About Linkwad

Linkwad is a tabbed bookmarking extension for Mozilla Firefox.

What is a wad?

A wad is a set of links. Like this:

News Sources
- cnn.com
- news.google.com
- slashdot.org
- wired.com

The term "wad" is an acronym for "web address distribution."

What do I need to use Linkwad?

Mozilla Firefox: www.getfirefox.com

Linkwad for Firefox: addons.mozilla.org

A Linkwad account: www.linkwad.com/register

Privacy Policy

Linkwad now runs on Google App Engine.

User data is processed and/or stored on Google servers and "will be available to [Linkwad] and to Google" (section 3.3 of App Engine terms of service).

Relevant text from Google's App Engine Privacy Notice:

User account activity. […] Google's servers automatically record certain information about your use of applications developed using Google App Engine. Similar to other web services, Google records information such as account activity (e.g., storage usage, number of log-ins, actions taken), data displayed or clicked on (e.g., UI elements, links), and other log information (e.g., browser type, IP address, date and time of access, cookie ID, referrer URL).

Information stored in Linkwad's datastore includes primarily:

  • Usernames
  • Passwords (encrypted)
  • Email addresses
  • Wads
  • Temporary session data

Linkwad makes every effort to secure all information stored in our datastore, but cannot be held liable for inadvertent loss or disclosure of user data.

Please be aware that shared wads are deliberately made public and may therefore be indexed and/or archived by search engines.

Default Keyboard Shortcuts (Firefox Add-on)
Windows Mac Linux
Open a saved tab session. ctrl + alt + L ctrl + ⌘ + L ctrl + alt + O
Open search results in tabs. F1 F1 F1
Create new tab session. ctrl + alt + N ctrl + ⌘ + N ctrl + alt + N
Switch between active tab sessions. ctrl + alt + K ctrl + ⌘ + K ctrl + alt + K
Save tab session. ctrl + alt + S ctrl + ⌘ + S ctrl + alt + S
Close tab session. ctrl + alt + Q ctrl + ⌘ + Q ctrl + alt + Q
Delete an open wad. alt + del ⌘ + del alt + del
Linkwad.com ctrl + alt + W ctrl + ⌘ + W ctrl + alt + W
Toggle toolbar visibility. F8 F8 F8
Add tab to a saved wad. ctrl + ↑ ctrl + ↑ ctrl + ↑
Close tab. ctrl + ↓ ctrl + ↓ ctrl + ↓
Switch tabs. ctrl + ← / → ctrl + ← / → ctrl + ← / →
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