Starts out fairly fast then progressively gets faster and faster up to an insane 320 bpm.
As a user, I had pretty much given up on Facebook until I saw the redesign Monday morning. It may appear to offer only subtle improvements, but I think it will help usability a lot.
If your account isn't yet on the new design, you can try it anyway at www.new.facebook.com. If you don't like it, you can switch back--for now, anyway.
Since the app platform launch 16 months ago, I've found using the service getting more frustrating. It felt like app notification windows were scattered everywhere, and there were little come-ons for features and new apps where I didn't want them. I had always liked Facebook more than MySpace since it had a cleaner design, but Facebook has been moving in the wrong direction. It was getting cluttered.
The new design fades back the pitches and the noise, and pushes Facebook's most important and universal feature, the Wall, into the front of the design, and the user's attention. I find it easier to read.
What's really much better, though, is the new "Publisher" feature on the profile update page, the Facebook location where you update your status and post photos and video. On this page, Facebook begins to look and feel like Twitter. (TechCrunch thinks it's more FriendFeed.) The default option, top and center on the page, is to fill in the "What are you doing now?" box. Users can also add notes, photos, or launch the better-integrated Webcam recording box.
It appears that the new design breaks some existing Facebook platform apps, and it reduces their visibility by default. Users will be able to add tabs to their Publisher box for other apps, though, which might actually help apps that don't compete with the existing Facebook status functions.
We're still waiting to see how Facebook handles the new hotness in app platforms: the iPhone.
post by:Rafe Needleman
Speed Up Firefox Load Times
Firefox can be noticeably slower to load up the first time in each computing session compared with Internet Explorer. This is because Internet Explorer's core files are already loaded up with Windows at bootup. For the most part not much can be done about Firefox's load up time, aside from perhaps reducing the number of Add-ons you have installed. I don't consider it a big deal, but if you find it annoying, you might want to try Firefox Preloader, a program which attempts to preload portions of Firefox into memory at Windows startup so that Firefox is quicker to launch. Microsoft's own Windows Prefetch feature in XP, or Windows SuperFetch feature in Vista also tries to do this to some extent for all applications, but experiment to see if FFPreloader further improves Firefox load times on your machine.
Portable Firefox
If you want to use Firefox on other PCs, but don't want the hassle of installing it wherever you go, or you don't have permission to install it on other machines, or you just don't want to leave any personal data on other machines, then you can use Firefox Portable Edition. This application is the same as the full version of Firefox, however it has been reconfigured so that it works entirely from a portable device such as a USB flash drive, portable hard drive, iPod/MP3 player, etc. The way it does this is by disabling disk caching and relying entirely on RAM caching and storing all your personal information only on your portable device - it does not put any traces of your information on the drive(s) of the computer on which you use the portable application.
Portable Firefox
If you want to use Firefox on other PCs, but don't want the hassle of installing it wherever you go, or you don't have permission to install it on other machines, or you just don't want to leave any personal data on other machines, then you can use Firefox Portable Edition. This application is the same as the full version of Firefox, however it has been reconfigured so that it works entirely from a portable device such as a USB flash drive, portable hard drive, iPod/MP3 player, etc. The way it does this is by disabling disk caching and relying entirely on RAM caching and storing all your personal information only on your portable device - it does not put any traces of your information on the drive(s) of the computer on which you use the portable application.
I hated the blogger bar across the top of my Web site because it didn’t really go with my template and I already had a Google search bar integrated. So I went on a mission to remove it and de-bloggerify my blog. I searched far and wide and for some reason kept hitting a dead end. It turns out that the code used to change the old blogger templates no longer works! So after tracking down the CSS changes here is how I did it:
All you need to do is add the following CSS to your template under edit HTML. You need to put in anywhere in your template between the
#navbar-iframe { height:0px; visibility:hidden; display:none; }
OK, everyone loves the green-haired maniacal villain in Batman. Some people wouldn't even mind being or looking like him.This way of being the Joker is based off the 2008 film Batman: The Dark Knight.
1. Watch all the Batman movies that have the Joker as a character. Understand the way he thinks(or doesn't think).Different actors play the character in different movies, so watch several of them.
2. Change your appearance. The Joker has wavy or straight green hair, wears loads of white makeup, has dark eyeliner around his eyes, and of course his signature red grin. This can be applied using red lipstick. Another thing that has "Joker" written all over it is his purple and green suit.
3. Practice The Joker's laugh. The Joker is known for being a maniac and what do maniacs do most often? Laugh. Laugh for seemingly no reason at random times.
4. Do things for no reason. The Joker does things just to do them. He has no plan or motive. He just thinks of something and does it without giving it much thought.
5. Have no fear. This may seem a bit "Batman-like" but it's also essential if you want to be the Joker. The Joker is not afraid of being locked up. He's not afraid of Batman. He's not afraid of the police. He's not afraid to die.
6. Never take anything too seriously. Always see the lighthearted and funny side of everything. The Joker makes loads of funny jokes and comments but keep in mind that he doesn't overdo it.
7. Be smart. The Joker is intelligent and cunning no matter how crazy he seems. He has backup plans and people doing his dirty work.
8. Be charismatic. The Joker is an evil, murdering sociopath, yet whenever he's on the screen one can't look away. the Joker has an air of confidence and is very interesting from his mannerisms to the things he says. Try to emulate this.
tips
* Don't be afraid to make yourself look crazy in front of others.
* Have your henchmen and workers wear clown masks.
1. Watch all the Batman movies that have the Joker as a character. Understand the way he thinks(or doesn't think).Different actors play the character in different movies, so watch several of them.
2. Change your appearance. The Joker has wavy or straight green hair, wears loads of white makeup, has dark eyeliner around his eyes, and of course his signature red grin. This can be applied using red lipstick. Another thing that has "Joker" written all over it is his purple and green suit.
3. Practice The Joker's laugh. The Joker is known for being a maniac and what do maniacs do most often? Laugh. Laugh for seemingly no reason at random times.
4. Do things for no reason. The Joker does things just to do them. He has no plan or motive. He just thinks of something and does it without giving it much thought.
5. Have no fear. This may seem a bit "Batman-like" but it's also essential if you want to be the Joker. The Joker is not afraid of being locked up. He's not afraid of Batman. He's not afraid of the police. He's not afraid to die.
6. Never take anything too seriously. Always see the lighthearted and funny side of everything. The Joker makes loads of funny jokes and comments but keep in mind that he doesn't overdo it.
7. Be smart. The Joker is intelligent and cunning no matter how crazy he seems. He has backup plans and people doing his dirty work.
8. Be charismatic. The Joker is an evil, murdering sociopath, yet whenever he's on the screen one can't look away. the Joker has an air of confidence and is very interesting from his mannerisms to the things he says. Try to emulate this.
tips
* Don't be afraid to make yourself look crazy in front of others.
* Have your henchmen and workers wear clown masks.
Today tip will help you to increase the speed of Internet Explorer 6 to Internet Explorer 7 by modifying the maximum number of connections per server. This should allocate the additional bandwidth and reasonably improve internet browsing performance. Using registry editor, you can implement this task in all windows versions with minimum effort. Make sure before modifying your system Registry about its backup because Registry contains all information how your system runs. This backup will help you to restore Registry in case any problem occurs after modifying.
Follow the given steps to increase the explorer speed:
To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.
Click Start button and type regedit in Run option then press Enter for next.
Here locate the location to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings
Here in right side panel, locate the values called "MaxConnectionsPerServer" and "MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server".
If these values are not present then in right side panel, right-click to create new DWORD value with the name "MaxConnectionsPerServer" and "MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server" then assign number 6 in value data for both keys.
Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
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Invisibility cloaks are cool, but an invisibility carpet is more practical.
That's according to scientists from Imperial College London, who recently published a paper detailing the creation of a material that would be the first to hide objects in visible light, something no cloaking device has ever achieved.
"We've given a prescription for how to cloak something in visible light," said John Pendry, who, along with Jensen Li, wrote the paper that appeared recently on ArXiv.org. "It will be difficult to make but it is also practical."
Cloaking an object requires structures, often referred to as metamaterials, that channel light in a specific way.
The only way to channel light in that fashion is by using structures smaller than the wavelength of light being used to detect an object. In 2006, Duke University scientists cloaked an object from light centimeters long by creating a metamaterial with structures millimeters in size.
To cloak an object in visible light, which has a much smaller wavelength, around half a micron, scientists would have to create structures nanometers in size, which, according to Pendry, "requires some clever nanotechnology."
That nanotechnology would come from combining special layers of common silica and silicon, each of which reflects light differently.
"It's a lot like a mirage," said Pendry. "The sun heats the air above the desert and creates a temperature gradient, so when light from the sky comes down the graded refraction bends the light and it enters your eye and you see a mirage the looks like water."
Instead of creating a temperature gradient that only partially reflects light, the silicon and silica mix would create a physical gradient that instead makes light do a complete U turn, exiting in the same direction it entered.
The result would look like a mirror. If you looked at it you would see your reflection. The difference is that this mirror would let you check your reflection from any angle, not just one.
"This new cloak is not perfect," said Vladimir Shalaev, a professor at Purdue University in Indiana involved in metamaterial research who did not contribute to the ArXiv.org paper.
"Instead it leaves an observer with illusion that there is only a flat mirror on the ground with some transparent dielectric box on top of it, whereas, in reality, there an object concealed in the "transparent" box which is not visible for the observer."
Perfect or not, it's still an important result according to Shalaev.
"This 'invisibility carpet' can be fabricated and it's indeed an important step toward making the dream of invisibility true."
Theory and actual fabrication are far apart, however. Pendry estimates that with appropriate funding and expertise, invisibility carpets could be produced in one to two years.
"We are theorists; we have an easy life," said Pendry. "The difficult stuff is to actually make this."
source:discoverynews
That's according to scientists from Imperial College London, who recently published a paper detailing the creation of a material that would be the first to hide objects in visible light, something no cloaking device has ever achieved.
"We've given a prescription for how to cloak something in visible light," said John Pendry, who, along with Jensen Li, wrote the paper that appeared recently on ArXiv.org. "It will be difficult to make but it is also practical."
Cloaking an object requires structures, often referred to as metamaterials, that channel light in a specific way.
The only way to channel light in that fashion is by using structures smaller than the wavelength of light being used to detect an object. In 2006, Duke University scientists cloaked an object from light centimeters long by creating a metamaterial with structures millimeters in size.
To cloak an object in visible light, which has a much smaller wavelength, around half a micron, scientists would have to create structures nanometers in size, which, according to Pendry, "requires some clever nanotechnology."
That nanotechnology would come from combining special layers of common silica and silicon, each of which reflects light differently.
"It's a lot like a mirage," said Pendry. "The sun heats the air above the desert and creates a temperature gradient, so when light from the sky comes down the graded refraction bends the light and it enters your eye and you see a mirage the looks like water."
Instead of creating a temperature gradient that only partially reflects light, the silicon and silica mix would create a physical gradient that instead makes light do a complete U turn, exiting in the same direction it entered.
The result would look like a mirror. If you looked at it you would see your reflection. The difference is that this mirror would let you check your reflection from any angle, not just one.
"This new cloak is not perfect," said Vladimir Shalaev, a professor at Purdue University in Indiana involved in metamaterial research who did not contribute to the ArXiv.org paper.
"Instead it leaves an observer with illusion that there is only a flat mirror on the ground with some transparent dielectric box on top of it, whereas, in reality, there an object concealed in the "transparent" box which is not visible for the observer."
Perfect or not, it's still an important result according to Shalaev.
"This 'invisibility carpet' can be fabricated and it's indeed an important step toward making the dream of invisibility true."
Theory and actual fabrication are far apart, however. Pendry estimates that with appropriate funding and expertise, invisibility carpets could be produced in one to two years.
"We are theorists; we have an easy life," said Pendry. "The difficult stuff is to actually make this."
source:discoverynews
The TimeTracker extension for Firefox gives you a really easy way to track the time you spend directly in front of your browser. The timer only ticks if you are browsing, and you can exclude work-related sites from the timer as well.
Once you install the extension, you'll notice a little timer down in the lower right-hand corner.
Once you install the extension, you'll notice a little timer down in the lower right-hand corner.
If you right-click on the clock, you'll get a menu where you can easily reset the timer or get to the options page.
In the options page, you can choose if you want to track the time per day, or cumulative, and you can change a very important setting… turn off the seconds timer so you won't see the thing change constantly (very annoying).
You'll also want to note the "Do not track filter", where you can put in a space delimited list of sites that won't be tracked. This is useful if you want to include work applications, or productivity sites like one of the many to-do lists out there.
It's amazing how much time I spend online… too much.
Download TimeTracker from Mozilla Add-ons
It's amazing how much time I spend online… too much.
Download TimeTracker from Mozilla Add-ons
There are many advantages to using the Firefox web browser for your daily browsing needs, but my favorite has to be the add-ons (extensions and themes) available to customize your browsing experience.
Within those add-ons are a few core extensions and themes that everyone should use. The Greasemonkey extension fits into that category in my opinion. Simply download the extension, then grab your favorite scripts and watch your internet browsing experience improve drastically!
Note: If you use Internet Explorer, you can use the IE7 Pro Compatibility add-in to permit some Greasemonkey scripts. If you use Safari, you may be able to run some scripts using Greasekit (previously known as the Creammonkey plugin). Opera is also known for being able to run a few scripts on their own.
How does Greasemonkey work? Greasemonkey assigns user-created scripts to run on the pre-determined web pages automatically, without you having to do anything. There are literally 100’s of them out their that improve the appearance and functionality of all sorts of websites out there. This post is a compliation of the best and most popular Greasemonkey scripts available to its users, broken down into category for easier reference.
Blogger
Enlarge Blogger - Enlarges Blogger’s template editor.
Bloglines
Bloglines HAI - Hide Archived Items script within Bloglines.
Del.icio.us
Del.icio.us Prettifier - Drastically improves the look of Del.icio.us.
Dejalicious - Tells you if the site you are looking at is already in your Del.icio.us bookmarks (adds + or -)
Fav.icio.us - Adds the websites favicon next to its bookmark.
Digg
Comment Box Sidebar - Makes the comment box appear where you are currently at rather than at the top of the page.
Diggmenu - Adds a Digg menu to your browser.
DuggMirror - Changes all Digg links to their DiggMirror links automatically so you never have to worry about broken links again.
Digg.licio.us - Adds a “Save It” button just below the “Digg It” button allowing you to click to add to Del.icio.us.
Digg Comment Helper - Highlights the most popular comments.
Google Search - Replaces Digg’s search engine with Google search.
Hide Buried Comments - Hides all buried comments (and their offspring).
Reddit on Digg - Adds Reddit comments for the same article to the equivalent Digg article.
eBay
Currency Conversion - Converts all currency to your currency of choice. Great for finding out how much you will have to pay for auctions and such that are listed under another currency.
Facebook
Facebook Auto-login - Automatically logs you in to Facebook.
Facebook Fixer - Makes profile pictures larger, shows additional menu items, adds people’s age to their profiles, and changes redirected links to direct links.
Facebook Remove Feed Advertisements - Removes the feed advertisements on your Facebook feed.
Facebook Auto-Colorizer - Changes the pages colors to match the dominant colors in the picture on each profile page.
Make Facebook Green - Allows you to change Facebook to green (or any color if you add a hexadecimal number to the javascript).
No Facebook Apps -Makes it so you don’t have to see facebook apps when you view Facebook profiles.
Flickr
FlickrBox - Enhances browsing on Flickr.
Flickr Shades - Changes Flickr to white letters on a black background. You can customize the script to colors of your choice.
Flickr Image Blocker - Blocks annoying hovering images over the picture (to prevent you from saving the images).
Flickr Photo Magnifier - Adds a small rectangular magnifier allowing you to see greater detail on Flickr images.
Multi Group Sender - Overrides the Send to Group button allowing you to send to multiple groups.
GMail
GMail Super Clean - Gives your GMail an amazing new look.
GMail Air Skin - Gives GMail a slightly different look (more transparency).
Folder4GMail - Adds sub-labels to your Gmail folder.
GMail Full Width - Removes any advertisements and maximizes screen real estate by expanding your e-mails to fit your screen. Really useful for widescreen monitors.
GMail and Reader Integrated - Integrates Google Reader into your GMail account.
GMail Allow HTML - Allows you to add HTML to your E-mails.
GMail Insert HTML Signature - Allows 1 or more HTML Signatures to be used within GMail.
GMail Attachment Icons - Adds attachment icons to GMail.
GMail Conversation Preview - Adds preview bubbles to GMail conversations.
GMail Multiple Signatures - Allows you to have multiple signatures depending on which From: address you select.
GMail Contact List - Gives GMail a contact list.
GMail Spam Count Hide - Hides your GMail spam count.
more about firefox here
post by:kyle eslick
Within those add-ons are a few core extensions and themes that everyone should use. The Greasemonkey extension fits into that category in my opinion. Simply download the extension, then grab your favorite scripts and watch your internet browsing experience improve drastically!
Note: If you use Internet Explorer, you can use the IE7 Pro Compatibility add-in to permit some Greasemonkey scripts. If you use Safari, you may be able to run some scripts using Greasekit (previously known as the Creammonkey plugin). Opera is also known for being able to run a few scripts on their own.
How does Greasemonkey work? Greasemonkey assigns user-created scripts to run on the pre-determined web pages automatically, without you having to do anything. There are literally 100’s of them out their that improve the appearance and functionality of all sorts of websites out there. This post is a compliation of the best and most popular Greasemonkey scripts available to its users, broken down into category for easier reference.
Blogger
Enlarge Blogger - Enlarges Blogger’s template editor.
Bloglines
Bloglines HAI - Hide Archived Items script within Bloglines.
Del.icio.us
Del.icio.us Prettifier - Drastically improves the look of Del.icio.us.
Dejalicious - Tells you if the site you are looking at is already in your Del.icio.us bookmarks (adds + or -)
Fav.icio.us - Adds the websites favicon next to its bookmark.
Digg
Comment Box Sidebar - Makes the comment box appear where you are currently at rather than at the top of the page.
Diggmenu - Adds a Digg menu to your browser.
DuggMirror - Changes all Digg links to their DiggMirror links automatically so you never have to worry about broken links again.
Digg.licio.us - Adds a “Save It” button just below the “Digg It” button allowing you to click to add to Del.icio.us.
Digg Comment Helper - Highlights the most popular comments.
Google Search - Replaces Digg’s search engine with Google search.
Hide Buried Comments - Hides all buried comments (and their offspring).
Reddit on Digg - Adds Reddit comments for the same article to the equivalent Digg article.
eBay
Currency Conversion - Converts all currency to your currency of choice. Great for finding out how much you will have to pay for auctions and such that are listed under another currency.
Facebook Auto-login - Automatically logs you in to Facebook.
Facebook Fixer - Makes profile pictures larger, shows additional menu items, adds people’s age to their profiles, and changes redirected links to direct links.
Facebook Remove Feed Advertisements - Removes the feed advertisements on your Facebook feed.
Facebook Auto-Colorizer - Changes the pages colors to match the dominant colors in the picture on each profile page.
Make Facebook Green - Allows you to change Facebook to green (or any color if you add a hexadecimal number to the javascript).
No Facebook Apps -Makes it so you don’t have to see facebook apps when you view Facebook profiles.
Flickr
FlickrBox - Enhances browsing on Flickr.
Flickr Shades - Changes Flickr to white letters on a black background. You can customize the script to colors of your choice.
Flickr Image Blocker - Blocks annoying hovering images over the picture (to prevent you from saving the images).
Flickr Photo Magnifier - Adds a small rectangular magnifier allowing you to see greater detail on Flickr images.
Multi Group Sender - Overrides the Send to Group button allowing you to send to multiple groups.
GMail
GMail Super Clean - Gives your GMail an amazing new look.
GMail Air Skin - Gives GMail a slightly different look (more transparency).
Folder4GMail - Adds sub-labels to your Gmail folder.
GMail Full Width - Removes any advertisements and maximizes screen real estate by expanding your e-mails to fit your screen. Really useful for widescreen monitors.
GMail and Reader Integrated - Integrates Google Reader into your GMail account.
GMail Allow HTML - Allows you to add HTML to your E-mails.
GMail Insert HTML Signature - Allows 1 or more HTML Signatures to be used within GMail.
GMail Attachment Icons - Adds attachment icons to GMail.
GMail Conversation Preview - Adds preview bubbles to GMail conversations.
GMail Multiple Signatures - Allows you to have multiple signatures depending on which From: address you select.
GMail Contact List - Gives GMail a contact list.
GMail Spam Count Hide - Hides your GMail spam count.
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post by:kyle eslick
Windows Vista - Hidden Boot Screen
The default boot screen of Windows Vista is a black screen containing just a progress bar and the text “Microsoft Corporation”. Those of you who are tired of this boring default look of the Windows Vista Boot Screen, can enable the hidden boot screen.
The default boot screen of Windows Vista is a black screen containing just a progress bar and the text “Microsoft Corporation”. Those of you who are tired of this boring default look of the Windows Vista Boot Screen, can enable the hidden boot screen.
Here is how you can enable the Aurora Boot Screen in Windows Vista:
1. click on the start orb and type in “MSCONFIG” in the searchbox and press Enter
2. once the System Configuration tool loads, click on the Boot tab
3. under Boot Options check “No GUI boot”
4. click apply and then OK and restart your computer to see the new boot screen.
Aurora Boot Screen
Here is how you can enable the Aurora Boot Screen in Windows Vista:
1. click on the start orb and type in "MSCONFIG" in the searchbox and press Enter
2. once the System Configuration tool loads, click on the Boot tab
3. under Boot Options check "No GUI boot"
4. click apply and then OK and restart your computer to see the new boot screen.
Sounds and Hidden Music
1. Press Win logo key and R. Then it will open Run.
2. Type in "Media" (without quotation marks)
3. It will get a folder of Windows sounds and hidden midi music.
My favorite hidden song is "Town".
What Time is it?
Open note book, then type in" .LOG" (all caps without quotes)
Save using any file name and on the scroll down menu choose all files.
Close out notebook, open the file again and you will find the date and time.
Ribbons
This one is pretty cool
Go to start menu, then all programmes, then accessories, then command prompt.
When the screen comes up type in "ribbons.scr /p65552" (without the quotes) you should also try these ones too.
"aurora.scr /p65552" (without the quotes)
"bubbles.scr /p65552" (without the quotes)
to close these screens you will then require to open the task manager (Ctrl, Alt and delete keys at the same time and close the programs in end task.)
These are all I could find for now but when I find more I will add them.
Aurora Boot Screen
Here is how you can enable the Aurora Boot Screen in Windows Vista:
1. click on the start orb and type in "MSCONFIG" in the searchbox and press Enter
2. once the System Configuration tool loads, click on the Boot tab
3. under Boot Options check "No GUI boot"
4. click apply and then OK and restart your computer to see the new boot screen.
Sounds and Hidden Music
1. Press Win logo key and R. Then it will open Run.
2. Type in "Media" (without quotation marks)
3. It will get a folder of Windows sounds and hidden midi music.
My favorite hidden song is "Town".
What Time is it?
Open note book, then type in" .LOG" (all caps without quotes)
Save using any file name and on the scroll down menu choose all files.
Close out notebook, open the file again and you will find the date and time.
Ribbons
This one is pretty cool
Go to start menu, then all programmes, then accessories, then command prompt.
When the screen comes up type in "ribbons.scr /p65552" (without the quotes) you should also try these ones too.
"aurora.scr /p65552" (without the quotes)
"bubbles.scr /p65552" (without the quotes)
to close these screens you will then require to open the task manager (Ctrl, Alt and delete keys at the same time and close the programs in end task.)
These are all I could find for now but when I find more I will add them.
type about:robots into your address bar and hit enter.
So what does Klaatu Barada Nikto mean? this video will tell you..
So what does Klaatu Barada Nikto mean? this video will tell you..
With windows Vista you have noticed the slow internet speed. The web browsing and downloading speed is very slow as compare to previous versions of windows. You can open the same sites in windows XP and server 2003 with the normal speed.
Follow the given steps to increase the Vista browsing speed:
First go to Advance tab in Internet Explorer and turn off the TLS (Transport Layer Security) encryption option. Here to fix problem with some secure pages turn on the SSL 2.0 (Secure Sockets Layer) feature and click Ok button to close it.
Follow the major fix for this problem:
In windows Vista, the TCP autotuning feature is enabled by default. Some web servers do not respond properly to this feature, so it appears that some sites open with very slow speed.
To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.
First click on Start button and type CMD in Run option then press Enter.
At Command Prompt, type the following command and press enter.
netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel= disabled
This command will disable the TCP autotuning feature. Now close the command Prompt and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
You can easily restore these setting by typing the following command at Command Prompt.
netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel= normal
Now close the command Prompt and again restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
Follow the given steps to increase the Vista browsing speed:
First go to Advance tab in Internet Explorer and turn off the TLS (Transport Layer Security) encryption option. Here to fix problem with some secure pages turn on the SSL 2.0 (Secure Sockets Layer) feature and click Ok button to close it.
Follow the major fix for this problem:
In windows Vista, the TCP autotuning feature is enabled by default. Some web servers do not respond properly to this feature, so it appears that some sites open with very slow speed.
To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.
First click on Start button and type CMD in Run option then press Enter.
At Command Prompt, type the following command and press enter.
netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel= disabled
This command will disable the TCP autotuning feature. Now close the command Prompt and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
You can easily restore these setting by typing the following command at Command Prompt.
netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel= normal
Now close the command Prompt and again restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
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Denver water advertisement
Funeral services anyone?
The Economist
Stop n Grow Bag Advertisement
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Extensions provide additional functionality in Firefox. Once an extension is installed and Firefox is restarted, you can experience the additional functionality straight away. For troubleshooting purposes I don't recommend installing too many extensions at once, as this might cause strange behavior in Firefox or affect performance, so gradually install the extensions you need and experiment to determine if they affect performance and/or stability, and only keep the extensions you genuinely need.
Note: If an extension doesn't work with your current Firefox version, you can still force it to be used by changing both the extensions.checkCompatibility and extensions.checkUpdateSecurity preferences to False - see the Advanced Tweaking section. This is not recommended as it can cause a lot of problems with some add-ons; it's best to wait for updated versions of the relevant extensions.
Some of the more useful Firefox extensions which are currently compatible with Firefox 3 that you might like to try are listed below, along with brief descriptions:
IE Tab - A few web pages still don't display correctly on Firefox, or only allow the use of Internet Explorer to view them correctly (e.g. Windows Update in XP). This extension allows you to quickly view a page using the IE rendering engine, in a new tab within Firefox.
NoScript - This extension gives you far greater control over the way Javascript, Java and other executable content is run on various websites. Scripts are notorious for being abused by malicious or annoying websites, and once you've added your trusted websites to the list, Noscript will protect you from most malicious or annoying content, also allowing you to toggle script on or off as needed.
Adblock Plus - This extension allows you to block specific ad elements on any web page, preventing them from loading in the future. Remember however that if you block all ads you will eventually contribute to the demise of your favorite sites. Ads are essentially what makes the Internet free to browse, so be cautious with what you block, or alternatively consider donating to sites which you like but for which you block all ads.
DownThemAll - Firefox's default Download Manager has improved quite a bit in Firefox 3, however you may still have need of a more advanced download utility. DownThemAll makes downloading from multiple links much easier, can improve download speeds, and allows better management of downloaded files such as auto-renaming.
FlashGot - This extension requires one of the supported external download managers, but in turn incorporates the external download manager into Firefox, adding a wide range of functionality not possible with the default Firefox Download Manager.
GreaseMonkey - This extension allows you to completely customize the way any web page looks or behaves. This is done through the use of user-made scripts - you can search and browse through existing scripts here, and find out more about how to create scripts here.
Gmail Notifier - If you use the free Gmail webmail service, this extension allows you to monitor your Gmail account(s) from within Firefox, getting notification of new messages while browsing other sites for example.
Forecastfox - Allows you to display local and international weather forecasts unobtrusively within Firefox. You can also determine how far ahead the forecasts run.
FoxyTunes - This extension lets you control any media player through Firefox, while also giving you access to a wide range of information about the music you are listening to, such as lyrics and videos.
FireGestures - This extension allows you to use mouse gestures - movements of your mouse in particular ways - to activate common browser commands in Firefox, like back, forward and close tab.
This list is in no way comprehensive or representative of all you can do with extensions, it is simply some of the more popular extensions which you may find useful. Each person will have his or her own personal favorites, so I encourage you to start searching through the add-ons to see what you can find.
Author: Koroush Ghazi
Note: If an extension doesn't work with your current Firefox version, you can still force it to be used by changing both the extensions.checkCompatibility and extensions.checkUpdateSecurity preferences to False - see the Advanced Tweaking section. This is not recommended as it can cause a lot of problems with some add-ons; it's best to wait for updated versions of the relevant extensions.
Some of the more useful Firefox extensions which are currently compatible with Firefox 3 that you might like to try are listed below, along with brief descriptions:
IE Tab - A few web pages still don't display correctly on Firefox, or only allow the use of Internet Explorer to view them correctly (e.g. Windows Update in XP). This extension allows you to quickly view a page using the IE rendering engine, in a new tab within Firefox.
NoScript - This extension gives you far greater control over the way Javascript, Java and other executable content is run on various websites. Scripts are notorious for being abused by malicious or annoying websites, and once you've added your trusted websites to the list, Noscript will protect you from most malicious or annoying content, also allowing you to toggle script on or off as needed.
Adblock Plus - This extension allows you to block specific ad elements on any web page, preventing them from loading in the future. Remember however that if you block all ads you will eventually contribute to the demise of your favorite sites. Ads are essentially what makes the Internet free to browse, so be cautious with what you block, or alternatively consider donating to sites which you like but for which you block all ads.
DownThemAll - Firefox's default Download Manager has improved quite a bit in Firefox 3, however you may still have need of a more advanced download utility. DownThemAll makes downloading from multiple links much easier, can improve download speeds, and allows better management of downloaded files such as auto-renaming.
FlashGot - This extension requires one of the supported external download managers, but in turn incorporates the external download manager into Firefox, adding a wide range of functionality not possible with the default Firefox Download Manager.
GreaseMonkey - This extension allows you to completely customize the way any web page looks or behaves. This is done through the use of user-made scripts - you can search and browse through existing scripts here, and find out more about how to create scripts here.
Gmail Notifier - If you use the free Gmail webmail service, this extension allows you to monitor your Gmail account(s) from within Firefox, getting notification of new messages while browsing other sites for example.
Forecastfox - Allows you to display local and international weather forecasts unobtrusively within Firefox. You can also determine how far ahead the forecasts run.
FoxyTunes - This extension lets you control any media player through Firefox, while also giving you access to a wide range of information about the music you are listening to, such as lyrics and videos.
FireGestures - This extension allows you to use mouse gestures - movements of your mouse in particular ways - to activate common browser commands in Firefox, like back, forward and close tab.
