1. Load Sitecore Desktop automatically and pre-select an item
I was wondering, if there is any opportunity to preload Sitecore Desktop automatically on Sitecore enter.
So annoyed of moving mouse across whole big monitor to the very top bottom, then select Content Editor from the menu, then wait till it loads an eventually as content tree loads - navigate to specific item! Even if it does not seem quite complex for a first glance - the number of times I do that per day makes me sadly thinking of wasted efforts for nothing...
Good news, everyone! There a convenient way of creating a shortcut that not only loads Content Editor, but also select any item you would like and loads its data right hand side. Here is the format of url:
http://your.host.name/sitecore/shell/Applications/Content%20Editor.aspx?fo={9CFF486B-9829-416E-8A39-408D3909B4FE}
where fo parameter stands for the item you want to pre-load.
2. If you use Google Chrome - install Chrome extensions for Sitecore
More details in my blog post by this link: Sitecore extensions for Google Chrome