TxtB.in Helps You Twitter More Than 140 Characters [Daily WebApp]

<p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx2afgpyetmMBEnBRsimPNxwipxniLv86_1LgiguKnXbtJ_vcKn2xauY-IcMl26ZIIpj3UjpuMxGs75DNN7ad7mF1Vq2LQbJ_7-cniARXgFQqT244DXOTVbcV-7t3tayIcK4E8FgL2_k8/s1600-h/txtbin%5B5%5D.png"><img alt="txtbin" border="0" height="533" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZLEh_9ypnAew9XOEmqX7K933MpE7HTXeVwfQpBfyRiorD0VSfpZCSCwHSxDnsLg-NSR39Cwhd_SJ7kj_1cQTIT9Fds1-H8wO8dwB-g5gCDeXRB9CZpliC0oZcyxm_VbIILNHEw_FRBU/s800/txtbin_thumb%5B3%5D.png" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block; border-right-width: 0px" title="txtbin" width="450" /></a> </p> <p>We <a href="http://knol.google.com/k/anoop-engineer/gyan/3t225sj2sok1r/3#" target="_blank">gyanis</a> really love simple web applications. Applications that does one thing and does it well.</p> <p>In today’s <a href="http://www.dailygyan.com/search/label/Web%20Apps" target="_blank">Daily WebApp</a>, we introduce you to one such application - <a href="http://txtb.in/index.php" target="_blank">TxtB.in</a>.</p> <p>TxtB.in allows you to share text data with anyone in the world in two steps. You enter the text into the text field and hit the save txt button. It then gives you a shortened URL that you can share with your friends to read this text.</p> <p>Advantages? Many.</p> <ul> <li>No user registration required. </li> <li>Simple user interface. </li> <li>No limitation to the text size. </li> <li>Very short URL to the entered text. Very much suitable for sites like <a href="http://www.twitter.com" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. </li> <li>Creates easy to remember URLs. You just need to remember the ending 2 alphabets to point your friend to the page you created (provided that you can remember the starting txtb.in part). </li> </ul> <p>Some features that we would like to see:</p> <ul> <li>Password protection of the created webpage. </li> <li>Ability to delete a page. </li> <li>Direct posting to <a href="http://www.twitter.com" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://friendfeed.com/" target="_blank">FriendFeed</a> etc. </li> </ul> <p>This might become a killer utility tool among Twitter fans. Twitter limits each post to 140 characters. So if you want to create a twitter post having greater than 140 characters, create a page in txtb.in and tweet the newly created shortened URL instead.</p> <p>Can think of any other uses of this <a href="http://www.dailygyan.com/search/label/Web%20Apps" target="_blank">Web App</a>? Tell us in the comments.</p> <p><a href="http://txtb.in/index.php" target="_blank">TxtB.in</a></p></p>

We gyanis really love simple web applications. Applications that does one thing and does it well. In today’s Daily WebApp , we introdu...

Get Precise Text Selection In Firefox By Enabling the Caret [Firefox Gyan]

<p><div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p>One of the most prominent Firefox annoyances often happens when you try to select a portion of text. Most of the time, some unwanted portion of adjacent text also gets selected, making you start the selection process again.</p><p>What many do not know is that you can enable Word or Notepad style mouse caret (the vertical blinking mouse cursor) in Firefox, using which more precise selection of text can be done.</p><p>Just hit F7 button while in Firefox and it'll ask you whether you want to enable caret mode. Select yes and you get a nice blinking cursor on screen. Using this cursor you can select text the traditional way - click and drag with mouse, arrow keys, Ctrl + arrow keys to highlight words etc.</p></div></p>

One of the most prominent Firefox annoyances often happens when you try to select a portion of text. Most of the time, some unwanted portion...

Set Private/Igcognito Mode As Default In Firefox, IE8 and Chrome

<p><p>All modern web browsers support what is called private browsing mode or incognito mode, where the browser leaves no trace of your browsing history behind in the computer.</p> <p>Firefox have stated supporting private mode with the 3.1 beta version about which you can read in detail <a href="http://www.dailygyan.com/2008/11/firefox-gets-private-browsing-mode.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </p> <p>Google Chrome likes to call this feature as Incognito mode and you can start a new incognito session by using the key combination Ctrl + Shift + N. </p> <p>IE8 likes to call it InPrivate Browsing and you start a new session just like in Chrome.</p> <p>Today’s post is for those paranoids who wish to always run their browsers in private mode making their web browsing untraceable at all time. </p> <h2> </h2> <h2>Make Firefox Always Start In Private Mode</h2> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv2HUJuFqwcN3lfUdQ9or0FXY8yCoRkR8jBU7K7Y0fTwDN2si3q7yKph3Obtr_Nd6P3rmf4x_JxhOp_oX_QC5brtFUOM-WAyChNoW3cN84jdMTrYKS_dwUNSAj_X_C9_ytBigrNkZRjyw/s1600-h/image%5B4%5D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1FqopK4po4eo4Cu4uE2yZNTSTJp0kjBGlW4COJbt6TJJsz2g7K-hK3UTRIcqSkYf842AZbm0esHoyM-en7tHMJI5HRlUXvc-RTob7H5zq42elhtILXzwPvXVKqAXFlt5lOhoxpalfj3o/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-right-width: 0px" title="image" width="418" /></a> </p> <ol> <li>Start Firefox 3.1. </li> <li>Type in <code>about:config</code> and hit enter. Click I’ll be careful button. </li> <li>Type in <code><strong>browser.privatebrowsing.autostart</strong></code> into the filter box. </li> <li>Double click on it to change its value to true. </li> </ol> <p>This sets private mode as the default mode for Firefox.</p> <p> </p> <h2>Make Google Chrome Always Start In Incognito Mode</h2> <p>This involves changing the shortcut that you use to launch Google Chrome. Right click the shortcut and select properties (or read about the <a href="http://www.dailygyan.com/2008/08/easy-way-to-open-properties-dialog-in.html" target="_blank">easy way of opening the properties dialog</a>).</p> <p>Append <code><strong>–-incognito</strong></code> to the end of the target, so that it looks like this:</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJafXuC_uA2Hn0BaMLUHITCaa5vG0jNdm3N2BYVB3mgVkGaxil-PVZ0Lh1FnXrjPMTAaeYasF4M_e4YP8cvRkOcCnxpaxVsovkuvwDObNerDMzpN3QYIHF9qH23T8tGhwcuZ1A7EgxQw/s1600-h/image%5B13%5D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUa4GJnQSYCnIyGmZkpGvrIcdyBAlhCC93J7__B-rPXo4WtuU3sXfRqL2XN5zeJpbOFs0RZYHyhpMTcW5VGZEhnzgnGQ2Ct358tXq9rra-XQXQycLcEGB3HzoXyf_3YM0_WRAbQeQO27c/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-right-width: 0px" title="image" width="371" /></a> </p> <p>Always use this launcher to start the Google Chrome session.</p> <p> </p> <h2>Set InPrivate Browsing As The Default Mode in IE8</h2> <p>The procedure is similar to the Google Chrome method, where you edit the properties of the shortcut that you use to launch Internet Explorer 8.</p> <p>Right click the shortcut and select properties. Edit the Target field and append the string <code><strong>–private</strong></code> to it.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7WavdbVXk_wS_86Nh0ur2L7D-46s_CmCkq2fGzMyVEs9kFnCbDFtmNFmLVHKB_TzKbJXO0Lt5Ny8JehUC2ud5WL6TUqvwF86jPC4xKiT_gXV2up00g7JWH9W54DlaXnpLBd5-8RLkf1c/s1600-h/image%5B23%5D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhsfyDWWg9YRNTcE8RboI79avS0PhMxe3IlJ5mYJou5Ajjx0iYOr7zD_pwnbd2XG5SmeXkE6yKho8Td5wEYkqIfGMsUDB0gmE6fF_tTOrzY5IOdLZx9sQ3xz8UyGL09rcVlbM9ihIkuzg/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-right-width: 0px" title="image" width="371" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p>Always use this shortcut to start IE8.</p> </p>

All modern web browsers support what is called private browsing mode or incognito mode, where the browser leaves no trace of your browsing h...

How To Sync Your Windows Live Writer Drafts Between Two Computers

<p><p>WLW is <em>‘the tool’</em> of blogging. </p> <p>However, if you are a blogger  and if you often blog from multiple computers, you might have wished at least once that WLW provided some built-in mechanism to synchronize your drafts between different installations.</p> <p>It would have been a nice feature if you could start a blog post from your office PC and finish it off from your home laptop, without the hassles of saving and sending the unfinished post to your personal mail id, saving the draft to Google Docs etc. Yes this is indeed possible. Just read along.</p> <p>Windows Live Writer stores all the drafts in <em>My Documents\My Weblog Posts\Drafts</em> folder. If you open this folder, you can see a number of .wpost files, named after the title of your draft posts. If somehow you are able to synchronize the Drafts folder between two computers, then you are essentially syncing two installations of Windows Live Writer.</p> <p>You can use your favorite desktop sync tool to achieve this. We used <a href="http://www.syncplicity.com" target="_blank">Syncplicity</a>. Syncplicity has a free version with a storage limit of 2 GB and an excellent Windows client which pretty much did the job for us.</p> <p>In all the computers that you blog from, install the <a href="http://download.syncplicity.com/beta/Syncplicity_Beta_Setup.exe" target="_blank">Syncplicity client</a>. Add the <em>My Documents\My Weblog Posts\Drafts</em> folder to the list of folders to be synced. </p> <p>That’s it. Now each time you make a draft post, it will be available across your computers.</p> </p>

WLW is ‘the tool’ of blogging. However, if you are a blogger  and if you often blog from multiple computers, you might have wished at lea...

Install 64 bit Flash Player Plugin For Firefox In Ubuntu Linux [HowTo]

<p><p>Adobe has released the much requested flash plugin that runs natively in 64 bit Linux machines.</p> <p>This means that if you are having a 64 bit processor and a 64 bit Linux distribution, then you don’t have to go the roundabout way of installing a 32 bit flash player with nspluginwrapper anymore, to get things working.</p> <p>Though the title says Ubuntu, the following steps are applicable for all Linux distributions:</p> <ol> <li>First, remove any flash plugins that you have installed. This includes any 32 bit adobe flash plugin or other open source plugins like <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/">Gnash</a>. </li> <li>Close Firefox and run the following command from a terminal: <br /><textarea style="width: 520px; height: 168px" readonly="readonly">wget http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/libflashplayer-10.0.d20.7.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz && ( [ -d ~/.mozilla/plugins ] || mkdir ~/.mozilla/plugins ) && tar zxvf libflashplayer*.tar.gz -C ~/.mozilla/plugins

Open firefox. Type about:plugins into the address bar and see the details of the plugin.

Note that the plugin is currently in alpha stage and might be a bit buggy. The adobe flash player 10  FAQ page says that the plugin has been tested on Ubuntu 8 and OpenSUSE 11 with Firefox 3 browser.

Can anyone here post their 64 bit flash plugin experience in other distributions like Fedora, Slackware etc?

Adobe has released the much requested flash plugin that runs natively in 64 bit Linux machines. This means that if you are having a 64 bit...