This list is in no way comprehensive or representative of all you can do with extensions, it is simply some of the more popular extensions which you may find useful. Each person will have his or her own personal favorites, so I encourage you to start searching through the add-ons to see what you can find.
Author: Koroush Ghazi
Moller International's recently introduce their new M200G Flying vehicle that will be on sale in 2009.
The initial volantor model being offered will be the M200G Jetson ground effect vehicle that is designed for operation at up to 10 feet above ground level. Designed as a vertical take off & landing (VTOL) fast, low-cost personal recreational vehicle, the M200 is constrained to this altitude so that operators will not be required to have a pilot’s license. Moller are hoping that, once the ease of operation and safety of the vehicle are thoroughly demonstrated, the requirement for the operator to have a private pilot's license for higher flying models will be removed. The ease of operation lies in vehicle’s fly by wire computer technology, which actually does the flying. The pilot need only move the controls in the direction he wants to go so that little skill is required.
In view of its planned limited production through 2009, the Company is set to offer the Jetson for sale only via an international auction. A potential bidder can become a “candidate qualified to bid” by establishing his or her ability to meet the $150,000 reserve. No deposit will be required until a successful bid occurs. Qualified participants will be advised on a regular basis as to the Jetson’s production status and its anticipated auction schedule.
for further info visit Moller
The initial volantor model being offered will be the M200G Jetson ground effect vehicle that is designed for operation at up to 10 feet above ground level. Designed as a vertical take off & landing (VTOL) fast, low-cost personal recreational vehicle, the M200 is constrained to this altitude so that operators will not be required to have a pilot’s license. Moller are hoping that, once the ease of operation and safety of the vehicle are thoroughly demonstrated, the requirement for the operator to have a private pilot's license for higher flying models will be removed. The ease of operation lies in vehicle’s fly by wire computer technology, which actually does the flying. The pilot need only move the controls in the direction he wants to go so that little skill is required.
In view of its planned limited production through 2009, the Company is set to offer the Jetson for sale only via an international auction. A potential bidder can become a “candidate qualified to bid” by establishing his or her ability to meet the $150,000 reserve. No deposit will be required until a successful bid occurs. Qualified participants will be advised on a regular basis as to the Jetson’s production status and its anticipated auction schedule.for further info visit Moller
here my favorite list of manipulated photograph. usually, the manipulated photograph is done to enhance the effect of the image itself,and sometime its been done to manipulate the truth.
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In 2006, a reporter from Reuters was covering news about the Isreal-Lebonon conflict. This was the image he used to go with the story. “Hajj claimed he had just been trying to remove dust marks, and that he made mistakes due to the bad lighting conditions he was working under. Critics point out that this is impossible, as Hajj’s doctored image added an entire plume of smoke, duplicated several buildings, and showed a repeating pattern indicating that one plume of smoke was “cloned” several times.”2.
The original copy of the Beatles Abbey Road album cover shows Paul McCartney, third in line, holding a cigarette. United States poster companies have airbrushed this image to remove the cigarette from McCartney's hand. This change was made without the permission of either McCartney or Apple Records, which owns the rights to the image. "We have never agreed to anything like this," said an Apple spokesman. "It seems these poster companies got a little carried away. They shouldn't have done what they have, but there isn't much we can do about it now."3.
Soon after Sept 11th, 2001, this picture was clogging everyone’s e-mails. It is supposed to be the last picture taken on a roll of film from a camera that somehow managed to survive the decimation of everything in the Twin Towers. It was soon to be found as an altered image. Firstly, the weather on the image did not match the real weather on September 11th, 2001. Secondly, he is standing on the south tower, but the first tower to be hit was the north tower. Thirdly, the observation deck of the WTC was not open when the planes hit. Fourth, the aircraft that struck the WTC were traveling at such a velocity that only an extremely fast shutter speed would have rendered the amount of detail on the aircraft pictured. Finally, the plane on the picture is an American Boeing 757, while the planes that hit the WTC were Boeing 767s.4.
Helicopter Shark is a composition of two photographs that gives the impression that a Great white shark is leaping out of the water attacking military personnel climbing a suspended ladder attached to a special forces UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. The photo was widely circulated via email in 2001, along with a claim that it had been chosen as “National Geographic Photo of the Year”. The final edited photo was created by combining a photograph of a HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter taken by Lance Cheung for United States Air Force (USAF), and a photo taken by South African photographer Charles Maxwell. While the helicopter photo was in fact taken in front of the Golden Gate Bridge, the photo of the shark was actually taken in False Bay, South Africa. There are no known sightings of Great White sharks in San Francisco Bay.5.
This image of an Iranian missile test appeared on the front page of the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, BBC News, Chicago Tribune, and others. The image is from the web site of Sepah News, the media arm of Iran's Revolutionary Guards. After the publication of this photo, it was revealed that the second missile from the right was digitally added to the image in order to conceal a missile on the ground that did not fire.The most innovative tech doesn't always succeed. Here we present 10 great technologies from Microsoft that were simply too far ahead of their time.
WebTV (1997)
Set-top boxes don't need to be dumb, and for the past few years, the move has been on to embed new technologies and extra smarts into them, including DVR functionality, two-way communication, Web surfing, and more. Microsoft bought WebTV back in the late nineties, relabeled it MSN TV, and eventually spun it off as a separate company. One could argue that the market has reached its zenith with Internet-connected set top-boxes like the Xbox 360 and Apple TV.
Tablet PCs (2002)
Rather than typing on a PC, why not write on it as though it were a pad of paper? And have the CPU interpret your chicken scratch, sort your notes, and generally work in a much smarter way? Based on sales, it seems the world still isn't ready for the Tablet PC. Nevertheless, Gates is convinced you'll eventually love this system.
WinFS (1990s)
Bill Gates, in his own words: "There is a famous quest of mine called integrated storage, where you have not just a file system but more of a flexible object-type database: Things like your contacts, calendars, favorites, your photos, your music—and how you rate those things—are stored in a structured environment." WinFS was this system, the next-gen underpinning to Windows, and it was planned as part of Cairo, the code name for Windows 95. It's still a great idea. But making it happen? Not so easy
Sidewalk.com (1997)
In the heady days of the dot-com era, Microsoft rolled out a mammoth project: local Web sites for every major metropolitan area in the country. The plan? One easy-to-remember location for all the local information you could ever need, from a plumber or restaurant to the local chamber of commerce. Although the sites crashed and burned as the bubble burst, it's clear that local information is what we all want from the Internet—on our phones, perhaps?
OS/2 (1987)
A joint project between IBM and Microsoft, OS/2 was simple, elegant, and very, very advanced. It was intended to be a multitasking, object-oriented replacement to the world of Windows. But Microsoft abandoned the project to IBM, and turned back to its own OS. Then something funny happened on the road to OS/2. Microsoft Windows emerged as a dazzling multitasking operating system that OS/2 was still struggling to become.
Passport (2000)
It's basically your Windows Live ID now, and grants you access to your Xbox gaming account, but before that it was Passport, and Microsoft wanted it to serve as a universal log-in key to the Internet. Great idea! Never happened, primarily because of fears that Microsoft would end up controlling the Internet, in addition to our desktops. The Liberty Alliance, founded by Sun Microsystems, eventually accomplished a few of Passport's original goals.
Windows Live Spaces (2004)
Microsoft created Spaces back in 2004, to allow everyone a personal corner of cyberspace—and to gain a toehold in the emerging world of social networking. Sure, people used it, but Spaces never gained the popularity of, for example, the similarly named MySpace.
.NET (2002)
Runtime compiled, and featuring Net-connected apps back when people were laughing at the idea? You go, Microsoft! Go people did…to Java. Microsoft keeps improving the .NET framework, and people do build apps based on it, but it has nowhere near the scope that MS had envisioned back in 2002.
WinG (1993)
WinG was an attempt to allow applications—mostly games—to access video, audio, and game-controller hardware directly from within Windows, much the way game developers had done with DOS. WinG arrived on Windows 95, but failed to gain traction. Many of the concepts later appeared in DirectX, however, so while WinG wasn't a success in itself, it spawned the later technology and made high-performance PC games possible for Windows.
Sidewinder Freestyle Pro (1998)
Long before the Nintendo Wii made the concept of force feedback fun again, Microsoft added to its line of popular game controllers an early game pad with a tilt sensor, for the PC. Fun? Sure. Popular? Not particularly.
author: Jeremy A. Kaplan and Sascha Segan
WebTV (1997)
Set-top boxes don't need to be dumb, and for the past few years, the move has been on to embed new technologies and extra smarts into them, including DVR functionality, two-way communication, Web surfing, and more. Microsoft bought WebTV back in the late nineties, relabeled it MSN TV, and eventually spun it off as a separate company. One could argue that the market has reached its zenith with Internet-connected set top-boxes like the Xbox 360 and Apple TV.
Tablet PCs (2002)
Rather than typing on a PC, why not write on it as though it were a pad of paper? And have the CPU interpret your chicken scratch, sort your notes, and generally work in a much smarter way? Based on sales, it seems the world still isn't ready for the Tablet PC. Nevertheless, Gates is convinced you'll eventually love this system.
WinFS (1990s)
Bill Gates, in his own words: "There is a famous quest of mine called integrated storage, where you have not just a file system but more of a flexible object-type database: Things like your contacts, calendars, favorites, your photos, your music—and how you rate those things—are stored in a structured environment." WinFS was this system, the next-gen underpinning to Windows, and it was planned as part of Cairo, the code name for Windows 95. It's still a great idea. But making it happen? Not so easy
Sidewalk.com (1997)
In the heady days of the dot-com era, Microsoft rolled out a mammoth project: local Web sites for every major metropolitan area in the country. The plan? One easy-to-remember location for all the local information you could ever need, from a plumber or restaurant to the local chamber of commerce. Although the sites crashed and burned as the bubble burst, it's clear that local information is what we all want from the Internet—on our phones, perhaps?
OS/2 (1987)
A joint project between IBM and Microsoft, OS/2 was simple, elegant, and very, very advanced. It was intended to be a multitasking, object-oriented replacement to the world of Windows. But Microsoft abandoned the project to IBM, and turned back to its own OS. Then something funny happened on the road to OS/2. Microsoft Windows emerged as a dazzling multitasking operating system that OS/2 was still struggling to become.
Passport (2000)
It's basically your Windows Live ID now, and grants you access to your Xbox gaming account, but before that it was Passport, and Microsoft wanted it to serve as a universal log-in key to the Internet. Great idea! Never happened, primarily because of fears that Microsoft would end up controlling the Internet, in addition to our desktops. The Liberty Alliance, founded by Sun Microsystems, eventually accomplished a few of Passport's original goals.
Windows Live Spaces (2004)
Microsoft created Spaces back in 2004, to allow everyone a personal corner of cyberspace—and to gain a toehold in the emerging world of social networking. Sure, people used it, but Spaces never gained the popularity of, for example, the similarly named MySpace.
.NET (2002)
Runtime compiled, and featuring Net-connected apps back when people were laughing at the idea? You go, Microsoft! Go people did…to Java. Microsoft keeps improving the .NET framework, and people do build apps based on it, but it has nowhere near the scope that MS had envisioned back in 2002.
WinG (1993)
WinG was an attempt to allow applications—mostly games—to access video, audio, and game-controller hardware directly from within Windows, much the way game developers had done with DOS. WinG arrived on Windows 95, but failed to gain traction. Many of the concepts later appeared in DirectX, however, so while WinG wasn't a success in itself, it spawned the later technology and made high-performance PC games possible for Windows.
Sidewinder Freestyle Pro (1998)
Long before the Nintendo Wii made the concept of force feedback fun again, Microsoft added to its line of popular game controllers an early game pad with a tilt sensor, for the PC. Fun? Sure. Popular? Not particularly.
author: Jeremy A. Kaplan and Sascha Segan
10 of the best open source software are listed below:
* OpenOffice.org - office suite, alternative to Microsoft Office
* Mozilla Firefox - web browser, alternative to Internet Explorer
* GIMP - image editing, alternative to Photoshop
* Notepad++ - text editor, alternative to Windows Notepad
* phpBB - build messageboards
* RazorLAME - encode audio to mp3s
* Audacity - audio file editing
* Media Player Classic - play music and video files
* FileZilla - transfer files
* 7-Zip - file compression
links:SourceForge.net
any comment or suggestion?
If the digital photo you just uploaded looks washed out on Flickr compared to in your desktop image editor, that's because Firefox 3's advanced color profile support isn't turned on. To enable it, type about:config in Firefox 3's address bar, then click the "I'll be careful, I promise!" button. Then, in the Filter field, type gfx.color_management.enabled and set that value to true (its default value is false). Restart Firefox. From there on in, your photo colors will be richer than they were. Why isn't this value true by default? Well, according to Mozilla, you'll see a 10-15% performance hit using this setting, but if you've got a reasonably fast machine, it'll be worth the better-looking photos. Hit the link below for an extended explanation of Firefox's color profile support- lifehacker
i know this tips seems outdated already, but it works!
i know this tips seems outdated already, but it works!
With all the fanfare surrounding the release of Firefox 3 and the setting of a new world record for downloads, the fact that many people are having problems with Firefox instability seemed to get lost in the shuffle… so I decided to write up a list of troubleshooting methods that might help solve your problems.
There's a number of reasons for Firefox 3 crashing, which could include any of these, or be something else:
* Incompatible or Buggy Extensions
* Buggy Plugins
* Upgrading an Old 2.x Profile to 3.0 (using a fresh profile works best)
* Spyware/Viruses
* Compatibility Problems with XP
* Video Card Drivers (Make sure you are not using old drivers)
* Tablet PC Incompatibility
* Sneezing loudly
You'll have to read through the article and go through the steps that might apply to you… the last, and potentially best, option is to completely uninstall Firefox and remove all your profile folders, and then install it again, which we've covered below.
Run in Safe Mode
One of the first troubleshooting steps you can do is to run Firefox in Safe Mode, which will run without add-ons or extensions. Just look in your start menu, and you'll see an item for it:
or alternatively, from the command line:
firefox.exe -safe-mode
If Firefox no longer crashes while running in Safe Mode, then you know you have an issue with one of the following:
* Plugins
* Extensions
* Settings
* Profile
If safe mode does not solve your issue, then you should try to use compatibility mode (mentioned below), and do the uninstall completely and reinstall method. You should also check the "Other Known Issues" section below.
Create a New Profile (if Safe Mode Fixes Your Issue)
Open up a command prompt, or simply type in the full path to firefox.exe, and add on the -profilemanager switch at the end to launch the Firefox "Choose User Profile" screen, where you can create a new profile or switch to a different one.
firefox.exe -profilemanager
Creating a new profile will give you a "blank slate", where you might have less issues. You can export your bookmarks from the current profile and then import them into the new profile (covered below).
Note: This method usually solves any problems caused by upgrading an old profile to a new one.
Disable Unnecessary Plugins
One of the quickest ways to crash Firefox (or any browser) is to run with a plugin that is causing problems. Open up Tools \ Add-ons, and then go to the Plugins tab, and disable anything you don't actually use.
For troubleshooting purposes, you could just disable all of them… this is especially helpful when Safe Mode fixes the issue. If Firefox works fine after disabling all the Plugins, then you can enable them one by one until you figure out which one caused the errors.
Note: For me, disabling Silverlight fixed a lot of the crashing issues.
Disable Unnecessary Extensions
In the same screen as above, you can also disable extensions. If running in Safe mode keeps you from crashing, you should go through and disable all your extensions, and then enable them one at a time until you find the one causing the problem.
Clear Out the Caches
There's a known problem with the download history becoming corrupted and causing crashes when trying to download files. You can just open up the Clear Private Data from the tools menu, and clear out all of the junk at once.
This is a good idea to do every so often anyway, and it can't hurt.XP Users: Run Firefox in Compatibility Mode
Some Windows XP users might experience crashing issues that can be solved by using Compatibility Mode. Just right-click on the shortcut and choose Properties, then the Compatibility tab.
Set the compatibility back to Windows 2000, and it might solve the crashing issues for you. Note that setting compatibility in Vista doesn't seem to help as much in my testing… but your mileage may vary.
Other Known Issues
There are some known issues that have already been solved by the good folks over at Mozilla, including these:
* System Clock is Off
* Particular Plugins or Extensions that are known to be incompatible.
* Old versions of Google Desktop * Corrupted Downloads cache (solved above)
* Crashes viewing Yahoo! Mail (solution)
For more information, you can always check the mozillaZine page and the Firefox support page covering crashing issues.
Completely Uninstall, then Reinstall Firefox
This is the last, but best option. What we'll do is completely uninstall Firefox, and then even clear out the profile folders to make sure there are no traces of any old or broken installations, and then we'll reinstall.
The first thing you want to do, of course, is make sure that you have backups of everything… so keep reading.
Manually Backup Your Bookmarks and Saved Passwords
I always like to manually backup the two things I'm worried about: my saved passwords and my bookmarks. We can easily backup the bookmarks from Firefox directly, but to backup the passwords we'll need to first install the Password Exporter extension (provided that Firefox doesn't crash too soon)
Once you've installed it, open the Add-ons window and click the Options button on the extension.
Now you can simply export the passwords using the button (and encrypt if you so choose).
To backup the bookmarks, open up the Organized Bookmarks item on the menu, and choose Backup from the "Import and Backup" button/menu.
Make sure to save both of the files out to a safe place before continuing.
Backing Up with MozBackup
You can also backup your entire profile using the MozBackup utility, which I highly recommend, since you can make sure that you have a total backup of everything in your profile. It's a simple matter of choosing Firefox in the first screen…
Then choose which profile to backup, if you have more than one… note that the default save location appears to be under "Documents"
Then choose what you actually want to backup… I'd recommend just backing everything up.
Note that if you use this to restore later, there's some chance that the problem would re-appear because the issue is in a setting. Thankfully we can choose exactly which settings to restore from the file, so there's no harm in backing everything up.
Uninstall Firefox
Depending on your operating system, you'll either have to go into Add/Remove programs or "Uninstall Programs", then find Mozilla Firefox in the list, and choose Uninstall.
Now you'll want to get rid of any saved profiles, since the problem could likely be there. In XP or Vista, you can find your Profile folder by typing the following into the location bar (other operating systems can check here)
%APPDATA%\Mozilla\
Now what you'll want to do is either just move that folder somewhere else, or you could outright delete it if you were so bold. I prefer to move it somewhere else in case I need the files again.Install Firefox Again
Now you can simply install Firefox again, and start over with a completely clean slate. To import your passwords or bookmarks, just use the same menus that you used above to backup, but choose the restore options instead.
post by The Geek
We've heard from some of you that Gmail's auto-added contacts can lead to too much address book clutter. One of the advantages of automatically creating contacts is that all of the addresses you email subsequently show up in auto-complete. We wanted to preserve this benefit while giving you the ability to have a clean, uncluttered contact list, and we've come up with a solution that's rolling out this week. It separates your contacts into two groups: "My Contacts" and "Suggested Contacts.
My Contacts contains the contacts you explicitly put in your address book (via manual entry, import or sync) as well as any address you've emailed a lot (we're using five or more times as the threshold for now).
Suggested Contacts is where Gmail puts its auto-created contacts. By default, Suggested Contacts you email frequently are automatically added to My Contacts, but for those of you who prefer tighter control of your address books, you can choose to disable usage-based addition of contacts to My Contacts (see the checkbox in the screenshot above). Once you do this, no matter how many times you email an auto-added email address it won't move to My Contacts.
Suggested Contacts is where Gmail puts its auto-created contacts. By default, Suggested Contacts you email frequently are automatically added to My Contacts, but for those of you who prefer tighter control of your address books, you can choose to disable usage-based addition of contacts to My Contacts (see the checkbox in the screenshot above). Once you do this, no matter how many times you email an auto-added email address it won't move to My Contacts.
Zimbabwe, grappling with a record 2.2 million per cent inflation, has introduced a new 100 billion dollar bank note in a bid to tackle rampant cash shortages, the central bank has said.
Zimbabwe started issuing large bank notes in December, starting with denominations of $250,000.
In January, the government issued bills in denominations of $1 million, $5 million, and $10 million -- and in May, it issued bills from $25 million and $50 million up to $25 billion and $50 billion.
-young billionaire seems happy-
The new bills are actually bearer checks and have an expiration date of December 31. Zimbabwe has not had formal currency since the introduction of bearer checks as a temporary measure in 2003.
Zimbabwe started issuing large bank notes in December, starting with denominations of $250,000.
In January, the government issued bills in denominations of $1 million, $5 million, and $10 million -- and in May, it issued bills from $25 million and $50 million up to $25 billion and $50 billion.
-young billionaire seems happy-
The new bills are actually bearer checks and have an expiration date of December 31. Zimbabwe has not had formal currency since the introduction of bearer checks as a temporary measure in 2003.
want to attract more visitors to your blog? this is the way, i mean the easy way to generate more traffic and improve your search engine ranking. but you must willing to do some investment. if you are expecting to earn money from your blog, there is no reason for you not to spend and invest some for your blog right?
1. AdWords: Google make billions of dollars every year from the AdWords-AdSense combo. Why is that? Because they work. Adwords is probably the most efficient method to generated raw traffic for your website. In order to get started you should create an account, add lots (by lots I mean hundreds if not thousands) of keywords that are related your site and set the maximum Pay-per-Click rate at $0.01. After that raise the rate by $0.01 every week or so until you start getting the desired amount of daily clicks. Notice that at lower bids the keywords will be reported as “Inactive for Search”. Do not worry about it, it just means that your ads will not appear on the search network (Google’s search results), but they will appear on the content network (websites of people that use AdSense).
2. Site-Specific AdWords: if you pay attention to the AdSense units you will see that most of them have a link titled “Advertise on this site”. This feature enables AdWords advertisers to create customized ads that will be displayed only on specific websites. Those ads work on a CPM (cost per 1000 impressions) rather than a CPC (cost per click) basis, but they can generate a good amount of very targeted traffic since you will be in control of where the ad will be displayed and of the message. You can get even better results if you use some creativity when designing the ads, click here for some examples.
3. StumbleUpon Ads: StumbleUpon is a very innovative social bookmarking site that allows users to discover great websites by using a browser toolbar. When the user clicks on “Stumble” he will be delivered a website that people with similar interested rated positively. The user is also able to give positive and negative ratings to any website that he visits on the Internet. StumbleUpon also offers advertising campaigns, called StumbleUpon Ads, where you can deliver your website directly to those “Stumblers”. It costs $0.05 per page delivered, but since the websites that appear on StumbleUpon usually have a high quality it is very likely that part of that paid traffic will convert into regular readers.
4. Text Link Ads: if you are trying to increase your search engine rankings to leverage organic traffic you should consider buying some text link ads. While those text links can also generate direct traffic the biggest benefit you will have is an improvement on your search rankings, specially if the links are placed on authoritative and relevant websites. There are several places to buy text links, including specialized companies like Text-Link-Ads and Text Link Brokers or online forums like Digital Point’s market place.
5. Direct Banner Sales: most established websites sell banner ads or sponsorship plans directly. Those advertising deals usually are structured with weekly or monthly fees, regardless of the number of impressions or clicks that you will get. Despite this characteristic a banner placement can represent good value for money because apart from the direct traffic you will also create visibility and brand awareness. Readers of the website where you will display your banner will associate the message on the banner with your site or blog. Should they come across that banner or message two or three times it is very likely that they will get curious and decide to check what the buzz is all about. Another advantage of banner placements is the fact that people will unconsciously think that the author of the website endorses your content or product.
6. Sponsored Reviews: buying some sponsored reviews is a good way to kick-start a website. They will bring backlinks, traffic and RSS subscribers. There are many market studies confirming that “word of mouth” is the most efficient way to capture people’s attention, and that is just what you get with sponsored reviews. You can either pay a low price (sometimes as low as $5 per review) to get a large number of reviews from small sites or you can focus on large players (which can charge several hundreds of dollars for a single review) that are authorities on your niche. The best way to purchase sponsored reviews is through sites like SponsoredReviews.com, ReviewMe or PayPerPost.com.
7. Blog Networks: there are several blog networks founded around a traffic exchange principle. Basically you create an account for you blog and you earn credits by surfing other members’ blogs. Afterwards you can use those credits to make people visit your blog or to display your banners around the network. The interesting part is that most of those blog networks allow users to purchase credits with money, and the price is really convenient. You should be able receive hundreds of visitors or to get thousands of banner impressions for less than 10 dollars. Some blog networks that sell credits include Blog Explosion, Blog Soldiers and Blog Advance.
That was the tips i get from dailyblogtips.com, but there is other easy way that you can easily drive traffic to your site without spending any money. how?
.social networking site :submit your content to Digg, StumleUpon,Reddit and other social networking site.Bloggers have realized that if they get their blog on the homepage of digg or Reddit thousands of visitors will flood into their blog within minutes.
Here are some things that can help get your stories to the homepage.
1. Catchy titles and descriptions usually do better then dull titles and descriptions.
2. Digg and Netscape promote up-to-date information. Stories that contain old news usually don't do as well as fresh news and information.
3. Stories that benefit readers usually do better, such as how to guides and top 10 lists.
and you also can use Youtube to promote your blog. People use youtube like a search engine. They go to youtube to see if there are videos on the topic they are interested in. The best way for to think of a youtube video is as a “Video Article.” If you know anything about article marketing the same concepts apply to youtube.
Here’s a simplified article marketing strategy:
1.Build a list of keywords that are related to your niche
2.Write articles about those keywords
3.Submit articles to the article directories
4.Get traffic to your site through a resource box
Here’s the same principle applied to youtube:
1.Build a list of keywords that are related to your niche
2.Record videos about those keywords
3.Upload Videos to the Youtube
4.Get traffic to your site from a URL in the video.
lots more after this..to be continue..
1. AdWords: Google make billions of dollars every year from the AdWords-AdSense combo. Why is that? Because they work. Adwords is probably the most efficient method to generated raw traffic for your website. In order to get started you should create an account, add lots (by lots I mean hundreds if not thousands) of keywords that are related your site and set the maximum Pay-per-Click rate at $0.01. After that raise the rate by $0.01 every week or so until you start getting the desired amount of daily clicks. Notice that at lower bids the keywords will be reported as “Inactive for Search”. Do not worry about it, it just means that your ads will not appear on the search network (Google’s search results), but they will appear on the content network (websites of people that use AdSense).
2. Site-Specific AdWords: if you pay attention to the AdSense units you will see that most of them have a link titled “Advertise on this site”. This feature enables AdWords advertisers to create customized ads that will be displayed only on specific websites. Those ads work on a CPM (cost per 1000 impressions) rather than a CPC (cost per click) basis, but they can generate a good amount of very targeted traffic since you will be in control of where the ad will be displayed and of the message. You can get even better results if you use some creativity when designing the ads, click here for some examples.
3. StumbleUpon Ads: StumbleUpon is a very innovative social bookmarking site that allows users to discover great websites by using a browser toolbar. When the user clicks on “Stumble” he will be delivered a website that people with similar interested rated positively. The user is also able to give positive and negative ratings to any website that he visits on the Internet. StumbleUpon also offers advertising campaigns, called StumbleUpon Ads, where you can deliver your website directly to those “Stumblers”. It costs $0.05 per page delivered, but since the websites that appear on StumbleUpon usually have a high quality it is very likely that part of that paid traffic will convert into regular readers.
4. Text Link Ads: if you are trying to increase your search engine rankings to leverage organic traffic you should consider buying some text link ads. While those text links can also generate direct traffic the biggest benefit you will have is an improvement on your search rankings, specially if the links are placed on authoritative and relevant websites. There are several places to buy text links, including specialized companies like Text-Link-Ads and Text Link Brokers or online forums like Digital Point’s market place.
5. Direct Banner Sales: most established websites sell banner ads or sponsorship plans directly. Those advertising deals usually are structured with weekly or monthly fees, regardless of the number of impressions or clicks that you will get. Despite this characteristic a banner placement can represent good value for money because apart from the direct traffic you will also create visibility and brand awareness. Readers of the website where you will display your banner will associate the message on the banner with your site or blog. Should they come across that banner or message two or three times it is very likely that they will get curious and decide to check what the buzz is all about. Another advantage of banner placements is the fact that people will unconsciously think that the author of the website endorses your content or product.
6. Sponsored Reviews: buying some sponsored reviews is a good way to kick-start a website. They will bring backlinks, traffic and RSS subscribers. There are many market studies confirming that “word of mouth” is the most efficient way to capture people’s attention, and that is just what you get with sponsored reviews. You can either pay a low price (sometimes as low as $5 per review) to get a large number of reviews from small sites or you can focus on large players (which can charge several hundreds of dollars for a single review) that are authorities on your niche. The best way to purchase sponsored reviews is through sites like SponsoredReviews.com, ReviewMe or PayPerPost.com.
7. Blog Networks: there are several blog networks founded around a traffic exchange principle. Basically you create an account for you blog and you earn credits by surfing other members’ blogs. Afterwards you can use those credits to make people visit your blog or to display your banners around the network. The interesting part is that most of those blog networks allow users to purchase credits with money, and the price is really convenient. You should be able receive hundreds of visitors or to get thousands of banner impressions for less than 10 dollars. Some blog networks that sell credits include Blog Explosion, Blog Soldiers and Blog Advance.
That was the tips i get from dailyblogtips.com, but there is other easy way that you can easily drive traffic to your site without spending any money. how?
.social networking site :submit your content to Digg, StumleUpon,Reddit and other social networking site.Bloggers have realized that if they get their blog on the homepage of digg or Reddit thousands of visitors will flood into their blog within minutes.
Here are some things that can help get your stories to the homepage.
1. Catchy titles and descriptions usually do better then dull titles and descriptions.
2. Digg and Netscape promote up-to-date information. Stories that contain old news usually don't do as well as fresh news and information.
3. Stories that benefit readers usually do better, such as how to guides and top 10 lists.
and you also can use Youtube to promote your blog. People use youtube like a search engine. They go to youtube to see if there are videos on the topic they are interested in. The best way for to think of a youtube video is as a “Video Article.” If you know anything about article marketing the same concepts apply to youtube.
Here’s a simplified article marketing strategy:
1.Build a list of keywords that are related to your niche
2.Write articles about those keywords
3.Submit articles to the article directories
4.Get traffic to your site through a resource box
Here’s the same principle applied to youtube:
1.Build a list of keywords that are related to your niche
2.Record videos about those keywords
3.Upload Videos to the Youtube
4.Get traffic to your site from a URL in the video.
lots more after this..to be continue..
Chinese Torture Test
A young man is wandering, lost, in a forest when he comes upon a small house. He knocks on the door and is greeted by an old Chinese man with a long grey beard. “I’m lost,” said the man, “Can you put me up for the night?”
Doing so, he asked her, “Do you know what I’m doing?” “Yes,” she replied, “you’re checking for any abrasions or dermatological abnormalities.” “That is right,” said the doctor.
