25 Sep
Posted by Alex as Computers, Firefox Tips, The Web

Firefox getting swamped with all the add-ons and toolbars? Then why not get rid of the StumbleUpon toolbar. If your primary use of StumbleUpon is that magical Stumble! button, then you might consider uninstalling the toolbar. While I love stumbling and voting myself. There are a lot of buttons and drop-downs that I don’t use at all.
So what then, if you get rid of the toolbar? No more Stumbling? Well, not exactly since you can just use a bookmarklet to rate and review. Just click and drag this bookmarklet to your Firefox bookmarks toolbar:
Doesn’t give you the random Stumble though. For more bookmarklets, click here.
UPDATE: Here’s a great edit shared by an anonymous commenter:
Even *better* is edit out your toolbar, so that you only have the “SU” stumble button.
Then close the toolbar entirely.
Right-click your existing (ie, Navigation) toolbar, and click “Customize…”
Then drag the “SU” icon to wherever you’d like it placed on your toolbar, and *poof* - Stumbleupon without the extra toolbar and unnecessary stuff.
This is also good because if you do want any of those options back, you still have the toolbar installed (it’s just not showing now), and it’s only a couple of clicks away!
Via: Firefox Facts
6 Responses
Carlita
October 4th, 2007 at 7:22 am
1That just submits the page you’re currently on to StumbleUpon. It doesn’t have the same function as the Stumble! button on the toolbar.
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Terence Chang
November 12th, 2007 at 7:22 pm
2If you really like to stumble upon a page without the tool bar. You should try the javascript bookmarklet.
Just one click without installing the toobar.
http://www.terencechang.com/2007/06/21/stumble-a-page-without-stumbleupon-toolbar-one-click-to-review-a-page/
SEO Pakistan
November 21st, 2007 at 8:47 am
3Both the Javascript bookmarlets don’t seem to work, at least for me… Can somebody verify that these are working buttons? I urgently need a Stumbleupon toolbar alternative.
Anon
February 14th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
4Even *better* is edit out your toolbar, so that you only have the “SU” stumble button.
Then close the toolbar entirely.
Right-click your existing (ie, Navigation) toolbar, and click “Customize…”
Then drag the “SU” icon to wherever you’d like it placed on your toolbar, and *poof* - Stumbleupon without the extra toolbar and unnecessary stuff.
This is also good because if you do want any of those options back, you still have the toolbar installed (it’s just not showing now), and it’s only a couple of clicks away!
Screenshot goodness–> http://img265.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lolwutfa5.png
Cassey Ching
February 15th, 2008 at 7:45 am
5great post. i liked it…
Animesh
April 30th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
6This method has stopped working.
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