Firefox

Did you know these basic Firefox Tips?

You can easily double the joy of using Firefox by knowing these essencial Firefox tips.






1. To quickly find any word in a web page type /word it will highlight the word and press Ctrl+G to “Find Again” that word again

2. If you wish to remove an item from your Address Bar Drop down menu, Highlight it without clicking and use Shift+Delete.

3. Clear your Download history to make the download manager moreresponsive : Tools | Options | PrivacyType about:cache?device=disk in your address bar to view/save items that you have in your firefox disk cache

4. Type about:cache?device=memory in your address bar to view/save items that you have in your Firefox memory cache

5. Drag any link to the Download Manager Window to add & download the link.

6. If you accidentally delete a bookmark and want to recover it, open the “Bookmarks Manager” and use Ctrl+Z, or Edit | Undo.

7. Double Clicking empty space on the Tab Bar will open a ‘New Tab’

8. Holding down the Ctrl key when you right click to “View Image” or “View Background Image” will open the image in a New Tab or New Window.

9. A bookmarks Folder’s position can also be Dragged & Dropped but you must hold down the SHIFT key while Dragging.

10. To prevent a website from replacing/changing your rightclick context menu go to Tools > Options > Web Features then click the “advanced tab” and de-select “remove or replace context menus”. Update: go to Tools>Options>content>Advanced on Firefox2

11. You can work offline in Firefox just go to File > Work Offline. This means that you can browse your previously visited pages even when you’re offline this is a really cool feature but not many people who use it.

12. You can bookmark the current page by dragging the icon from the location bar to your Bookmarks folder. You can also drag it to the desktop to make an icon for that page.

13. To stop animated gifs from moving, press the ESC key.

Posted by Kobilaraj at 8:09 AM 0 comments

Run Firefox From Removable Media

This advanced tip makes it possible to run Firefox from removable media, such as a USB memory stick. This will allow you to run Firefox with your personal settings from any computer, even those that don't have Firefox installed. It has only been tested on Windows XP/2000. The basic instructions are as follows:

1. Copy the Firefox application folder and your profile folder to the removable medium. In this example we will use R:\Firefox for the application folder and R:\FFProfile as the profile folder, assuming the drive letter for the removable media is R:.
2. Create a simple batch file called R:\Firefox.bat with the following line:

(How to create a Batch File)

3. Optionally, disable the disk cache to reduce the amounts of file writes to the removable storage by using about:config to set browser.cache.disk.enable to false.

The reason why a batch file is needed instead of a simple shortcut is that a shortcut uses absolute paths, and since the actual drive letter for the removable media may change depending on which computer it is plugged into, the relative path used in the batch file is guaranteed to work anywhere.

Posted by Kobilaraj at 8:07 AM 0 comments

Great Softwares List - Part 1 of Three

PRINTING, FONTS, PDF

FinePrint
Virtual printing utility that saves you a ton of paper every year.
PDF Factory Pro
Damn fine and highly accurate PDF printer utility. You'll love it.

Nitro PDF
If you need standard scale PDF creation and management, then Nitro is it.

Cfont Pro Font Manager
Super flexible and well-designed font manager loaded with features.

Foxit PDF Reader (F)
Small, clean, fast, and free, Foxit renders PDF files with great speed.

MainType Font Manager
A well-coded advanced font manager with full Unicode support.

X-Fonter Font Manager
A traditional powerhouse font manager that can hang with anyone.

IMAGE VIEWERS/EDITORS
ACDSee 9, ACDSee Pro


The best photo viewer, graphic converter, and image management tool. Period.
XnView (F)

Freeware viewer and editor that holds its own against anyone.
FastStone MaxView (F)

Fantastic little app for opening photos for a customizable quick views.
PicaJet FX

An image management and organization tool that is similar to ACDSee.
IrfanView (F)

A perennial crowd favorite for good reason — it works very well with any format.
VuePrint (F)

Versatile viewer with some editing capabilities. Great for sifting through collections.
FastStone Image Viewer (F)

A strong browsing and editing features have quickly made FastStone a leader.

GRAPHICS, IMAGE TOOLS
PhotoFiltre Studio
Solid image editor that can do most of the tasks you'll need every day.

Noiseware
Makes digital photos better by filling in grain or smoothing out rough spots.

Screenshot Captor (F)
Incredible donationware screen capture utility that will instantly impress you.

SnagIt Screen Capture
Sets the standard for all other screen capture utilities. Takes some setup.

Multiple Image Resizer (F)
Easy, fast, accurate — that's what I like!

AutoStitch
Allows you to stitch together many photos in wide angle to create a panorama.

Pixeur (F)
Finds and displays the RGB, Hex, and Long value of any color you select.

MULTIMEDIA, VIDEO
VirtualDub (F)
Extremely efficient video capture and processing program.

