Technical writers research software, draft and review documentation, track style guide updates, and manage multiple doc sets simultaneously in the browser. Firefox extensions for this workflow:
Documentation tab management
Tab Manager — save tab sets per documentation project or product version.
A "v2.3 API Reference" project might have: Swagger spec, existing docs, GitHub issues with feature specs, style guide, and reviewer comments open simultaneously. Tab Manager saves this context.
Writing and grammar review
AI Writing Assistant — grammar checking for technical documentation. Runs locally — proprietary product information and internal specs are not sent to external services.
Docs tasks and review deadlines
Daily Planner — today's docs work: "Draft authentication section," "Review SME feedback on Chapter 4," "Update changelog for v2.3."
Tech writing community news
News Widget Dashboard — RSS feeds from technical writing communities: Write the Docs blog, I'd Rather Be Writing (Tom Johnson), The Content Wrangler, Society for Technical Communication news.
Voice capture for doc notes
Voice Notes — speak a quick note mid-session: "clarify the authentication flow with the backend team before this section is final." Faster than breaking writing flow to type a comment.
Writing habit tracking
Habit Tracker — monthly tracking for writing habits: "wrote X words today," "reviewed one doc with an SME," "published one docs update."
All are part of a series I built — see the full series.
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