April 1, 2009
The evolution of the web has been nothing short of amazing. In the old days of strict HTML, we had long static pages that we’d have to scroll through to find what we’re looking for. As the web grew, code changed, and pages became much better looking, but sites with multiple pages would be divided [...]
March 30, 2009
The name Lazarus has a Biblical connotation. Also in medical science, the Lazarus phenomenon is the ‘miracle’ when the heart starts beating again after a person has been given up for dead. In the world of web apps, the name refers to this Firefox add-on which just might save you a few cusswords and more [...]
March 21, 2009
Security and privacy are some of the major concerns these days while choosing a web browser to use. So much so that all the major players in the “browser wars” are providing or developing a private browsing mode. Firefox with the myraid of add-ons that it has to offer is never far from action. Here [...]
March 20, 2009
If you have followed my posts previously, you will know that I am a fanatic in optimizing my site for the best performance. One of the thing that I do is to compress the pictures to the smallest possible size without losing the visual quality. If you are wondering why reducing the size of your [...]
March 14, 2009
Many of us are into blogs and news these days. A lot of these sites are professionally designed and easy to read, but a majority of the sites are designed keeping in mind ‘the required exposure to advertisements’. As a result, readability suffers at times. If you come across such a site or you would [...]
March 11, 2009
Sometimes trying out newer versions of Firefox, especially ones that are still in beta, comes at a cost. Since the version you’re running is so new, add-on developers haven’t had the chance to update their add-ons to work with the newer versions. So this is when you stumble upon an add-on that conveys the following [...]
March 9, 2009
Within this article I’m going to show you how you can upload images to your Photobucket account without having to visit the main site. This allows you to save time and quickly host images without having to navigate away from important pages you might be working on, especially if you’re a busy blogger. Photobucket Uploader [...]
March 4, 2009
Back in 2007 Google rolled out a revolutionary feature – Universal Search – that blended listings in its search interface from general “plain” search and video, news, images, local and book search. To explain it clearer, Google tries to guess what other type of information the surfer would also like see based on his or [...]
March 2, 2009
Tucked away amidst all the add-ons that Mozilla Firefox provides us is this little known one called QuickWiki. As the name itself hints, the add-on melds speed with access to the power of Wikipedia. QuickWiki is a look-up tool to hunt down the meaning of a word (in Wiktionary) or some information touching on it [...]
February 26, 2009
These days when we pay our bills, manage our bank accounts, store sensitive data in the cloud and frequently buy stuff online you should be more careful about keeping your computer secure then ever before. Below, I would like to share my favorite essential security downloads that have helped me keep my system secure over [...]