How To Clean Up Your Firefox Right Click Context Menu [Firefox Gyan]

<p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf5kAmxhhgguIWxzeYt3v6xopaAVrS-7oZh8muuov24Fulv0ggrPAidkaMqUVAAMHa7Ev-jLxg02DhMD5oOxDncfOkr10Q-G5Y5pAHYVJ69gONepkc9y-0KRdS6mqwwmNSz1cV8JfM6nk/s1600-h/firefox-context-menu-compacting%5B9%5D.png"><img alt="firefox-context-menu-compacting" border="0" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK6ItamudmMGOsO9dG2MVr4BbwbbBP53KP-hdj5rrE-H_GJylreR67waK9PD-f4opOHPm9CAl4FXalvmzeO100nqDbp0QfrgU2iJgr8CDf6wHHpbQ2BBnCGKTGBMVTCbDLN2KdVGTpQIc/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px; display: block" title="firefox-context-menu-compacting" width="450" /></a> </p> <p>The right click context menu of any average Joe Firefox user, tend to accumulate gunk as the number of extensions installed increases. </p> <p>Almost every extension adds an entry into the contextual menu, due to which the number of entries in the right click menu grows alarmingly huge. Since it is tedious to find a particular menu entry for a long list of entries, many users simply ignore the right click menu and get things done mainly from the tool bar menus.</p> <p>In today’s <a title="Click to get all articles on Firefox" href="http://www.dailygyan.com/search/label/Firefox">Firefox Gyan</a>, we show you how to clean up this right click menu, compact it, make it slim and trim and above all, how to make it much more useful.</p> <p>Say hello to the Firefox extension <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/710">Menu Editor</a> – a perfect solution for a messy context menu. This extension allows you to remove and rearrange the entries in the Firefox’s right click context menu. You can simply check off all those menu entries that you do not wish to be displayed and with a bit of experimentation and tweaking, you can produce a simple, clean and uncluttered context menu.</p> <p><a title="Click here to download Menu Editor from mozilla addons site" href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/710">Download Menu Editor</a></p> </p>

The right click context menu of any average Joe Firefox user, tend to accumulate gunk as the number of extensions installed increases. ...

The Highly Secretive Google Share Gadget And How You Can Use It In Your Blog

<p><p>If you have seen any page in Google Knol, like <a href="http://knol.google.com/k/anoop-engineer/gyan/3t225sj2sok1r/3#">this one</a>, then you would have noticed a Share widget in it. It is based on the <a href="http://www.google.com/s2/sharing/stuff">Google Share widget</a>, a service which Google doesn't like to talk much about. The home page of the widget doesn’t provide much information and Google doesn’t seem to be too interested in promoting it either.</p><p>We did some testing on this share gadget and found it to be highly usable and quite addictive. As a matter of fact, you don’t need to have even a Google account to use this widget which is a great advantage over the similar, competing gadget <a href="http://sharethis.com/publisher">ShareThis</a>, where you need to register to use it in your blog. Using this share widget, you can add a web page to your Google Shared stuff page, email the entire page or just its link to your friends, and bookmark the page in all social networking sites like delicious, digg, reddit, facebook etc.</p><p>The Google share gadget can be added to your blog or website quite easily. Just copy and past the following code where you want the link to appear. It adds a ‘<em>Share this post</em>’ link, which on clicking will display the Google Share Widget page.</p><p></p><textarea rows="10" cols="60" readonly="readonly"><a href="#" onclick="var a=document,b=a.createElement('script'),w=window,g={};g.altWindow=w.open('','_blank','height=370px,width=720px,toolbar=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no');setTimeout(function(){g.altWindow.focus()},1000);function f(o){try{var d=new google.share.EmailWidget(g);d.display()}catch(e){if(o>20)return;setTimeout(function(){f(o+1)},o<10?1<<o:1000)}};b.src='<a href="http://www.google.com/s2/sharing/js?script=socialsharing%27;a.body.appendChild%28b%29;f%280%29%22">http://www.google.com/s2/sharing/js?script=socialsharing';a.body.appendChild(b);f(0)"</a>>Share this post</a>

To spice up the link, you can use some images like this one, which has become a de-facto symbol for a share gadget. Try it out by clicking the below share gadget.

Share this

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Unlock All Protected & Hidden Features In Windows 7 With Blue Badge

<p><p>Windows 7 demoed in the PDC ‘08 contains some hidden features that are protected using special algorithms.</p> <p>These include features like desktop slideshow from files and RSS feeds and the touch based panning and gestures feature. Windows 7 (or rather the build used for PDC ‘08 - <em>Windows 7 PDC ‘08 build (6801)</em>)will enable this feature only if you login as a permanent Microsoft employee username using a Microsoft domain name.</p> <p>Windows hacker Rafael Rivera, famous for his <a href="http://www.withinwindows.com/uxtheme-patches/">uxtheme patch</a>, was quick enough to hack out a patch each time a new feature was discovered. The patch enabled one feature at a time.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqtdFM44SxtEZJE4BwmpZFd84s2BCM4VbkhSqsgmrqtoNG7idBBqd0quE8AL2yEgpW3bLEYXUCuTNovBaN0qkRKnpiuUQnfK3IyxsPpY0b9uESz45Tfdln-TP6nqcP5_zLblTa-iTsrAs/s1600-h/screenshot-blue-badge%5B4%5D.png"><img alt="screenshot-blue-badge" border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjASLev_5wy_kzXfQu9EQRv7B6U5EiKloP9ZhuweEfP1g5GvQSmRmF6tTdH2gt7VPpWza6WsS4oEEYeibmV2EOoPOCGGxS11NN5zLbBXZFBJwFM8Z0ZwHM012NOSMJlUdGdkDq18TjU19U/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-right-width: 0px" title="screenshot-blue-badge" width="388" /></a> </p> <p>Now he have gone ahead and made a small utility – Blue Badge that enables all hidden features in Windows 7, known to date. Blue Badge is currently available only for x86 machines. Be sure to backup the following files before you run this utility as it does not automatically backup the files it patches.</p> <ul> <li>\Windows\Explorer.exe </li> <li>\Windows\System32\wisptis.exe </li> <li>\Windows\System32\ieframe.dll </li> <li>\Windows\System32\shell32.dll </li> <li>\Windows\System32\stobject.dll </li> <li>\Windows\System32\TabletPC.cpl </li> <li>\Windows\System32\themecpl.dll </li> <li>\Windows\System32\themeui.dll </li> <li>\Windows\System32\powercfg.cpl </li> </ul> <p><a href="http://www.withinwindows.com/files/upf/BlueBadge_rev1_x86.zip">Download Blue Badge</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.withinwindows.com/2008/11/09/blue-badge-tool-now-available-unlocks-all-known-protected-features/">via Rivera’s Blog</a></p> </p>

Windows 7 demoed in the PDC ‘08 contains some hidden features that are protected using special algorithms. These include features like des...

5 Uses Of Gmail Other Than Emailing

<p>Of course you use Gmail. But for email, right? Did you know that you can use Gmail for a lot many other things too?<br /><h2>1. Use Gmail As A Free Online File Format Converter</h2><p>If you want to convert any office document to HTML format, think of nothing other than Gmail. <br />You don’t have to install third-party application like PDF2HTML or Adobe Acrobat for this. You can convert doc, xls, ppt, rtf, pdf files and the new Microsoft Office 2007 formats like docx, xlsx and pptx to HTML, absolutely free by using Gmail. <br />Just attach the document to a mail and send it to yourself. When you receive the mail open it and click “View as HTML”.<br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3AWBOa8wK7rSoCiTRTOlPDK96-S81eS6a4LHL4094CKJBfUU-BOec4O90ofDsgN9Zc_8wzUulWPFeKKQdMfou5lASCCGLvXE8uVsMHLyaCNI8SZFmIo1StfA8ThAI9IjBinTj7sL-KM/s1600-h/image10.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8qufGCki-2jpkiNyx1AbNm9qGHWMIZ9Xfo413mb3T-iU7MK0IF4yJI47-bPA1Sgrh7EjAGPxI1w0VdR-74vf2LHRmi0xpNt-ViIJCtkOHQdlhv-HoyBVD64KIaX08L1musysidqCLl0Y/?imgmax=800" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="image" width="318" /></a> <br /><br /></p><h2>2. Use Gmail As An MP3 Player</h2><p>If you want to try out a new audio player, try Gmail!<br />Send an mp3 file to yourself and see that Gmail contains an option to play it. Clicking it will open a flash MP3 player using which you can play the song without downloading it.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA0ZKhyF1fGV8JxUlpbYeeFFe9qgRxTi6eTL6WcvD_llB2fJwANNdqvsX8StI2PF3alMV8vkuUDebYsI0kOWrPIa8qbluhfwTVsG1HyURi-hUI1A2FdiTbaGigCrs7iAvJTAcQW8Y_wiU/s1600-h/gmailmp3player3.png"><img alt="gmail-mp3-player" border="0" height="90" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2DZypw1gPhT19bSQYaNk4dHSDtGTpoCxWVB_PzM1k_7KoHUoMH5_8aNgi4nYHxM4iV8L23EwubfXWuIoTT2ZrAUu_OfnUrzlyTFv10TJI8S4ZLtxd2-Cl52AfU-YBlhAUERjQz1jGIrM/?imgmax=800" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="gmail-mp3-player" width="454" /></a></p> <br /><br /><h2>3. Use Gmail As Your OpenID</h2><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVrUbqeH0EJmjBcfBUjBZdsX3ReEpoDXO6LAvjQlo8T8_w_yh8i7rfOFiP65JT3xYPaLyjK1XqqmLKizEkK2eTopUh2b5FYsO1VFqvwQbO6BV2Zai1ME8r-zg3d-a2viI4oHNRlq6PQ6I/s1600-h/image15.png"><img align="left" alt="image" border="0" height="87" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV5sc2JD7f-3hhRBu1Uj1WwVAcsxLD2ZdKIU3-qnKdb26m7HSNL94fTbQYTkS1h-T1F_2090gkDp2lCtiwVDUleJczD8-Ltek43OUOEC6SlEXX8QOn3kZZsbiJTa_9Pn5vFV0O1n2x5-0/?imgmax=800" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a> <br />You can use your Google account username and password to login at a number of sites like <a href="http://www.zoho.com/">Zoho</a> and <a href="http://www.plaxo.com/">Plaxo</a>. But what about the sites that accepts only a URL as an OpenID field?<br />Welcome to <a href="http://openid-provider.appspot.com/">openid-provider.appspot.com</a>. This site, built on Google App Engine, allows you to create a OpenID URL from your Google Account Credentials. Login with your Gmail username and password and the site will provide you a URL like <i>http://openid-provider.appspot.com/<username></i>, which you can use on regular OpenID accepting sites.</p><br /><br /><h2>4. Use Gmail As Your Online Storage</h2><p>Gmail provides a virtually unlimited online space that normal users find impossible to fill up with emails alone. So why not use the remaining space as your personal online file storage area?<br /><a href="http://www.viksoe.dk/code/gmail.htm">GMail Drive</a> is a shell extension for Windows that adds the Gmail storage as a disk in My Computer. All operations that you normally do with a regular hard drive – copy, paste, drag and drop, works for Gmail drive too. Just that the data is not residing in your computer but high up in Google clouds.<br />Linux users can try out <a href="http://richard.jones.name/google-hacks/gmail-filesystem/gmail-filesystem.html">GmailFS</a> which provides similar functionality as GMail Drive in windows. Using this tool, you can mount your Gmail storage space as a file system and transfer files between them just like any other disks.</p><br /><br /><h2>5. Use Gmail To Play Snakey</h2><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2NgRc2fsFfwGZzhjsPiZCGP2FBdzbS-qtDSZYTcYJ5uHuFwFIxkduFU9PiGLIBBpWdtdM3ni2v769Oc7DFUK6Bx0_k4Hz4SQ_5VeqFmlu-CJjsHdTzr8zuMJbxvX53OsyoNrjADRwcdo/s1600-h/snake%5B3%5D.jpg"><img align="left" alt="snake" border="0" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFfEKZ_JFg0VxfZHwWSd9jh1rsGW38NEXcMJOU7FA52-NwUIWbf6R4mRAkkYhGhm2awbZqG2yeP-fsmeHWhzk34FHMDHaKFQ2eXa-M4CwZuxNWzIfnh4qW_ugWwij9shX4pVGZotmeU1c/?imgmax=800" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0px;" title="snake" width="244" /></a> <br />If all that emails are making you bored, try the game that comes packed with Gmail.<br />Gmail labs contains a game – Old Snakey, that you first need to enable from the settings pane in order to play. Go to Gmail <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/#settings">settings</a> –> <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/#settings/labs">Labs</a> and set the Old Snakey radio button to enabled. Now, return back to inbox and hit the ‘&’ key to start the game.</p><div style="clear: both;"><br /><br /><h2>Bonus Tip: Convert A List of URLs Into Clickable Links</h2><p>Have a list of URLs in plain text (like <a href="http://www.dailygyan.com/2008/07/100-most-oldest-websites-in-intenet.html">this one</a>) that you would like to convert into HTML clickable links? <br />Just email that list to your Gmail id. Open the email and you can see that Gmail has converted all the URLs to links. Copy that HTML and paste anywhere, like into an excel sheet.<br /></p><p>Do you know of any other interesting uses for Gmail? Tell us in the comments.</p><br /><b>Related:</b> <a href="http://www.dailygyan.com/2008/07/access-gmail-even-when-it-is-blocked.html">Access Gmail Even When It Is Blocked</a></div></p>