He then began to fondle her breasts. “Do you know what I’m doing now?” he asked. “Yes,” the woman said, “you’re checking for any lumps or breast cancer.” “Correct,” replied the shady doctor.
Finally, he mounted his patient and started having sexual intercourse with her. He asked, “Do you know what I’m doing now?” “Yes,” she said. “You’re getting herpes; which is why I came here in the first place.”
“Certainly,” the Chinese man said, “but one condition. If you so much as lay a finger on my daughter I will inflict upon you the three worst Chinese tortures known to man.”
“OK,” said the man, thinking that the daughter must be pretty old as well, and entered the house.
Over dinner the daughter came down the stairs. She was young, beautiful and had a fantastic body. She was obviously attracted to the young man as well, as she couldn’t keep her eyes off of him during the meal. Remembering the old man’s warning he ignored her and went up to bed alone.
During the night he could bear it no longer and snuck into her room for a night of passion. Near dawn, he quietly crept back to his room so the old man wouldn’t hear, exhausted but happy.
He woke to feel a pressure on his chest. Opening his eyes he saw a large rock on his chest with a note on it that read:
“Chinese Torture 1: Large rock on chest.”
“Well, that’s easy,” he thought. “If that’s the best the old man can do then I don’t have much to worry about.” He picked the boulder up, walked over to the window and threw it out. As he did so, he noticed another note on it that read:“Chinese Torture 2: Rock tied to left testicle.”
In a panic he glanced down and saw the rope that was already getting close to taut. Figuring that a few broken bones was better than castration he jumped out of the window after the boulder. As he plummeted toward the ground he saw a large sign on the ground that read:“Chinese Torture 3: Right testicle tied to bed post.”
Gynecologist Guessing Game
A beautiful, voluptuous woman went to a local gynecologist. The doctor took one look at her and all his professionalism went out the window. He immediately asked her to undress, afterwhich the doctor began to stroke her thigh.Doing so, he asked her, “Do you know what I’m doing?” “Yes,” she replied, “you’re checking for any abrasions or dermatological abnormalities.” “That is right,” said the doctor.
He then began to fondle her breasts. “Do you know what I’m doing now?” he asked. “Yes,” the woman said, “you’re checking for any lumps or breast cancer.” “Correct,” replied the shady doctor.
Finally, he mounted his patient and started having sexual intercourse with her. He asked, “Do you know what I’m doing now?” “Yes,” she said. “You’re getting herpes; which is why I came here in the first place.”
Bookmarks
Your bookmarks are web pages whose URL addresses you have stored so that you can return to these pages quickly and easily just by clicking on their bookmarks. This is identical to the Favorites feature in Internet Explorer. However there are a range of neat things you can do in Firefox to make using and managing your bookmarks far easier.
Bookmarks File: New to Firefox 3, unlike previous versions of Firefox, the browser no longer keeps all your bookmarks in a single Bookmarks.html file under your profile directory, it holds them in a database format as the file places.sqlite under your profile directory. The bookmarks.html file is now simply used to update the database with changes. To import your previous bookmarks from Firefox 2, or to restore previous versions of your bookmarks, or to export your current bookmarks in .JSON or .HTML format (e.g. for backup purposes), you will need to go to the Bookmarks menu, select 'Organize Bookmarks' and then click the 'Import and Backup' button. Details of all the changes to Bookmark files, how to correctly backup and restore bookmark files, and the differences in bookmark file formats are explained in greater detail at the start of the the Advanced Tweaking section.
Bookmark Star: New to Firefox 3, you can now view the bookmark status of a web address just by looking at the small star at the end of the address in the Awesome Bar. If it's white, that means you haven't bookmarked that page; if the star is yellow, the page is already part of your bookmarks. You can also add bookmarks with just one click - just left-click once on a white star to make it yellow, meaning it is now added to your bookmarks, under the 'Unsorted Bookmarks' folder. If you want to edit the bookmark and its location before adding it, instead double-click on the white star or click again on the yellow star, and a dialog box opens underneath, allowing you to edit the bookmark's name, it's target folder, and whether you want to remove it by clicking the 'Remove Bookmark' button.
Tags: New to Firefox 3, you can add a tag to a bookmark by entering text in the Tags field for that bookmark - visible when you click on a yellow star. A tag is an additional property you add to a bookmark purely for organisational purposes. Tag any bookmarked site with a particular word, and you can then either search for all sites with a particular tag by entering that tag word in the Awesome Bar, or by going to the Bookmarks menu in Firefox, selecting 'Organize Bookmarks' and then selecting the Tags item.
Saved Searches: New to Firefox 3, if you go to the Bookmarks menu and select 'Organize Bookmarks', in the Bookmarks Manager window which opens, you can now search your entire bookmark collection by entering a word or phrase in the Search box at the top right. When the results of a search are shown, you also have the option of clicking the 'Save' button which appears, saving your search result as a new folder with the search's name as the title. Furthermore any time in the future you bookmark a site which has a name, URL or tag that is relevant to that search, it will automatically be added to this custom saved search folder as well.
Sorting Bookmarks: To quickly sort your bookmarks at any time, go to the Bookmarks menu of Firefox, right-click on any folder name, select 'Sort By Name', and the contents of that folder will be alphabetically sorted by the name of the bookmark, with folders first, and standalone bookmarks below them.
Keywords: If you want to rapidly access your bookmarks, you can always use the Awesome Bar's search functionality (See previous page). However there's an even faster way - go to the Bookmarks menu, right-click on the relevant bookmark and select Properties. In the Properties box which opens, you can assign a shortcut to this bookmark in the Keyword box. For example, if you have TweakGuides.com bookmarked, enter "t" (without quotes) in the Keyword box, and click OK to close the box. Now the next time you want to quickly load up TweakGuides.com, go to the Awesome Bar and simply type the letter "t" (without quotes) and press Enter - TweakGuides.com will load up straight away. You can assign custom keywords - whether a single letter or an entire word - to each of your favorite bookmarks and use them in the Awesome Bar in a similar way. If you assign a Keyword to a search engine search result, you can use it to speed up searches as well - see the Faster Searching tips on the previous page for details.
Bookmarking Multiple Tabs: If you want to bookmark several open tabbed pages at once, open all the tabs you want to bookmark, then go to the Bookmarks menu in Firefox and select 'Bookmark all tabs', and give the new folder a name. The next time you want to open all the sites listed in that or any other folder all at once, right-click on the folder and select 'Open all tabs'.
Live Bookmarks: If you visit websites which have RSS feeds, you can bookmark them as 'live' bookmarks. To do this, just click on the orange RSS icon in the right side of the Awesome Bar. From there, you can select the type of RSS subscription, and the bookmark will be added with a sub-folder which has all the latest articles from that site as a live feed. For more details go here. By default Firefox has one such bookmark under the 'Latest Headlines' folder.
Bookmark Add-ons: If you want to do more with Bookmarks, you can get various Bookmark Add-ons which can help you do just that.
Spell Checker
One of the useful features of Firefox, first introduced in version 2, is the integration of a spell checker. This might seem confusing at first, however the aim of the spell checker isn't to check the spelling on web pages you're viewing, it's to check the spelling of any text you enter in various text boxes. For example, if you're posting on a Forum, or entering text into an online form or search box, by enabling the spell checker ('Check my spelling as I type' option found under Tools>Options>Advanced>General>) any spelling mistakes you make will be underlined in red. Right-clicking on these underlined items will show you suggested alternative spellings which you can click on to use instead, or if the word is correct, you can ignore the spell check, or select 'Add to Dictionary' and it will be stored and not flagged as being misspelled in the future.
Some text entry boxes however do not have spell checking enabled by default. To enable spell checking in any text entry box on a web page temporarily, right-click in the box and select 'Check Spelling'. To enable spell checking in all text boxes permanently, see the layout.spellcheckDefault preference in the Advanced Tweaking section. Furthermore, ideally you should have downloaded the correct language version of Firefox for your region (see page 3), as this affects the specific dictionary that Firefox uses by default. For example if you downloaded the English US version of Firefox and you live in Australia, it will falsely pick up some Australian spellings as incorrect. Furthermore dictionaries for certain regions are not automaticaly built into Firefox. To add new dictionaries to your existing version of Firefox, right-click in a spell-checked field and select Languages>Add Dictionaries. You can then install a new dictionary, and select which to use under the Languages menu item in the spell checker.
The spell checker generally does not affect performance, however note that on pages which have multiple editable text boxes containing a very large amount of text, this can cause a slowdown as Firefox checks for errors. To reduce this problem see the extensions.spellcheck.inline.max-misspellings preference in the Advanced Tweaking section. In general though there should be no real reason to disable the spell checker.
Download Manager
The Download Manager starts by default whenever you initiate a file download within Firefox. While its basic functionality is obvious, it has a range of useful features you may not know about, some of them quite new.
Pause and Resume Downloads: New to Firefox 3, you can now pause an active download by either double-clicking on it in the Download Manager, or by pressing the pause button at the right of the individual download you wish to pause. You can similarly resume the download at any time. In fact you can exit Firefox, come back and reopen the Download Manager and still resume a download - click on the 'paused download' text in the Status Bar, go to the Tools menu and select Downloads, or just press CTRL+J to reopen the Download Manager and resume the download. Note however that some file servers may not allow resumption of downloads, such as Rapidshare.
Download Progress in Status Bar: New to Firefox 3, you can now minimize an active download and if you have the Status Bar visible (can be enabled using the View>Status Bar menu item), while the Download Manager itself will disappear, the progress of the download will still be shown in the bottom right corner of the status bar. You can also click on the progress text to re-open the Download Manager box at any time.
Managing Downloaded Files: New to Firefox 3, if you often find yourself wondering where or when you downloaded a certain file, then firstly make sure that the 'Remember what I've downloaded' option is ticked under the Privacy section of the Firefox Settings. This will keep all the details of each download, including the filename, site it was downloaded from, and date of download, all shown in the Download Manager and able to be scrolled through if you so wish. This allows you to use the new Search functionality in the Download Manager. You can also open any file at any time by double-clicking on it. If you want to revisit the download page for a particular file, right-click on its filename and select 'Go to Download Page'. Of course you can clear this list at any time by clicking the 'Clear List' button, particularly if you have no further need of the existing download history.
Anti-virus Scanning: New to Firefox 3, the Download Manager now works with your anti-virus/anti-malware package(s) to trigger a scan of downloads before they can be finalized. This integrated anti-malware scan can be useful to some, however it can also add quite a bit of time to the end of large downloads. If you wish to turn it off, see the browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone setting in the Advanced Tweaking section. I recommend manually scanning any untrusted downloads with multiple scanners rather than relying on a simple automated scan in the browser.
Vista Parental Controls: New to Firefox 3 If you are using Vista's Parental Controls feature to block certain content, the Firefox Download Manager will now provide an appropriate error message indicating why certain content is being blocked from being downloaded.
Your bookmarks are web pages whose URL addresses you have stored so that you can return to these pages quickly and easily just by clicking on their bookmarks. This is identical to the Favorites feature in Internet Explorer. However there are a range of neat things you can do in Firefox to make using and managing your bookmarks far easier.
Bookmarks File: New to Firefox 3, unlike previous versions of Firefox, the browser no longer keeps all your bookmarks in a single Bookmarks.html file under your profile directory, it holds them in a database format as the file places.sqlite under your profile directory. The bookmarks.html file is now simply used to update the database with changes. To import your previous bookmarks from Firefox 2, or to restore previous versions of your bookmarks, or to export your current bookmarks in .JSON or .HTML format (e.g. for backup purposes), you will need to go to the Bookmarks menu, select 'Organize Bookmarks' and then click the 'Import and Backup' button. Details of all the changes to Bookmark files, how to correctly backup and restore bookmark files, and the differences in bookmark file formats are explained in greater detail at the start of the the Advanced Tweaking section.
Bookmark Star: New to Firefox 3, you can now view the bookmark status of a web address just by looking at the small star at the end of the address in the Awesome Bar. If it's white, that means you haven't bookmarked that page; if the star is yellow, the page is already part of your bookmarks. You can also add bookmarks with just one click - just left-click once on a white star to make it yellow, meaning it is now added to your bookmarks, under the 'Unsorted Bookmarks' folder. If you want to edit the bookmark and its location before adding it, instead double-click on the white star or click again on the yellow star, and a dialog box opens underneath, allowing you to edit the bookmark's name, it's target folder, and whether you want to remove it by clicking the 'Remove Bookmark' button.
Tags: New to Firefox 3, you can add a tag to a bookmark by entering text in the Tags field for that bookmark - visible when you click on a yellow star. A tag is an additional property you add to a bookmark purely for organisational purposes. Tag any bookmarked site with a particular word, and you can then either search for all sites with a particular tag by entering that tag word in the Awesome Bar, or by going to the Bookmarks menu in Firefox, selecting 'Organize Bookmarks' and then selecting the Tags item.
Saved Searches: New to Firefox 3, if you go to the Bookmarks menu and select 'Organize Bookmarks', in the Bookmarks Manager window which opens, you can now search your entire bookmark collection by entering a word or phrase in the Search box at the top right. When the results of a search are shown, you also have the option of clicking the 'Save' button which appears, saving your search result as a new folder with the search's name as the title. Furthermore any time in the future you bookmark a site which has a name, URL or tag that is relevant to that search, it will automatically be added to this custom saved search folder as well.
Sorting Bookmarks: To quickly sort your bookmarks at any time, go to the Bookmarks menu of Firefox, right-click on any folder name, select 'Sort By Name', and the contents of that folder will be alphabetically sorted by the name of the bookmark, with folders first, and standalone bookmarks below them.
Keywords: If you want to rapidly access your bookmarks, you can always use the Awesome Bar's search functionality (See previous page). However there's an even faster way - go to the Bookmarks menu, right-click on the relevant bookmark and select Properties. In the Properties box which opens, you can assign a shortcut to this bookmark in the Keyword box. For example, if you have TweakGuides.com bookmarked, enter "t" (without quotes) in the Keyword box, and click OK to close the box. Now the next time you want to quickly load up TweakGuides.com, go to the Awesome Bar and simply type the letter "t" (without quotes) and press Enter - TweakGuides.com will load up straight away. You can assign custom keywords - whether a single letter or an entire word - to each of your favorite bookmarks and use them in the Awesome Bar in a similar way. If you assign a Keyword to a search engine search result, you can use it to speed up searches as well - see the Faster Searching tips on the previous page for details.
Bookmarking Multiple Tabs: If you want to bookmark several open tabbed pages at once, open all the tabs you want to bookmark, then go to the Bookmarks menu in Firefox and select 'Bookmark all tabs', and give the new folder a name. The next time you want to open all the sites listed in that or any other folder all at once, right-click on the folder and select 'Open all tabs'.
Live Bookmarks: If you visit websites which have RSS feeds, you can bookmark them as 'live' bookmarks. To do this, just click on the orange RSS icon in the right side of the Awesome Bar. From there, you can select the type of RSS subscription, and the bookmark will be added with a sub-folder which has all the latest articles from that site as a live feed. For more details go here. By default Firefox has one such bookmark under the 'Latest Headlines' folder.
Bookmark Add-ons: If you want to do more with Bookmarks, you can get various Bookmark Add-ons which can help you do just that.
Spell Checker
One of the useful features of Firefox, first introduced in version 2, is the integration of a spell checker. This might seem confusing at first, however the aim of the spell checker isn't to check the spelling on web pages you're viewing, it's to check the spelling of any text you enter in various text boxes. For example, if you're posting on a Forum, or entering text into an online form or search box, by enabling the spell checker ('Check my spelling as I type' option found under Tools>Options>Advanced>General>) any spelling mistakes you make will be underlined in red. Right-clicking on these underlined items will show you suggested alternative spellings which you can click on to use instead, or if the word is correct, you can ignore the spell check, or select 'Add to Dictionary' and it will be stored and not flagged as being misspelled in the future.
Some text entry boxes however do not have spell checking enabled by default. To enable spell checking in any text entry box on a web page temporarily, right-click in the box and select 'Check Spelling'. To enable spell checking in all text boxes permanently, see the layout.spellcheckDefault preference in the Advanced Tweaking section. Furthermore, ideally you should have downloaded the correct language version of Firefox for your region (see page 3), as this affects the specific dictionary that Firefox uses by default. For example if you downloaded the English US version of Firefox and you live in Australia, it will falsely pick up some Australian spellings as incorrect. Furthermore dictionaries for certain regions are not automaticaly built into Firefox. To add new dictionaries to your existing version of Firefox, right-click in a spell-checked field and select Languages>Add Dictionaries. You can then install a new dictionary, and select which to use under the Languages menu item in the spell checker.
The spell checker generally does not affect performance, however note that on pages which have multiple editable text boxes containing a very large amount of text, this can cause a slowdown as Firefox checks for errors. To reduce this problem see the extensions.spellcheck.inline.max-misspellings preference in the Advanced Tweaking section. In general though there should be no real reason to disable the spell checker.
Download Manager
The Download Manager starts by default whenever you initiate a file download within Firefox. While its basic functionality is obvious, it has a range of useful features you may not know about, some of them quite new.Pause and Resume Downloads: New to Firefox 3, you can now pause an active download by either double-clicking on it in the Download Manager, or by pressing the pause button at the right of the individual download you wish to pause. You can similarly resume the download at any time. In fact you can exit Firefox, come back and reopen the Download Manager and still resume a download - click on the 'paused download' text in the Status Bar, go to the Tools menu and select Downloads, or just press CTRL+J to reopen the Download Manager and resume the download. Note however that some file servers may not allow resumption of downloads, such as Rapidshare.
Download Progress in Status Bar: New to Firefox 3, you can now minimize an active download and if you have the Status Bar visible (can be enabled using the View>Status Bar menu item), while the Download Manager itself will disappear, the progress of the download will still be shown in the bottom right corner of the status bar. You can also click on the progress text to re-open the Download Manager box at any time.
Managing Downloaded Files: New to Firefox 3, if you often find yourself wondering where or when you downloaded a certain file, then firstly make sure that the 'Remember what I've downloaded' option is ticked under the Privacy section of the Firefox Settings. This will keep all the details of each download, including the filename, site it was downloaded from, and date of download, all shown in the Download Manager and able to be scrolled through if you so wish. This allows you to use the new Search functionality in the Download Manager. You can also open any file at any time by double-clicking on it. If you want to revisit the download page for a particular file, right-click on its filename and select 'Go to Download Page'. Of course you can clear this list at any time by clicking the 'Clear List' button, particularly if you have no further need of the existing download history.
Anti-virus Scanning: New to Firefox 3, the Download Manager now works with your anti-virus/anti-malware package(s) to trigger a scan of downloads before they can be finalized. This integrated anti-malware scan can be useful to some, however it can also add quite a bit of time to the end of large downloads. If you wish to turn it off, see the browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone setting in the Advanced Tweaking section. I recommend manually scanning any untrusted downloads with multiple scanners rather than relying on a simple automated scan in the browser.
Vista Parental Controls: New to Firefox 3 If you are using Vista's Parental Controls feature to block certain content, the Firefox Download Manager will now provide an appropriate error message indicating why certain content is being blocked from being downloaded.
learn the basic tips and tricks that you can used to take the advantage of the various feature in Firefox 3.
Streamlined Firefox Layout
To provide maximum viewable space in Firefox you may wish to use a 'streamlined' Firefox layout - the difference between the default and the streamlined view is shown below:
As you can see, the streamlined view retains all the main functionality of Firefox, but reconfigures the layout to be as minimal as possible. Instructions are provided below:
1. Open only one instance of Firefox, go to the View menu, select Toolbars and untick the 'Bookmarks Toolbar' item.
2. If you have a Sidebar showing, under the View menu select Sidebar and unselect any items.
3. Under the View menu select Toolbars and then select Customize. Alternatively you can right-click on an empty spot on a toolbar and select Customize.
4. In the 'Customize Toolbar' box which appears, select Icons in the Show box (not 'Icons and Text', or Text). If you're running a lower screen resolution also tick the 'Use Small Icons' box.
5. Now remove any icon or element in the Firefox toolbar at the top of the browser which you don’t need. For example, drag and drop the Search box into the 'Customize Toolbar' box to remove it from the Firefox toolbar. You can also remove any unnecessary space fillers, such as the large white space filler at the top right of the Navigation toolbar. You can always re-add these elements at any time if you change your mind later on.
6. Now drag and drop each icon in the bottom Firefox toolbar up to the top toolbar, just to the right of the 'Help' menu item. This includes the large white Address Bar. The aim is to have everything on a single toolbar.
7. Insert any additional icons, separators or blank spaces you need from the selection shown in the 'Customize Toolbar' box into the relevant spots on the top Firefox toolbar. When finished, click the Done button.
8. Finally, go to the View menu, and under Toolbars unselect the 'Navigation Toolbar' as it should now be completely empty anyway.
You should now have a single Firefox toolbar at the top of your browser, complete with all the menu commands, relevant icons and the address box as pictured further above. This gives you much more vertical viewable space. If you need more viewing space, go to the View menu and untick the 'Status Bar' item as it is not vital, and provides a further bit of vertical viewable space. Obviously this layout may not suit everyone, and can be modified to suit your taste. However once you get used to it, it is extremely efficient and provides maximum viewable space in Firefox.
Tabbed Browsing
The most famous feature of Firefox is Tabbed Browsing, something which other browsers have eventually adopted. This is a feature which allows users to open up a link as a new tab within their current Firefox window, rather than opening up an entirely new Firefox window. The benefits of this are faster loadup times for pages opened as tabs, less overall system memory usage, less buttons for open instances of Firefox on the Windows Taskbar, the ability to load pages in the background while reading the current page, and the convenience of being able to switch back and forth between pages just by clicking their tab. Below are some tips on how to make better use of this feature:
In fact, if you click your middle mouse button on a range of things in Firefox, they will typically open up in a new tab. For example, click the middle button on the back or forward arrows on the Firefox navigation bar and the previous or next pages you've visited will open in a new tab. Middle-click on an item in your history or your Bookmarks and it will open in a new tab. Middle-click on the Homepage toolbar icon and your home page will open in a new tab.
Once a certain number of tabs are opened, each tab starts to shrink in width and at a certain point no more additional tabs can be shown on the current screen, though they will be opened in the background. New to Firefox 3, arrows will appear at either side of the tab bar, allowing you to scroll more gently through the tab list, rather than jumping from one screen of tabs to the next. There is also a small dropdown button at the far right of the tab bar which can be clicked to show a listing of all open tabs.
Full Page Zooming
New to Firefox 3, you can now zoom in and out of all elements of a web page, whether text or images, or both. This functionality can be accessed under the View menu, by going to Zoom and selecting 'Zoom In' or 'Zoom Out' to change the zoom level accordingly. If you just want to zoom in or out of the text only (i.e. you only wish to change the text size on a page), then tick the 'Zoom Text Only' item under the View>Zoom option. An easier way to access these functions on any page is to use the Control (CTRL) key in combination with the + (plus), - (minus) and 0 (zero) numerical keys. However the quickest way of all is:
This feature is particularly useful when viewing images, as it lets you zoom in or out of an image within the browser so you can look at relevant details without having to launch a separate image viewing application.
The Awesome Bar
New to Firefox 3, one of the major features which has proven to be very popular in Firefox 3 is the enhancement of the Address Bar, the place you normally see website URL addresses. Rather than simply displaying your location or allowing you to enter web addresses, or even conducting basic URL or web searches, as of Firefox 3 the Address Bar has been revamped to be much more functional, and is now nicknamed the "Awesome Bar".
To start with, you can type in any words or phrases, even partial words, and the Awesome Bar will instantly search your entire browsing History and Bookmarks to display any possible matches in a drop down box beneath the Awesome Bar. More importantly, the matched words/phrases can be in any part of the URL or page description, or any custom tags you've added to bookmarks. The more words you keep typing into the Awesome Bar, the more refined the search results will become.
When viewing the search results in the Awesome Bar, you will see not only the title of the web page, but also the favicon next to it, which makes identification easier, and you'll also see the site/page URL beneath the title as well. Importantly, you will also see at a glance whether it is already part of your bookmarks; it will have a yellow star next to it if it is - see the Bookmarks section on the next page for more details.
Of course all the previous Address Bar functionality is also present. For example if you simply type a word and press Enter in the Awesome Bar without selecting a search result, Firefox will usually attempt to find the closest matching web page for that word using Google's 'I'm Feeling Lucky' search by default and display the result. If you want to add the Search functionality of any web page directly to the Awesome Bar, simply right-click in any search box on a web page and select 'Add a keyword for this search'. If you want to jump quickly to the Address Bar/Awesome Bar at any time, press CTRL+L - this moves the cursor to the address bar and highlights all existing text in there.
lots more after this.....to be continue
source:tweakguide.com
Streamlined Firefox Layout
To provide maximum viewable space in Firefox you may wish to use a 'streamlined' Firefox layout - the difference between the default and the streamlined view is shown below:
As you can see, the streamlined view retains all the main functionality of Firefox, but reconfigures the layout to be as minimal as possible. Instructions are provided below:
1. Open only one instance of Firefox, go to the View menu, select Toolbars and untick the 'Bookmarks Toolbar' item.
2. If you have a Sidebar showing, under the View menu select Sidebar and unselect any items.
3. Under the View menu select Toolbars and then select Customize. Alternatively you can right-click on an empty spot on a toolbar and select Customize.
4. In the 'Customize Toolbar' box which appears, select Icons in the Show box (not 'Icons and Text', or Text). If you're running a lower screen resolution also tick the 'Use Small Icons' box.
5. Now remove any icon or element in the Firefox toolbar at the top of the browser which you don’t need. For example, drag and drop the Search box into the 'Customize Toolbar' box to remove it from the Firefox toolbar. You can also remove any unnecessary space fillers, such as the large white space filler at the top right of the Navigation toolbar. You can always re-add these elements at any time if you change your mind later on.
6. Now drag and drop each icon in the bottom Firefox toolbar up to the top toolbar, just to the right of the 'Help' menu item. This includes the large white Address Bar. The aim is to have everything on a single toolbar.
7. Insert any additional icons, separators or blank spaces you need from the selection shown in the 'Customize Toolbar' box into the relevant spots on the top Firefox toolbar. When finished, click the Done button.
8. Finally, go to the View menu, and under Toolbars unselect the 'Navigation Toolbar' as it should now be completely empty anyway.
You should now have a single Firefox toolbar at the top of your browser, complete with all the menu commands, relevant icons and the address box as pictured further above. This gives you much more vertical viewable space. If you need more viewing space, go to the View menu and untick the 'Status Bar' item as it is not vital, and provides a further bit of vertical viewable space. Obviously this layout may not suit everyone, and can be modified to suit your taste. However once you get used to it, it is extremely efficient and provides maximum viewable space in Firefox.
Tabbed Browsing
The most famous feature of Firefox is Tabbed Browsing, something which other browsers have eventually adopted. This is a feature which allows users to open up a link as a new tab within their current Firefox window, rather than opening up an entirely new Firefox window. The benefits of this are faster loadup times for pages opened as tabs, less overall system memory usage, less buttons for open instances of Firefox on the Windows Taskbar, the ability to load pages in the background while reading the current page, and the convenience of being able to switch back and forth between pages just by clicking their tab. Below are some tips on how to make better use of this feature:
- To open any link as a new tab click your center mouse button while pointing to a link. If you don't have a center mouse button, hold down the CTRL key then left-click on a link to get the same result.
- To force a link to open as a new tab in the foreground, hold down the SHIFT key and use the relevant methods above.
- You can rearrange the order of open tabs by dragging and dropping them on the tab bar.
- To close a tab quickly, click the center mouse button on the tab, or press CTRL+W or CTRL+F4 while viewing the tab. Or you can just click on the 'X' on the tab itself.
- To reopen the last closed tab(s), right-click on the tab bar and select 'Undo close tab' or press CTRL+SHIFT+T.
- To switch quickly between open tabs, press CTRL + Tab to go to the next open tab, or SHIFT+CTRL+TAB to go to the previous open tab.
- To go to a specific open tab, press CTRL and a numberical key corresponding to that tab's position from the left. For example press CTRL+2 to jump to the second open tab.
In fact, if you click your middle mouse button on a range of things in Firefox, they will typically open up in a new tab. For example, click the middle button on the back or forward arrows on the Firefox navigation bar and the previous or next pages you've visited will open in a new tab. Middle-click on an item in your history or your Bookmarks and it will open in a new tab. Middle-click on the Homepage toolbar icon and your home page will open in a new tab.
Once a certain number of tabs are opened, each tab starts to shrink in width and at a certain point no more additional tabs can be shown on the current screen, though they will be opened in the background. New to Firefox 3, arrows will appear at either side of the tab bar, allowing you to scroll more gently through the tab list, rather than jumping from one screen of tabs to the next. There is also a small dropdown button at the far right of the tab bar which can be clicked to show a listing of all open tabs.
Full Page Zooming
New to Firefox 3, you can now zoom in and out of all elements of a web page, whether text or images, or both. This functionality can be accessed under the View menu, by going to Zoom and selecting 'Zoom In' or 'Zoom Out' to change the zoom level accordingly. If you just want to zoom in or out of the text only (i.e. you only wish to change the text size on a page), then tick the 'Zoom Text Only' item under the View>Zoom option. An easier way to access these functions on any page is to use the Control (CTRL) key in combination with the + (plus), - (minus) and 0 (zero) numerical keys. However the quickest way of all is:
- To progressively Zoom In on a page, hold down CTRL and scoll up with the mouse scrollwheel.
- To progressively Zoom Out of a page, hold down CTRL and scroll down with the mouse scrollwheel.
- To Reset the page to its default zoom level press CTRL 0 (CTRL and Zero key).
This feature is particularly useful when viewing images, as it lets you zoom in or out of an image within the browser so you can look at relevant details without having to launch a separate image viewing application.
The Awesome Bar
New to Firefox 3, one of the major features which has proven to be very popular in Firefox 3 is the enhancement of the Address Bar, the place you normally see website URL addresses. Rather than simply displaying your location or allowing you to enter web addresses, or even conducting basic URL or web searches, as of Firefox 3 the Address Bar has been revamped to be much more functional, and is now nicknamed the "Awesome Bar".
To start with, you can type in any words or phrases, even partial words, and the Awesome Bar will instantly search your entire browsing History and Bookmarks to display any possible matches in a drop down box beneath the Awesome Bar. More importantly, the matched words/phrases can be in any part of the URL or page description, or any custom tags you've added to bookmarks. The more words you keep typing into the Awesome Bar, the more refined the search results will become.
When viewing the search results in the Awesome Bar, you will see not only the title of the web page, but also the favicon next to it, which makes identification easier, and you'll also see the site/page URL beneath the title as well. Importantly, you will also see at a glance whether it is already part of your bookmarks; it will have a yellow star next to it if it is - see the Bookmarks section on the next page for more details.
