to p25 is ovah!

[bigsciencybrain.livejournal.com]

I think I love you. :)

[liz-marcs.livejournal.com]

It's a nifty little tool. I stumbled across it when I changed the look of my LJ and went, "Hey! Wot's dis?"

I've been pleased with it because, yay! I can actually see what's going on and it's broken down all nice and neat.

[4thdixiechick.livejournal.com]

Cool feature - thanks for the heads up!

[thespatz.livejournal.com]

Oooh, shiny! *bounces*

[omegar.livejournal.com]

sounds cool, must investigate, later though, when i'm not on way to work.

[married-n-mich.livejournal.com]

Thanks for mentioning this. I had seen it, but didn't bother with it. Well, that changed. It is kind of nifty isn't it?

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

This is awesome - I don't have very many communities on my flist, but the two I have are...active. *g* Thanks for the link!