Of course you use Gmail. But for email, right? Did you know that you can use Gmail for a lot many other things too? 1. Use Gmail As A Free O...

Create an iPhone Version Of Your Blog In Minutes With InterSquash

<p><p><a href="http://intersquash.com/">InterSquash</a> is a new web application that lets you iPhone-ize any website or blog that has an RSS feed.</p> <p>Visit <a href="http://intersquash.com/">InterSquash</a>, provide your feed URL, upload an optional 57 x 57 pixel homepage icon and it churns out a short JavaScript snippet that you need to place anywhere between <head> and </head> of your site. The JavaScript detects whether the browser is an iPhone or iPhone touch browser and redirect such users to an IPhone-ized version of your site hosted at InterSquash.</p> <p>Watch this video made by the creator of this web app - <a href="http://twitter.com/JonWheatley">Jon Wheatley</a></p> <p> <div style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px; display: inline" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:95263052-e46a-44a9-99ee-c7cf09e0d04d" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><div><object height="271" width="433"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2190773&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2190773&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="433" height="271"></embed></object>.</div></div> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://intersquash.com/">InterSquash</a> | <a href="http://yesthat.com/2008/11/08/launching-a-new-miniapp-intersquashcom/">from yesthat.com</a></p> </p>

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Automatically Clear Firefox Search Bar After Each Search [Firefox Privacy]

<p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiReE_Paipa52cF8TN3jrUFHw4sE2cV6j_Fcy6wvTYuqNGVBiKTURMCksjOdyOSFNrg1SSERF4Dz7YiRigCTVYyZx05jbr5utFnL7E0g_r0nZFpJknMT-cusPEzyVwdD8PHHIULR8per5g/s1600-h/image%5B4%5D.png"><img align="left" alt="image" border="0" height="87" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaaF5psyx9YBlo33_X40qNgDP9Wk_2OwUIpuVjUlUoUVb_VUuWb_QG1SWmmHjMdLS_caW611qx24SXT7brDMG7Mu5Gux_PMPmuwjtD07sBWtgSjh89x7ekcZKv6n_7dP1c8D2OmpcgplQ/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0px; display: inline; border-right-width: 0px" title="image" width="244" /></a>Firefox has a habit of leaving your last search query in the search bar openly visible to all onlookers and snoopers, which many considers as an intrusion into their privacy.</p> <p>In today’s <a href="http://www.dailygyan.com/search/label/Firefox">Firefox Gyan</a>, we show you how you can automatically clear out a query from the Firefox’s search bar on pressing enter.</p> <p><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1172">Searchbar Autosizer</a> was intended as an extension that could resize your search bar dynamically as you type so that the search bar can be reduced to a very small size when not being used. However the feature that we are interested in this post is its ability to clear the search bar on submitting a search query.</p> <p>Steps to follow:</p> <ul> <li>Install <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1172">Searchbar Autosizer</a> from Mozilla addons site. </li> <li>Restart Firefox. </li> <li>Select Tools –> Addons. Select Searchbar Autosizer and hit Options. </li> <li>Select Advanced button. Ensure that the “Empty searchbar when a query is submitted” is checked. </li> <li>Click OK. </li> </ul> <p>If you find that the search bar is too small after installing this addon, you can change the default size from the Advanced screen. From now on, any search query entered into the search bar will be cleared when you hit enter.</p> <p>Bonus tip: If going through all the above screens and dialogs seems to much pain, use the about:config way. To enable auto clearing of search bar set <code>browser.search.cleanOnSubmit</code> to true. To disable this, set its value to false.</p> <p><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1172">Searchbar Autosizer</a></p> </p>

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Google Chrome To Get A New Bookmark Manager

<p><p>Latest Chromium builds have undergone a major overhaul in the bookmark management section and these changes can be soon expected to be brought into Google Chrome.</p> <p>The most notable change is the introduction of a bookmark manager (which looks very much similar to the Firefox bookmarks library). </p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKFSLyztWDmvqR4tCwQP_r-NFo0nGk0ykejMyo5757KWse33MX3R3yEvEDCkEqgKrn4uURc1wDpj1RtfLR6GQXP-zBjrC7aRqn7bZZ6MXGe5jU2u9GeNISIOlzUGmZphkJWArUwonF3k/s1600-h/chromium-bookmark-manager%5B4%5D.png"><img alt="chromium-bookmark-manager" border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyHmgDIG9RnKBiCrlfG1etybZRerUq-VBoTeVezE3oBGGC8u5baBHPlxAU5OmPk6tWkZcBcLyhbG4KLaDV1VhhoPclMDHEKflfdpIawoxzdGtFJQzHVrGqR_3_-eCgQxx8vhdtIPGxRVs/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-right-width: 0px" title="chromium-bookmark-manager" width="454" /></a> </p> <p>Chromium also get the capability to Import from HTML and export to HTML formats. It can now import your bookmarks in Google Bookmarks. Currently, Chromium bookmarks are not synchronized with the Google Bookmarks after an import.</p> <p>You can get the latest Chromium builds <a href="http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/chromium-rel-xp/?C=M;O=D">here</a>.</p> <p><strong>Related:</strong> <a href="http://www.dailygyan.com/2008/10/complete-guide-to-make-yourself_28.html">The Complete Guide to Make You An Ultimate Google Chrome Jedi Warrior</a></p> <p>[<a href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/11/google-chrome-to-improve-bookmark.html">via</a>]</p></p>

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Read Your Emails In Any RSS Reader With MailOnFeed

<p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ng-c2rPltR3wkWwbyN-g8h7Tbk8iowXydYxLZ0sZL0kJkWU3gHct4lYfl5tsKoYs8DvWuPtWTbSIavQ3sFebiZLPX-8yHJBbOsLplZSLSHkR0XkgvVGY8hsy6V7Fe1E8gemLqhVyl3U/s1600-h/image%5B14%5D.png"><img align="left" alt="image" border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYsS3K2WZpiKL5TvRIp4X7a1EL8vD0Y9pHuOtUNS_0JPhWCCR6aU8eAjVr95jHyNMiuaoTAb6GAsJAXnrPPO9So_Cf_lASJEcA4MDW1AY9eyMq6fi4EwrRA0-CDZcsvLzuhVvyC7nN-8/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0px; display: inline; border-right-width: 0px" title="image" width="244" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.mailonfeed.com/">MailOnFeed</a> is a free service that converts your emails into RSS feeds that can be then be read in your favorite feed reader like Google Reader or Bloglines.</p> <p></p> <p>MailOnFeed currently supports only IMAP accounts, though POP3 and SSL Feed support are expected to be implemented soon.</p> <p>The service is still in beta phase and users are encouraged to file a bug report if they found one.</p> <p>Now let’s see how one can benefit from such a tool:</p> <p>1. If Gmail is blocked in your office, then you can convert the mail to an RSS feed so that you can read the mails at work. Those who want a better way to unblock Gmail at work can <a href="http://www.dailygyan.com/2008/07/access-gmail-even-when-it-is-blocked.html">visit this page</a>.</p> <p>2. If you are a frequent user of a RSS reader, then it makes sense to consolidate all your to-be-read data into a single application. This will avoid continuous switching between your email client and RSS reader.</p> <p>Can think of any other scenarios where this will help you? Share it in the comments.</p> <p><a href="http://www.mailonfeed.com/">MailOnFeed</a></p> </p>

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Why Linux Is Going To Fail

<p><p>My first attempt at a cartoon. <a href="http://www.toondoo.com">Toondoo</a> is great. Check it out.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvNZgb3Sanh3XlLJBvayg4KK3TT3C1WxxXJJPAy_wz_DQP1siXtxDPGmYQnK9fdszJsMbsXQWKpT-ji8Ai373dOqV4tF2WprBaPD8uz5Ikm8S1MvkQA0W2fFfC_8tR6anLdbudRucumJI/s1600-h/why-linux-will-fail%5B4%5D.png"><img alt="why-linux-will-fail" border="0" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVf8LuT0_1nJJzRlW7sagT3aWfXztI-AUdtepSLHFVStSs5d4jJfmB79emXkFAWCMLVUrvTyceylki8qIsKOcZbEG1n59xamWlLSg7IEd-GDrpPbnNfPG02T9Dz9AdawB1gEXk7MUkaUc/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; display: inline" title="why-linux-will-fail" width="470" /></a> </p> <p>Click on the image to view a large picture.</p> </p>

My first attempt at a cartoon. Toondoo is great. Check it out. Click on the image to view a large picture.

Can’t Stop Yourself From Surfing The Web? Try LeechBlock.

