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...