Of course all the previous Address Bar functionality is also present. For example if you simply type a word and press Enter in the Awesome Bar without selecting a search result, Firefox will usually attempt to find the closest matching web page for that word using Google's 'I'm Feeling Lucky' search by default and display the result. If you want to add the Search functionality of any web page directly to the Awesome Bar, simply right-click in any search box on a web page and select 'Add a keyword for this search'. If you want to jump quickly to the Address Bar/Awesome Bar at any time, press CTRL+L - this moves the cursor to the address bar and highlights all existing text in there.
lots more after this.....to be continue
source:tweakguide.com
Take a peek into our future fetish and 10 nonexistent - but awesome - tech toys that take our gadget lust to a more advanced level.
10. Dattoos: Interactive Tattoos
No one brings concept design to reality like Frog Design. Winners of numerous design awards over the years, Frog has become synonymous with powerful technology meeting artistic design. So when we found Frog’s Dattoo (interactive tattoo) concept, it was like finding futurist gold. Designed by Hartmut Esslinger, Dattoos would conceivably bring us to that final convergence of man and machine. The Dattoos would offer: DNA-reader and identification technology, nanosensors and interactive “touch reading,” full voice interaction, bionic nano chips and various cybernetic components. While Dattoos would definitely look cool, what Esslinger is imagining here is nothing short of the Borg. But hey, who said being a mindless drone working within a hive mind had to be drab?9. Astrium Spaceplane
The race to full-on space tourism is in full swing, but we’re still in the early stages of the industry, so naturally style and comfort has taken a backseat to safety and practicality. The Astrium Spaceplane looks to up the ante and allow spacefaring travelers the opportunity to look into infinity whilst nestled in comfortable and familiar surroundings. Australian designer Marc Newson’s concept vehicle doesn’t propel passengers into a far-out science-fiction realm, but if the near term of space tourism really looks like this the spaceports will likely be jam-packed and delayed like your favorite local commercial airport in no time.
8. Custom Kicks
Sneaker culture has transcended the world of fashion and transformed into an art form unto itself. Brand loyalty and price-tag importance has fallen by the wayside as pure originality and exclusive design have become the mark of a true sneaker aficionado. But nowadays, finding one of those unseen designs has become even more difficult. Enter Custom Kicks, a concept designed by the Inventables studio. Custom Kicks would allow wearers to instantly change the design of their shoes on the fly with a mere push of a button. Using a tiny iPod-like device, sneaker fanatics would beam a new pre-designed pattern to their feet and immediately up the ante on the fashion wars. We want this yesterday.
7. Nikon 360
In Star Trek: Voyager and Deep Space Nine, characters used a holographic camera to snap instant three-dimensional replicas of certain moments in time. We’re not quite there yet, but in the meantime the idea behind the Nikon 360 concept camera seems like a reasonable facsimile. According to Ye Chen, designer of the device, the camera would take an all-round picture using a built-in inclinometer indicating the horizontal position prior to execution. Sure, panoramic photos are already in existence, but they take a little more work. With the Nikon 360, capturing surround-vision images would become literally a snap.
6. Honda Cub Motocycle
Sam Jibert’s Honda Cub Motocycle concept vehicle takes the macho out of the road hog and adds just enough clean design and geek friendliness to ensure a consumer hit. Looking like a cross between a 19th-century bicycle and a modern-day crotch rocket, the Honda Cub Motocycle is not only cute but enviro-friendly since it uses a hydrogen fuel cell. If Dean Kamen’s Segway had been this cool-looking, maybe Steve Jobs’ initial prediction that it would change the way cities were built would have come true.
5. Pills To Go
British designer Priestman Goode has envisioned a product so simple and practical, it’s astounding to think that this isn’t already available. Pills To Go combines two caplets of your favorite medicinal salve with a hearty gulp of water all in one package. So simple, so convenient, yet as of now, still a futuristic concept. When eventually brought to market by some company - and you can rest assured that it will definitely happen - Pills To Go is sure to be one of the biggest sellers of all time.
4. WPA Wearable Power Suit
Vlady Spetkovsky designed the WPA wearable power suit as a project for the Bezalel Academy of art and design in Israel. Although Spetkovsky doesn’t offer much detail regarding what the suit would actually do, after watching his animated 3D movie showing the suit in action it’s reasonable to assume that it would increase the strength and speed of the wearer via an accumulator-powered exoskeleton. That’s right friends, with suits like this, one day we’ll all get to live out our superhero fantasies.
3. B-Membrain Computer
The B-Membrain won’t transport you into another dimension or suddenly become self-aware and declare that all humans are obsolete, but it does offer something we can all relate to: sexy hardware. Winner of Intel Korea’s recent PC Design Contest (Challenger category), the B-Membrain does away with the computer monitor and instead beams images to any surface via a built-in projector. As for input, the keyboard is described by its designer Won-Suk Lee as a touchscreen interface. Sure, the B-Membrain looks weird and you’d probably have trouble figuring out where to put to the oddly shaped contraption, but never has a more sci-fi-ish computer been so within reach.
2. Credit Card of the Future
Paying bills will never be fun, but in the future there’s a chance that you’ll at least be able to pay the piper in style. To that end, designer Jacob Palmborg mocked up a universal payment device that simultaneously links to all of your banking and credit accounts. The unnamed device would keep a real-time accounting of just how much you’ve spent, and what your near-term financial forecast looks like based on recent purchase activity. And if that’s not Big Brother enough for you, the device would only be accessible via biometric (think thumbprint, eyescan, etc.) verification. With RFID tap-and-pay bankcards already being used throughout the U.S., it seems like this little gadget’s emergence is just a matter of time.
1. Timeflex Stick-On Watch
It’s been awhile since a cross-demographic product has swept the country, but something like the Timeflex stick-on watch might just do the trick. Imagined as a non-permanent, self-gumming timepiece, the Timeflex would make the perfect accessory for style-conscious millennials (read: teens), on-the-go professionals, and athletes (swimmers, rock climbers, runners, etc.). The outlines of the device are meant to be fluorescent, with the interior sporting a transparent surface so you can show off your fashion-forward sensibility, and a little skin in process.
Do you have this Problem? i do..and this is how we solved it.
Firefox sometimes uses more memory than it should. It is a very complicated issue caused my many things, including memory leaks, faulty third party applications, and a change in the habits of web users. This article describes how to make Firefox use less memory (RAM).
Extensions and themes
Extensions and themes can cause Firefox to use more memory than it normally would. Starting Firefox in Firefox Safe Mode and observing its memory usage, will tell you whether extensions and themes are significant memory consumers for you. If you notice a significant improvement, you can try disabling or uninstalling extensions.
* To start Firefox in Firefox Safe Mode, see the Troubleshooting Add-ons? article.
Plugins
Older versions of plugins can consume large amounts of memory. You should make sure you're using the latest versions of your plugins.
If your are still having problems, there are some workarounds for specific plugins listed below.
Adobe PDF Reader
Adobe Reader SpeedUp is a free Windows utility that disables various features of Adobe PDF Reader to improve performance and decrease memory usage.
Flash
Flash content is among the most common content that requires a plugin. Often, Flash isn't required for a site to function. The Flashblock extension will stop Flash content from loading automatically; it will replace Flash content with a button you can press if you wish to see it. Because less Flash content will load, the Flash plugin will be invoked fewer times and use less memory.
* To download Flashblock, go to addons.mozilla.org.
Download history
Firefox can use excessive memory if you have a large download history. The solution is to simply clear your download history.
1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Tools menu, and select Clear Private Data.... The Clear Private Data window will open.
2. In the Clear Private Data window, select Download History and deselect the other items.
3. Click Clear Private Data Now.
Settings that reduce memory usage
Firefox has hidden settings that let you change how it uses memory.
Memory cache
Firefox caches image and interface data in memory so they can be displayed quickly. You can see how much memory Firefox uses for this purpose.
1. Type about:cache in the Location Bar at the top of the Firefox window and press Enter.
2. A page listing your Firefox cache information should appear. Under the Memory cache device heading, Maximum storage size refers to the maximum amount of memory Firefox will use for this purpose, and Storage in use refers to the current amount of memory Firefox is using for this purpose.
By default, Firefox will use more memory on computers with more memory installed. You can change the limit for your computer.
Lowering the amount of memory available for caching will increase the amount of time Firefox takes to display web pages and dialogs.
1. In the Location bar, type about:config, and press Enter.
* The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may appear. Click I'll be careful, I promise!, to continue to the about:config page.
2. The about:config page should appear. Right-clickHold down the Ctrl key while you click anywhere in the grid and choose New, then Integer.
3. In the Enter the preference name prompt, type browser.cache.memory.capacity and press OK.
4. Next, type the maximum number of kilobytes you want Firefox to use for cache and press OK.
If you want to set the preference back to its default value:
1. In the Location bar, type about:config, and press Enter.
* The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may appear. Click I'll be careful, I promise!, to continue to the about:config page.
2. Search for the preference browser.cache.memory.capacity.
3. Right-click the entry for browser.cache.memory.capacity and press Reset.
Blazingly fast back
Firefox stores pages in memory so they can be displayed quickly when you press Back or Forward. By default, Firefox will use more memory on computers that have more memory installed. You can change the maximum number of pages Firefox will store for this purpose on your computer.
Lowering the number of stored pages will slow down Firefox when you press Back or Forward.
1. In the Location bar, type about:config, and press Enter.
* The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may appear. Click I'll be careful, I promise!, to continue to the about:config page.
3. In the browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers prompt, type the maximum number of pages you want Firefox to store and press OK.
If you want to set the preference back to its default value:
1. In the Location bar, type about:config, and press Enter.
* The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may appear. Click I'll be careful, I promise!, to continue to the about:config page.
2. Search for the preference browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers.
3. Right-click the entry for browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers and press Reset.
Behavior on minimize
By default, Firefox will allow Windows to reclaim its memory when Windows needs it for other programs. Firefox can be configured to allow Windows to reclaim its memory immediately.
Allowing Windows to reclaim the memory immediately will make Firefox slower to come up after being minimized.
1. In the Location bar, type about:config, and press Enter.
* The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may appear. Click I'll be careful, I promise!, to continue to the about:config page.
2. The about:config page should appear. Right-click anywhere in the grid and choose New, then Boolean.
3. In the Enter the preference name prompt, type config.trim_on_minimize and press OK.
4. Next, choose True and press OK.
If you want to set the preference back to its default value:
1. In the Location bar, type about:config, and press EnterReturn.
* The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may appear. Click I'll be careful, I promise!, to continue to the about:config page.
2. Search for the preference config.trim_on_minimize.
3. Right-click the entry for config.trim_on_minimize and press Reset.
Restarting Firefox
Firefox's memory usage may increase if it's left open for long periods of time. A workaround for this is to periodically restart Firefox. You can configure Firefox to save your tabs and windows so that when you start it again, you can start where you left off.
more tips at supportmozilla
Firefox sometimes uses more memory than it should. It is a very complicated issue caused my many things, including memory leaks, faulty third party applications, and a change in the habits of web users. This article describes how to make Firefox use less memory (RAM).
This issue is among many that can be solved by upgrading to Firefox 3.
Extensions and themes
Extensions and themes can cause Firefox to use more memory than it normally would. Starting Firefox in Firefox Safe Mode and observing its memory usage, will tell you whether extensions and themes are significant memory consumers for you. If you notice a significant improvement, you can try disabling or uninstalling extensions.
* To start Firefox in Firefox Safe Mode, see the Troubleshooting Add-ons? article.
Plugins
Older versions of plugins can consume large amounts of memory. You should make sure you're using the latest versions of your plugins.
If your are still having problems, there are some workarounds for specific plugins listed below.
Adobe PDF Reader
Adobe Reader SpeedUp is a free Windows utility that disables various features of Adobe PDF Reader to improve performance and decrease memory usage.
Flash
Flash content is among the most common content that requires a plugin. Often, Flash isn't required for a site to function. The Flashblock extension will stop Flash content from loading automatically; it will replace Flash content with a button you can press if you wish to see it. Because less Flash content will load, the Flash plugin will be invoked fewer times and use less memory.
* To download Flashblock, go to addons.mozilla.org.
Download history
Firefox can use excessive memory if you have a large download history. The solution is to simply clear your download history.
1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Tools menu, and select Clear Private Data.... The Clear Private Data window will open.
2. In the Clear Private Data window, select Download History and deselect the other items.
3. Click Clear Private Data Now.
Settings that reduce memory usage
Firefox has hidden settings that let you change how it uses memory.
Memory cache
Firefox caches image and interface data in memory so they can be displayed quickly. You can see how much memory Firefox uses for this purpose.
1. Type about:cache in the Location Bar at the top of the Firefox window and press Enter.
2. A page listing your Firefox cache information should appear. Under the Memory cache device heading, Maximum storage size refers to the maximum amount of memory Firefox will use for this purpose, and Storage in use refers to the current amount of memory Firefox is using for this purpose.
By default, Firefox will use more memory on computers with more memory installed. You can change the limit for your computer.
Lowering the amount of memory available for caching will increase the amount of time Firefox takes to display web pages and dialogs.
1. In the Location bar, type about:config, and press Enter.
* The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may appear. Click I'll be careful, I promise!, to continue to the about:config page.
2. The about:config page should appear. Right-clickHold down the Ctrl key while you click anywhere in the grid and choose New, then Integer.
3. In the Enter the preference name prompt, type browser.cache.memory.capacity and press OK.
4. Next, type the maximum number of kilobytes you want Firefox to use for cache and press OK.
If you want to set the preference back to its default value:
1. In the Location bar, type about:config, and press Enter.
* The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may appear. Click I'll be careful, I promise!, to continue to the about:config page.
2. Search for the preference browser.cache.memory.capacity.
3. Right-click the entry for browser.cache.memory.capacity and press Reset.
Blazingly fast back
Firefox stores pages in memory so they can be displayed quickly when you press Back or Forward. By default, Firefox will use more memory on computers that have more memory installed. You can change the maximum number of pages Firefox will store for this purpose on your computer.
Lowering the number of stored pages will slow down Firefox when you press Back or Forward.
1. In the Location bar, type about:config, and press Enter.
* The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may appear. Click I'll be careful, I promise!, to continue to the about:config page.
2.The about:config page should appear. Search for the preference browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers, and double-click on it.
3. In the browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers prompt, type the maximum number of pages you want Firefox to store and press OK.
If you want to set the preference back to its default value:
1. In the Location bar, type about:config, and press Enter.
* The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may appear. Click I'll be careful, I promise!, to continue to the about:config page.
2. Search for the preference browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers.
3. Right-click the entry for browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers and press Reset.
Behavior on minimize
By default, Firefox will allow Windows to reclaim its memory when Windows needs it for other programs. Firefox can be configured to allow Windows to reclaim its memory immediately.
Allowing Windows to reclaim the memory immediately will make Firefox slower to come up after being minimized.
1. In the Location bar, type about:config, and press Enter.
* The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may appear. Click I'll be careful, I promise!, to continue to the about:config page.
2. The about:config page should appear. Right-click anywhere in the grid and choose New, then Boolean.
3. In the Enter the preference name prompt, type config.trim_on_minimize and press OK.
4. Next, choose True and press OK.
If you want to set the preference back to its default value:
1. In the Location bar, type about:config, and press EnterReturn.
* The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may appear. Click I'll be careful, I promise!, to continue to the about:config page.
2. Search for the preference config.trim_on_minimize.
3. Right-click the entry for config.trim_on_minimize and press Reset.
Restarting Firefox
Firefox's memory usage may increase if it's left open for long periods of time. A workaround for this is to periodically restart Firefox. You can configure Firefox to save your tabs and windows so that when you start it again, you can start where you left off.
more tips at supportmozilla
How to increase the Browsing and Downloading speed in Windows Vista?
Posted by aren Labels: computer tips With windows Vista you have noticed the slow internet speed. The web browsing and downloading speed is very slow as compare to previous versions of windows. You can open the same sites in windows XP and server 2003 with the normal speed.
Follow the given steps to increase the Vista browsing speed:
First go to Advance tab in Internet Explorer and turn off the TLS (Transport Layer Security) encryption option. Here to fix problem with some secure pages turn on the SSL 2.0 (Secure Sockets Layer) feature and click Ok button to close it.
Follow the major fix for this problem:
In windows Vista, the TCP autotuning feature is enabled by default. Some web servers do not respond properly to this feature, so it appears that some sites open with very slow speed.
To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.
First click on Start button and type CMD in Run option then press Enter.
At Command Prompt, type the following command and press enter.
netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel= disabled
This command will disable the TCP autotuning feature. Now close the command Prompt and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
You can easily restore these setting by typing the following command at Command Prompt.
netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel= normal
Now close the command Prompt and again restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
Follow the given steps to increase the Vista browsing speed:
First go to Advance tab in Internet Explorer and turn off the TLS (Transport Layer Security) encryption option. Here to fix problem with some secure pages turn on the SSL 2.0 (Secure Sockets Layer) feature and click Ok button to close it.
Follow the major fix for this problem:In windows Vista, the TCP autotuning feature is enabled by default. Some web servers do not respond properly to this feature, so it appears that some sites open with very slow speed.
To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.
First click on Start button and type CMD in Run option then press Enter.
At Command Prompt, type the following command and press enter.
netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel= disabled
This command will disable the TCP autotuning feature. Now close the command Prompt and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
You can easily restore these setting by typing the following command at Command Prompt.
netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel= normal
Now close the command Prompt and again restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
1. If you hate the look of Aero, click Start/Control Panel/Themes and you can choose a non-Aero theme, such as Windows Classic.
2. Windows Vista's installer can detect serial-ATA (SATA) drives without the need to provide a driver diskette. Don't bother creating a diskette for your SATA drives before you install Vista.
3. If, for some reason, the Vista installation gets interrupted due to an unintentional shutdown or reboot, start the computer without booting the Vista DVD. Windows Vista's installer should pick up where it left off. If it does-n't, then restart the installation over from scratch.
4. When you perform a search with Vista's new, instant search feature, you can save the search in a special folder. This powerful feature allows you to create a virtual folder which, by default, is saved in your \\Searches\ folder. Every time you open such a folder, the search results are updated.
5. In Windows Vista, you can add additional clocks to the system tray. Click the clock, and then click Date and Time Settings. Click the Additional Clocks tab. You can add one or two additional clocks to the tray and select their time zones.
6. You can save your progress in most of the games included with Windows Vista—even the carry-overs from earlier versions of Windows.
7. You can create XML documents, which are more secure than regular text files or even word processor docs. Just create a document in a word processor, print it via the options menu, and select the XPS printer.
8. If you upgrade your graphics card in preparation for Windows Vista, be sure to get a new card with as much local memory as possible. Since Windows Vista renders everything—even the desktop and windows them-selves—as 3D surfaces, local 3D memory greatly improves performance...sometimes even more than a more powerful GPU.
9. Windows Vista games deposit their saves into a special directory, called Saved Games, in your personal folder. In theory, that will make upgrading to a new system much easier for gamers, who like to migrate their game saves.
10. When using the Help system, it's usually advantageous to include Microsoft's online database in your search. The online/offline status of your search is located on the bottom right of the Help window. You can click it to toggle.
11. The Games folder is a powerful repository of all things gaming. From within, you launch games, update games with the latest patches, enable parental controls to protect younger users from harmful content, and more. Invoke it by clicking Start/Games.
12. Several applications are available to help you tweak Windows Vista for maximum performance. They in-clude TweakVI (www.totalidea.com), TweakVista (www.tweakvista.com/tweakvistautility), and VistaBootPRO (www.vistabootpro.org). And don't forget about Windows ReadyBoost, which lets you use a removable flash memory drive to boost system memory.
13. Do you use the icon in the upper left corner of system and application windows? A quick double-click closes the window (instead of a single click on the X at the upper right). Though Microsoft left the icon out in Vista, the function remains.
14. In Microsoft Windows Explorer, you can use column headers (Name, Size, and so on) to sort files. Savvy users may right-click on a column head to remove items or add some—say, Dimensions for images. There are around 45 such columns available in Windows XP. Windows Vista has well over 250, covering a multitude of metadata.
15. If you've become used to surfing your Program Menu to get to applications, you'll be in for a shock when you first use Microsoft Windows Vista. The new Program Menu shows you only recently used applications and requires extra clicks to navigate to submenus. This can be very frustrating but, thankfully, the Search box Microsoft has added to the Start menu is a great replacement—as long as you're an accurate typist. As quickly as you can type, it returns intelligent results in apps, files, even e-mail messages.
source: Joel Durham
2. Windows Vista's installer can detect serial-ATA (SATA) drives without the need to provide a driver diskette. Don't bother creating a diskette for your SATA drives before you install Vista.
3. If, for some reason, the Vista installation gets interrupted due to an unintentional shutdown or reboot, start the computer without booting the Vista DVD. Windows Vista's installer should pick up where it left off. If it does-n't, then restart the installation over from scratch.
4. When you perform a search with Vista's new, instant search feature, you can save the search in a special folder. This powerful feature allows you to create a virtual folder which, by default, is saved in your \\Searches\ folder. Every time you open such a folder, the search results are updated.
5. In Windows Vista, you can add additional clocks to the system tray. Click the clock, and then click Date and Time Settings. Click the Additional Clocks tab. You can add one or two additional clocks to the tray and select their time zones.
6. You can save your progress in most of the games included with Windows Vista—even the carry-overs from earlier versions of Windows.
7. You can create XML documents, which are more secure than regular text files or even word processor docs. Just create a document in a word processor, print it via the options menu, and select the XPS printer.
8. If you upgrade your graphics card in preparation for Windows Vista, be sure to get a new card with as much local memory as possible. Since Windows Vista renders everything—even the desktop and windows them-selves—as 3D surfaces, local 3D memory greatly improves performance...sometimes even more than a more powerful GPU.
9. Windows Vista games deposit their saves into a special directory, called Saved Games, in your personal folder. In theory, that will make upgrading to a new system much easier for gamers, who like to migrate their game saves.
10. When using the Help system, it's usually advantageous to include Microsoft's online database in your search. The online/offline status of your search is located on the bottom right of the Help window. You can click it to toggle.
11. The Games folder is a powerful repository of all things gaming. From within, you launch games, update games with the latest patches, enable parental controls to protect younger users from harmful content, and more. Invoke it by clicking Start/Games.
12. Several applications are available to help you tweak Windows Vista for maximum performance. They in-clude TweakVI (www.totalidea.com), TweakVista (www.tweakvista.com/tweakvistautility), and VistaBootPRO (www.vistabootpro.org). And don't forget about Windows ReadyBoost, which lets you use a removable flash memory drive to boost system memory.
13. Do you use the icon in the upper left corner of system and application windows? A quick double-click closes the window (instead of a single click on the X at the upper right). Though Microsoft left the icon out in Vista, the function remains.
14. In Microsoft Windows Explorer, you can use column headers (Name, Size, and so on) to sort files. Savvy users may right-click on a column head to remove items or add some—say, Dimensions for images. There are around 45 such columns available in Windows XP. Windows Vista has well over 250, covering a multitude of metadata.
15. If you've become used to surfing your Program Menu to get to applications, you'll be in for a shock when you first use Microsoft Windows Vista. The new Program Menu shows you only recently used applications and requires extra clicks to navigate to submenus. This can be very frustrating but, thankfully, the Search box Microsoft has added to the Start menu is a great replacement—as long as you're an accurate typist. As quickly as you can type, it returns intelligent results in apps, files, even e-mail messages.
source: Joel Durham
What It Is: Wet submarine that can dive down to 130 ft.
Time: Two to three summers
Cost: $28,000, including dive instruments
Problem:
Up to $400 million in Confederate gold is sunk off the coast of Lake Michigan’s Poverty Island—and your snorkel just ain’t cutting it.
Solution:
To satisfy his ongoing quest for treasure, Richard Bennett, a retired scuba training center owner from Wauwatosa, Wis., constructed a wet submarine from fiberglass.
Instructions for Use:
1. Don dry suit and enter submarine. Turn on both 2-hp motors and the headlights, which once served as aircraft landing lights.
2. Start breathing through regulators, connected to scuba tanks inside the sub.
3. Vent air from the two side ballast tanks to descend.
4. Direct sub toward rumored treasure: Use the steer bar to control two Plexiglas dive planes on the vessel’s bow.
5. Breathing from personal scuba tank, take a swim around the target area.
6. Find gold! Retire to Caribbean, where you can swim in warmer waters.
my comment: creativity doesn't have a limit!
These skins work with :
* for Linux
o XMMS
o Beep Media Player
o Audacious
* for Windows
o Winamp
o Delphamp
How to install a skin ?
* Click on the image to download the zip file
* Put the zip file in your Skins directory
* You do not need to unzip
Human kind has a vast mind. Every year a lot of things are made to help us in our daily lives. Take the case of this weird gadget I just find out over the Internet. From a throng of manufactured alarm clocks today, there is one product that actually makes you get up and wake you in an instant? Sounds fishy? Take this. After browsing the Internet for hours, I was able to find one of the most weirdest but highly-effective alarm clocks in the history of man kind. The alarm clock is called Flying Alarm Clock.Yes, you just read it right. This alarm clock has a propeller attached to the top. So as the clock hits the time you set, the alarm clock shrills the most annoying sound that you can hear, plus the propeller goes and fly away from your bed. What’s more amazing about this gadget is that in order to stop the annoying sound, you have to get the propeller back from its proper place. Thus, you don’t have the choice but to wake yourself up and find where the propeller is. After trying desperately to turn off the flying alarm clock, you’ll soon find out how wide awake you are! This is a perfect gift for all those people who has work during the mornings and has the difficulty to wake up. So what are you waiting for? Why not try this amazing product and you’ll see how it does its magic. A unique but ultimately effective alarm clock available for every one!
Source:GeekiestGadget
Go to Start Button and open Run then type the given command to run windows programs with name. Run Commands appwiz.cpl -- Used to run Add/Remove wizard Calc --Calculator Cfgwiz32 --ISDN Configuration Wizard Charmap --Character Map Chkdisk --Repair damaged files Cleanmgr --Cleans up hard drives Clipbrd --Windows Clipboard viewer Cmd --Opens a new Command Window Control mouse --Used to control mouse properties Control --Displays Control Panel Debug --Assembly language programming tool Defrag --Defragmentation tool Drwatson --Records programs crash & snapshots Dxdiag --DirectX Diagnostic Utility Explorer --Windows Explorer Fontview --Graphical font viewer Fsmgmt.msc -- Used to open shared folders Firewall.cpl -- Used to configure windows firewall Ftp -ftp.exe program Hostname --Returns Computer's name Hdwwiz.cpl -- Used to run Add Hardware wizard Ipconfig --Displays IP configuration for all network adapters Logoff -- Used to logoff the computer MMC --Microsoft Management Console Msconfig --Configuration to edit startup files Mstsc -- Used to access remote desktop Mrc -- Malicious Software Removal Tool Msinfo32 --Microsoft System Information Utility Nbtstat --Displays stats and current connections using NetBIOS over TCP/IP Netstat --Displays all active network connections Nslookup--Returns your local DNS server Osk ---Used to access on screen keyboard Perfmon.msc -- Used to configure the performance of Monitor. Ping --Sends data to a specified host/IP Powercfg.cpl -- Used to configure power option Regedit --Registry Editor Regwiz -- Registration wizard Sfc /scannow -- System File Checker Sndrec32 --Sound Recorder Shutdown -- Used to shutdown the windows Spider -- Used to open spider solitaire card game Sfc / scannow -- Used to run system file checker utility. Sndvol32 --Volume control for soundcard Sysedit -- Edit system startup files Taskmgr --Task manager Telephon.cpl -- Used to configure modem options. Telnet --Telnet program Tracert --Traces and displays all paths required to reach an internet host Winchat -- Used to chat with Microsoft Wmplayer -- Used to run Windows Media player Wab -- Used to open Windows address Book. WinWord -- Used to open Microsoft word
today as usual i check my email, looking at my inbox i found that there is one mail from box.net that really grab my attention. here's what it says!
"Just wanted to shoot you a tip about another interesting application - i.box.net. Anyone with a Box.net account can now access their files - documents, presentations, photos, etc - from their iPhone"
Before this i haven't heard about i.box.net,but now i do!. Here is a bit about Box.net - Founded in March 2005, Box.net -www.box.net is a *leading provider of tools for managing and sharing data online*. The service enables users to share, access, and collaborate on files of any type from anywhere. Box.net is the first web-native system for access and collaboration which allows a broad array of functionality. With nearly 2 million users, over 1 million files served every day, and more than 1000 developers in the Box Enabled Network, the service is used by individuals, small businesses, and Fortune 1000 companies. Box.net is a privately held company headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, and is backed by venture capital firms Draper Fisher Jurvetson and U.S. Venture Partners.
Enough for the introduction, let we all see and learn about box.net:-
Access Anywhere, Share with Anyone
With the tag of "store here,access anywhere" box.net is an online storage and sharing service that gives you access to your files from anywhere. With Box, you can access important documents from your desktop computer, laptop, or even mobile phone. Once you've uploaded your files to your online storage on Box, you can also share them with anyone, anytime — Box makes online web file sharing simple.
for more detail information you can go to their website here . My comment? another useful app for iPhone users and its worth it. other people review?
Enough for the introduction, let we all see and learn about box.net:-
Access Anywhere, Share with Anyone
With the tag of "store here,access anywhere" box.net is an online storage and sharing service that gives you access to your files from anywhere. With Box, you can access important documents from your desktop computer, laptop, or even mobile phone. Once you've uploaded your files to your online storage on Box, you can also share them with anyone, anytime — Box makes online web file sharing simple.
Send files to anyone
Send files of any type — large documents, photos, videos, zip files — to friends, contacts and clients. Forget the hassle of sending email attachments — with Box, you just send them a link to the file. It's web file sharing at its easiest.Keep a safe copy
Your data is valuable, and there's nothing safer than keeping an extra copy of important files in online storage. Box is an online backup solution that makes it easy to have that peace of mind.Email uploading
Upload files to your Box online storage by sending an email to upload@box.net. The next time you receive an attachment you'd like to save or work on later, forward it to us and it will be saved to your account.Publishing with Box
If you have a website or eBay auctions, you can host your photos and other files on Box. There are no bandwidth limits on web file sharing. You simply upload a file, right-click on it, and get a link. The file is instantly hosted.for more detail information you can go to their website here . My comment? another useful app for iPhone users and its worth it. other people review?
"Ease of Use, Support, Cost: All Excellent"
"Excellent way to store, edit and share your files"
"Easy inexpensive online storage with hardly any flaws!"
"Best option in online file storage"
"Excellent way to store, edit and share your files"
"Easy inexpensive online storage with hardly any flaws!"
"Best option in online file storage"
and the best thing, you can try it for free here (14 days trial). Don't forget to let me know what you think about it.
You can operate your Gmail account using keyboard shortcuts keys instead of mouse to navigate. Basically keyboard shortcuts keys help you to save time and you can perform any tasks without leaving the keyboard keys. Many computer applications help you to create your own custom shortcuts keys to enjoy even more flexibility.