ConvertXtoDVD
Converts any video file format (DivX, AVI, WMV, etc.) to a DVD-compliant video.

TMPGEnc (F)
MPEG-1,2 encoder that can convert and compress your video file in high quality.

GSpot Codec Info App (F)
Allows you to see what codecs you need installed to watch a video.

ProShow Gold
Allows you to create stunning and professional slide shows.

GOM Media Player (F)
Media player to die for. Highly customizable.

Media Player Classic (F)
You can't go wrong with this one; it plays every damn thing out there.

Video Edit Magic
Video editing tool that includes advanced features, but is easy to use.

AudioGrabber (F)
Useful tool for CD-ripping and producing MP3s.

Exact Audio Copy (F)
Advanced tool for CD-ripping and producing MP3s.

Audacity audio editor (F)
Solid audio editor that makes editing easy.

Nero Burning ROM
Highly reliable CD/DVD burning utility. I love it because it works every time.

DVD Shrink (F)
Tool for fitting a DVD-Video disc on a single DVD.

AnyDVD
Allows you to decrypt CSS-encrypted DVDs and remove their region codes on the fly.

ImgBurn (F)
Enables you to burn CD/DVD images with ease.

IsoBuster Pro
Powerful utility that can extract, create, edit, and convert CD/DVD image files.

UltraISO
Powerful utility that can extract, create, edit, and convert CD/DVD image files.

MagicScore Maestro
Music notation software for musicians. Great for collegers.


HOTKEYS, SCRIPTING
AutoHotkey (F)


Scripting utility to create your own macros and hotkeys. Get this. Learn this.
HotKeyz (F)
Excellent utility for creating Windows-wide hotkeys, expanding your keyboard.

ONLINE-ONLY APPS
Colour Contrast Check (F)
Helps determine the whether colors for your website are correctly contrasted.
Color Coordinator (F)

Helps determine the right color scheme for your website.
MetaLink Creator (F)

Allows users to connect to different download sources for your programs.
Lorem Ipsum generator (F)

A site that generates greek text in various fonts. You'll see it's use.
Google Calendar (F)

Simple but highly useful online calendar.
WEB-DEV: CSS, RSS, FTP

KompoZer (F)
An excellent HTML/CSS editor built on the NVU architecture.
Style Master CSS editor
Updated frequently and following the latest W3C standards, this is the one.
Microsoft Expression Web
Much better than its given credit for being, and damn easy to use.
Feed Editor
Build any RSS feed using this well-designed tool.
Opera browser (F)

The most accurate CSS browser ever built, to a fault, and my personal favorite.
Mozilla Firefox (F)
Wildly popular browser that is extensible, customizable, and updated frequently.

GreatNews RSS Reader (F)

Simple, elegant RSS reader that does no wrong.
Website-Watcher
Allows you to monitor changes in any website, while doubling as an RSS reader.

EmFTP Pro
Small, tight, well-designed FTP client.

FTPRush
Great FTP client that has set a new standard for all.

AI RoboForm Pro
A password utility and automatic form filler for your browser. Get this.

PADGen (F)
Creates perfect PAD files (Portable Application Descriptions) for your programs.

AM-DeadLink (F)
Detects dead links in your browser's bookmarks or favorites folders.

REL Link Checker Lite (F)
Detects dead links in your website's external links.

Xenu's Link Sleuth (F)
Also detects dead links in your website's external links.

XSite link extractor (F)
Load and parse any webpage into a simple structured view, seeing every link.

Search Engine Buddy (F)
Creates the best meta tag combinations for search engines to find your site.
USENET, P2P/FILE SHARING TOOLS Some of these apps are also listed in other categories

NewsLeecher
Top-of-the-line newsreader that downloads anything via Usenet.

Giganews
The proven best Usenet server you'll find. Get the Unlimited account, too.

WinRAR
The master of all archive tools, WinRAR can do almost everything.

QuickPAR (F)
Utility for creating, checking, and extracting Parity Volumes (PAR files).

NetLimiter Pro
Limits your download/upload bandwidth speed during peak times per app.

PowerPost-A&A (F)
An app for consistently and intelligently posting files to Usenet.

FastStone MaxView (F)
Fantastic little app for opening photos for a customizable quick views.

ArtCine NFO Creator (F)
The best NFO creation app available, hands down.

SFV Checker
Tool that ensures your multi-volume file archives are complete and accurate.

QuickSFV (F)
A tool for SFV (simple file verification) checking and creation. Just wonderful.

File Splitter and Joiner (F)
Allows you to quickly split and rejoin large text or binary files.

Miranda IM client (F)
A flexible, modular open-source multi-protocol instant messenger.

ImgBurn (F)
Enables you to burn CD/DVD images with ease.

HFS, HTTP File Server (F)
Fantastic file-sharing software which allows you to send and receive files.

μTorrent (F)
Efficient, feature-rich BitTorrent client.
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