TargetAlert is a Firefox extension that puts icons next to links that represent the type of the file being linked. I'm always checking the filename extension in the status bar before clicking on a link, and often want web sites to provide this icons for me. Implementing this as a browser extension is elegant and brilliant.
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September 9, 2005