Useful Gmail account Shortcut keys
Shortcut keys Action
f -Press simple f help you to forward email message to next
Shift+I -Use to mark email message as read
Shift+u -Use to mark email message as unread
r -Reply to the sender of mail
a -Reply to the all email recipients
Ctrl+c -Use to save current email as draft
Z -Press z key to undo any previous action
? -Display the keyboard shortcut keys help
c -Press c button to compose an new email message
/ -Press / button to move your cursor in search box
u -Press u key to refresh your email account to view latest email
! -Press ! key to mark an email message as spam
p -Press p key to move cursor to precious message
. -Press . key to display more options
Esc -Escape cursor from any current field.
Dress up your firefox with this popular add-ons. here's a list of some recommended add-ons for you!
ColorfulTab
The most beautiful yet the simplest add-on that makes a strong colorful appeal. Flock version available at http://binaryturf.com/software/colorfultabs-for-flock/. Colors every tab in a different color and makes them easy to distinguish while beautifying the overall appearance of the interface. An essential... Firefox3 pre1 compatible version is available at http://www.binaryturf.com. get it here
ScribeFire Blog Editor
ScribeFire is a full-featured blog editor that integrates with your browser and lets you easily post to your blog. get it here
Interclue
Ever wanted to know what was behind the link before you clicked? Interclue tells you everything you need to know before you open yet another tab. get it here
Video DownloadHelper
The easy way to download and convert Web videos from hundreds of YouTube-like sites. This works also for audio and picture galleries.get it here
PicLens
Full-Screen, 3D -- PicLens transforms your browser into a visually stunning experience for finding and viewing online photos and videos. Our "3D Wall" lets you effortlessly search and zoom your way around thousands of images, videos, news feeds, sports feeds, and more. See our demo at http://piclens.com/demo. get it here
Yoono - socialize your browser
Socialize you browser. Bring all your friends in your browser with Yoono and: - Follow what they are doing - Chat with them wherever they are - Discover and share any content by a single drag & drop Support: MSN, Yahoo, Gtalk, AIM, Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, Friendfeed,… Yoono also synchronizes your bookmarks between your different computers See long description for all additional Yoono’s features . get it here
FoxClocks
FoxClocks lets you keep an eye on the time around the world - or just your local time - by putting small clocks in your statusbar. get it here
FoxyTunes
Do you listen to Music while surfing the Web? FoxyTunes lets you control almost any media player and find lyrics, covers, videos, bios and much more with a click right from your browser. get it here
Better Gmail 2
Add useful extra features and skins to Gmail, like hierarchical labels, macros, signatures, file attachment icons, and more. get it here
Sxipper
Forget your passwords! Sxipper accurately fills in forms, manages passwords and your OpenIDs. get it here
Customize Google
CustomizeGoogle is a Firefox extension that enhance Google search results by adding extra information (like links to Yahoo, Ask.com, MSN etc) and removing unwanted information (like ads and spam). All features are optional and easily configured. get it here
All-in-One Sidebar
All-in-One Sidebar (AiOS) is an award-winning sidebar control, inspired by Opera's. It lets you quickly switch between sidebar panels, view dialog windows such as downloads, extensions, and more in the sidebar, or view source or websites in the sidebar. get it here
you can find more add-ons here! Enjoy!
ScribeFire Blog Editor
ScribeFire is a full-featured blog editor that integrates with your browser and lets you easily post to your blog. get it hereInterclue
Ever wanted to know what was behind the link before you clicked? Interclue tells you everything you need to know before you open yet another tab. get it here Video DownloadHelper
The easy way to download and convert Web videos from hundreds of YouTube-like sites. This works also for audio and picture galleries.get it here
PicLens
Full-Screen, 3D -- PicLens transforms your browser into a visually stunning experience for finding and viewing online photos and videos. Our "3D Wall" lets you effortlessly search and zoom your way around thousands of images, videos, news feeds, sports feeds, and more. See our demo at http://piclens.com/demo. get it hereYoono - socialize your browser
Socialize you browser. Bring all your friends in your browser with Yoono and: - Follow what they are doing - Chat with them wherever they are - Discover and share any content by a single drag & drop Support: MSN, Yahoo, Gtalk, AIM, Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, Friendfeed,… Yoono also synchronizes your bookmarks between your different computers See long description for all additional Yoono’s features . get it here
FoxClocks
FoxClocks lets you keep an eye on the time around the world - or just your local time - by putting small clocks in your statusbar. get it hereFoxyTunes
Do you listen to Music while surfing the Web? FoxyTunes lets you control almost any media player and find lyrics, covers, videos, bios and much more with a click right from your browser. get it hereBetter Gmail 2
Add useful extra features and skins to Gmail, like hierarchical labels, macros, signatures, file attachment icons, and more. get it hereSxipper
Forget your passwords! Sxipper accurately fills in forms, manages passwords and your OpenIDs. get it hereCustomize Google
CustomizeGoogle is a Firefox extension that enhance Google search results by adding extra information (like links to Yahoo, Ask.com, MSN etc) and removing unwanted information (like ads and spam). All features are optional and easily configured. get it here
All-in-One Sidebar
All-in-One Sidebar (AiOS) is an award-winning sidebar control, inspired by Opera's. It lets you quickly switch between sidebar panels, view dialog windows such as downloads, extensions, and more in the sidebar, or view source or websites in the sidebar. get it hereyou can find more add-ons here! Enjoy!
The default Firefox icon is a welcome sight to many users. However, if you ever tire of looking at it the same Firefox every day, you can change it to suit your preference. Changing your Firefox icon is simple and can even complement your desktop theme. Read on to learn how to change Firefox icons.
- Find an icon that you would like to use as your default Firefox icon. The default Firefox icon consists of a red fox and a globe, but many variations exist including one that seems to "eat" an Internet Explorer icon. Make sure that the icon ends in ".ico."
- Download the icon.
- Right-click on your default Firefox icon and scroll down to "Properties." In the pop-up window, select the "Shortcut" tab. On the bottom portion of the window, choose "Change Icon."
- Click "Browse" and sort through your files until you come across your newly downloaded Firefox icon. Select it and press "OK."
- Return to the main window and press "Apply" to see how your icon looks against your desktop. If you don't like it, find other icons and experiment with them until you find one that you like.
- Choose "OK" in the main window to make your changes permanent.
tips and warning!
- Convert one of your personal images into a Firefox icon. Simply use an icon converting program to modify it until you achieve the right proportions and its extension ends in ".ico." Upload the file like you would any other icon and enjoy a customized Firefox icon.
- Mozdev.org offers many user-created icon packs on their website. You can also install and uninstall icon packs using a tool on their website to simplify the installation process.
You can change the name of Recycle Bin of your system if you wish. It is very easy and interesting but it require some changes in windows registry,
- First click on Start button > click on Run option.
- Type here regedit.exe and press enter then you will find there regedit editor.
- In regedit editor you will open HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT folder, In this folder open the CLSID folder then open the {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} folder >ShellFolder folder at last.
- Here simply change the data value from "40 01 00 20" to "70 01 00 20".
After performing all above steps restart your computer then you will find option to rename Recycle name after right clicking on Recycle Bin Icon. Now you can change new name as you wish.
July 11, 2008 Here's a handy iPhone application that's set to launch tomorrow when the iPhone 3G drops around the world: G-park is a very simple program. When you park your car, you hit "park me" and it drops a GPS Global Positioning System flag on your current location. When you can't remember where you parked, you just hit "where did I park?" and Google maps Google Maps gives you turn-by-turn directions back to your car.
G-park is really nothing more than a simple way to drop a location flag on your GPS - but if you spend any time in unfamiliar towns you may well find it very useful.
Download G-park from the iTunes itunes-overtakes-wal-mart-in-music-sales Apr-4-2008 App Store from this Friday onwards. It will still work with original non-GPS iPhones, showing you a map of where your car is, but with the new model full turn-by-turn directions will be available.
Via Gizmodo.
Are you worried about malware and spyware plaguing your system? I have a cool, free tool that gives you an extra layer of defense when you're Web surfing. I also have two free utilities that can lock up and hide your sensitive folders and keep them from prying eyes. Plus, for readers who didn't like my earlier tip for disabling the Insert key, I offer a nifty program to watch your Insert, Caps Lock, and Num Lock keys.
Hide and Encrypt Files and Folders
The Hassle: I have files--documents and videos--on both my desktop PC and my notebook that I'd like to keep private. Do you know of a sure way to do it?
The Fix: If you just want to tuck away one or a few folders, use Free Hide Folder. This menu-driven and password-protected tool creates obscurely named, hidden folders to hold your private data. But it isn't secure: Directory Opus, an ordinary file manager, displayed the hidden folder when I tried it. And if someone on your machine searches for a file name in the folder (or even part of the file name, such as *.jpg), they can find the files and their locations. If you want to keep your folders hidden and secured, use TrueCrypt. A free, powerful tool, it creates an encrypted volume that you use as you would any other drive--but only you can access the files. To avoid losing your data, it's essential that you read the tutorial.
More Insert-Key Madness
The Hassle: Bad news, Bass. I strongly disagree with your tip to disable the Insert key [see "More Quick Fixes for Common Windows Annoyances" for details]. I use Insert often when filling in text over a form in Word, to prevent the rest of the line from moving to the right. My gripe is with Windows: It doesn't indicate whether I'm in insert or overwrite mode. So how about a tweak to show when the Insert key is enabled?
The Fix: Download DK:Keyboard, and you'll see the status of the Insert, Caps Lock, and Num Lock keys in a system-tray balloon pop-up. Unzip the file and drag the executable to the Startup group. If you'd rather keep tabs on your Caps Lock, Num Lock, and Scroll Lock keys, use Vasilios's NumCapsScroll Indicator. Both tools are free
Disable Kaspersky's Squealing Alert
The Hassle: I use Kaspersky Lab's antivirus program. I hate the squealing-pig noise it makes whenever it finds a virus, but it gives no way to change the sound.
The Fix: That oinking sound is both weird and annoying. You can change it by going to Settings, Appearance, Advanced and clearing each item in the Sound column. A better idea is to change the sound file to something more appealing. (My alert simply says, "Uh oh!" You're welcome to use it. Download it here.) From Settings, Service, clear Enable self defense, click Apply, and close Kaspersky. Next head for C:\Program Files\Kaspersky Lab\Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0\Skin\sounds\, delete the Infected.wav file that exists there, and copy your newly downloaded file into its place. Reload Kaspersky and put a check mark on Enable self defense.
Ramp Up Against Spyware
The Hassle: I use antivirus and antispyware software, but I still worry about getting nailed by malware. Give me more protection ideas!
The Fix: Even paranoids have enemies, right? Seriously, I agree that fortifying your PC is a good idea. I get an extra edge with Javacool's SpywareBlaster, a freebie that blocks nasty ActiveX controls and stops them from installing on my system. To test SpywareBlaster's skills, I uninstalled it and scrolled to a couple of unsavory sites. CounterSpy, my antispyware app, detected and stopped five Web-based, ActiveX malware attacks. I then reinstalled SpywareBlaster, and it invisibly blocked those same five Web assaults. Very cool!
If you're still worried, use the Try & Decide feature in Acronis TrueImage 11 while browsing. It acts as a virtual machine, writing disk changes to a hidden recovery partition. If anything goes awry, you can restore a pristine prebrowsing version of Windows from the recovery partition. It's slow and it requires a reboot, but it can save your system from disaster. On top of that, TrueImage is a terrific backup program. Read our TrueImage review and download a free trial. For more security tips, read "15 Great, Free Security Programs," and check out our most popular security downloads in "Safe Web Surfing Utilities."
source: Steve Bass,PCworld
Hide and Encrypt Files and Folders
The Hassle: I have files--documents and videos--on both my desktop PC and my notebook that I'd like to keep private. Do you know of a sure way to do it?
The Fix: If you just want to tuck away one or a few folders, use Free Hide Folder. This menu-driven and password-protected tool creates obscurely named, hidden folders to hold your private data. But it isn't secure: Directory Opus, an ordinary file manager, displayed the hidden folder when I tried it. And if someone on your machine searches for a file name in the folder (or even part of the file name, such as *.jpg), they can find the files and their locations. If you want to keep your folders hidden and secured, use TrueCrypt. A free, powerful tool, it creates an encrypted volume that you use as you would any other drive--but only you can access the files. To avoid losing your data, it's essential that you read the tutorial.
More Insert-Key Madness
The Hassle: Bad news, Bass. I strongly disagree with your tip to disable the Insert key [see "More Quick Fixes for Common Windows Annoyances" for details]. I use Insert often when filling in text over a form in Word, to prevent the rest of the line from moving to the right. My gripe is with Windows: It doesn't indicate whether I'm in insert or overwrite mode. So how about a tweak to show when the Insert key is enabled?
The Fix: Download DK:Keyboard, and you'll see the status of the Insert, Caps Lock, and Num Lock keys in a system-tray balloon pop-up. Unzip the file and drag the executable to the Startup group. If you'd rather keep tabs on your Caps Lock, Num Lock, and Scroll Lock keys, use Vasilios's NumCapsScroll Indicator. Both tools are free
Disable Kaspersky's Squealing Alert
The Hassle: I use Kaspersky Lab's antivirus program. I hate the squealing-pig noise it makes whenever it finds a virus, but it gives no way to change the sound.
The Fix: That oinking sound is both weird and annoying. You can change it by going to Settings, Appearance, Advanced and clearing each item in the Sound column. A better idea is to change the sound file to something more appealing. (My alert simply says, "Uh oh!" You're welcome to use it. Download it here.) From Settings, Service, clear Enable self defense, click Apply, and close Kaspersky. Next head for C:\Program Files\Kaspersky Lab\Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0\Skin\sounds\, delete the Infected.wav file that exists there, and copy your newly downloaded file into its place. Reload Kaspersky and put a check mark on Enable self defense.
Ramp Up Against Spyware
The Hassle: I use antivirus and antispyware software, but I still worry about getting nailed by malware. Give me more protection ideas!
The Fix: Even paranoids have enemies, right? Seriously, I agree that fortifying your PC is a good idea. I get an extra edge with Javacool's SpywareBlaster, a freebie that blocks nasty ActiveX controls and stops them from installing on my system. To test SpywareBlaster's skills, I uninstalled it and scrolled to a couple of unsavory sites. CounterSpy, my antispyware app, detected and stopped five Web-based, ActiveX malware attacks. I then reinstalled SpywareBlaster, and it invisibly blocked those same five Web assaults. Very cool!
If you're still worried, use the Try & Decide feature in Acronis TrueImage 11 while browsing. It acts as a virtual machine, writing disk changes to a hidden recovery partition. If anything goes awry, you can restore a pristine prebrowsing version of Windows from the recovery partition. It's slow and it requires a reboot, but it can save your system from disaster. On top of that, TrueImage is a terrific backup program. Read our TrueImage review and download a free trial. For more security tips, read "15 Great, Free Security Programs," and check out our most popular security downloads in "Safe Web Surfing Utilities."
source: Steve Bass,PCworld
Product Summary from Cnet
The good: The Apple iPhone 3G offers critical new features including support for high-speed 3G networks, third-party applications, and expanded e-mail. Its call quality is improved and it continues to deliver an excellent music and video experience.
The bad: The iPhone 3G continues to lack some basic features that are available on even the simplest cell phone. Also, we prefer the original iPhone's design.
The bottom line: The iPhone 3G delivers on its promises by adding critical features and sharper performance. The iTunes Apps Store is pretty amazing, and the 3G support is more than welcome. We still have a few gripes, but the iPhone 3G a big improvement over the original model.
Specs: OS provided: Microsoft Windows XP Home SP 2|Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP 2|Microsoft Windows Vista|Apple Mac OS X 10.4.10 or later; Band / mode: WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900; Wireless connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0..bla..bla..
There are so much hype about new-launch apple iPhone 3G, with so many people are excited to have one. But are there any other phone out there that can beat this sexy cool phone? i bet it does..
See the iPhone competitor:
The good: The Apple iPhone 3G offers critical new features including support for high-speed 3G networks, third-party applications, and expanded e-mail. Its call quality is improved and it continues to deliver an excellent music and video experience.
The bad: The iPhone 3G continues to lack some basic features that are available on even the simplest cell phone. Also, we prefer the original iPhone's design.
The bottom line: The iPhone 3G delivers on its promises by adding critical features and sharper performance. The iTunes Apps Store is pretty amazing, and the 3G support is more than welcome. We still have a few gripes, but the iPhone 3G a big improvement over the original model.
Specs: OS provided: Microsoft Windows XP Home SP 2|Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP 2|Microsoft Windows Vista|Apple Mac OS X 10.4.10 or later; Band / mode: WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900; Wireless connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0..bla..bla..
There are so much hype about new-launch apple iPhone 3G, with so many people are excited to have one. But are there any other phone out there that can beat this sexy cool phone? i bet it does..
See the iPhone competitor:
here some of the cool Firefox 3 theme for you..
In The Dark - A dark, compact, theme designed in black, white and four shades of gray.
NASA Night Launch - A popular dark theme with over 4 million total downloads.
Pink-Bee - Written in French, it’s still hard to pass up on this one if you’re looking for a pink
theme.
PitchDark - A dark, minimalistic theme with maximum screen real-estate and readability in mind.
Foxdie - Turns Firefox into a Safari visual clone with multiple color choices available.
This tip is very interesting for home and some small office users, who wants to restrict user's ability to shutdown their computer. You can hide the Shutdown button from the Start menu using registry editor and also restrict access to shutdown, if a user clicks on Ctrl+Alt+Del.
Follow the given steps to hide system shutdown button from start menu:
- To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.
- Click Start button and type regedit in Run option then press Enter for next.
- Here locate the location to:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion \Policies\Explorer
- Here in right side panel, right click to create a new DWORD value with name NoClose.
- Now assign number 1 to its value data box.
- Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
- But next time, if you want to unhide the shutdown button then simply change the value data box to 0 or delete this DWORD item.
- Again close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
51. Sticky Notes. Put Post-Its all over your friends’ profiles. Because they’re not cluttered enough. Get it
52. Jetman. Cool game where you fly around a cave trying to beat your friends’ scores. Strangely addictive. Get it
53. Daily Babe. Does what it says on the tin. Get it
54. Daily Hunk. Likewise. Get it
55. The Official 100 Question Sexual Purity Test.
Are you more kinky than your friends? Than Paris Hilton? Than the Marquis de Sade? Prove it with this test (then give yourself up to police if the latter). Get it
56. Perez Hilton. Top gossip blogger has his own scurrilous Facebook application. Britney doesn’t have this on her profile, I’m guessing. Get it
57. Baby & Pregnancy Countdown Ticker. Let friends keep track of the countdown to your due date. Just be ready for lots of unwanted messages when you go past it and there’s no sign of
the little bugger. Get it
58. FB Reviews. It’s an application that serves up reviews of Facebook applications! So you’ll never have to read a 101 Apps roundup like this again. Oh, hang on… Get it
59. My Heritage. Show off flags for the countries your ancestor came from. No, Americans, we require actual birth certificates before allowing you to put an Irish flag on. Get it
60. Yahoo Music Videos. Put a box on your profile serving up vids from Yahoo’s whopping great music collection. You can even send dedications to friends. Now, have they got any vintage MC Hammer… Get it
61. Nicknames. Give your friends silly nicknames. Then watch them remove you as a friend. Then cry. Get it
62. Send SMS. This neat app puts a box on your profile allowing friends to send you text messages for free (they have ads attached, mind). Get it
63. How Sexy Is Your Name Calculator. Forget your stripper name or prison name or any other name. How sexy is your actual moniker? You’ll never beat Engelbert Humperdink, of course. Get it
64. Bros v Hos. It’s war between the Bros and the Hos, so which side are you on? No, there isn’t a third option for ‘People Who Shun Racial Stereotypes’. Get it
65. The Dutch Oven. Virtually fart on someone. This, people, is what Web 2.0 was invented for. Get it
66. How Taboo Are You? The only application that lets you specify if you’d rather wear poison ant gloves, or pray with naked Christians. I see no barrier to doing both at once, but that’s
why I was chucked out of the church choir… Get it
67. Greenbook. The more you use Facebook, the more this application saves the planet by takign sponsorship in exchange for CO2 reduction. I don’t really understand it, but I know it’s a jolly good thing. Get it
68. Quit-o-Meter. Given up the dreaded fags? Be smug to the world with this application, which also displays nice charts to show how you compare to other quitters. May lead to sadness when you fall off the wagon and have to remove it. Get it
69. Music Mixes.This one’s old-skool, letting you create a virtual mix-tape by addingtracks, then sending to your friends or posting on your profile. One for frustrated bedroom DJs (or indie anoraks still living in the (C)80s.
70. I Kick You. Marvellous game that lets you kick your friends around, turning their photos into South Park Canadian types. Get it
71. Texas HoldEm Poker. The latest (and in my opinion slickest) poker game to hit Facebook. You’re no match for my bluffing. Get it
72. Rock Paper & Scissors. Complete with the ability to challenge a friend, or fight in teams. That’s right: Rock Paper Scissors clans. Way more hardcore than Unreal Tournament. Possibly. Get it
73. Chocolate Fantasy. Nothing to do with that recurring dream you have about Billie Piper and the 17 melted Toblerone bars. Although someone should turn that into an application too. This is about sending chocolatey gifts to friends. Get it
74. Jack O’Lantern. That’s American for ‘carved pumpkin head’ by the way. Anyway, this lets you make a virtual one, then send it to friends. I think good table manners means it has to go
before the chocolate. Get it
75. ATTACK! The best name for a game ever, and an ace version of board game Risk, which lets you and a few friends compete to rule the world. If someone could do a similar thing for
Diplomacy, the teenage nerd inside me would be joyful indeed. Get it
76. Booze Mail. Send virtual drinks to people. One of the most popular growing Facebook apps, which may mean people are buying their friends less drinks in the real world. For shame. Get it
77. Visual DVD Rack. Builds a virtual DVD rack of your collection, to win the admiration of friends (and give burglars time to make a wishlist before popping round). Get it
78. FotoFlexer v2.0. Nifty photo-editing application that not only does graphical editing, but also digitally boosts your muscles, shrinks your waist, or turns you into a cartoon. Or all three (’the Jordan approach’). Get it
79. Shared Memories. A chance to reminisce with mates about happy times gone by. Or, in the case of boozy nights out,to try and remember how the hell you ended up naked, painted orange, and sitting astride one of the lions in Trafalgar Square. Again. Get it
80. StumbleUpon. Display your favourite websites on your Facebook profile. Extra ‘Web 2.0 Will Eat Itself’ credit if one of your Stumbles is your own Facebook profile. Get it
81. Fight Club. Why aren’t more Facebook users lovers rather than fighters? This fighty application lets you fight other fighters in fights. Grr. Get it
82. Hot Potato. Throw it at your friends. Watch as they ignore it. Feel a bit silly, then repeat. Get it
83. Profile Counter. Find out exactly how many people are visiting your profile with this counter. See, the more of these applications you add, the more visitors you’ll get. Don’t hold me
to that, mind. Get it
84. Lick My Frog. Come on. You know you want to. Get it
85. My Family. One of the best things about Facebook is the chance to see what friends’ family members look like. If they’ve got this app on their profile, it’ll be easier to figure out who to boggle at. Get it
86. Toilet Pro 2008. A wide selection of loos for your profile page, in case visitors get caught short. You’re right, it does sound like an EA console game. Get it
87. Blog Friends. One of the more genuinely useful apps in this roundup, as opposed to purely entertaining. Share interesting blogs and blog entries with mates. Get it
88. EquestrianLife. You love horses best of all the animals, you love horses, they’re your friends. And now they’re on your Facebook profile to prove it. Get it
89. My Dream Job. Share your workplace fantasies (no, not the ones about being stuck in a lift with your boss, Billie Piper, 17 melted Toblerones and some horses). Let everyone know you
still want to be an astronaut. Real astronauts use this profile to outline their dreams of being a frustrated IT helpdesk supervisor in Putney, of course. Get it
90. Bush Countdown Clock. He’s nearly out of office, so count down to the day. Get it
91. WereWolves. The latest from the people who bought you Vampires and Zombies. I reckon Tax Inspectors should be their next effort. Get it
92. Tattoos. A chance to give a friend a tattoo without landing them in casualty (and with the chance to reapply it if you miss out a crucial letter). Get it
93. FaceDouble Celebrity Lookalike. At last, proof that you really DO look like Tom Cruise / Posh Spice / Grotbags. Get it
94. Pet Dragons. Hatch them. Rear them. Make them fight. Can’t the RSPCA do something about this? Get it
95. Resolution Tracker. A place to list all those things you’ve promised yourself you’d do, so that all your friends can rib you when you don’t do them. Hang on, who thought this was a good
idea… Get it
96. The Legend Of Zelda. As a Facebook game! Truly, the world is a wonderful place. Get it
97. Polyvore. One for fashionable types, letting you clip outfits from online stores and see how they look together, before sending them to friends. Get it
98. I Am Green. Flaunt your eco-smuggery AND Facebook skillz in one fell swoop. I’m looking at you, Mr Cameron… Get it
99. Make A Baby. Make a cute little baby with a friend, except virtual, so you don’t end up paying child maintenance, losing visitation rights, and chaining yourself to a cabinet minister
while dressed as Batman. For example. Get it
100. Windows Live Spaces. Update your Windows Live Space from within Facebook. If Microsoft does buy a 5% stake in the social network as rumoured, this unoffical app may be first against the wall. Get it
These apps are the most popular ones. But others are useful, innovative and praiseworthy. Whether you’re a Facebook veteran or newbie, you should find something worth adding.
1. Fantasy Record Label. Created by Music 2.0 firm Amie Street, this lets you discover music by bands you’ve never heard of, then add five of them to your virtual record label, getting points if other people like ‘em too. Get it
2. Super Smash Bros. Someone’s remade the classic Nintendo GameCube game for Facebook, just in time for the all-new Wii version to come out. Get it
3. WarBook (pictured). Another game, but this one’s exclusive to Facebook, and is a medieval strategy game, with monsters and gold and stuff. Nerdy, but ace. Get it
4. Bob Dylan. Celebrate the Bobcat’s new album withhis official Facebook app. See, even gravel-voiced old fellas are down with the Facebook massive… Get it
5. LOLCats. Silly cats, sillier captions, ON UR PROFILE, MAYKIN U LAFF. Get it
6. FunWall. Because a boring old un-fun Wall won’t cut the mustard any more. Get it
7. Oktoberfest Party (pictured). Invite your friends to a virtual Oktoberfest and get smashed on virtual beer. Yes, I’d rather do it for real too. Get it
8. My Music. Sync your iTunes library and history with your Facebook profile, so everyone can see how many times you’ve played Bucks Fizz’s Greatest Hits in the last week. Or is that just me?Get it
9. Champions League Predictor. Guess how wrong Benitez’s rotation policy will go, and win the respect of your peers. Get it
10. YouTube Video Box. Forget spamming friends with endless links to comedy YouTube vids. You can put ‘em in your profile instead! Get it
11. Free gifts. Why pay to send a frivolous Facebook gift when you can get them for free? Apart from seeming like a moany old Web 2.0 skinflint, obviously. Get it
12. Cities I’ve Visited. Another way to boast about how well-travelled you are. Get it
13. My Graveyard. Like the famous My Aquarium application, except with less fish, and more pumpkins, zombies and Satans. Get it
14. Beer Pong. No, this isn’t about how you smell when waking up in the gutter after a heavy night out. Instead, it’s a game involving a ball, and cups of beer. Waste of good beer if you ask me. Get it
15. Beastie Boys. They’ve got a new album out! It’s not as good as their old stuff! But they have a Facebook App anyway! Get it
16. Fmail. Access your Gmail from Facebook - an amazing idea, at least until Google get round to making an official Gmail app. Get it
17. The Official 100 Question Hipster Test. Are you a zeitgeist-surfing coolwarrior who spends their time in Hoxton bars looking jaded? This test is for you. Get it
18. BlogTV. Livestream webcam footage of yourself nerding at your keyboard to anyone who visits your Facebook profile. It’ll certainly stop them giving you a poke. Get it
19. Sketch Me. Genuinely awesome app that takes a photo of you, and turns it into a faux pencil sketch, for that arty look. Get it
20. Simpsons Avatar Creator (pictured). You’d look great in a natty shade of yellow. Get it
21. Compare People. Decide who’s the best dancer, the cutest, and the smartest friend. Oh, and the one who has most time to spend making comparisons on internetweb sites, obviously. Get it
22. GlitterBox. Send sparkly messages to your mates. Look, you may laugh, but there are millions of Claire’s Accessories customers who’d jump at the chance. Get it
23. My Solar System. Like My Aquarium or My Graveyard, but with planets and rockets and stuff. Brian May has this, I bet. Get it
24. Blind Date. Nothing to do with Cilla Black (sadly): instead, this lets you hook up anonymously with anyone on Facebook, have a short conversation in which you have nothing in
common, and then stare awkwardly at the floor. Before poking them anyway. Get it
25. My Prison Name. I always thought it was ‘Bitch’, no matter what your sex / age / crime. Apparently not. Get it
26. Cute Horoscopes. They’re certainly a lot cuter than Mystic Meg. Get it
27. What I’m Listening To. Excellent application that updates live to show anyone viewing your profile what song you’re listening to RIGHT NOW in iTunes, Winamp or other music players. Get it
28. Photo Mosaic. Create nifty mosaics from your Facebook photo stash. It’s what the Romans would’ve done (if they’d had the internet). Get it
29. Nike+ Runs. If you use the Nike+ iPod software, this app lets you publish details of your recent runs on your Facebook profile. No more pretending you slogged through an 18 mile hike when in fact you got tired by the corner shop and sloped home with a packet of ciggies instead. Get it
30. Interactive Friends Graph. Because everyone’s friends look better as a colourful flowchart. Get it
31. Hatching Eggs. More gifts for friends, this time in shells. Get it
32. Friend Block. Create a big collage of all your friends’ photos, and display it on your profile. Will make you weep if you only have two. Get it
33. Define Me. Dangerous application that lets your mates choose words (anonyously) that define your character. There’s nothing more likely to cause Facebook Suicide than a box full of terms like ’smelly’, ‘consistently dishonest’ and ‘fugly’. Get it
34. Boombox. Neat music-sharing application, especially if you sign a few friends up, as you can all browse each others’ collections. Get it
35. Jewel Quest. God’s own gem-based puzzle game. Be warned, if you start playing this in work time, you will be sacked six hours later. But you’ll at least have a high score. Get it
36. Back Boris.Everyone’s favourite floppy-haired gaffe-prone ToryLondon-mayoral-candidate who they wouldn’t vote for, but quite likeseeing bumbling about on the news. Get it
37. Beer Diary. Store your alcohol intake, then display it to the world. Remember to lie if your mum’s signed up as your Facebook friend. Get it
38. Social Chat. Forget poking, messaging and wall-scribbling. What you want is live chat. Well, you might. I’m still trying to work out what anti-social chat would be like. Get it
39. FFR Games. Dance Dance Revolution, but on Facebook and without a dance mat. Yes, I know that sounds rubbish, but this is actually fun. Get it
40. Bogglific. Play Boggle in your profile, and show off how wordy you are. It’s the new Scrabulous! Get it
41. Naughty Gifts. Your friends will thank you if you send them a filthy present. Even the prudish ones. In fact, especially the prudish ones. Get it
42. My Room. Create your own virtual room, then furnish it with the help of your friends. You can’t afford to do it in London, but you can online. Which is, er, possibly not a consolation, but anyway. Get it
43. Blackjack. Play 21 against friends live, while chatting. Get it
44. Scrubs. Mmm… Elliot… Get it
45. Yoga. A new pose every day, as well as the ability to add your own. At last, the world can see the full majesty of your Sideways Screwing Dog. Get it
46. Who Would Win. Pick two celebs, or indeed two anythings, and get your friends to decide who’d win in a fight. Isn’t this sort of thing supposed to be debated in a pub near to closing time? Get it
47. Capture The Flag. Facebook-wide version of the game for people too cowardly-custard to play paintball. Get it
48. Guitar Hero Tracker. Show your Guitar Hero II stats, so none of your Facebook friends can be in any doubt about your hot licks. Get it
49. If They Mated. Find out what the lovechild of two of your friends would look like. Bonus points if, after creating one, they ‘fess up to actually having a lovechild. Get it
50. Run For President! Campaign for supporters, debate issues, and try to wangle huge slush funds from the oil industry in return for Facebook favours once you’re in power. Just like the real thing! Get it
part 2 here
Today cool tip will help you to recover the lost bookmarks on Firefox. You can export the bookmarks folder to a specific folder or location using import and export option in Firefox. If you are new computer user, first you should learn about the importance and need of backup, because without backup yon can lose your favorite websites list any time due to any virus, power failure and hard disk problem.