<p><p>If those endless web browsing sessions are affecting your productivity, if your boss is expecting a document from you before catching a flight and if you are still at Google Reader, it is time to install <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4476">LeechBlock</a>.</p> <p>LeechBlock is a Firefox extension that you can <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4476">get here</a> (<a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/downloads/file/34613/leechblock-0.4.2.2-fx.xpi">direct download link</a>). After installation, you need to add names of sites that tend to waste your time mostly to the LeechBlock options pane (Tools –> LeechBlock –> Options). You can also configure the time during which a particular site need to be blocked. If you prefer not to visit YouTube.com during your office hours from 9AM – 6PM, you can configure that here.</p> <p>Now, enable LeechBlock by selecting Tools –> LeechBlock –> Lockdown. Any further attempts to access a blocked site will result in this page:</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Ddw8i1qgtpvbLqHkzoiBUACDeeLLWC84CS75k7Tg_MqeCWHYUDil2nXHFYvzUX1qrilQxxCCVwog-KqxwEhaKfOmGCLajVt9nkc7l_kL9euJk_-xhyphenhyphenXHEWQOuHr2qyIwTeqb074qMrs/s1600-h/image%5B10%5D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyWLq4PIpkVByMIP1YVUVaGnQ0X2_ZTHqOHMYhWWY0A_5ADJ5z9pE1sZ0YiSzqjUL2B6EyXudZhiruNV9XxcvK1LRDHNxWpaRoVvQVKmI0Vxsg3jqWxO3PeOhCXxEo41nUx9DFdvar-9w/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px; display: block" title="image" width="454" /></a> </p> <p>If you are an extreme web junkie with compulsive browsing syndrome, you might disable LeechBlock from the options pane, disable the extension or even uninstall it. To prevent you from doing this, LeechBlock comes with built-in remedial measures. Go to the Options pane and tick the “Prevent access to options for this block set at times when these sites are blocked.” checkbox. You can also set a password to enable access to the LeechBlock options from the General tab. General tab also contains two boxes that you can check to disable the uninstall and disable extension buttons.</p> <p><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4476">LeechBlock Addons Page</a> | <a href="http://www.proginosko.com/leechblock.html">Developer site</a></p> </p>

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10 Online Photo Editors That You Definitely Need to Bookmark

<p><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Online image editors are in a rage these days. Everyday, you hear about the release of a new online photo editor that claims to be the next big thing. <br />From among the great number of online editors, we have hand picked some of the best ones that we found to be are noteworthy. With each site description, we have tried to tell you how or what feature of the editor forced us to include it in the list.<br />To bookmark this page in delicious, you can use <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.dailygyan.com/2008/11/10-online-photo-editors-that-you.html&title=10%20Online%20Photo%20Editors%20That%20You%20Definitely%20Need%20to%20Bookmark">this link</a>.<br /><br /><h2> 1. Picnik</h2><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikIeSsLXhvvPJ8kddjT-VylQiWfWi5s0N7ITwTyWOlenxXIXThoGa7040toxzJXQvp027yeka8cNo5EcVyQypOTL5rXcslSVmT4gyRO-3obBfMAgxGJO5G-bU-kg3UdrByxemapPB9XN8/s1600-h/image5.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRDOTwmxNonZwcE-1H9wA5ZE7EluQnCqXjrl4v7Aamu-5XIun-hUYBsZS5mQVIG_7HesmR0SLS53lqz61cQuIBnKm_9ki0o-aJhmKjVOQ_d7NIXBwn-t32kJK6tNLYmL2oubyLH7Q2nXQ/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="image" width="470" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.picnik.com/">Picnik</a> seems to be the most popular online image editor in this list. The interface of the site is beautiful, responsive and can put many desktop applications to shame. You don’t need to know anything about photo editing to use Picnik. Most noteworthy feature is its integration with other Web2.0 services. You can pull photos directly from most photo sharing sites such as Flickr, Picasa Web Albums, Facebook, Photobucket and pretty much provide any image URL to start editing it.<br /><a href="http://www.picnik.com/">Picnik.com</a> | <a href="http://delicious.com/save?url=http://www.picnik.com&title=Picnik%20Online%20Image%20Editor">Bookmark on delicious</a><br /><br /><h2> 2. Splashup</h2><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf7p-SxO865ddFubsIU1WqdzVlKZ9-z66xxLLuzj3HAkkziWAeBPPrdofmhiKhEt9Xyhn-kQKuipNdqyIj9lZHpGvdHWCnCnbc7XqyI8-tcgbYDMRcLwh_yI6HuTXnKpdg437pNgTtEpc/s1600-h/image18.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH5sPYYWsV3bw2oLduUQ0jg5Psw3KxRBhkyO50RQnqtMytjaiQMK6IEAsq517Wpjn_4diU7b7JjCTTqJA37tgBrv2WWZYOJfwNB2dzv1Yo9TdddWxv8FBikMheAQKWw8OrETsXr4-V4k0/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="image" width="470" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.splashup.com/">Splashup</a>, earlier known as Fauxto, is a web based photo editor that looks just like a desktop application. Users coming from Photoshop should feel right at home with this editor.<br />You can open files from your computer or from all popular photo sharing sites. You can open multiple images in a tabbed environment. It supports the concept of layers, like Gimp and Photoshop. Splashup also has the ability to import images from your webcam.<br /><a href="http://www.splashup.com/">Splashup.com</a> | <a href="http://delicious.com/save?url=http://splashup.com&title=Splashup">Bookmark on delicious</a><br /><br /><h2> 3. Pixlr</h2><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBC3lBsvRxKiOzmjn4yCKhBDLZn3L87doEaQ8GHb9IDHKo53vig_bDzirtKft_oCanfj-_PrmbhwRjG2OrL6yvhwMhyxIq0fDCSLXARCd-a_pQsrLNbG7kftUjveR-8WSbYcAm825Gsc/s1600-h/image26.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUaiRO_GBqTTge51fElzjgfs3peXNnETBG7YCwItjAJ6YUPgdAPkw_WaYylA1jyMWdE1NeltPOZjcea5OfHQbakCSjwa_7OPn6ftPCwcM-LUcu5o2JU5kbwq45FPmKQDVUDimy8ZcEetc/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="image" width="470" /></a> <br />Relatively new into the arena, but have made quite a big fan fare in a short time. <a href="http://www.pixlr.com/app/">Pixlr</a> described as Photoshop in a browser, continues to amaze many.<br />It lacks features like importing from other sites like flickr, but you can still open an image by specifying its URL. <br /><a href="http://pixlr.com/">Pixlr.com</a> | <a href="http://delicious.com/save?url=http://pixlr.com/&title=Pixlr">Bookmark on delicious</a><br /><br /><h2> 4. Snipshot</h2><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT3KIyCJmO7wrnHlyMEJG7FOve2iZPPP2AIr6fndFWyG9KQb7FA3S-13ZAb1zNmi0BCthSLZaD2_m4JC4v4BRy4RNWXvQHp1VqIKrtt_D0xkDJ6kEZkwa9ThOK6gpgno0jPvgcJ4QMPfs/s1600-h/image6.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM2iQq7xzEJonbIYr_U3ykZ0Jy7g2WqpDbgwopNn5fyTmdz4QDynQv3l6xQnyYVjki4gMpWp-23WRvgm9NPaykpS0Zhom2ciSZnBL6tgzSKxPYP-xpKlgekj0vCr_6yKJIiKrqYI_hR5k/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="image" width="470" /></a> <br />Unlike the three editors mentioned above, <a href="http://snipshot.com/">Snipshot</a> is not a flash based editor. It’s a highly responsive, Ajax powered image editor. So, this should be your choice if stranded in a computer having no flash plugins. You can import photos stored in your computer or from the web by mentioning its address. You can also import photos from flickr using a bookmarklet. Snipshot allows you to export and save your photos in a number of different formats - JPG, PNG, TIF, BMP and even PDF and Photoshop PSD.<br /><a href="http://snipshot.com/">Snipshot.com</a> | <a href="http://delicious.com/save?url=http://snipshot.com/&title=Snipshot">Bookmark on delicious</a><br /><br /><h2> 5. Pixenate</h2><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjrY7NM5fV1M6dYoSALhfBTjYPIwCMsyMgZkXY25rBKhcR7KQ7OX82RJbUuDCk6mAZdoOnnwYW9CY3ti7D0ENztzZKfeylSTNT-7ghyYp8rOjxbY3Sr2nrDXYCkA4g4hn94vhNFavIJR8/s1600-h/image12.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3l4lg4QgmLWkJ5NOPTOg2grLxs8MiG191PJY5JDLA0Y988WXgw2tdUmrMlL5Nh7UBFr4fCJrvRmgPr2NYOioTClM_UFwhKZWdIz_pR-yIqZcf-G-g4UPorGgx8nsYTFOt_2f5IWnjQQ/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="image" width="470" /></a> <br /><a href="http://pixenate.com/">Pixenate</a>, formerly called PXN8 is a simple but intuitive application. With a straight forward interface, it lets you play with all its features relatively easy compared to others. You can edit photos stored in your computer or import from a web site and save also save the edited photo back to your flickr account.<br /><a href="http://pixenate.com/">Pixenate.com</a> | <a href="http://delicious.com/save?url=http://pixenate.com/&title=Pixenate">Bookmark on delicious</a><br /><br /><h2> 6. Picture2Life</h2><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtXBqhP9j2DNV48eBf2c9zdzlverKS5GDmp3JSDAa5AmHI8vQ3pRkDIYtEpibMQxn8iLguDvhEGmCbMzXyI884pqvXuJylBdgDLcGXdIB99LsX3FFjmlgcKZD10qWEAMvhbGXZ86oCXeg/s1600-h/image181.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjRNExDrBxno4Amp68f40wmhDB0q29_eHwSPHNKPgwvfai7hQ3fAe-XxUSEYLXTrpxgukrGk9rmbmW4Al-UffklU5X4SkspHzNwBfuKDI0sJL7E4nbAyqCnRNNGaiDyQ-CyUk9N9yhTQ/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="image" width="470" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.picture2life.com/">Picture2life</a> is just another online image editor. But what makes it stand apart is the radical UI design for an image editor. Unlike all classical picture editors with toolboxes and a number of buttons, Picture2life has a descriptive side panel stacked into four vertical tabs – Quick Fixes, One Clicks, All and Featured. Selecting any tab replaces the sidebar with a new sidebar that contains a number of options like Brightness, Color, Contrast etc. But, instead of showing them as buttons, it takes your picture and shows you how the picture will look if the effect is applied and uses this as thumbnails for the buttons. Pretty useful for beginners who don’t know the difference between stuff like hue and saturation (and that includes us).<br /><a href="http://www.picture2life.com/">Picture2life.com</a> | <a href="http://delicious.com/save?url=http://www.picture2life.com&title=Picture2life">Bookmark on delicious</a><br /><br /><h2> 7. LunaPic</h2><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1R3d2l67AqIDCnz2TuAiJmMoWS4Ak3LSGwV65fno9E0C04qZ08qa99Vl1hK_nFVG-yrQzKiZuTR9H3ADKk9xxjwpa-D0EUFYlrzHIwvNWIxCg1KOEOClQqXr6MB1_gyUq2GrQtRZqDE/s1600-h/image%5B17%5D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDk4CgIw_7V6_qMCj3lJergHWJfU02lvzw3-PsZTqF9BkFUwsQ53rcCHjKyQBgnJGUDNp3RsHqeDAXLfg8Pr_F08Tt5khkrDWN7x6aWRj9BmkO8s7kR1E38EK-mR16g6_Bt2m44SngDpQ/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="image" width="470" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.lunapic.com/editor/">LunaPic</a> isn’t as jazzy as the other image editors in this list. However, this one provides ability to convert your images to animated GIF files, which differentiates it from others. There are a couple of ready made fancy animation effects, that you can apply to your photo. This is an apt tool for creating your social network profile image – for Facebook, MySpace etc.<br /><a href="http://www.lunapic.com/editor/">LunaPic.com</a> | <a href="http://delicious.com/save?url=http://www.lunapic.com/editor/&title=LunaPic">Bookmark on delicious</a><br /><br /><h2> 8. FotoFlexer</h2><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ZzeHAyG7mQbIjC36mJffrN8pnovluZzAo51Gy5RMZxvZ1J9u2sc3f86g0tP8sS0mGoPdbDyHjZrUVyWm9Aqkht9UkNlONvGw_N8vVNaUsYwdyyeJye0sxO8csPm1cmedkRDx-NhUIo0/s1600-h/image24.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_IJeNapIDCZ2hoQnX3BT9Zlk92V39AC6mtczXceJzHgO6-bl0QtgyZ5FRgK3W8EmS68nMtGc_UswyGveeIrg8Nx32-bkvH78XrEzXql9BYortzFBW_1OzNtAQP_d2N03rycs8PBbwUcU/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="image" width="470" /></a> <br />Want to have a Picasa running in your browser? Try <a href="http://fotoflexer.com/">FotoFlexer</a>. It describes itself as the most powerful online digital photo editor in existence. If you are searching for a feature in online picture editors, then FotoFlexer has it.<br /><a href="http://fotoflexer.com/">FotoFlexer.com</a> | <a href="http://delicious.com/save?url=http://fotoflexer.com&title=Fotoflexer">Bookmark on delicious</a><br /><br /><h2> 9. Adobe Photoshop Express</h2><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8V6yNFi4EY8BbMyNEbGJ_T7ZZoAVifpNKKvv1YVEQR1RlqwyQgJJ-g2Q8x0X56fU875zd5QtYa2ZUtyaRzQ_daGoO_aDzZ2JRyrn1Q1NHtudxnuz_-STSG28vopG5gVFmgIs3cegNCXg/s1600-h/image30.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglpDoeMhGTggBL5BcF4QeLa5Vh0OgMlkUTJE1Dp244Y-JWb6OUMeVbon9vOwvxayqDtVY8l0xrhnssBHzvEb4IH8d2r3GV_3SAi5Rd3UzNi989K_mMiiO0Gv9WU_dH7BGrxyNFqx892xg/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="image" width="470" /></a> <br />If it’s from Adobe, it’s gonna be big. <a href="https://www.photoshop.com/express/landing.html">Photoshop express</a>, apart from being an <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html">photo editor</a>, also acts as a photo organizer and online photo storage. It provides up to 2 GB of online space and ability to create and share albums which distinguishes it from other online image editors.<br /><a href="https://www.photoshop.com/express/landing.html">www.photoshop.com/express/</a> | <a href="http://delicious.com/save?url=https://www.photoshop.com/express/landing.html&title=Adobe%20Photoshop%20Express">Bookmark on delicious</a><br /><br /><h2> 10. Aviary</h2><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHmDYmevJOewpe5Y6gafVZwPbA45HycoDrBtYM9LdiHAbyR8WrZXDfbyUmbmV1rUjohu6cJ0trs6Ll5ddTRSjIbG0RcaPoGXIm3V8i-aFMO69mfXPc6EbOQGSssaH17xuP6vQdrCOW7fc/s1600-h/image%5B6%5D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVu9aTZhDreuIQQ8fBWqhZDr3rTAR3BU161zFPnKiYcmLc_bhYxNXMrIh-Wrfv-UCN5zYR7IjpnK_1yBRh7l_AT9Xo_qaE5wsr6HblZeWODvFSsxGIHMQzWXvepLu8ZN79uX7Dld3vdxE/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="image" width="470" /></a> <br /><a href="http://aviary.com/">Aviary</a> is a suite of 4 tools among which Phoenix – an online image editor is the one which we are interested right now. Phoenix is a very powerful image editor that can be said as a true competitor for Photoshop, just that this one runs from a browser. The <a href="http://a.viary.com/tools/phoenix#">Phoenix page</a> contains many videos on using it to produce some stunning photo effects. <br /><a href="http://a.viary.com/home">A.viary.com</a> | <a href="http://delicious.com/save?url=http://a.viary.com/home&title=Aviary">Bookmark on delicious</a><br /><br />Did we miss anyone important? What is your favorite online image editor? Tell us in the comments.</div></p>

