Cool Websites and Tools [September 18th 2011]

Check out some of the latest MakeUseOf discoveries. Most of the listed websites are FREE or come with a decent free account option. If you want to have similar cool website round-ups delivered to your daily email, subscribe here.

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FreeFontSubsetter – Web fonts are great in optimizing the interface and user experience for your website, but many times they can hurt the speed and size of your site. FreeFontSubsetter lets you upload a web font that you own and customize it for a better user experience. To start with, you can choose to use tabular or old style figures. Read more: FreeFontSubsetter: Customize Web Fonts Online

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Reverse IP To Domains Lookup – Finding out which other websites are hosted on the same webserver as your website can be very helpful. For example, this knowledge can be an important factor for web filtering or search engine optimization. To find these websites, you should visit a web tool appropriately titled Reverse IP to Domains Lookup. Read more: Reverse IP To Domains Lookup: View Websites Hosted On The Same Server

 

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FileInfo – You often come across file formats online that you previously might not have heard of. To familiarize yourselves with these files you need a good source of information on all digital file formats. This is exactly what a site called FileInfo offers, a very useful website that provides information on nearly all file formats. Read more: FileInfo: Find Out Information About Various File Formats

 

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MailTo – Almost every website has an email link but when you try to open it, it mostly opens in Microsoft Outlook or another default desktop based email client you use. MailTo is a Chrome extension that opens email links in your preferred web mail service such as Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail, Zoho Mail or Fastmail. Read more: MailTo: Opens Up Email Links In Gmail, Yahoo & Hotmail [Chrome]

 

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Chatbox – Sharing files over Dropbox with friends and colleagues and then using an unrelated application to get their feedback can be slightly inconvenient. Fortunately for Mac users, there is an application that lets them gather feedback for shared Dropbox files in a better way. This application is called Chatbox, is a free desktop application. Read more: Chatbox: Collaborate & Talk With Friends You Share Dropbox Folders With [Mac]

 

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  • Jikkan September 19, 2011

    So it looks like the image thumbnail preview isn’t working.  Saw this in Google Reader, and sure enough, it’s like that here on the site.  Not sure if anyone is aware of it or not.

  • Jikkan September 19, 2011

    And now it’s all fixed. Nevermind.

    • Aibek September 19, 2011

      the company that provides us with thumbnails had a temporary issue, that might be the cause.

      Aibek