So, what happen if your Firefox's bookmarks suddenly disappear? It is very frustrating and disappointing but don't worry, Firefox actually do this job for you to create automatic backup.
Follow the given steps to retrieve the lost bookmarks list:
Now go to your system C drive and navigate the following path "C:\Documents and Settings\your account name\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\".
Under profiles folder, you will see a folder with random name, in our case this folder name is awrvfkuo.default.
Double click on awrvfkuo.default folder and you will see another folder with name "bookmarkbackups". Here is actual place where firefox store your bookmarks backup.
Now copy the all latest bookmarks detail and go up one level then past it. Here rename the file to "bookmarks.html" and now your bookmarks should be restored.
The Internet offers a wealth of excellent tools, information, and entertainment--and it asks very little from us in return. So don't get upset when a poorly designed online tool or site gets on your nerves; instead, use Greasemonkey, a free Firefox add-on that harnesses the power of JavaScript to right usability wrongs and improve the functionality of specific Web sites and of the Internet at large.
Greasemonkey can improve just about anything it touches--whether by adding must-have features to Gmail, streamlining your social life in Facebook, or speeding up your blog posts. The best part? Thousands of Greasemonkey scripts are free to download, and installing them is as simple as clicking a single link
1. Inline Google MP3 Player
When you stumble upon a link to an music file on a Web page, the dance is generally the same: You download the file and listen to it with your desktop music player, or you click on the link and listen to it in your browser with its default player plug-in. Either way it disrupts the flow of your browsing experience.
But the Inline Google MP3 Player script gets you back in the flow, automatically detecting linked MP3s and embedding Google's Flash player on the page so you can play the file inline and hassle-free.
2. Videoembed
Since video sites like YouTube don't offer much useful content beyond the actual video (that's right, I'm disparaging YouTube comments en masse), there's no point in going to YouTube to watch a video when you could embed it directly in the page you're looking at.
That's the idea behind Videoembed, a script that automatically embeds videos from sites like YouTube, Google Video, and Metacafe whenever a site links to a video without embedding it. Now instead of clicking through to YouTube, you can watch the video directly on the site that linked to it.
3. Greased Lightbox
You know the drill: You're doing a Google Image search, but rather than give you direct access to the pictures you want to see, Google makes you click through a couple of links to get to the full-size image.
The Greased Lightbox script turns your Google Image search results--along with gallery pages on sites like Flickr, Facebook, and MySpace--into inline, AJAX-driven galleries that you can navigate from your keyboard. Not only is it faster, but it has a more-attractive interface than do most other photo galleries on the Web.
4. Flickr Camera Images
If you spend much time surfing the popular and addictive photo-sharing site Flickr, you're bound to catch the shutter bug. You may also find yourself wondering, "What camera took that photo?" To read about the camera used, click the 'More properties' link; and if you install the Flickr Camera Images Greasemonkey script, you'll also see a photo of the camera in question. If you decide that a particular camera's output is so great that you simply have to have it, click the image to jump directly to the camera's listing on Amazon.
Online Time Savers
These handy Greasemonkey scripts help keep online time sinks under control.
5. NoDelay
Anyone who has downloaded files from sharing services like RapidShare or Megauploadhas run into download landing pages that require visitors to wait for up to 2 minutes before they can download the file they came for. The NoDelay Greasemonkey script takes you straight to your download, with no unnecessary pauses or other tiresome hoop-jumping required.
6. Stealth Kiwi
The Internet is a magical place--so magical, in fact, that unless you have the self-control of a Zen monk, you can easily waste hours every week browsing various guilty pleasures online. The Stealth Kiwi script keeps a tighter rein on your unproductive surfing habits by preventing unfettered access to your browsing weaknesses during your 9-to-5 hours.
To help you preserve your sanity, however, Stealth Kiwi permits you a 10-minute browsing break every hour. This completely customizable script is the closest thing I've seen to bottled self-control.
7. The Movie Dude
Movie lovers tend to spend hours researching films on the Internet Movie Datebase, reading reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, and adding films to their Netflix or Blockbuster queues. The Movie Dude script adds links between these popular movie destinations (and others), bringing greater continuity to the process of finding a movie you're interested in on IMDb, researching it at review sites, and adding it to your queue or purchasing it online.
Gmail Enhancements
Overclock Gmail and boost your productivity with these essential scripts.
8. Gmail Addons
If you've ditched your desktop e-mail applications (Microsoft Outlook and the like) but you miss being able to manage your e-mail and agenda through a single-window command center, you need the Gmail Addons user script.
By default, the script embeds Google Calendar inside Gmail so you can access both from the same place, but it can also embed Google Reader, the popular Remember the Milk to-do list application, and other great productivity Web apps via additional scripts designed specifically to enhance the functionality of Gmail Addons.
9. Gmail Macros
Gmail is easily the best Web-based e-mail application on the planet, so you might be surprised to learn that a Greasemonkey script called Gmail Macros drastically changes Gmail for the better. Created by a Google employee (though not as an official Google project), Gmail Macros enhances Gmail's already robust set of keyboard shortcuts, so you can navigate your inbox and label your e-mail messages on the fly, without taking your hands off the keyboard. Better yet, it accomplishes all of this through an easy-to-use graphical interface that takes the guesswork out of remembering the keyboard shortcuts.
10. Gmail Attachment Icons
With nearly 7GB of storage space--and counting--available, you probably share more file attachments through e-mail than ever before. At its default settings, Gmail indicates e-mail attachments with a generic paperclip icon and provides no hint as to the type of file attached. The Gmail Attachment Icons script embeds small icons in place of the generic catch-all to indicate whether the attachment is a picture, a Word document, a PDF, an MP3, or a zip file.
Web Editing and Blogging
Here are two superb scripts that no power blogger should be without.
11. Textarea Backup
You've just finished writing the ultimate blogger's opus, but before you have the chance to hit Submit, your browser crashes and you're back at square one--except this time you don't have the original exhilirating rush of inspiration.
Had you installed the Textarea Backup user script before this catastrophe struck, your masterpiece would have been saved after every new keystroke. It doesn't matter whether your browser crashes or you accidentally close the window before submitting the contents of the text area--everything will be restored to the text field automatically the next time you open the page.
Note: Textarea Backup may cause problems in Gmail because it tends to save the last address you sent to, quietly filling in the cc and bcc fields with that address. You can avoid this problem when using the script by adding mail.google.com to your list of excluded sites.
12. Textarea Drag Resize
When you have a lot to say but the comment text field on your favorite blog accommodates only a few lines of text without scrollbar intervention, the experience is like trying to pour the ocean into a tea cup. The Textarea Drag Resize Greasemonkey script adds a small resize icon to the corner of every text area on the Web; by clicking the icon, you can easily extend the associated field to dimensions that befit your verbosity.
Social Networking
Use these smart social-site scripts to make your friends' online profiles less annoying.
13. Facebook Profile Cleaner
Facebook used to be the clean, simple alternative to MySpace and its practically seizure-inducing clutter. Then came Facebook applications. For some Facebookies, these applications are the social networking site's greatest innovation; for others, nothing is more irritating than a page littered with SuperPokes and ersatz Scrabble boards. The Facebook Profile Cleaner script removes all custom apps and (optionally) other specific Facebook features you dislike, from the profile pages you look at.
14. MySpace Custom Style Remover
Despite its recent redesign, MySpace remains one of the most heavily trafficked sites on the Internet--and one of the messiest. One source of MySpace's appeal is that users can customize the look and feel of their profile page to fit their personality. The problem is that many of your MySpace pals probably have pages that--fairly or not--represent their personalities as loud, ugly, and ridiculous. The MySpace Custom Style Remover returns all MySpace profiles to their clean, default origins.
Content Filtering
Here are two great scripts to help you shield--or unshield--your eyes from online filth, and one to take the mystery out of TinyURL addresses.
15. Profanity Filter
The Web's openness and impression of anonymity have redefined freedom of speech, but one side effect is that profanity has become ubiquitous online. The Profanity Filter script censors all of that awful Internet ***, replacing common expletives with three harmless asterisks. This script's default list of filtered words is large, but you can easily edit it to add words that you object to or to remove words that you don't find offensive. So if you never want to see the word "platypus" again, you don't have to.
16. Uncensor the Internet
On the other hand, you're not an idiot; and at sites that censor words with just a couple of figleaflike asterisks--such as "bull**it" or "platy**s"--you'd have to be pretty dim not to recognize what's being obscured. If that kind of ineffectual fastidiousness rubs you the wrong way, you can use the Uncensor the Internet script to restore partially censored words to unexpurgated form for maximum shock value.
17. Tin Foil Hat
URL-shortening service TinyURL is the de facto tool of choice for shrinking long Web addresses to ensure that they won't break in an e-mail window or take up too much space online. Ujnfortunately, the magically truncated URLs also provide no context with regard to where the link will take you. If you're as paranoid as I am, that kind of ambiguity can eat you alive. But after installing the Tin Foil Hat script, you can hover your mouse over any TinyURL link to reveal the actual destination of the TinyURL address. Never again will you be forced to click blindly through.
Source: Adam Pash is a senior editor and blogger at Lifehacker.com.
Greasemonkey can improve just about anything it touches--whether by adding must-have features to Gmail, streamlining your social life in Facebook, or speeding up your blog posts. The best part? Thousands of Greasemonkey scripts are free to download, and installing them is as simple as clicking a single link
Even though Greasemonkey scripts are written primarily for use in Firefox with the Greasemonkey extension, many of them also work with Internet Explorer (via IE7Pro or Trixie), Safari (try GreaseKit or Creammonkey), and Opera (which includes built-in support for the scripts). After installing the appropriate add-on for your browser, you're ready to improve your Web experience.
1. Inline Google MP3 Player
When you stumble upon a link to an music file on a Web page, the dance is generally the same: You download the file and listen to it with your desktop music player, or you click on the link and listen to it in your browser with its default player plug-in. Either way it disrupts the flow of your browsing experience.
But the Inline Google MP3 Player script gets you back in the flow, automatically detecting linked MP3s and embedding Google's Flash player on the page so you can play the file inline and hassle-free.
2. Videoembed
Since video sites like YouTube don't offer much useful content beyond the actual video (that's right, I'm disparaging YouTube comments en masse), there's no point in going to YouTube to watch a video when you could embed it directly in the page you're looking at.
That's the idea behind Videoembed, a script that automatically embeds videos from sites like YouTube, Google Video, and Metacafe whenever a site links to a video without embedding it. Now instead of clicking through to YouTube, you can watch the video directly on the site that linked to it.
3. Greased Lightbox
You know the drill: You're doing a Google Image search, but rather than give you direct access to the pictures you want to see, Google makes you click through a couple of links to get to the full-size image.
The Greased Lightbox script turns your Google Image search results--along with gallery pages on sites like Flickr, Facebook, and MySpace--into inline, AJAX-driven galleries that you can navigate from your keyboard. Not only is it faster, but it has a more-attractive interface than do most other photo galleries on the Web.
4. Flickr Camera Images
If you spend much time surfing the popular and addictive photo-sharing site Flickr, you're bound to catch the shutter bug. You may also find yourself wondering, "What camera took that photo?" To read about the camera used, click the 'More properties' link; and if you install the Flickr Camera Images Greasemonkey script, you'll also see a photo of the camera in question. If you decide that a particular camera's output is so great that you simply have to have it, click the image to jump directly to the camera's listing on Amazon.
Online Time Savers
These handy Greasemonkey scripts help keep online time sinks under control.
5. NoDelay
Anyone who has downloaded files from sharing services like RapidShare or Megauploadhas run into download landing pages that require visitors to wait for up to 2 minutes before they can download the file they came for. The NoDelay Greasemonkey script takes you straight to your download, with no unnecessary pauses or other tiresome hoop-jumping required.
6. Stealth Kiwi
The Internet is a magical place--so magical, in fact, that unless you have the self-control of a Zen monk, you can easily waste hours every week browsing various guilty pleasures online. The Stealth Kiwi script keeps a tighter rein on your unproductive surfing habits by preventing unfettered access to your browsing weaknesses during your 9-to-5 hours.
To help you preserve your sanity, however, Stealth Kiwi permits you a 10-minute browsing break every hour. This completely customizable script is the closest thing I've seen to bottled self-control.
7. The Movie Dude
Movie lovers tend to spend hours researching films on the Internet Movie Datebase, reading reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, and adding films to their Netflix or Blockbuster queues. The Movie Dude script adds links between these popular movie destinations (and others), bringing greater continuity to the process of finding a movie you're interested in on IMDb, researching it at review sites, and adding it to your queue or purchasing it online.
Gmail Enhancements
Overclock Gmail and boost your productivity with these essential scripts.
8. Gmail Addons
If you've ditched your desktop e-mail applications (Microsoft Outlook and the like) but you miss being able to manage your e-mail and agenda through a single-window command center, you need the Gmail Addons user script.
By default, the script embeds Google Calendar inside Gmail so you can access both from the same place, but it can also embed Google Reader, the popular Remember the Milk to-do list application, and other great productivity Web apps via additional scripts designed specifically to enhance the functionality of Gmail Addons.
9. Gmail Macros
Gmail is easily the best Web-based e-mail application on the planet, so you might be surprised to learn that a Greasemonkey script called Gmail Macros drastically changes Gmail for the better. Created by a Google employee (though not as an official Google project), Gmail Macros enhances Gmail's already robust set of keyboard shortcuts, so you can navigate your inbox and label your e-mail messages on the fly, without taking your hands off the keyboard. Better yet, it accomplishes all of this through an easy-to-use graphical interface that takes the guesswork out of remembering the keyboard shortcuts.
10. Gmail Attachment Icons
With nearly 7GB of storage space--and counting--available, you probably share more file attachments through e-mail than ever before. At its default settings, Gmail indicates e-mail attachments with a generic paperclip icon and provides no hint as to the type of file attached. The Gmail Attachment Icons script embeds small icons in place of the generic catch-all to indicate whether the attachment is a picture, a Word document, a PDF, an MP3, or a zip file.
Web Editing and Blogging
Here are two superb scripts that no power blogger should be without.
11. Textarea Backup
You've just finished writing the ultimate blogger's opus, but before you have the chance to hit Submit, your browser crashes and you're back at square one--except this time you don't have the original exhilirating rush of inspiration.
Had you installed the Textarea Backup user script before this catastrophe struck, your masterpiece would have been saved after every new keystroke. It doesn't matter whether your browser crashes or you accidentally close the window before submitting the contents of the text area--everything will be restored to the text field automatically the next time you open the page.
Note: Textarea Backup may cause problems in Gmail because it tends to save the last address you sent to, quietly filling in the cc and bcc fields with that address. You can avoid this problem when using the script by adding mail.google.com to your list of excluded sites.
12. Textarea Drag Resize
When you have a lot to say but the comment text field on your favorite blog accommodates only a few lines of text without scrollbar intervention, the experience is like trying to pour the ocean into a tea cup. The Textarea Drag Resize Greasemonkey script adds a small resize icon to the corner of every text area on the Web; by clicking the icon, you can easily extend the associated field to dimensions that befit your verbosity.
Social Networking
Use these smart social-site scripts to make your friends' online profiles less annoying.
13. Facebook Profile Cleaner
Facebook used to be the clean, simple alternative to MySpace and its practically seizure-inducing clutter. Then came Facebook applications. For some Facebookies, these applications are the social networking site's greatest innovation; for others, nothing is more irritating than a page littered with SuperPokes and ersatz Scrabble boards. The Facebook Profile Cleaner script removes all custom apps and (optionally) other specific Facebook features you dislike, from the profile pages you look at.
14. MySpace Custom Style Remover
Despite its recent redesign, MySpace remains one of the most heavily trafficked sites on the Internet--and one of the messiest. One source of MySpace's appeal is that users can customize the look and feel of their profile page to fit their personality. The problem is that many of your MySpace pals probably have pages that--fairly or not--represent their personalities as loud, ugly, and ridiculous. The MySpace Custom Style Remover returns all MySpace profiles to their clean, default origins.
Content Filtering
Here are two great scripts to help you shield--or unshield--your eyes from online filth, and one to take the mystery out of TinyURL addresses.
15. Profanity Filter
The Web's openness and impression of anonymity have redefined freedom of speech, but one side effect is that profanity has become ubiquitous online. The Profanity Filter script censors all of that awful Internet ***, replacing common expletives with three harmless asterisks. This script's default list of filtered words is large, but you can easily edit it to add words that you object to or to remove words that you don't find offensive. So if you never want to see the word "platypus" again, you don't have to.
16. Uncensor the Internet
On the other hand, you're not an idiot; and at sites that censor words with just a couple of figleaflike asterisks--such as "bull**it" or "platy**s"--you'd have to be pretty dim not to recognize what's being obscured. If that kind of ineffectual fastidiousness rubs you the wrong way, you can use the Uncensor the Internet script to restore partially censored words to unexpurgated form for maximum shock value.
17. Tin Foil Hat
URL-shortening service TinyURL is the de facto tool of choice for shrinking long Web addresses to ensure that they won't break in an e-mail window or take up too much space online. Ujnfortunately, the magically truncated URLs also provide no context with regard to where the link will take you. If you're as paranoid as I am, that kind of ambiguity can eat you alive. But after installing the Tin Foil Hat script, you can hover your mouse over any TinyURL link to reveal the actual destination of the TinyURL address. Never again will you be forced to click blindly through.
Source: Adam Pash is a senior editor and blogger at Lifehacker.com.
You can access the restricted or banned websites with the help of this tip. You may have problems to accessing your favorite's politics, news, and sexy websites in your office and other public places. Some time these websites banned by Government, ISP and may be by your office network administrator. This tip is very useful, if you are using internet particularly in school, college and office.
Follow the given points to access the banned website:
Technique 1: Search the banned website, for example www.computerfreetips.com in Google and yahoo search engine then open the cached copy of that page to access the website. You can get also cache link of that website, if you search in Google with keyword cache:URL name and get cache link to access the website.
Technique 2: Another method to access the banned website using its IP address, because you can open the website with IP address instead of actual URL name. This technique bypasses the URL based restrictions. For example if www.myspace.com is banned in your school, you can open it using IP address 216.178.32.51. You can search online IP conversion tools to get IP address of any website.
Technique 3: There are some mini web browsers can help you to open the banned websites, for example Opera Mini Browser, install it and try to open any banned website. Another Real Player browser can successfully help you to access the banned website. This Real Player browser bypasses the many restrictions of website banned tools.
Technique 4: There any many websites Anonymizer tools are available to fetch the banned website. These anonymous surfing tools that protect your identity on the internet and give the access to banned sites. As far as the service provider is concerned you are viewing a page from Anonymizer and not the blocked site.
These tips are very useful to access the banned websites in your university, cybercafe,office and other public places.
source:computertips
Follow the given points to access the banned website:
Technique 1: Search the banned website, for example www.computerfreetips.com in Google and yahoo search engine then open the cached copy of that page to access the website. You can get also cache link of that website, if you search in Google with keyword cache:URL name and get cache link to access the website.
Technique 2: Another method to access the banned website using its IP address, because you can open the website with IP address instead of actual URL name. This technique bypasses the URL based restrictions. For example if www.myspace.com is banned in your school, you can open it using IP address 216.178.32.51. You can search online IP conversion tools to get IP address of any website.
Technique 3: There are some mini web browsers can help you to open the banned websites, for example Opera Mini Browser, install it and try to open any banned website. Another Real Player browser can successfully help you to access the banned website. This Real Player browser bypasses the many restrictions of website banned tools.
Technique 4: There any many websites Anonymizer tools are available to fetch the banned website. These anonymous surfing tools that protect your identity on the internet and give the access to banned sites. As far as the service provider is concerned you are viewing a page from Anonymizer and not the blocked site.
These tips are very useful to access the banned websites in your university, cybercafe,office and other public places.
source:computertips
Hi guys! i'm sure most of the maxis broadband subscriber having problem with their broadband. like me,i'm having problem when downloading torrent using my Bitcomet which my listening port is blocked by Maxis. Sucks isn't it ? actually most of the ISP provider out there are members of "anti-p2p" club. There are using bandwith throttling!
Bandwidth throttling is a method of ensuring a bandwidth intensive device, such as a server, will limit ("throttle") the quantity of data it transmits and/or accepts within a specified period of time. For website servers and web applications, bandwidth throttling helps limit network congestion and server crashes, whereas for ISP's, bandwidth throttling can be used to limit users' speeds across certain applications (such as BitTorrent), or limit upload speeds.
The default communications port used by BitTorrent traffic is 6881. ISPs know this and watch that port like a hawk. If an ISP throttles or blocks BitTorrent traffic traveling through this port, your file-sharing speeds will plummet. To elude ISP throttling, BitTorrent clients enable you to switch the port or port range that your computer uses for BitTorrent traffic. Some BitTorrent clients will automatically attempt to configure your firewall or router to allow traffic to pass through the new port; with others you may have to open ports on your router manually.
what can we do? nothing..wait, there is a way!
There is some tips to overcome this, like using VPN (virtual private server), or bypass any firewall or throttling ISP with SSH. i'm not elaborate any of this which you can read it here at torrenfreak.
for me i'm using VPN, which you can get it from USD5 per month. For about USD5 a month, commercial virtual private network providers such as Relakks and SecureIX can help you prevent your ISP from identifying BitTorrent traffic. In marketing its service, SecureIX promises that it will "disable P2P throttling." The company offers a free tier of service with a bandwidth limit set to 256 kbps.
The battle between p2p users and ISPs is an endless game of cat and mouse. When ISPs began throttling BitTorrent traffic to crack down on "bandwidth hogs," the users began using encryption-enabled BitTorrent clients to try to trick the traffic-shaping hardware. Now that some ISPs have upgraded to more sophisticated traffic-shaping hardware that can do deep packet inspection, we reported last week that users are using free VPN software SecureIX to try to thwart detection.
SecureIX works by hiding your IP address from other peers in the BitTorrent swarm, aiming to protect users from the prying eyes of RIAA or MPAA intelligence gathering organizations (who later use the info to file lawsuits). It also encrypts and tunnels your data, making it harder for traffic shaping ISPs to detect it. Users in our Rogers forum continue discussing how effective SecureIX has been in beating traffic shaping.
"I am downloading at 300kb/s consistently since making the switch to secureix, while getting 5kb/s before the switch," claims one user.
Don't wanna spend money in getting a VPN?
just try this free trial of Relakks VPN for 30days. this site will guide you on how to setup your VPN and its totally easy. and you will notice the difference in your torrent download speed. your listen port are now open and your IP address are change. after this you will get a consistent download speed when using it.
good luck guys!
Bandwidth throttling is a method of ensuring a bandwidth intensive device, such as a server, will limit ("throttle") the quantity of data it transmits and/or accepts within a specified period of time. For website servers and web applications, bandwidth throttling helps limit network congestion and server crashes, whereas for ISP's, bandwidth throttling can be used to limit users' speeds across certain applications (such as BitTorrent), or limit upload speeds.
The default communications port used by BitTorrent traffic is 6881. ISPs know this and watch that port like a hawk. If an ISP throttles or blocks BitTorrent traffic traveling through this port, your file-sharing speeds will plummet. To elude ISP throttling, BitTorrent clients enable you to switch the port or port range that your computer uses for BitTorrent traffic. Some BitTorrent clients will automatically attempt to configure your firewall or router to allow traffic to pass through the new port; with others you may have to open ports on your router manually.
what can we do? nothing..wait, there is a way!
There is some tips to overcome this, like using VPN (virtual private server), or bypass any firewall or throttling ISP with SSH. i'm not elaborate any of this which you can read it here at torrenfreak.
for me i'm using VPN, which you can get it from USD5 per month. For about USD5 a month, commercial virtual private network providers such as Relakks and SecureIX can help you prevent your ISP from identifying BitTorrent traffic. In marketing its service, SecureIX promises that it will "disable P2P throttling." The company offers a free tier of service with a bandwidth limit set to 256 kbps.
The battle between p2p users and ISPs is an endless game of cat and mouse. When ISPs began throttling BitTorrent traffic to crack down on "bandwidth hogs," the users began using encryption-enabled BitTorrent clients to try to trick the traffic-shaping hardware. Now that some ISPs have upgraded to more sophisticated traffic-shaping hardware that can do deep packet inspection, we reported last week that users are using free VPN software SecureIX to try to thwart detection.
SecureIX works by hiding your IP address from other peers in the BitTorrent swarm, aiming to protect users from the prying eyes of RIAA or MPAA intelligence gathering organizations (who later use the info to file lawsuits). It also encrypts and tunnels your data, making it harder for traffic shaping ISPs to detect it. Users in our Rogers forum continue discussing how effective SecureIX has been in beating traffic shaping.
"I am downloading at 300kb/s consistently since making the switch to secureix, while getting 5kb/s before the switch," claims one user.
Don't wanna spend money in getting a VPN?
just try this free trial of Relakks VPN for 30days. this site will guide you on how to setup your VPN and its totally easy. and you will notice the difference in your torrent download speed. your listen port are now open and your IP address are change. after this you will get a consistent download speed when using it.
good luck guys!
its here! IE 8 is coming to you soon. at first look it doesn't seem much difference from the IE 7 . some of the feature are same which you can get from IE 7. however its been packed with some new cool feature...look what they are..
What’s New in the World of Web Browsing?
IE 8 has five new or improved features for the end user. (A little later I’ll cover some of the “under the hood” adjustments in this new release.) The features we’re talking about are:
• WebSlices
• Favorites Bar
• Automatic Crash Recovery
• Improved Phishing Filter
So let’s take a closer look at each. We begin with Activities:
Activities are services that, to put it simply, normally call for a copy and paste action in IE7 and earlier, in order to access additional information.
For example, if you needed to get the address and map a route to a sports arena, you’d go to their website, copy the address, then paste it into a map website such as Live Maps. With Activities, you simply highlight your selection and the activities button appears. This button gives you the option to map an address (a preview of activities is available without launching a whole new tab or page). Post to your favorite blog site, send an email message, search, translate, define, and even share the content easily.
WebSlices are an exciting new technology in Internet Explorer 8. WebSlices work like RSS feeds; you simply go to sites that are enabled for WebSlices, like eBay or Facebook. Simply click on the WebSlice button and add it to your favorites bar.
Then from any webpage, your updated content will appear with bold type. Clicking on the item will open a view to give you an update. From here, you can either open the full page or delete the WebSlice (without ever leaving your current page).
The Favorites Bar is both a new feature and an improved feature. What does this mean? The Favorites bar replaces the links bar from IE 7. (The Links bar provided one-click access to favorite sites). The Favorites bar has been renamed (the improved part) to associate this as the place to put your WebSlices, RSS feeds, links and even Office documents (this is the new part). All this provides easy access and management to useful web content.
Automatic Crash Recovery (ACR) is another new feature in IE8 that many would say is long overdue.
The advent of tabbed browsing means that users can be more productive within a single browser. How many times have you had several different tabs open only to have a site crash IE 7 and lose all your content? Well, Automatic Crash Recovery is designed to recover your web pages in case of a crash or “hang” in your web browser. ACR will help minimize disruptions and improve your productivity.
An Improved Phishing Filter has now added a safety filter, and this safety filter does more than block sites that are used for phishing. Internet Explorer 8 builds on the success of the phishing filter and now blocks sites known to contain malicious software that could harm user’s computers.
In summary, these improvements make browsing easier, more productive, and really much more fun. With IE8, Microsoft has succeeded in changing the Web browsing experience.
Now this is a beta release, so there are some things to note. I myself do not use extra toolbars such as Google or Yahoo toolbar. I’m not one for clutter, not on my desktop and not in my browser (but that being said, I know I’m the exception not the rule. I also realize that this has more to do with my own personal OCD computer habits). However, reports have been coming in from several sources that Internet Explorer 8 beta 1 has not been playing well with the toolbar plug-ins, and has caused browser crashes. Nevertheless, it’s a beta and that what betas are for – to work out the bugs.
Now I mentioned earlier that there are some things going on in IE 8 that are “behind the scenes,” so to speak. Some of these improvements are a move to Standards support; this includes CSS compliance, improvements to AJAX navigation, built-in developer tools to test pages before they’re put into production, and improvements to HTML and Active X controls.
Add in backwards compatibility for legacy browsers and it’s easy to see Internet Explorer 8 is striving to the premier Web browser for both the end user and developer/Web designer.
Well, i haven't download it yet, i still trust my Firefox, its cool and fast what! if anyone have try this IE 8, let me know if it is better than Firefox and answer my question "will it beat firefox as the best browser out there?"
What’s New in the World of Web Browsing?
IE 8 has five new or improved features for the end user. (A little later I’ll cover some of the “under the hood” adjustments in this new release.) The features we’re talking about are:
• WebSlices
• Favorites Bar
• Automatic Crash Recovery
• Improved Phishing Filter
So let’s take a closer look at each. We begin with Activities:
Activities are services that, to put it simply, normally call for a copy and paste action in IE7 and earlier, in order to access additional information.
For example, if you needed to get the address and map a route to a sports arena, you’d go to their website, copy the address, then paste it into a map website such as Live Maps. With Activities, you simply highlight your selection and the activities button appears. This button gives you the option to map an address (a preview of activities is available without launching a whole new tab or page). Post to your favorite blog site, send an email message, search, translate, define, and even share the content easily.
