Google Wave has had a great hype these days. Many people are having access to Google Wave accounts now as Google has started distributing the invitations to try out Wave. Google Wave has all good features but I feel it is not that useful unless you have some tool which notifies you when you get a new Wave.
Firefox 3.6 Beta 5 has a new feature using which you can hide the Menu Bar. This gives your browser more pixels to display the information on the webpage. You need to right click the navigation or menu bar and uncheck Menu Bar item to hide the Menu Bar in Firefox. You can press Alt key to access the Menu Bar whenever needed.
According to the report from ZDNet (http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=5119&tag=nl.e589) Adobe has confirmed a security hole in Adobe PDF Reader. According the report his you need to disable the Javascript in Adobe Reader to keep your machine safe from vulnerabilities. To disable Javascript in Adobe Reader follow the steps below:
I had previously written about Google URL Shortener which can only be used with Google Toolbar and Feedburner.
Interestingly there is a new extension for Google Chrome with which you can use Google Shortener URL to reduce the length of your current URL.
If incase you have multiple logins for a single website and you need to access both within single instance Firefox browser then Multifox is an extension you are looking for. For example if you have 2 Gmail accounts then you need to log off from 1 of the accounts to access the other account within same Firefox instance. Multifox makes it possible to access all your Gmail accounts at once within the same instance without interfering the other account.
Multifox adds commands to Firefox's context menu to start a New Identity Window.
Google released its new version of Google Toolbar 6.4 for IE and Firefox.
Google URL Shortener at goo.gl is a service that takes long URLs and squeezes them into fewer characters to make a link that is easier to share, tweet, or email to friends. The core goals of this service are: stability, security and speed."
If you do not like the blank page after opening a New Tab in Firefox make sure you have NewTabURL extension installed for Firefox. Using NewTabURL you can simply set the page which should be opened on the New Tab opened.
Google has added new feature to its video search to restrict the search results to cartoons and slideshows. To restrict the search you need to search for the content you are looking for, click "Show Options" and select "Cartoons" or Slideshows" from the options in the left panel.
Google claims that it uses video recognition technology to classify the videos and give you better search results. Not sure if this is that useful feature but Google ended up ruining a great feature "TV view" using which you could play the videos without opening a new page. YouTube videos are no longer played in the embedded player while the other videos are played on the search results page only if you click on "Play Video".
When you hit the "I’m Feeling Lucky" button on the Google homepage without entering any search query, Google will now show you how many seconds are left before we switch to a new decade. (Reportedly it may not work with every browser).
There are certain webpages which do not render properly in Google Chrome and you end up switching to IE to view such pages. But with IE Tab extension for Google Chrome you can view such pages within Google Chrome using IE's rendering engine. Isn't that cool!!! It means now you no more need to leave Chrome to view such sites.
You can download the IE tab extension for Google Chrome from this link.
Open the URL in Google Chrome Beta and click "Add to Chrome" button
Google held an event in Googleplex in Mountain View to showcase the new Chrome extensions. Google Chrome extensions list has already reached around 500 now. Google also showcased how easy it is to build a Google Chrome extension as two of its developers developed a Chrome extension from scratch during the presentation in not more than 5 mins. The extension build was not a basic but displayed a Gmail message window with the current page's link.
This is quickly attracting users and the developers. Chrome extensions are so easy to build because they are nothing else but a webpage which almost every developer is familiar with.
Currently Chrome offers pretty nice extensions like:
BumpTop is all about reinventing your desktop to be more productive. It gives your desktop a new 3D interface to customize and organize your desktop like a real desk but better. Your desktop doesn't have to be a boring graveyard for lost and forgotten files anymore! Transform it with BumpTop. Create the desktop that suits your needs and style.
While looking for a Internet Connection we always tend to search for a ISP who provides faster Internet connection. No matter whatever ISP you choose you might not get the fastest browsing experience using your ISP's default DNS settings. DNS (Domain Name System) translates an IP address to an easy to remember hostname. There are other services like OpenDNS that are faster than your ISP and offer cool features.Google has recently launched a free public DNS service using which you get the following advantages over your ISP's default DNS:
Preferred DNS Server: 8.8.8.8According to Google you can interchange the Primary and secondary address, but don’t use the same number for both.