Online image editors are in a rage these days. Everyday, you hear about the release of a new online photo editor that claims to be the next ...

Firefox Gets Private Browsing Mode

<p><p>Private browsing comes to Firefox 3.</p> <p>Private browsing mode aka porn mode is a feature that almost all modern browsers like IE8 and Google Chrome supports. In private browsing mode, the browser doesn’t store any information about the user’s session in the computer. The cache, history, text entered into text boxes are all gone the instant you close the browser. Though feared to be abused for porn surfing, the private browsing has many real life, valuable uses like checking out your banking site from an internet cafe, shopping for surprise gifts for your loved ones from a family computer etc. These are the various use cases that <a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/PrivateBrowsing">Mozilla wiki</a> predicts for the private browsing mode:</p> <blockquote> <p>Many people believe that the primary use case for private browsing mode is viewing pornography. While viewing pornography may be a popular use case due to the nature of content on the Web, assuming that this is the only reason that users need private browsing trivializes the overall feature. For instance, users may wish to begin a private browsing session to research a medical condition, or plan a surprise vacation or birthday party for a loved one. Use cases will range from users <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330884">cheating</a> on their spouse, to users buying engagement rings. Given the breadth of our user base, specific use cases are likely to be extremely varied. </p> </blockquote> <p>Private browsing took a while to come to Firefox because of the fundamental architectural limitations of the platform. This feature has been added to the latest Firefox 3.1 nightly builds (named as MineField). Visit <a href="http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/">this link</a> to download Firefox 3.1 nightly for Windows, Linux and Mac.</p> <p>Once installed, you can start private mode by selecting Tools –>Private Browsing.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JVWzOlW91xubRjksR4dGp-As24S_vCvPu1h8IXHt5qdFRj-xA2TdYTMfBk6plYs1EM3DuUshe7uy1d8J0_AOTOLZ7RMolxqj3B7CUbE0uEqpzEOiiZ78Tkic_hlvUowIeI36cauOdQk/s1600-h/firefox-private-mode-1%5B6%5D.png"><img alt="firefox-private-mode-1" border="0" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifGzqwBXHokFPcwNbZv69EaFqlyTRbWrd2VmUk9r0wOjXiBoVzx5Jlknw6yG1KvzSrWEfRZ-SNQi5mqLRJxQfbYdljSBTVhA2YnthytNF00DXUtpbta5dfdtjxTWqv8FZZyi3CBKcyKA/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; display: inline" title="firefox-private-mode-1" width="454" /></a> </p> <p>A quirk with Firefox Private Browsing is that you cannot have normal sessions and private sessions happening together. You need to close all your current tabs and windows before switching to private mode. Firefox can save all your current tabs and windows and reopen then once the private session is over.</p> <p>Firefox displays this dialog box when you select Private Browsing.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMiPIDYXK_qCyb7FEeVDcBsJW5Df6MoA97D2HI_k555DSNbuorjqLylF0vQz5uMLEyThuyCUTw8B9IWTgN9MiBitpuu8Zjk9FwLYvKGESSKoJdb3j97ILLGFTfOncWvYhzm5XNQpobFk/s1600-h/firefox-private-mode-2%5B4%5D.png"><img alt="firefox-private-mode-2" border="0" height="121" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP4Q4fpG3m76yMjxUYcrqLi3QfMtiNVGt940wra480Hm-VwCpeCN5jylH_eVlFI50Du50Jaf9_uhIjJgfS3Z5mguUOOFp8zuJq0JDg78p1Yd0kGqb41ncdi5u-w2Gh8dmZw4JLc0CmW_Q/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; display: inline" title="firefox-private-mode-2" width="454" /></a> </p> <p>On clicking Start Private Browsing, the normal tabs and windows will be closed and a new window as the one below will be shown.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHB22TTuXNX3_gZMmC9v1DRxqksUylBhM7nQroHw0Cor0q8lsdl9qHH89TvfJbKwNFEUG_H7eFXaQU5u-JY4b0KYCBX5j3IrNBtzJ2BCnFfTWzgrOA-j3vybL8Qd2N3SS4FHf010H3EHA/s1600-h/firefox-private-mode-3%5B5%5D.png"><img alt="firefox-private-mode-3" border="0" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJuKCriEaNi9NOmoR_zRBiK3SFUXu94UAXEyHAnfmAv9vAXcj89Mzrp2R619z3_oo1qWHZIClFhKCxXTHukdBjGsxFiXaVjUNHfoY0K7SMsTt0uflArRLkNVB01IeynewbeMEII2abyRc/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; display: inline" title="firefox-private-mode-3" width="450" /></a> </p> <p>The only way to identify between a normal mode window and a private browsing windows is the title text. Note that the above windows title says “Private Browsing”.</p> <p>Once you are done, to return to the normal mode, select Tools –> Private Browsing. This will close the private session windows and tabs and reopen the last normal mode tabs.</p> <p>If you want Firefox to always start in private mode, set the value of <em>browser.privatebrowsing.autostart</em> to true from about:config. </p> <p>If you do not want to see the warning message on selecting Private browsing, set <em>browser.privatebrowsing.dont_prompt_on_enter</em> to true.</p> <p>Thanks <a href="http://ehsanakhgari.org/blog/2008-11-04/dont-leave-trace-private-browsing-firefox">Ehsan Akhgari</a></p> </p>

Private browsing comes to Firefox 3. Private browsing mode aka porn mode is a feature that almost all modern browsers like IE8 and Google ...

Turn Your Blog Into A Tabloid [Daily Web App]

<p><div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://www.tabbloid.com/'>Tabbloid.com</a> takes a RSS feed and converts it into a tabloid style, two column, ready to print PDF file. You can then schedule to periodically receive updates as a PDF file or download the current PDF file immediately.<br />You can add mulitple RSS feeds or URLs and have Tabbloid mash them together for you. Tabbloid describes itself as a HP hatchling project (though we are unable to find out what that means. If you know, please share it in the comments). Try it out <a href='http://www.tabbloid.com/'>here</a>.<br />What uses can you think of such a service? Well, we can think of the following:<br /><ol><li>If you have not-so-tech-savvy parents or friends, who find RSS difficult to understand, you can have Tabbloid to mail your blogs as a PDF file to them, periodically.</li><li>Great for offline reading. </li><li>Easy to give a sample of your blog at any trade shows, conferences and events, much like a broshure.</li><li>Much better to use this for taking printouts of blogs as it uses a much compact layout and hence can save paper.</li></ol>Can think of any more uses? Tell us in the comments.</div></p>

Tabbloid.com takes a RSS feed and converts it into a tabloid style, two column, ready to print PDF file. You can then schedule to periodica...

Google India Official Blog Launched

<p><div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div align='center'><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9fSZXFnM0E8avMtVm4CNJVDeCMWqVlbGY-KIZy7Jilw8h0pQUbwMXIIlkT5TDV_7YNEGqD3eoXfaQ3xv5TFzMU9FqUthOB_Yq0RFKijeIjGoVRVFv1IOlu599wEse5TUa0ta3qf27Pq4/?imgmax=800" style="max-width: 800px;"/><br /></div><br />Google India now has an Official Blog. Some interesting stuff from there:<br /><blockquote>Google has a lot going on in India: We have offices in four cities. We're building some new, interesting products—like <a href='http://mapmaker.google.com/'>Google Map Maker</a> and many others on <a href='http://labs.google.co.in/'>India Labs</a> — for Indian users. We have great aloo parathas in our cafes. And we have the largest number of Googlers outside the United States. But ... we didn't have an official blog where we could talk about the exciting things we're working on.<br /><br />Fortunately, that last one is an easy problem to solve: Today, we're delighted to announce the start of our Official Google India Blog.<br /></blockquote><br /><a href='http://googleindia.blogspot.com/'>Google India Official Blog</a> | <a href='http://googleindia.blogspot.com/atom.xml'>Atom Feed</a></div></p>

Google India now has an Official Blog. Some interesting stuff from there: Google has a lot going on in India: We have offices in four cities...