WebSlices are an exciting new technology in Internet Explorer 8. WebSlices work like RSS feeds; you simply go to sites that are enabled for WebSlices, like eBay or Facebook. Simply click on the WebSlice button and add it to your favorites bar.
Then from any webpage, your updated content will appear with bold type. Clicking on the item will open a view to give you an update. From here, you can either open the full page or delete the WebSlice (without ever leaving your current page).
The Favorites Bar is both a new feature and an improved feature. What does this mean? The Favorites bar replaces the links bar from IE 7. (The Links bar provided one-click access to favorite sites). The Favorites bar has been renamed (the improved part) to associate this as the place to put your WebSlices, RSS feeds, links and even Office documents (this is the new part). All this provides easy access and management to useful web content.
Automatic Crash Recovery (ACR) is another new feature in IE8 that many would say is long overdue.
The advent of tabbed browsing means that users can be more productive within a single browser. How many times have you had several different tabs open only to have a site crash IE 7 and lose all your content? Well, Automatic Crash Recovery is designed to recover your web pages in case of a crash or “hang” in your web browser. ACR will help minimize disruptions and improve your productivity.
An Improved Phishing Filter has now added a safety filter, and this safety filter does more than block sites that are used for phishing. Internet Explorer 8 builds on the success of the phishing filter and now blocks sites known to contain malicious software that could harm user’s computers.
In summary, these improvements make browsing easier, more productive, and really much more fun. With IE8, Microsoft has succeeded in changing the Web browsing experience.
Now this is a beta release, so there are some things to note. I myself do not use extra toolbars such as Google or Yahoo toolbar. I’m not one for clutter, not on my desktop and not in my browser (but that being said, I know I’m the exception not the rule. I also realize that this has more to do with my own personal OCD computer habits). However, reports have been coming in from several sources that Internet Explorer 8 beta 1 has not been playing well with the toolbar plug-ins, and has caused browser crashes. Nevertheless, it’s a beta and that what betas are for – to work out the bugs.
Now I mentioned earlier that there are some things going on in IE 8 that are “behind the scenes,” so to speak. Some of these improvements are a move to Standards support; this includes CSS compliance, improvements to AJAX navigation, built-in developer tools to test pages before they’re put into production, and improvements to HTML and Active X controls.
Add in backwards compatibility for legacy browsers and it’s easy to see Internet Explorer 8 is striving to the premier Web browser for both the end user and developer/Web designer.
Well, i haven't download it yet, i still trust my Firefox, its cool and fast what! if anyone have try this IE 8, let me know if it is better than Firefox and answer my question "will it beat firefox as the best browser out there?"
I know its sound stupid, but who knows maybe you have a problem with your mouse and you need this idiot guide to help you!
Guide
You can control your mouse pointer with keyboard keys in all windows versions. When your mouse stops working, you can enable this keyboard feature to complete your important work. This keyboard mouse can performs all tasks same like a normal mouse.
Follow the given steps to activate the keyboard mouse:
To edit this feature, first you should log onto your computer with administrative rights.
To activate this feature, press Alt+Shift+NumLock keys at once and you will receive a small MouseKey box
Guide
You can control your mouse pointer with keyboard keys in all windows versions. When your mouse stops working, you can enable this keyboard feature to complete your important work. This keyboard mouse can performs all tasks same like a normal mouse.
Follow the given steps to activate the keyboard mouse:
To edit this feature, first you should log onto your computer with administrative rights.
To activate this feature, press Alt+Shift+NumLock keys at once and you will receive a small MouseKey box
To keep MouseKeys on, click on Ok button or click on cancel button to cancel MouseKeys box.
Click on Settings button, if you want to adjust the mouse cursor detail settings.
Here a new dialog box will appear with the title “Settings for MouseKeys", now you can manage all mouse settings for example mouse cursor speed, acceleration and some other features.
Now using Numeric keypad, you can move your mouse pointer. The controls are:
Now using Numeric keypad, you can move your mouse pointer. The controls are:
- 1,2,3,4,6,7,8 and 9 keys are used to move the mouse cursor into different directions.
- Key 5 is used as mouse click button.
- Insert key used to hold down mouse button.
- + Sign used to double click on any object.
- Delete button used to release the mouse.
- Click on NumLock button to disable this keyboard mouse feature.
If you’re like me who cringes every time it’s time to pay for the gas bill then join me in welcoming one of the latest innovations to hit the transportation industry—the UnoCycle.
19 year old Ben Gulak of Toronto, who has been tinkering with machine gizmos since he was 5, thought of inventing this motorbike when he went to China and never got the opportunity to appreciate the beauty of the city since smog covered its surroundings due to the motorcycles used by the people there. This “one”-wheeled motorbike is said to lessen the damage to the environment caused by fuel emissions since it’s battery-operated.
The design of the UnoCycle looks quite futuristic and the model is one of a kind. From the side, it looks as if it only has one wheel but if you check it out in the front you’ll see that it has two similar sized motorbike wheels to give the rider more balance.
Operating just like the Segway, the driver leans forward to make it accelerate and leans backward to hit the brakes. If the rider wants to turn to a certain course, he simply steers into the direction he wants and the wheels automatically regulate its stability to prevent the rider from falling by using a computer generated system. It can go up to 15 miles per hour but the inventor said that it can likely reach 40.
No news yet on when it will be released as it’s not out in the market yet, but an estimated price of $6000 is expected for this gadget. Not bad for something that has two wheels and one button to turn the bike on or off.
With gas prices spiking up like the hot Sahara desert, this one man motorbike (yes only one person can ride it) is exactly what we need to lessen the burden of our thinning wallets.
Did you know that Google can be used to find and display current weather conditions and forecasts? It’s a pretty easy search; all you have to do is enter the keyword weather, followed by the location. You can enter the location as a city name, city plus state, or Zip code. For example, to view the weather forecast for Minneapolis, enter weather minneapolis.
Google displays current weather conditions and a four-day forecast at the top of the search results page. And, while this is a good summary report, you may want to click through to the more detailed forecasts offered in the standard search results listings below the four-day forecast.
In addition to performing calculations, Google also knows a variety of mathematical and scientific constants, such as pi, Avogadro’s Number, and Planck’s Constant. It also knows the radius of the Earth, the mass of the sun, the speed of light, the gravitational constant, and a lot more.
For example, if you’re not sure what the value of pi is, just enter pi into the Search box and press Enter; Google returns 3.14159265, as it should. How about the speed of light? Enter speed of light, and Google returns 299,792,458 m/s. It’s amazing what Google knows.
For example, if you’re not sure what the value of pi is, just enter pi into the Search box and press Enter; Google returns 3.14159265, as it should. How about the speed of light? Enter speed of light, and Google returns 299,792,458 m/s. It’s amazing what Google knows.
When you can’t be troubled to reach over and pick up the handheld calculator sitting on your desk, you can use Google as a high-tech web-based calculator. All you have to do is enter your equation or formula into the standard Google search box, and then click the Google Search button. The result of the calculation is displayed on the search results page; it’s that simple.
You can use the standard algebraic operators to construct your calculations—+, -, x, and / for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, accordingly. For example, to add 2 plus 3, enter 2 + 3 and press Enter. To divide 10 by 2, enter 10 / 2, and so on.
And Google’s calculator isn’t limited to basic addition and multiplication. It can also handle more advanced calculations, trigonometric functions, inverse trigonometric functions, hyperbolic functions, and logarithmic functions. Just enter the proper formula into the search box, and wait for Google to display the answer.
Google know math? find out here
You can use the standard algebraic operators to construct your calculations—+, -, x, and / for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, accordingly. For example, to add 2 plus 3, enter 2 + 3 and press Enter. To divide 10 by 2, enter 10 / 2, and so on.
And Google’s calculator isn’t limited to basic addition and multiplication. It can also handle more advanced calculations, trigonometric functions, inverse trigonometric functions, hyperbolic functions, and logarithmic functions. Just enter the proper formula into the search box, and wait for Google to display the answer.
Google know math? find out here
9. Ban Bookmarks from the Awesome Bar
If for some reason you don't want bookmarks to appear in the Awesome Bar, there's an easy way to ban them. Download the Hide Unvisited 3 add-on, and only recently visited pages will appear. Keep in mind that if you've recently visited a page that you've bookmarked, that page will appear in the Awesome Bar. It will only keep off bookmarks that you haven't recently visited.
If you'd prefer to do the same thing by yourself rather than relying on an add-on, here's what to do:
1. Type about:config into the address bar.
2. Type this text into the filter box: browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped (or type . browser.urlbar and choose from the list).
3. Double-click the browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped entry so that the value changes from false to true.
4. Clear your history list.
From now on, only sites you've visited recently will show up; bookmarks won't.
10. Kill the Awesome Bar ... Sort Of
If you're a retro kind of person, you can kill the Awesome Bar, and make it look and work somewhat like the old reliable address bar in earlier versions of Firefox. The oldbar add-on will make the Awesome Bar look like the Firefox 2 location bar. But the changes are only skin deep -- even when you use this add-on, the Awesome Bar will still use its algorithms to determine what sites it shows. It just won't show all the details.
11. Force Old Extensions to Work in Firefox 3
When you install Firefox 3, it checks to see if your old extensions have been updated for the new version of the browser. If it finds they haven't, it disables them.
If you like living on the edge, you can change a couple of settings to force Firefox to use your old extensions. Be forewarned, though, that doing this can cause compatibility problems and other woes.
Go to the following settings in about:config, and change both to false by double-clicking them:
extensions.checkCompatibility
extensions.checkUpdateSecurity
If you don't want to muck around with about:config but still want to force old extensions to work in Firefox 3, download and use the Nightly Tester Tools extension. For instructions on how to use it, check out my blog entry about some of my favorite Firefox 3 add-ons.
12. Hack Firefox's New Zoom Feature
Firefox 3 adds some very nice capabilities to Zoom, which now magnifies images as well as text. But if it doesn't do everything you want it to, or you don't like some of the features, they can be hacked. Here's how to do it with about:config.
You can zoom in and out of pages with Firefox using the Ctrl + and Ctrl - combinations, or by selecting View -- Zoom. When you zoom pages in a Web domain (such as computerworld.com), the next time you visit any page in that domain, Firefox 3 will remember your zoom level and display it at that level.
You may, however, prefer that Firefox always display a page at a normal zoom, no matter how you displayed it the last time you visited. If so, you can change the following setting from true to false by double-clicking it in about:config: browser.zoom.siteSpecific.
Source: Pcworld
If for some reason you don't want bookmarks to appear in the Awesome Bar, there's an easy way to ban them. Download the Hide Unvisited 3 add-on, and only recently visited pages will appear. Keep in mind that if you've recently visited a page that you've bookmarked, that page will appear in the Awesome Bar. It will only keep off bookmarks that you haven't recently visited.
If you'd prefer to do the same thing by yourself rather than relying on an add-on, here's what to do:
1. Type about:config into the address bar.
2. Type this text into the filter box: browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped (or type . browser.urlbar and choose from the list).
3. Double-click the browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped entry so that the value changes from false to true.
4. Clear your history list.
From now on, only sites you've visited recently will show up; bookmarks won't.
10. Kill the Awesome Bar ... Sort Of
If you're a retro kind of person, you can kill the Awesome Bar, and make it look and work somewhat like the old reliable address bar in earlier versions of Firefox. The oldbar add-on will make the Awesome Bar look like the Firefox 2 location bar. But the changes are only skin deep -- even when you use this add-on, the Awesome Bar will still use its algorithms to determine what sites it shows. It just won't show all the details.
11. Force Old Extensions to Work in Firefox 3
When you install Firefox 3, it checks to see if your old extensions have been updated for the new version of the browser. If it finds they haven't, it disables them.
If you like living on the edge, you can change a couple of settings to force Firefox to use your old extensions. Be forewarned, though, that doing this can cause compatibility problems and other woes.
Go to the following settings in about:config, and change both to false by double-clicking them:
extensions.checkCompatibility
extensions.checkUpdateSecurity
If you don't want to muck around with about:config but still want to force old extensions to work in Firefox 3, download and use the Nightly Tester Tools extension. For instructions on how to use it, check out my blog entry about some of my favorite Firefox 3 add-ons.
12. Hack Firefox's New Zoom Feature
Firefox 3 adds some very nice capabilities to Zoom, which now magnifies images as well as text. But if it doesn't do everything you want it to, or you don't like some of the features, they can be hacked. Here's how to do it with about:config.
You can zoom in and out of pages with Firefox using the Ctrl + and Ctrl - combinations, or by selecting View -- Zoom. When you zoom pages in a Web domain (such as computerworld.com), the next time you visit any page in that domain, Firefox 3 will remember your zoom level and display it at that level.
You may, however, prefer that Firefox always display a page at a normal zoom, no matter how you displayed it the last time you visited. If so, you can change the following setting from true to false by double-clicking it in about:config: browser.zoom.siteSpecific.
Source: Pcworld
4. Use the Site Identification Button to Download All Graphics and Media
One of Firefox 3's niftiest new features is the site identification button, the button just to the left of the Address Bar that displays an icon representing the site that you're currently visiting. The button is far more than mere decoration -- it can tell you a great deal of information about the site you're visiting and lets you do some nice tricks as well.
If you click the button, then click More Information from the dialog box that appears; you'll come to a Page Info screen with multiple buttons on the top. Once you get there, there are plenty of tricks you can try. Here are two of them:
Before Firefox 3, one of the most popular extensions was DownloadThemAll, which, among other things, let you download all of a Web page's graphics and media simultaneously. With Firefox 3, you can throw that extension away, because a similar capability is built right into the browser.
Just click the Media button on the Page Info screen for a list of the page's various elements. You can scroll to any graphic to see a preview, then click Save As to save it. Download multiple files by holding down the Ctrl key and selecting them, and then clicking Save As. To download them all, press Ctrl-A, which will highlight all the files, and click Save As.
If for some reason you want to block images from a site from being displayed in Firefox, check the Block Images box, and the site won't display images.
5. Get Web Page Details
If you're in the Web business, there's plenty of information you may want to know about a given Web page. What metatags are your competitors using, for example? How "heavy" are the pages you create -- in other words, how large are they in kilobytes?
The General tab of the Page Info screen tells you that and more. Click the General tab, and you'll see page size, the date the page was modified, metatags and more.
6. Shrink the Back Button
Firefox 3's Back button looks like an arrow on steroids. If that bothers you, you can shrink it down to normal size. Right-click an empty spot on the toolbar, select Customize, and check the box next to Use Small Icons. Click Done. The Back button will now be smaller -- and the same size as the forward button. Keep in mind, though, that all the other icons on the toolbar will be smaller as well.
7. Find All Your Passwords
If you're like most people, you have plenty of passwords associated with Web sites. And most likely, you've forgotten most or all of them. Firefox remembers your passwords, so you'll be logged into your sites automatically. But what if you need to log into the sites on another PC? Or what if you'd like to keep a record of your passwords, in case they get wiped out?
Firefox 3 gives you an easy way to find all your passwords and user names associated with Web sites:
1. Select Tools -- Options and click the Security icon.
2. In the Passwords section, click Saved Passwords. A screen appears with a list of Web sites and usernames associated with each site.
3. Click Show Passwords. A warning screen will appear, asking if you want to show your passwords. Click Yes. You'll now see all your passwords, along with site URLs and usernames. Write them down or take a screen capture to print out, and put them in a safe place.
8. Change the Maximum Number of Awesome Bar Results
The address bar in Firefox has gotten such a makeover and has been given so many new capabilities that many people now refer to it as the Awesome Bar. (Mozilla refers to it as the Smart Location Bar.) No matter what you call it, though, it's eminently hackable.
First, a little background about the Awesome Bar's new features. In earlier versions of Firefox, when you typed text into the address bar, it showed you a drop-down list of URLs you'd recently visited and narrowed down the list as you typed in more text. So, for example, if you typed the letter "c" by itself, you'd get a long list of sites you'd recently visited that start with "c," and then as you typed additional letters, the list would shorten. You could scroll to any URL on the list and press Enter to visit there.
The Awesome Bar adds some oomph to that. First off, it not only lists recently visited sites as you type, but it grabs URLs from your bookmarks as well. And it doesn't just look for URLs that match the first letter -- it also looks at page titles and tags. What's more, it uses an algorithm to figure out what are the most likely sites you want to visit and puts those first on the list. And it shows you not just a list of URLs, but much more for each URL, including the site's favicon, its full title and whether you've bookmarked the page.
By default, the Awesome Bar returns a list with a maximum of 12 entries. You can change that maximum to another number:
1. Type about:config into the address bar and click "I'll be careful, I promise!" when you get the security warning.
2. Type (or paste) this text into the filter box: browser.urlbar.maxRichResults. You can also just type browser.urlbar and pick out browser.urlbar.maxRichResults from the resulting list.
3. Double-click the browser.urlbar.maxRichResults entry. In the "Enter integer value" pop-up, type the maximum number of results you want to appear and click OK. From now on, that will be the maximum number.
Note that even after you do this, you will only see the default six results as you type. To see more, scroll through the list.
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One of Firefox 3's niftiest new features is the site identification button, the button just to the left of the Address Bar that displays an icon representing the site that you're currently visiting. The button is far more than mere decoration -- it can tell you a great deal of information about the site you're visiting and lets you do some nice tricks as well.
If you click the button, then click More Information from the dialog box that appears; you'll come to a Page Info screen with multiple buttons on the top. Once you get there, there are plenty of tricks you can try. Here are two of them:
Before Firefox 3, one of the most popular extensions was DownloadThemAll, which, among other things, let you download all of a Web page's graphics and media simultaneously. With Firefox 3, you can throw that extension away, because a similar capability is built right into the browser.
Just click the Media button on the Page Info screen for a list of the page's various elements. You can scroll to any graphic to see a preview, then click Save As to save it. Download multiple files by holding down the Ctrl key and selecting them, and then clicking Save As. To download them all, press Ctrl-A, which will highlight all the files, and click Save As.
If for some reason you want to block images from a site from being displayed in Firefox, check the Block Images box, and the site won't display images.
5. Get Web Page Details
If you're in the Web business, there's plenty of information you may want to know about a given Web page. What metatags are your competitors using, for example? How "heavy" are the pages you create -- in other words, how large are they in kilobytes?
The General tab of the Page Info screen tells you that and more. Click the General tab, and you'll see page size, the date the page was modified, metatags and more.
6. Shrink the Back Button
Firefox 3's Back button looks like an arrow on steroids. If that bothers you, you can shrink it down to normal size. Right-click an empty spot on the toolbar, select Customize, and check the box next to Use Small Icons. Click Done. The Back button will now be smaller -- and the same size as the forward button. Keep in mind, though, that all the other icons on the toolbar will be smaller as well.
7. Find All Your Passwords
If you're like most people, you have plenty of passwords associated with Web sites. And most likely, you've forgotten most or all of them. Firefox remembers your passwords, so you'll be logged into your sites automatically. But what if you need to log into the sites on another PC? Or what if you'd like to keep a record of your passwords, in case they get wiped out?
Firefox 3 gives you an easy way to find all your passwords and user names associated with Web sites:
1. Select Tools -- Options and click the Security icon.
2. In the Passwords section, click Saved Passwords. A screen appears with a list of Web sites and usernames associated with each site.
3. Click Show Passwords. A warning screen will appear, asking if you want to show your passwords. Click Yes. You'll now see all your passwords, along with site URLs and usernames. Write them down or take a screen capture to print out, and put them in a safe place.
8. Change the Maximum Number of Awesome Bar Results
The address bar in Firefox has gotten such a makeover and has been given so many new capabilities that many people now refer to it as the Awesome Bar. (Mozilla refers to it as the Smart Location Bar.) No matter what you call it, though, it's eminently hackable.
First, a little background about the Awesome Bar's new features. In earlier versions of Firefox, when you typed text into the address bar, it showed you a drop-down list of URLs you'd recently visited and narrowed down the list as you typed in more text. So, for example, if you typed the letter "c" by itself, you'd get a long list of sites you'd recently visited that start with "c," and then as you typed additional letters, the list would shorten. You could scroll to any URL on the list and press Enter to visit there.
The Awesome Bar adds some oomph to that. First off, it not only lists recently visited sites as you type, but it grabs URLs from your bookmarks as well. And it doesn't just look for URLs that match the first letter -- it also looks at page titles and tags. What's more, it uses an algorithm to figure out what are the most likely sites you want to visit and puts those first on the list. And it shows you not just a list of URLs, but much more for each URL, including the site's favicon, its full title and whether you've bookmarked the page.
By default, the Awesome Bar returns a list with a maximum of 12 entries. You can change that maximum to another number:
1. Type about:config into the address bar and click "I'll be careful, I promise!" when you get the security warning.
2. Type (or paste) this text into the filter box: browser.urlbar.maxRichResults. You can also just type browser.urlbar and pick out browser.urlbar.maxRichResults from the resulting list.
3. Double-click the browser.urlbar.maxRichResults entry. In the "Enter integer value" pop-up, type the maximum number of results you want to appear and click OK. From now on, that will be the maximum number.
Note that even after you do this, you will only see the default six results as you type. To see more, scroll through the list.
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Are you using Firefox 3 browser ? if yes, continue reading this...
For Firefox 3 user who are getting bored or wanna try something new, you can try this "hack" to see the hidden feature within Firefox 3. its not as complex as you think, just try this and you will see how easy it can be..
A note before we begin: One of the best ways to hack Firefox 3 is via about:config, which lets you change a wide variety of Firefox settings and preferences. Many of the hacks in this story make use of this nifty and practical utility.
To use about:config, you'll always repeat a few basic steps:
1. In the address bar, type about:config and press Enter.
2. A message will appear reading "This might void your warranty!" Ignore that nonsensical warning and click "I'll be careful, I promise!"
3. In the filter box, type the name of the setting you want to adjust. You'll see that entry appear in the area below. (If the name of the setting is very long, typing the first part of it will generate a list; you can then pick the setting you want.)
4. Make changes to the setting as instructed.
1. Klaatu Barada Nikto!
You may not know it, but Firefox has a mascot -- a robot that you can find in a hidden Easter egg in Firefox 3. In the address bar, type about:robots and you'll see the cheerful metal guy. The robot-related quotes displayed are from books and movies in which robots play a significant role, such as Blade Runner and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy .
If you look at the title for the page, you'll find what at first glance may seem to be gibberish: Gort! Klaatu barada nikto! In fact, that's the phrase used by Helen Benson in the science fiction classic The Day the Earth Stood Still , ordering the robot Gort not to destroy the Earth.
2. Tell Firefox 3 to Have Yahoo Mail Handle mailto: Links
Until Firefox 3, if you used a Web-based e-mail account such as Yahoo Mail or Gmail, you were left out in the cold when you clicked a mailto: link. Mailto: links automatically begin an e-mail message to a specific sender, using your default e-mail handler. But with previous versions of Firefox, those links worked only with client-based e-mail software, and not with any Web-based e-mail programs.
With Firefox 3, that changes. The browser includes built-in integration with Yahoo Mail -- if you know where to look. And although it doesn't have the same integration with Gmail, there's a way to hack it to make it do so.
1. Select Tools -- Options and click the Applications icon at the top of the page.
2. Click mailto, and select Use Yahoo! Mail.
3. Click OK.
From now on, when you click a mailto: link, you'll be sent to your Yahoo! Mail account and a new e-mail will be created, to be sent to where the mailto: link directed it. (If you're not already logged into Yahoo Mail, you'll have to type in your username and password first.)
3. Tell Firefox 3 to Have Gmail Handle mailto: Links
Gmail, surprisingly, doesn't show up in the Firefox list of mailto: handlers. But you can add it. Just follow these steps:
1. In the address bar, type about:config and press Enter. Ignore the warranty warning.
2. In the filter box, type gecko.handlerservice.
4. In the address bar, copy this code, exactly as you see it, then press Enter:
javascript:window.navigator.registerProtocolHandler("mailto",
"https://mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s","GMail")
5. Below the address bar, you'll get a message asking if you want to add Gmail as the application for mailto: links. Click the Add Application button.
6. Next time you click a mailto: link, a screen will appear that lets you choose an appropriate application. Select Gmail, check the box next to "Remember my choice for mailto: links," then click OK.
From now on, Gmail will handle the links. As with Yahoo Mail, if you're not currently logged in, you'll first have to type in your e-mail and password, and then Gmail will create the e-mail.
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For Firefox 3 user who are getting bored or wanna try something new, you can try this "hack" to see the hidden feature within Firefox 3. its not as complex as you think, just try this and you will see how easy it can be..
A note before we begin: One of the best ways to hack Firefox 3 is via about:config, which lets you change a wide variety of Firefox settings and preferences. Many of the hacks in this story make use of this nifty and practical utility.
To use about:config, you'll always repeat a few basic steps:
1. In the address bar, type about:config and press Enter.
2. A message will appear reading "This might void your warranty!" Ignore that nonsensical warning and click "I'll be careful, I promise!"
3. In the filter box, type the name of the setting you want to adjust. You'll see that entry appear in the area below. (If the name of the setting is very long, typing the first part of it will generate a list; you can then pick the setting you want.)
4. Make changes to the setting as instructed.
1. Klaatu Barada Nikto!
You may not know it, but Firefox has a mascot -- a robot that you can find in a hidden Easter egg in Firefox 3. In the address bar, type about:robots and you'll see the cheerful metal guy. The robot-related quotes displayed are from books and movies in which robots play a significant role, such as Blade Runner and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy .
If you look at the title for the page, you'll find what at first glance may seem to be gibberish: Gort! Klaatu barada nikto! In fact, that's the phrase used by Helen Benson in the science fiction classic The Day the Earth Stood Still , ordering the robot Gort not to destroy the Earth.
2. Tell Firefox 3 to Have Yahoo Mail Handle mailto: Links
Until Firefox 3, if you used a Web-based e-mail account such as Yahoo Mail or Gmail, you were left out in the cold when you clicked a mailto: link. Mailto: links automatically begin an e-mail message to a specific sender, using your default e-mail handler. But with previous versions of Firefox, those links worked only with client-based e-mail software, and not with any Web-based e-mail programs.
With Firefox 3, that changes. The browser includes built-in integration with Yahoo Mail -- if you know where to look. And although it doesn't have the same integration with Gmail, there's a way to hack it to make it do so.
1. Select Tools -- Options and click the Applications icon at the top of the page.
2. Click mailto, and select Use Yahoo! Mail.
3. Click OK.
From now on, when you click a mailto: link, you'll be sent to your Yahoo! Mail account and a new e-mail will be created, to be sent to where the mailto: link directed it. (If you're not already logged into Yahoo Mail, you'll have to type in your username and password first.)
3. Tell Firefox 3 to Have Gmail Handle mailto: Links
Gmail, surprisingly, doesn't show up in the Firefox list of mailto: handlers. But you can add it. Just follow these steps:
1. In the address bar, type about:config and press Enter. Ignore the warranty warning.
2. In the filter box, type gecko.handlerservice.
3. From the entries that appear, double-click gecko.handlerServiceAllowRegisterFromDifferentHost.
This will change its value from false to true.4. In the address bar, copy this code, exactly as you see it, then press Enter:
javascript:window.navigator.registerProtocolHandler("mailto",
"https://mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s","GMail")
5. Below the address bar, you'll get a message asking if you want to add Gmail as the application for mailto: links. Click the Add Application button.
6. Next time you click a mailto: link, a screen will appear that lets you choose an appropriate application. Select Gmail, check the box next to "Remember my choice for mailto: links," then click OK.
From now on, Gmail will handle the links. As with Yahoo Mail, if you're not currently logged in, you'll first have to type in your e-mail and password, and then Gmail will create the e-mail.
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Will I live to be 80
I recently turned 65 and had to choose a new primary care physician for my Medicare program.
After two visits and exhaustive lab tests, he said I was doing "fairly well" for my age.
A little concerned about that comment, I couldn't resist asking him, "Do you think I will live to be 80?"
He asked: Do you smoke tobacco or drink alcoholic beverages?"
"Oh no," I replied. "I don't do drugs, either."
"Do you have many friends and entertain frequently?"
"I said, "No, I usually stay home and keep to myself".
"Do you eat rib-eye steaks and barbecued ribs?"
I said, "No, my other doctor said that all red meat is unhealthy!"
"Do you spend a lot of time in the sun, like playing golf, sailing, hiking, or bicycling?"
"No, I don't," I said.
"Do you gamble, drive fast cars, or have a lot of sex?"
"No," I said. "I don't do any of those things."
He looked at me and said, "Then why do you give a shit?
Prescription For Love
A lady walked into a drugstore and told the pharmacist she needed some cyanide.
The pharmacist said, "Why in the world do you need cyanide?"
The lady then explained that she needed it to poison her husband. The pharmacist's eyes got big and he said, "I can't give you cyanide to kill your husband! That's against the law! I'll lose my license. They'll throw both of us in jail and all kinds of bad things will happen! Absolutely not—you cannot have any cyanide!"
The lady reached into her purse and pulled out a picture of her husband in bed with the pharmacist's wife. The pharmacist looked at the picture and replied, "Well, now. You didn't tell me you had a prescription."
The pharmacist said, "Why in the world do you need cyanide?"
The lady then explained that she needed it to poison her husband. The pharmacist's eyes got big and he said, "I can't give you cyanide to kill your husband! That's against the law! I'll lose my license. They'll throw both of us in jail and all kinds of bad things will happen! Absolutely not—you cannot have any cyanide!"
The lady reached into her purse and pulled out a picture of her husband in bed with the pharmacist's wife. The pharmacist looked at the picture and replied, "Well, now. You didn't tell me you had a prescription."
Ever wonder where your visitors or friend comes from ? and you just know the IP address. use this IP adress locator to see where they are coming from.
explore this Firefox hidden pages:
about: A simple prompt without any parameter will display the Mozilla “about” information. Since it’s accessible from the top menus as well, it’s not quite a hidden feature.
about:buildconfig Obviously, it will show the build platform configuration and parameters
about:cache Will display info and statistics regarding your disk’s cache, including the name of your cache’s directory and a list of the entries you can find there. By default, Firefox doesn’t allow you to view the cached webpages, so this can be an useful option.
about:config Oh look, many many info. Indeed, it’s the most complex and meaningful of them all. Careful on what you plan to change here, your browser won’t run properly after if you play with the wrong things.
about:plugins Of course, what is Firefox without it’s powerful extensions? This option will display detailed information about all the plugins installed for Mozilla Firefox.
about:credits It’s time to give the credit to whoever deserves it. There’s an alphabetically sorted list of all the people that gave their contribution to the development of Firefox.
about:Mozilla This is a weird thing. It will display the so-called “Book of Mozilla”. Something similar was present in Netscape too. There’s actually no real book although the quotations might give you that impression.
about:license display about Firefox license
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Mr. Burns is Springfield's richest and most powerful citizen; Forbes estimates his net worth at $16.8 billion. He uses his power and wealth to do routinely what he wants without thinking of consequences or interference from the authorities.
