May 9, 2013
Strip down YouTube until only what you want is left - the videos. Cleanr Video is a simple extension for Chrome, Firefox and Safari that removes everything – and I mean everything – from YouTube beyond what you absolutely need. Comments, recommended videos, ads – all gone, and in their place white space. If minimalism sounds good, this is one to check out.
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April 11, 2013
How do you currently proofread what you type on your computer? Type it in Google? Paste it into Word? Or do you use a proofreading website that you paste your text into? I am definitely guilty of copying and pasting (or just typing) a word into Google Search to double check my spelling. But there's a better way – a tool that integrates into your browser and almost all websites across the Internet.
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November 5, 2012
If browsing the web is one of the top three things you do on your computer everyday, you owe it to yourself to become familiar with as many time saving and clutter free features as you can. While there are several features I would like to see added to Safari, it's still my default web browser of choice because of its speed and connectivity to my other Apple devices.
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November 1, 2012
Have you ever been on a website and wondered “What type of font is that?!” I have. And depending on your interests and area of focus, you may even do it more than the typical Internet user. You could spend hours searching for the font on your favorite search engine, or you could use WhatFont. WhatFont is a browser extension and bookmarklet that you can enable once you’re on the website with the font in question.
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June 19, 2012
Tumblr is a huge blogging platform where you can create and maintain a blog (or several blogs) with minimal hassle and work. While the photo blog concept existed before Tumblr, it’s Tumblr that made them so common and popular, and it’s now the go-to solution for most people who are looking to open one. Of course, you can use Tumblr for all your blogging needs, post text, quotes, audio clips, videos, and anything else you wish.
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June 1, 2012
Web browsers have become much more secure and hardened against attack over the years. The big browser security problem these days is browser plugins. I don’t mean the extensions that you install in your browser – I mean those plugins that any web page can take advantage of, like Adobe Flash, Adobe Reader, and Oracle’s Java.
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May 18, 2012
You’re probably familiar with browser extensions, but there are many other ways to customize your browser and tweak websites. The web isn’t a one-way, passive medium – you have the ability to remix websites you view on the fly, adding features or changing their look. Each of these methods has its own advantages and drawbacks.
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May 6, 2012
The browsing world is divided into two groups: add-on lovers and add-on haters. Well, OK, not everyone loves or hates add-ons, but there are strong opinions on how good or bad it is to have many of them installed on your browser. Which side are you on?
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April 28, 2012
We all love our browsers, and we all love the extensions that you can install with them. We love browser extensions because they allow us to do what we want our browser to do that it couldn't do before. But, as you install more and more extensions that you find useful, you'll soon start to encounter some consequences of doing so. Here's 3 scenarios.
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November 24, 2011
Save your tabs in one browser; open them in another. Surfon aims to make jumping between different browsers and devices easier, and it works. If you use more than one computer, and frequently open way too many tabs, you've run into this problem before. You want to switch computers, but also want to take your open tabs with you. Surfon makes this not only possible, but simple.
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November 18, 2011
The shopping season is almost upon us. Every year, more and more of us turn to the Internet to help us pick up the items we need - okay, maybe not need, but are looking for - and avoid the rush of people crowding our various stores and shopping malls. What are you looking for this year? A new jacket? A purse? At any rate, this is generally much easier to do online. But what if you need a second opinion?
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July 27, 2011
It's pretty clear to most people that use it, that Craiglist is one of the largest, if not the largest database of items and services for sale. Craigslist spans the entire world, and serves communities from the largest cities to the smallest towns. The only thing Craigslist lacks in a very big way is a front-end that makes any sense at all.
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May 27, 2011
A simple and highly useful Safari extension, appropriately called SendTab, allows you to send a selected webpage to one or more computers on your network. When it arrives on the remote computer, it automatically downloads in your networked web browser. It happens within seconds. This extension works best if you’re a Safari or Chrome user.
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May 17, 2011
TaskForce is a browser extension available for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari that turns emails into tasks for you. With TaskForce, you can organize tasks into simple lists that you create yourself. It integrates with Gmail, but exists as an independent frame in the interface that can be dragged around and rearranged to suit your needs.
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May 13, 2011
Almost two years ago, Apple finally set up a way for developers to create extensions for its fast and easy-to-use web browser, Safari. You can access available extensions by clicking on the Safari Extensions Gallery in the menu bar. That will take you to a gallery page with over three dozen extensions to choose from. Here's 5 good ones to check out.
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