We've already discussed how to replace Windows Explorer with the excellent, tabbed Xplorer 2, which is a lot like Firefox for files. Now reader Mark says he actually uses Firefox - with the IETab extension - to browse web pages and local folders all in one Firefox window:

I just have IEtab set up to automatically engage whenever the page begins with "file:///*" and set the folders I open often as my homepage such as Recently Downloaded Music, My Documents, iTunes Music, etc.


The great thing about this method is that all of Firefox's tabbed bookmark and keyboard quick search tricks work just as well with file:// URLs as web site URLs. Thanks, Mark!


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