His trademark expression is the word "Excellent," muttered slowly in a low, sinister voice while tenting his fingertips. He also frequently orders Smithers to "release the hounds," resulting in his vicious guard dogs attacking any intruders or enemie
So, doesn't it sound cool?
His trademark expression is the word "Excellent," muttered slowly in a low, sinister voice while tenting his fingertips. He also frequently orders Smithers to "release the hounds," resulting in his vicious guard dogs attacking any intruders or enemie
So, doesn't it sound cool?
Most of us are using common web browser like IE,Safari, Firefox, and Opera. Are there any browser out there that people who dare to be different or reject anything mainstream. Yes, there are more than 30+ browser out there that are getting no attention at all. Just see this top 5 list for browser that deserve more love:
1. Flock
Flock is a web browser that specializes in providing social networking and other Web 2.0 features built into its interface. The browser is built on Mozilla’s Firefox codebase. On June 16th 2008 Flock 2 based on Mozilla's Firefox 3 went into open beta.The Flock browser is available as a free download, and supports Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms.
2. Konqueror
Konqueror is a web browser, file manager and file viewer designed as a core part of the K Desktop Environment. It is developed by volunteers and can run on most Unix-like operating systems. Konqueror, along with the rest of the components in the kdebase package, is licensed and distributed under the GNU General Public License.
The name "Konqueror" is a reference to the two primary competitors at the time of the browser's first release: "first comes the Navigator, then Explorer, and then the Konqueror". It also follows the KDE naming convention: the names of most KDE programs begin with the letter K.
The name "Konqueror" is a reference to the two primary competitors at the time of the browser's first release: "first comes the Navigator, then Explorer, and then the Konqueror". It also follows the KDE naming convention: the names of most KDE programs begin with the letter K.
Konqueror came with the version 2 of KDE, released on October 23 of 2000. It replaces its predecessor, KFM (KDE file manager).
3. Songbird
Songbird is a free software media player and web browser developed by a group known as Pioneers of the Inevitable (with members who previously developed for both Winamp and the Yahoo! Music Engine), with a stated mission "to incubate Songbird, the first Web player, to catalyze and champion a diverse, open Media Web."
Songbird runs on Mozilla's XULRunner platform, thus capable of running on Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Solaris and Linux. On the Windows and Macintosh platforms, Songbird utilizes the VideoLAN Client for media playback. For Linux & Solaris, Songbird utilizes the GStreamer media framework instead of VideoLAN. The Qtrax client is based on Songbird.
Songbird runs on Mozilla's XULRunner platform, thus capable of running on Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Solaris and Linux. On the Windows and Macintosh platforms, Songbird utilizes the VideoLAN Client for media playback. For Linux & Solaris, Songbird utilizes the GStreamer media framework instead of VideoLAN. The Qtrax client is based on Songbird.
4. Galeon
Galeon is a web browser for GNOME based on Mozilla’s Gecko layout engine. Galeon’s self-declared mission was to deliver “the web and only the web.”
At the time of Galeon’s creation, the most popular web browsers, including Netscape, Mozilla, and Internet Explorer, were large multi-functional programs. This made them slow to start and often impractical due to their high memory usage and processor requirements. Galeon was the first mainstream graphical web browser which specifically focused on the reduction of peripheral functionality. Galeon is also notable for introducing “Smart Bookmarks,” bookmarks that take an argument and can be used as toolbar buttons with a text field used to enter the value for the argument.
At the time of Galeon’s creation, the most popular web browsers, including Netscape, Mozilla, and Internet Explorer, were large multi-functional programs. This made them slow to start and often impractical due to their high memory usage and processor requirements. Galeon was the first mainstream graphical web browser which specifically focused on the reduction of peripheral functionality. Galeon is also notable for introducing “Smart Bookmarks,” bookmarks that take an argument and can be used as toolbar buttons with a text field used to enter the value for the argument.
5. K-Meleon
K-Meleon is a web browser for the Microsoft Windows platform. Based on the same Gecko rendering engine as Mozilla Firefox, K-Meleon uses native Windows API to create the user interface (instead of using Mozilla's cross-platform XUL layer), and as a result, is tightly integrated into the look and feel of the Windows desktop; this approach is similar to that of Galeon and Epiphany (for the GNOME desktop), and Camino (for Mac OS X). This also makes K-Meleon less resource-intensive and more responsive to user input.
Form factor
The form factor sets the standard for a motherboard's dimensions and layout, as well as the positioning of mounting holes, expansion slots, and ports. Your case must support the form factor of the board you choose. Most of today's motherboards are laid out in the ATX form factor. Home theater buffs looking to build a PC for the living room should consider a smaller MicroATX board. These boards use the general ATX design but include fewer I/O slots, allowing for a shorter board that can fit in a smaller case.
RAM slots
Most motherboards feature two to four memory slots. (Because of their size, MicroATX boards tend to offer fewer slots than their ATX counterparts.) Regardless of the board you choose, make sure it has enough slots to accommodate your needs. For optimum performance, look for boards that support faster DDR2 memory.
CPU socket
Your most important decision when buying a motherboard is the processor family you want the board to support. AMD's various Athlon 64 CPUs are compatible with Sockets 754, 939, 940, and AM2, depending on the particular Athlon 64 subfamily. The socket number, in the first three cases, simply corresponds to the number of pins found on the bottom of the processor; the AM2 socket, the latest iteration, uses 940 pins and is the first AMD socket to work with DDR2 SDRAM. Sockets 478 and LGA775 support Intel Pentium 4, Celeron and Core 2 Duo processors, the only difference being that the LGA775 design has the pins located on the motherboard CPU socket, as opposed to on the CPU itself.
Storage
With Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives becoming increasingly popular, most new motherboards offer both IDE and SATA connectors. If you want to future-proof your system, make sure your board supports SATA drives.
PCI slots
Most ATX motherboards provide at least four PCI slots for expansion. While these standard PCI slots are usually present for expansion cards like sound cards and Ethernet cards, faster PCI Express (PCIe) slots also appear on most mainstream boards. PCIe slots differ among themselves, however, according to the number of links, or lanes, they support. For instance, a PCIe x16 slot provides greater bandwidth than a PCIe x1 slot. (A single lane can transmit 2.5Gbps in each direction.) As a result, PCIe graphics cards employ x16, whereas an Ethernet card might use x1. Any expansion cards you plan to use must be compatible with the specific slot types, of course.
The form factor sets the standard for a motherboard's dimensions and layout, as well as the positioning of mounting holes, expansion slots, and ports. Your case must support the form factor of the board you choose. Most of today's motherboards are laid out in the ATX form factor. Home theater buffs looking to build a PC for the living room should consider a smaller MicroATX board. These boards use the general ATX design but include fewer I/O slots, allowing for a shorter board that can fit in a smaller case.
RAM slots
Most motherboards feature two to four memory slots. (Because of their size, MicroATX boards tend to offer fewer slots than their ATX counterparts.) Regardless of the board you choose, make sure it has enough slots to accommodate your needs. For optimum performance, look for boards that support faster DDR2 memory.
CPU socket
Your most important decision when buying a motherboard is the processor family you want the board to support. AMD's various Athlon 64 CPUs are compatible with Sockets 754, 939, 940, and AM2, depending on the particular Athlon 64 subfamily. The socket number, in the first three cases, simply corresponds to the number of pins found on the bottom of the processor; the AM2 socket, the latest iteration, uses 940 pins and is the first AMD socket to work with DDR2 SDRAM. Sockets 478 and LGA775 support Intel Pentium 4, Celeron and Core 2 Duo processors, the only difference being that the LGA775 design has the pins located on the motherboard CPU socket, as opposed to on the CPU itself.
Storage
With Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives becoming increasingly popular, most new motherboards offer both IDE and SATA connectors. If you want to future-proof your system, make sure your board supports SATA drives.
PCI slots
Most ATX motherboards provide at least four PCI slots for expansion. While these standard PCI slots are usually present for expansion cards like sound cards and Ethernet cards, faster PCI Express (PCIe) slots also appear on most mainstream boards. PCIe slots differ among themselves, however, according to the number of links, or lanes, they support. For instance, a PCIe x16 slot provides greater bandwidth than a PCIe x1 slot. (A single lane can transmit 2.5Gbps in each direction.) As a result, PCIe graphics cards employ x16, whereas an Ethernet card might use x1. Any expansion cards you plan to use must be compatible with the specific slot types, of course.
Firefox 3 has new Easter egg that pay homage to its robot mascot. if you wanna know more about Mozilla Easter egg you can read it here, its about the Book of Mozilla, a computer easter egg that can be found on Mozilla series of web browser.
Just type about:robots
Just type about:robots
Facing problem with your internet connection? download speed too slow? maybe there is something wrong with your connection or your ISP. More and more Internet service providers are blocking traffic to the peer-to-peer file-sharing service. Find out whether you've been targeted, and learn how get around the restrictions.
First try this Glasnot , a popular web-based tool that be able to check whether your ISP is meddling with your BitTorrent traffic.
Done? next topics..
Evasion of the Bit Snatchers
If you discover or strongly suspect that your ISP is slowing your BitTorrent traffic, you can try several countermeasures, none of them a sure bet. One of these techniques may work for one ISP but not for another.
First, try using encryption to cloak your peer-to-peer traffic. Most clients such as BitComet, BitTorrent, uTorrent, and Vuze, support in-client encryption. Turning this feature on makes it much harder, though not impossible, for your ISP to detect that you're using peer-to-peer software. Here's how to proceed.
BitComet: Go to the Options menu, choose Preferences, Advanced, Connection, and select Protocol encryption.
BitTorrent and uTorrent: Go to the Preferences panel and select the BitTorrent tab. Choose Protocol encryption and select enabled.
Vuze: First you must change your user profile from the default beginner mode to advanced. Go to the Tools drop-down menu, open the Configuration Wizard, and select advanced. Next return to the Tools drop down menu and select Options, Connection, Transport Encryption. Check Require encrypted transport, go to the Minimum encryption drop-down menu, and select RC4 encryption.
A second method of evading an ISP's throttling practices is to change the way the BitTorrent protocol acts. This method may work against ISPs that try to throttle speeds based on a standard set of BitTorrent configurations.
Troubleshooting your BitTorrent client's protocol settings can be tricky. To reconfigure your software, refer to the instructions provided by the publisher of the BitTorrent client you're using. One simple yet effective way to experiment with alternate BitTorrent protocol configurations is to simply try a different BitTorrent client. Different clients use different default protocols, and one may perform better on your ISP's network.
The default communications port used by BitTorrent traffic is 6881. ISPs know this and watch that port like a hawk. If an ISP throttles or blocks BitTorrent traffic traveling through this port, your file-sharing speeds will plummet.
To elude ISP throttling, BitTorrent clients enable you to switch the port or port range that your computer uses for BitTorrent traffic. Some BitTorrent clients will automatically attempt to configure your firewall or router to allow traffic to pass through the new port; with others you may have to open ports on your router manually. The excellent Port Forward site will step you through the process of tweaking your router to permit incoming connections.
One more-advanced method of obfuscating your BitTorrent traffic involves using an encrypted tunnel that, as the name suggests, shields from your ISP the type of data you are sending and receiving.
Free services such as The Onion Router (TOR) and I2P are designed for sending anonymous and encrypted messages, but some people have adapted them to use BitTorrent connections. The Vuze client has built-in support for routing your traffic through TOR and I2P.
For about $5 a month, commercial virtual private network providers such as Relakks and SecureIX can help you prevent your ISP from identifying BitTorrent traffic. In marketing its service, SecureIX promises that it will "disable P2P throttling." The company offers a free tier of service with a bandwidth limit set to 256 kbps.
But ISPs are catching on to these advanced encryption techniques, reportedly clamping down and throttling encrypted tunnels despite being unsure that the encrypted data is BitTorrent traffic. The most extreme method an ISP may use to manage peer-to-peer traffic is to block anything that appears to be BitTorrent traffic, encrypted or not. If that happens to you, you must either switch ISPs or stop using BitTorrent software.
First try this Glasnot , a popular web-based tool that be able to check whether your ISP is meddling with your BitTorrent traffic.
Done? next topics..
Evasion of the Bit Snatchers
If you discover or strongly suspect that your ISP is slowing your BitTorrent traffic, you can try several countermeasures, none of them a sure bet. One of these techniques may work for one ISP but not for another.
First, try using encryption to cloak your peer-to-peer traffic. Most clients such as BitComet, BitTorrent, uTorrent, and Vuze, support in-client encryption. Turning this feature on makes it much harder, though not impossible, for your ISP to detect that you're using peer-to-peer software. Here's how to proceed.
BitComet: Go to the Options menu, choose Preferences, Advanced, Connection, and select Protocol encryption.
BitTorrent and uTorrent: Go to the Preferences panel and select the BitTorrent tab. Choose Protocol encryption and select enabled.
Vuze: First you must change your user profile from the default beginner mode to advanced. Go to the Tools drop-down menu, open the Configuration Wizard, and select advanced. Next return to the Tools drop down menu and select Options, Connection, Transport Encryption. Check Require encrypted transport, go to the Minimum encryption drop-down menu, and select RC4 encryption.
A second method of evading an ISP's throttling practices is to change the way the BitTorrent protocol acts. This method may work against ISPs that try to throttle speeds based on a standard set of BitTorrent configurations.
Troubleshooting your BitTorrent client's protocol settings can be tricky. To reconfigure your software, refer to the instructions provided by the publisher of the BitTorrent client you're using. One simple yet effective way to experiment with alternate BitTorrent protocol configurations is to simply try a different BitTorrent client. Different clients use different default protocols, and one may perform better on your ISP's network.
The default communications port used by BitTorrent traffic is 6881. ISPs know this and watch that port like a hawk. If an ISP throttles or blocks BitTorrent traffic traveling through this port, your file-sharing speeds will plummet.
To elude ISP throttling, BitTorrent clients enable you to switch the port or port range that your computer uses for BitTorrent traffic. Some BitTorrent clients will automatically attempt to configure your firewall or router to allow traffic to pass through the new port; with others you may have to open ports on your router manually. The excellent Port Forward site will step you through the process of tweaking your router to permit incoming connections.
One more-advanced method of obfuscating your BitTorrent traffic involves using an encrypted tunnel that, as the name suggests, shields from your ISP the type of data you are sending and receiving.
Free services such as The Onion Router (TOR) and I2P are designed for sending anonymous and encrypted messages, but some people have adapted them to use BitTorrent connections. The Vuze client has built-in support for routing your traffic through TOR and I2P.
For about $5 a month, commercial virtual private network providers such as Relakks and SecureIX can help you prevent your ISP from identifying BitTorrent traffic. In marketing its service, SecureIX promises that it will "disable P2P throttling." The company offers a free tier of service with a bandwidth limit set to 256 kbps.
But ISPs are catching on to these advanced encryption techniques, reportedly clamping down and throttling encrypted tunnels despite being unsure that the encrypted data is BitTorrent traffic. The most extreme method an ISP may use to manage peer-to-peer traffic is to block anything that appears to be BitTorrent traffic, encrypted or not. If that happens to you, you must either switch ISPs or stop using BitTorrent software.
"Widgets are a handy, easy and simple way to add some flare to your blog",Mashable
Have you using widget to pimp your blog? I bet you do, because most of the website or blog are using widgets to dress up their blog. But remember when widgetizing your blog-don't overdo it! keep your blog simple and visitors friendly. People wanna see your blog content not your widget.
So, this is a list for cool widgets that you can use in your blog:
So, this is a list for cool widgets that you can use in your blog:
FEEDJIT - real time traffic data directly in your blog’s sidebar.
Leafletter - create a mini website and embed it into your blog.
WikiSeek - search Wikipedia with this simple widget.
FeedCount - show off the number of visitors to your blog with this handy little button.
MyPageRank - another good way to show how “big” your blog is is to show off your Google PageRank.
MyBlogLog’s Recent Readers - this widget can easily be called a hit amongst blog owners; its popularity even managed to convince Yahoo into buying MyBlogLog. The widget lets you see the avatars of recent visitors to your blog, provided they’re also members of MyBlogLog.
Reddit - Displaying top post from reddit
BlogCatalog news feed - this widget show your blog post and you can pick the color that match your blog.
Statcounter - show your site statistic where you can pick from variety of color for your widget.
Flickr Flash Photo Stream Badge - display images from your Flickr profile with a handy Flash photo stream.
Digg News - display the latest Digg links on your blog. Themeable and fully customizable.
Technorati widget - cool widget from Technorati that help you get the most out of Technorati.
Criteo AutoRoll - displays links to blogs similar to your blog.
Vizu - another poll-making widget, compatible with all major blog platforms.
There are lots of widgets out there, this is just some of them. Please let me know if you found any cool and useful widgets!
The itty-bitty creepy crawlers of the night have a way of scaring people so much. It might have something to do with their multiple squiggly legs, their sometimes fury bodies, and maybe even the fear that this particular attacking moth might be the only one worldwide with fangs. Whatever the reason, the fear of insects is one of the most common phobias.
Now imagine one of those insects made of metal and running full speed with all 6 legs aimed at trampling you. This is not your typical creepy crawler. This 6-legged spider-like robot has the potential to turn humans into an insectoid superhero. Iron Man, here we come.
This walking hybrid human-machine is powered by fluidic muscle actuators, which helps reduce the friction and fatigue while navigating the bot to your destination of destruction. The legs of the bot are controlled with the users legs. When the human user lifts their right leg, the bot lifts the appropriate legs needed for smooth movement.
This 6-Legged Walking Bot illustrates the possibility of the hybridization of humans and machines, sort of like some freaky Terminator setting for the future. Would you be able to deal with crazy gigantic insect robots walking along the streets? Eek. Spiders are gross. Spider robots on the other hand, are awesome.
Do you have a camera? wanted to act like a pro? or you just wanna have a chance to photograph a nude woman,hehehe. See this vids on tips how to photograph a nude women.oh! before that make sure you pick your subject carefully and know how to hide your unwanted erection,hahaha
The middle finger can be used in plenty of different occasions, be it with friends at home, on the office with the buddies, and also on your car to express your “gratitude” to other drivers.
The wireless remote control has a range of 50 feet (15 meters) and in order to work, just press the button and watch the middle finger rise up.
Give someone the finger with the push of a button. Remote-control allows finger to magically rise up and flip ‘em the bird!
buy this cool gadget at prankplace
20 Ways to Increase your Alexa Rank
Here is a collection of methods you can use to boost your Alexa Rank. Most of these tips are derived from several fellow webmasters I know who claimed to have derived positive results through their experiments with the Alexa Rankings.
Some of the other tips were derived articles and sources, which I have duly referenced at the end of this post.
Do these tips work? According to some, yes they definitely do work. But do note that most of them require active effort of some sort and hence, they will work as long as long as you are consistently performing specific actions.
To increase your Alexa rank in the long run, I would highly recommended that one focus on developing quality content which attracts and maintains a large audience instead of purely focusing on artificially increasing your Alexa Rank.
Great link-worthy content will leads to an natural increase in site traffic and is an excellent way to passively increase your Alexa rank.
It is important to emphasize that you should devote most of your efforts in growing your site audience alongside integrated implementation of any of the following tips below.
1. Install the Alexa toolbar or Firefox’s SearchStatus extension and set your blog as your homepage. This is the most basic step.
2. Put up an Alexa rank widget on your website. I did this a few days ago and receive a fair amount of clicks every day. According to some, each click counts as a visit even if the toolbar is not used by the visitor.
3. Encourage others to use the Alexa toolbar. This includes friends, fellow webmasters as well as site visitors/blog readers. Be sure to link to Alexa’s full explanation of their toolbar and tracking system so your readers know what installing the toolbar or extension entails.
4. Work in an Office or own a company? Get the Alexa toolbar or SS Firefox extension installed on all computers and set your website as the homepage for all browsers. Perhaps it will be useful to note that this may work only when dynamic or different IPs are used.
5. Get friends to review and rate your Alexa website profile. Not entirely sure of its impact on rankings but it might help in some way.
6. Write or Blog about Alexa. Webmaster and bloggers love to hear about ways to increase their Alexa rank. They’ll link to you and send you targeted traffic (i.e. visitors with the toolbar already installed). This gradually has effects on your Alexa ranking.
7. Flaunt your URL in webmaster forums. Webmasters usually have the toolbar installed. You’ll get webmasters to visit your website and offer useful feedback. It’s also a good way to give back to the community if you have useful articles to share with others.
8. Write content that is related to webmasters. This can fall in the category of domaining and SEO, two fields in which most webmasters will have the Alexa toolbar installed. Promote your content on social networking websites and webmaster forums.
9. Use Alexa redirects on your website URL. Try this: http://redirect.alexa.com/redirect?http://zootech.blogspot.com . Replace zootech.blogspot.com with the URL for your website. Leave this redirected URL in blog comments as well as forum signatures. This redirect will count a unique IP address once a day so clicking it multiple times won’t help. There is no official proof that redirects positively benefit your Alexa Rank, so use with caution.
10. Post in Asian social networking websites or forums. Some webmasters have suggested that East Asian web users are big Alexa toolbar fans, judging by the presence of several Asia-based websites in the Alexa Top 500. I suggest trying this only if you have the time or capacity to do so.
11. Create a webmaster tools section on your website. This is a magnet for webmasters who will often revisit your website to gain access to the tools. Aaron Wall’s webpage on SEOTools is a very good example.
12. Get Dugg or Stumbled. This usually brings massive numbers of visitors to your website and the sheer amount will have a positive impact on your Alexa Rank. Naturally, you’ll need to develop link worthy material.
13. Use PayperClick Campaigns. Buying advertisements on search engines such as Google or Exact Seek will help bring in Traffic. Doubly useful when your ad is highly relevant to webmasters.
14. Create an Alexa category on your blog and use it to include any articles or news about Alexa. This acts as an easily accessible resource for webmasters or casual search visitors while helping you rank in the search engines.
15. Optimize your popular posts. Got a popular post that consistently receives traffic from the search engines? Include a widget/graph at the bottom of the post, link to your Alexa post or use Alexa redirection on your internal URLs.
16. Buy banners and links for traffic from webmaster forums and websites. A prominent and well displayed ad will drive lots of webmaster traffic to your website, which can significantly boost your rank.
17. Hire forum posters to pimp your website. Either buy signatures in webmaster forums or promote specific articles or material in your website on a regular basis. You can easily find posters for hire in Digital Point and other webmaster forums.
18. Pay Cybercafe owners to install the Alexa toolbar and set your website as the homepage for all their computers. This might be difficult to arrange and isn’t really a viable solution for most. I’m keeping this one in because some have suggested that it does work.
19. Use MySpace . This is a little shady so I don’t recommended it unless you’re really interested in artificially inflating your Alexa Rank. Use visually attractive pictures or banners and link them to your redirected Alexa URL. This will be most effective if your website has content that is actually relevant to the MySpace Crowd.
20. Try Alexa auto-surfs. Do they work? Maybe for brand new sites. I think they are mostly suitable for new websites with a very poor Alexa rank. Note that there be problems when you try to use auto surfs alongside contextual ads like Adsense. They aren’t also long term solutions to improving your Alexa Rank so I suggest using with caution.
Here is a collection of methods you can use to boost your Alexa Rank. Most of these tips are derived from several fellow webmasters I know who claimed to have derived positive results through their experiments with the Alexa Rankings.
Some of the other tips were derived articles and sources, which I have duly referenced at the end of this post.
Do these tips work? According to some, yes they definitely do work. But do note that most of them require active effort of some sort and hence, they will work as long as long as you are consistently performing specific actions.
To increase your Alexa rank in the long run, I would highly recommended that one focus on developing quality content which attracts and maintains a large audience instead of purely focusing on artificially increasing your Alexa Rank.
Great link-worthy content will leads to an natural increase in site traffic and is an excellent way to passively increase your Alexa rank.
It is important to emphasize that you should devote most of your efforts in growing your site audience alongside integrated implementation of any of the following tips below.
1. Install the Alexa toolbar or Firefox’s SearchStatus extension and set your blog as your homepage. This is the most basic step.
2. Put up an Alexa rank widget on your website. I did this a few days ago and receive a fair amount of clicks every day. According to some, each click counts as a visit even if the toolbar is not used by the visitor.
3. Encourage others to use the Alexa toolbar. This includes friends, fellow webmasters as well as site visitors/blog readers. Be sure to link to Alexa’s full explanation of their toolbar and tracking system so your readers know what installing the toolbar or extension entails.
4. Work in an Office or own a company? Get the Alexa toolbar or SS Firefox extension installed on all computers and set your website as the homepage for all browsers. Perhaps it will be useful to note that this may work only when dynamic or different IPs are used.
5. Get friends to review and rate your Alexa website profile. Not entirely sure of its impact on rankings but it might help in some way.
6. Write or Blog about Alexa. Webmaster and bloggers love to hear about ways to increase their Alexa rank. They’ll link to you and send you targeted traffic (i.e. visitors with the toolbar already installed). This gradually has effects on your Alexa ranking.
7. Flaunt your URL in webmaster forums. Webmasters usually have the toolbar installed. You’ll get webmasters to visit your website and offer useful feedback. It’s also a good way to give back to the community if you have useful articles to share with others.
8. Write content that is related to webmasters. This can fall in the category of domaining and SEO, two fields in which most webmasters will have the Alexa toolbar installed. Promote your content on social networking websites and webmaster forums.
9. Use Alexa redirects on your website URL. Try this: http://redirect.alexa.com/redirect?http://zootech.blogspot.com . Replace zootech.blogspot.com with the URL for your website. Leave this redirected URL in blog comments as well as forum signatures. This redirect will count a unique IP address once a day so clicking it multiple times won’t help. There is no official proof that redirects positively benefit your Alexa Rank, so use with caution.
10. Post in Asian social networking websites or forums. Some webmasters have suggested that East Asian web users are big Alexa toolbar fans, judging by the presence of several Asia-based websites in the Alexa Top 500. I suggest trying this only if you have the time or capacity to do so.
11. Create a webmaster tools section on your website. This is a magnet for webmasters who will often revisit your website to gain access to the tools. Aaron Wall’s webpage on SEOTools is a very good example.
12. Get Dugg or Stumbled. This usually brings massive numbers of visitors to your website and the sheer amount will have a positive impact on your Alexa Rank. Naturally, you’ll need to develop link worthy material.
13. Use PayperClick Campaigns. Buying advertisements on search engines such as Google or Exact Seek will help bring in Traffic. Doubly useful when your ad is highly relevant to webmasters.
14. Create an Alexa category on your blog and use it to include any articles or news about Alexa. This acts as an easily accessible resource for webmasters or casual search visitors while helping you rank in the search engines.
15. Optimize your popular posts. Got a popular post that consistently receives traffic from the search engines? Include a widget/graph at the bottom of the post, link to your Alexa post or use Alexa redirection on your internal URLs.
16. Buy banners and links for traffic from webmaster forums and websites. A prominent and well displayed ad will drive lots of webmaster traffic to your website, which can significantly boost your rank.
17. Hire forum posters to pimp your website. Either buy signatures in webmaster forums or promote specific articles or material in your website on a regular basis. You can easily find posters for hire in Digital Point and other webmaster forums.
18. Pay Cybercafe owners to install the Alexa toolbar and set your website as the homepage for all their computers. This might be difficult to arrange and isn’t really a viable solution for most. I’m keeping this one in because some have suggested that it does work.
19. Use MySpace . This is a little shady so I don’t recommended it unless you’re really interested in artificially inflating your Alexa Rank. Use visually attractive pictures or banners and link them to your redirected Alexa URL. This will be most effective if your website has content that is actually relevant to the MySpace Crowd.
20. Try Alexa auto-surfs. Do they work? Maybe for brand new sites. I think they are mostly suitable for new websites with a very poor Alexa rank. Note that there be problems when you try to use auto surfs alongside contextual ads like Adsense. They aren’t also long term solutions to improving your Alexa Rank so I suggest using with caution.
The Open Directory Project (DMOZ) is the largest human edited directory on the Internet and you want to listed there. Why?
It's free to be listed in the DMOZ Index and even if it wasn't, you still would want a listing.ODP supplies results to Google, All the Web, AOL, AskJeeves, HotBot, Lycos, Netscape and hundreds more. You can find all the sites that list ODP Data by clicking here.
A listing in the DMOZ index, means you will eventually also be placed in the Google directory. Both listings can be a big boost to your link popularity.
Because this directory is edited by human beings, you want to make sure to read all the Submission Guidelines prior to starting.
Tips about submission to the DMOZ Index:
1. Don’t hype up your titles and descriptions on your submissions.
2. Be as descriptive as possible.
3. Select appropriate categories or you may find yourself rejected ~ TIP: Find your competition and you should be listed there. It might be tempting to be listed elsewhere, but this category is likely your best fit.
4. The directory lists alphabetically ~ You might be considering giving yourself a title to be at the head of the list, but you should always submit under your actual website name to avoid the risk of being rejected.
5. Do not submit duplicate sites (same site, different URL)
6. Do not submit URLs that redirect to another URL
7. Only submit once in a three week period. If you don't hear anything, you can submit again or contact the category editor (you can find the editor at the bottom of the category you are submitting to).
8. You can also support the online community and volunteer to be an editor. There are a number of categories which need volunteers. You can find out more about being an editor at the DMOZ website.
As usual, good luck guys!
It's free to be listed in the DMOZ Index and even if it wasn't, you still would want a listing.ODP supplies results to Google, All the Web, AOL, AskJeeves, HotBot, Lycos, Netscape and hundreds more. You can find all the sites that list ODP Data by clicking here.
A listing in the DMOZ index, means you will eventually also be placed in the Google directory. Both listings can be a big boost to your link popularity.
Because this directory is edited by human beings, you want to make sure to read all the Submission Guidelines prior to starting.
Tips about submission to the DMOZ Index:
1. Don’t hype up your titles and descriptions on your submissions.
2. Be as descriptive as possible.
3. Select appropriate categories or you may find yourself rejected ~ TIP: Find your competition and you should be listed there. It might be tempting to be listed elsewhere, but this category is likely your best fit.
4. The directory lists alphabetically ~ You might be considering giving yourself a title to be at the head of the list, but you should always submit under your actual website name to avoid the risk of being rejected.
5. Do not submit duplicate sites (same site, different URL)
6. Do not submit URLs that redirect to another URL
7. Only submit once in a three week period. If you don't hear anything, you can submit again or contact the category editor (you can find the editor at the bottom of the category you are submitting to).
8. You can also support the online community and volunteer to be an editor. There are a number of categories which need volunteers. You can find out more about being an editor at the DMOZ website.
As usual, good luck guys!
What makes MP3 players so popular? For starters, they're extremely portable (and some even come in a variety of fun color choices). Nowadays there are lots of brand and design for MP3 players, some of them are too weird i guess. don't believe me? just see this list: