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How To Sync Your Windows Live Writer Drafts Between Two Computers

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 least once that WLW provided some built-in mechanism to synchronize your drafts between different installations. 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. Windows Live Writer stores all the drafts in My Documents\My Weblog Posts\Drafts 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. 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. 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 My Documents\My Weblog Posts\Drafts folder to the list of folders to be synced. That’s it. Now each time you make a draft post, it will be available across your computers.

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]

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 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. Though the title says Ubuntu, the following steps are applicable for all Linux distributions: <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: <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]

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

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

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.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.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 ‘Share this post’ link, which on clicking will display the Google Share Widget page.<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.

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

Windows 7 demoed in the PDC ‘08 contains some hidden features that are protected using special algorithms. 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 - Windows 7 PDC ‘08 build (6801))will enable this feature only if you login as a permanent Microsoft employee username using a Microsoft domain name. 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. <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> 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. <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> <a href="http://www.withinwindows.com/files/upf/BlueBadge_rev1_x86.zip">Download Blue Badge</a>  <a href="http://www.withinwindows.com/2008/11/09/blue-badge-tool-now-available-unlocks-all-known-protected-features/">via Rivera’s Blog</a>

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

Of course you use Gmail. But for email, right? Did you know that you can use Gmail for a lot many other things too? <h2>1. Use Gmail As A Free Online File Format Converter</h2>If you want to convert any office document to HTML format, think of nothing other than Gmail. 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. Just attach the document to a mail and send it to yourself. When you receive the mail open it and click “View as HTML”.  <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> <h2>2. Use Gmail As An MP3 Player</h2>If you want to try out a new audio player, try Gmail! 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. <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> <h2>3. Use Gmail As Your OpenID</h2><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> 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? 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 http://openid-provider.appspot.com/<username>, which you can use on regular OpenID accepting sites. <h2>4. Use Gmail As Your Online Storage</h2>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? <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. 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. <h2>5. Use Gmail To Play Snakey</h2><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> If all that emails are making you bored, try the game that comes packed with Gmail. 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.<div style="clear: both;"> <h2>Bonus Tip: Convert A List of URLs Into Clickable Links</h2>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? 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. Do you know of any other interesting uses for Gmail? Tell us in the comments. Related: <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>

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

<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. 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. Watch this video made by the creator of this web app - <a href="http://twitter.com/JonWheatley">Jon Wheatley</a> <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>   <a href="http://intersquash.com/">InterSquash</a> | <a href="http://yesthat.com/2008/11/08/launching-a-new-miniapp-intersquashcom/">from yesthat.com</a>

InterSquash is a new web application that lets you iPhone-ize any website or blog that has an RSS feed. Visit InterSquash , provide your ...

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

<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. 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. <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. Steps to follow: <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> 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. 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. <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1172">Searchbar Autosizer</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 a...

Google Chrome To Get A New Bookmark Manager

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. The most notable change is the introduction of a bookmark manager (which looks very much similar to the Firefox bookmarks library). <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> 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. You can get the latest Chromium builds <a href="http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/chromium-rel-xp/?C=M;O=D">here</a>. Related: <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> [<a href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/11/google-chrome-to-improve-bookmark.html">via</a>]

Latest Chromium builds have undergone a major overhaul in the bookmark management section and these changes can be soon expected to be broug...

Read Your Emails In Any RSS Reader With MailOnFeed

<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> <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. MailOnFeed currently supports only IMAP accounts, though POP3 and SSL Feed support are expected to be implemented soon. The service is still in beta phase and users are encouraged to file a bug report if they found one. Now let’s see how one can benefit from such a tool: 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>. 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. Can think of any other scenarios where this will help you? Share it in the comments. <a href="http://www.mailonfeed.com/">MailOnFeed</a>

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

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>. 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. Now, enable LeechBlock by selecting Tools –> LeechBlock –> Lockdown. Any further attempts to access a blocked site will result in this page:   <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> 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. <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>

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10 Online Photo Editors That You Definitely Need to Bookmark

<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. 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. 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>. <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> <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. <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> <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> <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. 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. <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> <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> 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. It lacks features like importing from other sites like flickr, but you can still open an image by specifying its URL. <a href="http://pixlr.com/">Pixlr.com</a> | <a href="http://delicious.com/save?url=http://pixlr.com/&title=Pixlr">Bookmark on delicious</a> <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> 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. <a href="http://snipshot.com/">Snipshot.com</a> | <a href="http://delicious.com/save?url=http://snipshot.com/&title=Snipshot">Bookmark on delicious</a> <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> <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. <a href="http://pixenate.com/">Pixenate.com</a> | <a href="http://delicious.com/save?url=http://pixenate.com/&title=Pixenate">Bookmark on delicious</a> <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> <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). <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> <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> <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. <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> <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> 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. <a href="http://fotoflexer.com/">FotoFlexer.com</a> | <a href="http://delicious.com/save?url=http://fotoflexer.com&title=Fotoflexer">Bookmark on delicious</a> <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> 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. <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> <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> <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. <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> Did we miss anyone important? What is your favorite online image editor? Tell us in the comments.</div>

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Firefox Gets Private Browsing Mode

Private browsing comes to Firefox 3. 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: <blockquote> 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. </blockquote> 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. Once installed, you can start private mode by selecting Tools –>Private Browsing. <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> 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. Firefox displays this dialog box when you select Private Browsing. <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> On clicking Start Private Browsing, the normal tabs and windows will be closed and a new window as the one below will be shown. <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> The only way to identify between a normal mode window and a private browsing windows is the title text. 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