Turn Google Docs Into A Distraction-Free Writing Tool

<p><p>Ever wished to hide all the bells and whistles in <a href="http://docs.google.com/">Google Docs</a> so that you could concentrate more on the writing part? Here is how to turn Google Docs into the ultimate distraction free writing tool.</p> <p>After opening any document in Google Docs, hit Ctrl-Shift-F to go full-screen. Now, change Firefox to full screen mode by hitting F11 key.</p> <p>Thanks <a href="http://twitter.com/rael/statuses/986552160">Rael</a></p> </p>

Ever wished to hide all the bells and whistles in Google Docs so that you could concentrate more on the writing part? Here is how to turn G...

Increase or Decrease the Playback Speed of YouTube Videos [HowTo]

<p><p>Often, we wish that YouTube provided a built-in and easy way for slowing down the videos, so that we could get a better look into that <a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dance+tutorial&search_type=&aq=f">dance tutorial</a>, get a good look at the funny <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63WWIjzaPWs">mallu dance</a> or how to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_FzgtLVzbI">learn to moon walk like Michael Jackson</a>. Also, it would have been really useful if there was a mechanism to increase the speed of video playback so that videos like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEWaI0OeZOY">this one</a>, will steal only less time from your life.</p> <p>The company called <a href="http://www.enounce.com/index.html">Enounce</a> made a utility just for this purpose. <a href="http://secure.enounce.com/myspeed.php">The Enounce MySpeed™ Plug-In for YouTube</a> is utility for Windows XP and Vista, which after installation, runs in your system tray. Whenever you visit a YouTube video page (in fact any page that contains a flash video), it shows a little slider using which you can change the video playback speed.</p> <p><img alt="myspeedslider" border="0" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvzVhVUAJIa6Nu-Ac6Mv2nq37j0fEQbYa3Q171j9cLivLld1Nj-P9ymJBoTuamZlLqvDkWao6S2ZhtpqGB3H7RD-4UO_ARs6BSPvxDV2VVhtCg0_vOxRORlEMUjBtAYDVXBkrJB8dmxZU/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block; border-right-width: 0px" title="myspeedslider" width="376" /> </p> <p>1.0 is the normal playback speed. Set the slider to anything less than 1.0 and you can slow down the video. Taking the slider above 1.0, increases the speed of video playback. A very good feature is that this utility doesn’t distort the audio even at high playback speeds. It eats less memory (about 7 Mb) and will not hog your system.</p> <h4>Required OS</h4> <p>Windows XP or Vista</p> <h4>Browser</h4> <p>Internet Explorer 6 or 7 or Firefox 2 or 3 (Google Chrome, Safari and Opera works, but is experimental).</p> <h4>Flash Version</h4> <p>Flash 9 or 10.</p> <h4>Price</h4> <p>Freeware</p> <h4>License</h4> <p>Non GPL. EULA</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://secure.enounce.com/myspeed.php">The Enounce MySpeed™ Plug-In for YouTube</a> | <a href="http://www.enounce.net/download/EnounceMySpeed_vB211.exe">Direct Download Link</a></p> </p>

Often, we wish that YouTube provided a built-in and easy way for slowing down the videos, so that we could get a better look into that dance...

10 Things You Should Do Immediately After Installing Ubuntu 8.10

<p><p align="center"><a href="http://r8zr.deviantart.com/art/Ubuntu-Scene-51169872"><img alt="Ubuntu" border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMdDgEer3rxVUSBab3YWglj-uImoP3AL8_uDEqZ1wEB_wSr8No_rBHDYJd7m36gmTNjiBjQ6yieFg5Vj4ifnV-nOlvXutpx4pz3IiLysUjTumKYyXSU9MJYVEUALzn6RbpjUWg_jaKpzI/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" title="Ubuntu" width="470" /></a></p><p></p><p>The latest version of the popular Linux distribution Ubuntu, code named as Itrepid Ibex (Ubuntu 8.10), has been released to the public. You can download it <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download">here</a> or even <a href="https://shipit.ubuntu.com/">get a CD shipped to you</a> absolutely free of cost.</p><p>In today’s <a href="http://www.dailygyan.com/search/label/Linux">Linux Gyan</a>, we help you get-things-working once you have installed the Intrepid Ibex. Most people expect certain functions to work out-of-the-box in a modern operating system. Features like MP3 playback, DVD authoring and playback, DivX support, flash player etc to name a few. Unfortunately, due to certain ethical reasons, Ubuntu doesn’t provide such features out of the box.</p><p>Though the users are free to add these features themselves, it is always a pain in the neck to figure out all the various procedures involved and then apply it. This post will help you in getting all the required information on a single page (but you’ll still have to do the ‘applying them’ part yourself). Make sure that you <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.dailygyan.com/2008/11/10-things-you-should-do-immediately.html&title=10%20Things%20You%20Should%20Do%20Immediately%20After%20Installing%20Ubuntu%208.10">book mark this page</a>.</p><h2>1. Add the Medibuntu Repository</h2><p><a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu">Medibutu</a> stands for <b>M</b>ultimedia, <b>E</b>ntertainment & <b>D</b>istractions <b>I</b>n U<b>buntu</b> and is a repository of packages that cannot be included in Ubuntu due to legal reasons. We need to add this repository to enable MP3, DVD playback, install certain codecs etc.</p><p>Take a terminal and enter:</p><strong><code>sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/intrepid.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update</code></strong><p>Now we’ll enable all repositories (including Universe and Multiverse repositories) that Ubuntu provides. Take a terminal and enter:</p><blockquote><code><strong>sudo sed -i -e "s/# deb/deb/g" /etc/apt/sources.list<code> && sudo apt-get update</code></strong></code></blockquote><h2>2. Enable Playback of Encrypted DVDs in Ubuntu 8.10</h2><p>Once the Medibuntu repository has been added as said above, take a terminal and enter:</p><blockquote><code><strong>sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2</strong></code></blockquote><h2>3. Playing MP3, WMA, Real and Apple QuickTime Files in Ubuntu 8.10</h2><p></p><p>Once the Medibuntu repository has been added as said above, take a terminal and enter:</p><p>For a 32 bit machine:</p><blockquote><code><strong>sudo apt-get install w32codecs</strong></code></blockquote><p>For a 64 bit machine:</p><blockquote><code><strong>sudo apt-get install w64codecs</strong></code></blockquote><p>For a PPC machine:</p><blockquote><code><strong>sudo apt-get install ppc-codecs</strong></code></blockquote><h2>4. Install Skype in Ubuntu 8.10</h2><p>Once the Medibuntu repository has been added as said above, take a terminal and enter:</p><blockquote><code><strong>sudo apt-get install skype</strong></code></blockquote><h2>5. Install Adobe Acrobat Reader in Ubuntu 8.10</h2><p></p><p>Once the Medibuntu repository has been added as said above, take a terminal and enter:</p><blockquote><code><strong>sudo apt-get install acroread</strong></code></blockquote><h2>6. Install Google Earth in Ubuntu 8.10</h2><p>Take a terminal and enter:</p><code><b>wget http://dl.google.com/earth/client/current/GoogleEarthLinux.bin && chmod +x GoogleEarthLinux.bin && ./GoogleEarthLinux.bin</b></code><h2>7. Install VLC Player in Ubuntu 8.10</h2><p>VLC is the media player that is said to play all media formats under the sky. Install it by running the following command from a terminal:</p><blockquote><code><strong>sudo apt-get install vlc</strong></code></blockquote><h2>8. Installing OpenOffice 3.0 in Ubuntu 8.10</h2><p></p><p></p><p>Take a terminal and run:</p><blockquote> <p><code><strong>echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu intrepid main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openoffice.sources.list && sudo apt-get update</strong></code></p> </blockquote><h2>9. Install Flash Plugin for Firefox in Ubuntu 8.10</h2><p>The latest flash plugin (Flash player 10) can be installed using this command:</p><blockquote><code><strong>sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree</strong></code></blockquote><h2>10. Install Google Picasa in Ubuntu 8.10</h2><p>F-Spot sucks if compared to Google Picasa. Run this command from a terminal to get Google Picasa:</p><blockquote><code><strong>sudo echo 'deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free' >> /etc/apt/sources.list && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install picasa</strong></code></blockquote><p>What else do you do immediately do after installing a new distro? Share with us in the comments.</p></p>

The latest version of the popular Linux distribution Ubuntu, code named as Itrepid Ibex (Ubuntu 8.10), has been released to the public. You ...

Get Chrome Like Start Page In Firefox

<p><p>One of the main features that Chrome brought about was a revolutionary start page. </p> <p>Even hardcore Firefox users, who jump at every opportunity to trash Google Chrome, accept that Chrome’s start page is awesome. It’s simple yet powerful and above all - usable.</p> <p>No wonder people wished that there was an equivalent feature in Firefox. And cheers to some wonderful Firefox extension developers, we now can enjoy similar functionality in Firefox too.</p> <p><em>Related</em>: <a href="http://www.dailygyan.com/2008/10/complete-guide-to-make-yourself_28.html">The Complete Guide to Make Yourself An Ultimate Google Chrome Jedi Warrior</a></p> <p>In today’s <a href="http://www.dailygyan.com/search/label/Firefox">Firefox Gyan</a>, we introduce you to two extensions that mimic Google Chrome’s start page.</p> <h2>New Tab JumpStart</h2> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA6jdDbR5lupZo9P5XU67paH0O21f4YD030zqboj-bXwnqp7jAXbmYui7k7U7mFpVZKuKvCvX4LW_E_jwgY7FWezapEo-ueIqZsWT3jZgp0PipjQCKRjo251ICSiEIAs4w1B4FLldbw9M/s1600-h/New%20Tab%20JumpStart%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="New Tab JumpStart" border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixCLt2YDbuHr4xdAZ6qZ6Bjl2OYEOM_5DW9m-xtJExPLVul2Syfyudam2Dn-RYr4sDWa4IODuFwt5bBQiXtaydy0r0Og0jPG-SH8Ab2KDAjkhxc29DHkT1qE1j5mg7p3Iksi54nvjE0XE/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" title="New Tab JumpStart" width="454" /></a> </p> <p>This is an experimental extension, that provides an exact look alike of the Google Chrome / Chromium start page. You’ll need an account at <a title="https://addons.mozilla.org" href="https://addons.mozilla.org">addons.mozilla.org</a>, in order to download the extension. If you don’t have account, feel free to use the direct link given:</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8914">Download New Tab JumpStart</a> | <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/1k3xlu6r5a">Direct Link</a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p> </p> <h2>Tracer</h2> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFl9xDrMRnn4nCl8hGOTwQ82ZV82Wdf-TfYsUysbrBtd1Rcfh6L33BywiXD3AuUwM9XCtxZBxJBuiIT1AGSRTdSZ7LD55DFaK5CBKaIZ10Lq7IZ-XF20Vo1qHZTDHVMUVubEu5yPhBvg0/s1600-h/tracer-screenshot%5B3%5D.png"><img alt="tracer-screenshot" border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKpOl-qWvNZQncKweNnNTkCPIGf9_HSscoNrrkSyVoHYbH10538biO9-kbFLNJL3gx1UMxQhSNf6VeMUO8dW-KTPqyw27InGqmc6AkKp2dwmE5NkjJD9XwMi7KIGxk0RAK71QEVRpEI9Y/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" title="tracer-screenshot" width="454" /></a> </p> <p>Tracer is a relatively young (and again – experimental) Firefox addon that brings chrome like start page to Firefox. It’s lacking in features compared to the above said JumpStart addon, but we found this relatively easy on eyes that the other.</p> <p>You’ll need an account at <a title="https://addons.mozilla.org" href="https://addons.mozilla.org">addons.mozilla.org</a> to download it from there. Else you can use the direct link provided below.</p> <p><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9428">Download Tracer</a> | <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/xyj4noagix">Direct Link</a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p> </p> <p>Know about any extensions better than these? Tell us in the comments.</p> </p>

One of the main features that Chrome brought about was a revolutionary start page. Even hardcore Firefox users, who jump at every opportun...