Alternate DNS Server: 8.8.4.4
Google has come up with themes for Gmail, Google Reader and rest of its services, but the themes available are not that good. Google Redesigned is a Mozilla Firefox extension designed by Globex Designs that aims to fully redesign the look and feel of popular Google services. This is achieved with Cascading StyleSheet (CSS) files which are loaded on the client's browser. The extension simplifies the use of these styles by providing auto-updates, easy management and notifications of changes. You can also download and use the styles individually by going to their respective pages.
Here's how Gmail Services look in Firefox after installing this extension
Deleting files from your system is one of the common activity. Whenever we delete any file or folder Windows pops up a confirmation window which is good as it gives you 1 chance to think about deletion but sometimes it is very annoying.
Are you a Firefox fan? If yes, why not help Mozilla improve Firefox more. Firefox developers are always adding new features and changing the existing functionality. Most of the times they try to do their best to meet the requirements, but many times they are short of data to know in which direction they need to move next. Being a developer myself I know how important data is to meet the users expectations.
Why not help Mozilla by providing the data like how we interact with Firefox by going through a series of tests? Mozilla Corp. has come up with an add-on for Firefox Test Pilot 0.4 using which you can help them improve Firefox.
You might have questions by now like: Do I need to be a Geek? What exactly do you need to do? What kinds tests? What kind of Data would be sent to Mozilla? What about Privacy?
Well, there is an answer for all these questions. Lets take a look at them 1 by 1.
Do I need to be a Geek?
No. The goal for this platform is to encourage everyone from all skill levels to improve the Web experience by conducting and participating in these tests.
What exactly do I need to do?
user, event_code, tab_position, tab_window, ui_method, tab_site_hash, num_tabs, timestamp 1, 6, 3, 1, 0, 1, 4, 1252974367669
1, 5, 0, 1, 1, 0, 4, 1252974422507 1, 10,0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1252974427743 1, 9, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1253668079410 1, 6, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1253668079792 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 0, 2, 1253668084072 1, 5, 1, 1, 2, 0, 2, 1253668084102 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 0, 3, 1253668084427 1, 5, 2, 1, 2, 0, 3, 1253668084471 1, 1, 3, 1, 2, 0, 4, 1253668084531 1, 5, 3, 1, 2, 0, 4, 1253668084568
What about Privacy?
As we all know Google Labs is always experimenting stuff to improve emails. It has once again come up with a small but quite a good feature. Using Default Text Styling under Labs you can now setup a default style for the text whenever you compose a new email.
To enable Default Text Style go to Settings -> Labs and Enable Default Text Styling and click Save Changes.
ProduKey is a small utility that displays the ProductID and the CD-Key of Microsoft Office (Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office 2007), Windows (Including Windows 7 and Windows Vista), Exchange Server, and SQL Server installed on your computer. You can view this information for your current running operating system, or for another operating system/computer - by using command-line options (Click here to see the Command Line options).
This utility can be useful if you lost the product key of your Windows/Office, and you want to reinstall it on your computer.
ProduKey doesn't requite any installation process or additional DLLs. In order to start using it, just run the executable file - produkey.exe
The main window of ProduKey displays the list of Windows, Office, and SQL Server products installed on your system. For each product, the "Product ID" and "Product Key" are displayed.
Kaspersky Antivirus 2009 is one of the best to protect your system from various threats like virus, malware, worms and other security threats. One thing which makes it different from Norton or AVG is that it is very low on resource usage.
Kaspersky India has started a Promotion Campaign where you get a free license for Kaspersky 2009 for 9 months. Though it is only for Indians but anyone can take advantage of this by providing valid Email ID, Indian Address and any Indian Postal Code.
There are situations when you want to delete the cookies of a particular site. This is possible in Firefox but you have to go through Tools->Options->Privacy->Show Cookies-> Search for the sites cookies and delete them. Doing this is a lengthy process. You have to go through this process because you want to delete the Cookies only for 1 site and retain rest of the cookies.
Remove Cookie(s) for Site 0.52 add-on for Firefox does the same thing for you in a simpler way. Remove Cookies add-on adds an option to the right click menu for removing the cookies of the site you are browsing. The status of the operation is displayed in the status bar.
Posts
All Comments