The Complete Guide to Make You An Ultimate Google Chrome Jedi Warrior

<p><p align="center"><a title="Google Chrome Jedi" href="http://flickr.com/photos/phillipwest/55087615/" target="_blank"><img alt="google-chrome-jedi" border="0" height="376" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/anoopengineer/SQYUDa60s-I/AAAAAAAAAzs/Mm_Z5VvXOdw/googlechromejedi%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" title="google-chrome-jedi" width="450" /></a></p><br /><p>Google released Google Chrome in 2 September 2008. Within two months of its release, Google chrome has captured 1% share of the total browser market. </p><p>You’ll realize how big an achievement this is, if you compare it with the share of Opera - which is 1.5%. Google chrome took just two months to capture as much market share that Opera had took nearly 12 years to build!</p><p>Believe in statistics or not, Google Chrome is here to stay, for a long, long time to come.</p><p>With these words, we dedicate today’s <a title="Daily Feature articles in http://www.DailyGyan.com/" href="http://www.dailygyan.com/search/label/Daily%20Feature">Daily Feature</a> to Google Chrome. In this post, we teach you some little tricks and tips to make your life easy with Chrome. This post is a collection of How-To-Get-Things-Done with Chrome. Be smart and bookmark this page for future reference, now. </p><h2>1. The Basics of Google Chrome</h2><p>Google Chrome is based on the open source project - <a href="http://code.google.com/chromium/">Chromium</a> that Google funds and develops. <a href="http://www.google.com/chrome">www.google.com/chrome</a> is the official place where you can get details about all fascinating features that Chrome possess. These are some of the Google Chrome developer team leads along with Larry Page and Sergey Brin.</p><p align="center"><img alt="google-chrome-team" border="0" height="201" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/anoopengineer/SQYUFTqahBI/AAAAAAAAAzw/MXRgFS75AxA/googlechrometeam7.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" title="google-chrome-team" width="520" /> </p><p>left to right: Larry Page, Brian Rakowski, Sundar Pichai, Sergey Brin, Darin Fisher, Lars Bak and Ben Goodger.</p><h2>2. Google Chrome for Windows</h2><p>You can download an installer for both Windows XP and Vista by visiting the <a href="http://www.google.com/chrome" target="_blank">Google Chrome web site</a>. This will download a minimal installer which will later download the entire setup files from Google. However this will require your computer to have an active Internet connection at the time of installation.</p><p>If you are installing Chrome in a computer which doesn’t have a net connection, or if you wish to install Chrome in a large number of machines, you may download the <a href="http://dl.google.com/chrome/install/149.29/chrome_installer.exe" target="_blank">Google Chrome standalone offline installer</a>.</p><h2>3. Google Chrome for Mac and Linux</h2><p>Google is yet to make an official Mac version of Google Chrome. The <a href="http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/mac.html" target="_blank">Google Chrome Mac page</a> says that:</p><blockquote><p>Google Chrome for Mac is in development and a team of engineers is working hard to bring it to you as soon as possible.</p></blockquote><p>If you wish to get updated on the Official Google Chrome for Mac updates, you can provide your email at the <a href="http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/mac.html" target="_blank">Google Chrome Mac page</a> and Google will let you know of all Mac updates.</p><p>Similar is the case for <a href="http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/linux.html" target="_blank">Google Chrome for Linux</a>, with the page itself being an entire replica of the Google Chrome Mac page. If you are interested to get Google Chrome for Linux updates, you can leave your email <a href="http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/linux.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Though Google doesn’t officially provide a Mac or Linux version, it doesn’t mean you won’t be able to run Chrome in Mac or Linux OS. The folks at <a href="http://www.codeweavers.com/about/" target="_blank">CodeWeavers</a> have ported the Windows version of Chrome to run on a customized WINE version, for which installers are available as a native Mac .dmg file or as an RedHat, Suse or Ubuntu Linux package.</p><p>CodeWeavers call this ported Chrome as <a href="http://www.codeweavers.com/services/ports/chromium/" target="_blank">CrossOver Chromium</a>. The following packages are available for download:</p><p><strong>Apple Mac OS X</strong></p><ul><li><a href="http://media.codeweavers.com/pub/crossover/chromium/cxchromium-0.9.0.dmg">CrossOver Chromium for Apple Mac OS X</a> </li></ul><p><strong>Linux</strong></p><ul><li><a href="http://media.codeweavers.com/pub/crossover/chromium/cxchromium_0.9.0-1_i386.deb">CrossOver Chromium for Ubuntu and Debian (32 bit)</a> </li><li><a href="http://media.codeweavers.com/pub/crossover/chromium/ia32-cxchromium_0.9.0-1_amd64.deb">CrossOver Chromium for Ubuntu and Debian (64 bit)</a></li><li><a href="http://media.codeweavers.com/pub/crossover/chromium/cxchromium-0.9.0-1.i386.rpm">CrossOver Chromium for Red Hat, Mandriva, and Suse</a> </li><li><a href="http://media.codeweavers.com/pub/crossover/chromium/install-cxchromium-0.9.0.sh">CrossOver Chromium for all other Linux distros.</a> </li></ul><p><strong>Screen shot of Chromium running in Mac</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.codeweavers.com/images/products/shot_chromium_mac.png"><img alt="screenshot_chromium_mac" height="281" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/anoopengineer/SQYUG-LdZ_I/AAAAAAAAAz0/1vGqHSmYZjc/screenshot_chromium_mac5.png?imgmax=800" title="screenshot_chromium_mac" width="450" /></a> </p><p><strong>Screen shot of Chromium running in Linux</strong></p><p><img alt="screenshot_chromium_linux" height="281" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/anoopengineer/SQYUIjaMt_I/AAAAAAAAAz4/AWeDH_IYRXg/screenshot_chromium_linux6.png?imgmax=800" title="screenshot_chromium_linux" width="450" /> </p><p>However, CodeWeavers do not recommend you to run this version as your main browser. They state that this is simple a proof-of-concept implementation of what WINE can do. There are also a lot of gotchas with this version – like no HTTPS/SSL support and no auto-updating of the software.</p><h2>4. Portable Google Chrome</h2><p><img alt="portable-chrome" height="147" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/anoopengineer/SQYUKgtDicI/AAAAAAAAAz8/hcm3mO2SGOI/portablechrome10.jpg?imgmax=800" title="portable-chrome" width="240" /> </p><p>Sad that you are working in an restrictive office environment where the strict access protocols prevents the downloading and installation of Google Chrome? </p><p>Wish to have your favorite browser in your pocket every where you go?</p><p>It’s time to try out Portable Chrome.</p><p>Again, Google doesn’t provide an official portable version of Google Chrome. A good guy named Carsten regularly gives out portable versions of Google Chrome. Get the latest version as of writing this down <a href="http://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/stadt-bremerhaven.de/Chrome/Portable_Google_Chrome_0.3.154.3.exe">here</a>. You need to download the exe, extract it a folder in the USB stick and run the ChromeLoader.exe.</p><p><a href="http://stadt-bremerhaven.de/2008/09/03/portable-chrome-021510/">Portable Chrome – first version at Carsten’s site (German)</a></p><p><a href="http://translate.google.co.in/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://stadt-bremerhaven.de/2008/09/03/portable-chrome-021510/">Portable Chrome – first version at Carsten’s site (Translated to English)</a></p><p><a href="http://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/stadt-bremerhaven.de/Chrome/Portable_Google_Chrome_0.3.154.3.exe">Portable Chrome – latest version direct download link</a></p><p>If you are ready to do a bit more work, <a href="http://portableapps.com/node/15720">this page at PortableApps.com</a> might interest you as well.</p><h2>5. Creating Multiple Profiles in Google Chrome – the Manual Way</h2><p>Like Firefox, Google Chrome support the concept of profiles. Your browser history, searched key words, stored passwords, cookies all together form a profile. Creating a profile exclusively for your use is an excellent way to protect your privacy.</p><p>The sad news is that Google Chrome doesn’t have a built in profile manager like the one in Firefox. Here, we show you how to get your hands dirty and get things done the manual way. Later we’ll also show you how to use external tools to make managing profiles much more simpler.</p><p>Steps to manually create a new profile:</p><p>1. Close Chrome if you are already running it. </p><p>2. Disable hiding of Hidden folder in Windows Explorer. In explorer, go to Tools –> Folder Options –> View and check the radio button - ‘Show hidden files and folders’. </p><p>3. Navigate to the following directory: Windows XP - C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data Windows Vista - C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data </p><p>4. Create a copy of the Default folder at the same location under the name ‘my_private_profile’ </p><p>5. If you do not want the information like web browsing history from the previous profile, you can wipe clean this new profile directory by resetting it to the factory default values. Open a command prompt and run: cd C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application chrome.exe --user-data-dir="..\User Data\my_private_profile" -first-run Note that the above command gives the path as in a Windows XP machine. Vista users need to change the path to the Application folder accordingly. Also remember to change <username> to your actual user name. </p><p>6. Now to run Google Chrome using the new private profile that you just made, create a shortcut in the desktop to the following location: Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe –user-data-dir="..\User Data\my_private_profile" Windows Vista: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe –user-data-dir="..\User Data\my_private_profile" </p><p>7. Always use this new launcher to start Google Chrome. </p><h2>6. Creating, Managing and Backing up Google Chrome Profiles – the Easy Way</h2><p>If the above procedure was too tedious for you, try <a href="http://www.parhelia-tools.com/products/gcb/googlechrome.aspx">Google Chrome Backup</a>. It is a little utility that makes backing up and restoring profiles a breeze.</p><p>The utility have an easy to user screen and helpful wizard dialogs to guide you through the procedure.</p><p><strong>Some screen shots:</strong></p><p><img alt="gcb6" border="0" height="306" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/anoopengineer/SQYUMG0nOmI/AAAAAAAAA0A/cf2rFUIyZWA/gcb65.png?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" title="gcb6" width="454" /> </p><p><a href="http://www.parhelia-tools.com/images/gcb3.png"><img alt="gcb3" border="0" height="309" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/anoopengineer/SQYUOjuK2cI/AAAAAAAAA0E/dVAZu6N4q2Y/gcb38.png?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" title="gcb3" width="450" /></a> </p><p><img alt="gcb1" border="0" height="415" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/anoopengineer/SQYUQr3vLPI/AAAAAAAAA0I/x6Pswt1oCLg/gcb15.png?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" title="gcb1" width="454" /> </p><p>This tool can be configured to run at Windows startup and to add an icon to the system tray.</p><p><a href="http://www.parhelia-tools.com/products/gcb/Download.aspx?id=gcb.zip">Direct Download Link.</a></p><h2>7. How to Use Multiple Google Accounts Simultaneously?</h2><p>Answer: Use a new incognito window for each of the Google account.</p><h2>8. Protect Your Privacy While Using Google Chrome</h2><p>Each Google chrome installation is associated with a unique identification number, allowing Google to trace the usage pattern of any particular user. This has caused quite a hue and cry among privacy conscious users who do not like Google snooping over their privacy. </p><p>Here, we provide you with four methods to protect you from the prying eyes of Google.</p><p><strong>1. Using portable version of Google Chrome: </strong>If you are using the portable version of Google Chrome from Carsten, that we mentioned above, there is nothing to be worried. This is because all portable versions uses the same user id making it impossible to trace the user from any data that Google collects. </p><p><strong>2. Manually editing the Local State file</strong>: The unique user id is stored in a file named <code>Local State</code> located in the <code>C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data</code> folder. Open this with any text editor and find the line starting with "client_id". Change the client id to FA7069F6-ACF8-4E92-805E-2AEBC67F45E0. This is the client id used by the portable Chrome. </p><p><strong>3. Using Chrome Privacy Guard (CPG): </strong><a href="http://blog.gjl-network.net/blog/index.php?archives/166-English.html&serendipity%5Blang_selected%5D=en">Chrome Privacy Guard</a> earlier known as Chrome Anonymizer is a little tool that deletes the user id on each startup of Chrome. You need to <a href="http://blog.gjl-network.net/blog/uploads/programs/ChromePrivacyGuard_src_1.0.0.5.zip">download CPG</a>, extract it and use the included ChromePrivacyGuard.exe to start Chrome instead of the normal way. CPG runs on Windows 2000, XP and Vista and requires .NET Framework 2.0 to work. </p><p><strong>4. Using UnChrome:</strong> <a href="http://www.abelssoft.de/unchrome.php">UnChrome</a> (<a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://www.abelssoft.de/unchrome.php&sl=de&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8">English</a>) is a similar tool from Abelssoft, which sets the user id to a sequence of zeroes making you practically unidentifiable. The tool is in German language. <a href="http://www.abelssoft.de/unchrome.exe">Download Link</a>. </p><h2>9. Disable Pop-Up Blocking Notifications in Chrome</h2><p>Though the popup blocked in Chrome works out of the box quite well, the weird decision of the Chrome engineers to notify the user each time a popup is blocked, seems to beat the whole purpose of a popup blocker.</p><p>You can disable the display of these notifications quite easily:</p><p>Go to Options –> Under the Hood.</p><p><img alt="chrome-disable-blocked-notifications" border="0" height="215" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/anoopengineer/SQYUR3JMZkI/AAAAAAAAA0M/ZgakKlMW5C4/chromedisableblockednotifications4.png?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" title="chrome-disable-blocked-notifications" width="365" /> </p><p>Uncheck the above highlighted option (Notify me when a pop-up is blocked) and click Close.</p><h2>10. Google Chrome – Easy Way to Download YouTube Videos</h2><p>Just drag the below links into your bookmarks bar.</p><p><a href="javascript:window.location.href%20=%20'http://youtube.com/get_video?video_id='+swfArgs['video_id']+'&l='+swfArgs['l']+'&sk='+swfArgs['sk']+'&fmt_map'+swfArgs['fmt_map']+'&t='+swfArgs['t'];">Download FLV</a></p><p><a href="javascript:window.location.href%20=%20'http://youtube.com/get_video?video_id='+swfArgs['video_id']+'&fmt=18'+'&l='+swfArgs['l']+'&sk='+swfArgs['sk']+'&fmt_map'%20+swfArgs['fmt_map']+'&t='+swfArgs['t'];">Download MP4</a></p><p>While in a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/">YouTube</a> page, click on either links to download the video as FLV or MP4 file. Remember to rename the file with proper extension once the download is over.</p><h2>11. Get GreaseMonkey in Google Chrome</h2><p>Browsers like Firefox, Flock and Opera have been supporting GreaseMonkey through external plugins and addons. Though Google Chrome doesn’t have GreaseMonkey support at present, it will natively support GreaseMonkey in coming releases.</p><p>Minimal GreaseMonkey support have been added to the Chromium builds which means we can see GreaseMonkey in Chrome real soon. All Chromium builds from build 3499 have GreaseMonkey support. But you need to turn it on by appending <code>–enable-greasemonkey</code> to the program shortcut.</p><p>You can get a listing of all Chromium builds <a href="http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/chromium-rel-xp/">here</a>.</p><h2>12. Become a Google Chrome Keyboard Ninja</h2><p>This is easier than one might think. If you are a Firefox Keyboard Ninja, then that’s bonus points – you are almost there.</p><p>That’s because Google Chrome shares a large number of keyboard shortcuts with Firefox:</p><p>Open a new tab: Ctrl + t</p><p>Close a tab: Ctrl +w</p><p>Undo closing a tab: Ctrl + Shift + t</p><p>Downloads window: Ctrl + j</p><p>View source: Ctrl + u</p><p>New window: Ctrl + n</p><p>History page: Ctrl + h</p><p>Open link in a new tab: Ctrl + click</p><p>Open link in a new window: Shift + click</p><p>Focus to the smart bar: Ctrl + l</p><p>Start a Google search: Ctrl + k</p><p>Search text within a page: Ctrl + f</p><p>Print page: Ctrl + p</p><p>Make text larger: Ctrl ++</p><p>Make text smaller: Ctrl --</p><p>Return to normal text size: Ctrl + 0</p><p>These are all shortcuts that Chrome shares with Firefox. Apart from these, there are some shortcuts that are unique to Chrome:</p><p>View the Task manager: Shift + Esc</p><p>Toggle bookmarks bar on and off: Ctrl + b</p><p>Open an incognito window: Ctrl + Shift + n</p><p>See <a href="http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=95743">this page</a> to get listing of all Google Chrome keyboard shortcuts.</p><h2>13. Ad Blocking in Google Chrome</h2><p>Google Chrome doesn't have AdBlock Plus similar to Firefox. But you can get Ad blocking in Google Chrome using the <a href="http://www.privoxy.org/">free Privoxy web proxy software</a>.</p><p>As per the <a href="http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=50&topicid=25916">GeekZone forums</a>, you need to follow these steps:</p><p>1. Download and <a href="http://www.privoxy.org/">install Privoxy</a>. </p><p>2. Click on the Wrench icon in Chrome in the upper right corner. </p><p>3. Choose options>Under The Hood>Change proxy settings. </p><p>4. In the Internet Properties dialog's Connections tab, click on the LAN settings button. </p><p>5. Check off "Proxy settings" and in the address setting add <b>127.0.0.1</b> and in the port <b>8118</b>. </p><p>6. If you have the option, you can also check off "Bypass proxy for local settings". </p><p>7. Click "OK," close Chrome and restart it. </p><h2>14. Easily Export Google Chrome Bookmarks</h2><p>If you do not like the idea of jailing your bookmarks in Google Chrome, use <a href="http://blog.reloadedsoftware.com/2008/09/16/stupid-chrome-tasks/">Stupid Chrome Tasks</a>.</p><p>This utility allows to export your bookmarks as plain HTML files which can then be imported into any other browser - IE, Opera, Firefox etc. </p><p>If you really like to get your hands dirty with SQL, <a href="http://www.googlechromeboard.com/export-google-chrome-bookmarks-t78.html">this page</a> is for you.</p><h2>15. Set GMail As Your Default Mail Handler in Google Chrome</h2><p>If you wish to use GMail for all mailto: links in Google Chrome, download <a href="http://skaelede.hu/?e=chromemailer&lg=en">ChromeMailer</a>.</p><h2>16. Special Pages in Chrome</h2><p>Like all popular web browsers – Firefox, Opera, IE etc, Google Chrome too has its own set of unique pages. The pages that start with the <code>about:</code> tag. </p><br /><ol><li><strong>about:plugins – </strong>Displays a list of all available plugins.<br /><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/anoopengineer/SQYUTgvQxnI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/0ebe_z2_lBg/s1600-h/image10.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="220" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/anoopengineer/SQYUVDzNPTI/AAAAAAAAA0U/8kHX6FosqZY/image_thumb13.png?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" title="image" width="454" /></a> </li><li><strong>about:version – </strong>Displays the version of Google Chrome you are using. This dialog also shows your browser’s user-agent string. <br /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/anoopengineer/SQYUWquVdlI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/252cIQpl-w4/s1600-h/image18.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="173" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/anoopengineer/SQYUYb3mE5I/AAAAAAAAA0c/0Nzcl-VBCtU/image_thumb20.png?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" title="image" width="454" /></a> </li><li><strong>about:cache – </strong>Gives a list of web pages cached by Chrome </li><li><strong>about:memory – </strong>Gives a listing of memory usage of all web browsers running in the computer. It also gives the memory usage of individual Chrome tabs. <br /><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/anoopengineer/SQYUZ95-QLI/AAAAAAAAA0g/1onvyn1JHSk/s1600-h/image27.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="252" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/anoopengineer/SQYUbkdWpTI/AAAAAAAAA0k/Ch0rA0YjfB8/image_thumb32.png?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" title="image" width="454" /></a> </li><li><strong>about:stats - </strong>A page that reminds of the about:config page in Firefox. But the values here are read only and cannot be modified.<br /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/anoopengineer/SQYUdAIP6FI/AAAAAAAAA0o/-7-QWKmAeFg/s1600-h/image32.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="222" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/anoopengineer/SQYUfZrasoI/AAAAAAAAA0s/Q1curuZdZs8/image_thumb40.png?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" title="image" width="454" /></a> </li><li><strong>about:histograms - </strong>Timing diagrams of various method calls that Chrome performs. </li><li><strong>about:dns - </strong>Shows the details about the 10 links whose DNS records are pre-fetched. </li><li><strong>about:network - </strong>For profiling the IO operations. </li><li><strong>about:crash - </strong>Displays the error message that is shown when a tab crashes. <br /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/anoopengineer/SQYUgWvGjwI/AAAAAAAAA0w/PhBtz1Nf20M/s1600-h/image36.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="310" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/anoopengineer/SQYUik7u3_I/AAAAAAAAA00/SyQYot1rXjg/image_thumb42.png?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" title="image" width="454" /></a> </li><li><strong>about:hang - </strong>Hangs whatever tab this was typed into. That tab will be rendered useless for further navigation./li> </li><li><strong>about:internets - </strong>An Easter egg which displays the Windows 3D Pipes screensaver in the tab. <br /><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/anoopengineer/SQYUlLdNtHI/AAAAAAAAA04/xq8IhJ1BhtE/s1600-h/image40.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="332" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/anoopengineer/SQYUoJOpf3I/AAAAAAAAA08/HqSPzZfyPYk/image_thumb44.png?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" title="image" width="454" /></a> </li></ol><h2>17. Some Conclusion</h2><p>A man is only as smart as how smart he uses his tools. If you use Google Chrome, learn to use it well. Let the force be with you.</p><p>ps: this has been an exceptionally long post. Please do post your suggestions and comments.</p></p>

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