December 2, 2007
Friday was another “Eureka!” day for me as I finally found a freeware PC program I was convinced existed somewhere in the deepest darkest reaches of cyberspace but was doing a good job of hiding from me. It’s called Filebox eXtender and it gives you one click access to your most used folders in Windows [...]
November 14, 2007
The idea of this post is to go through a bunch of tools that add to your browsing experience. Nothing extra ordinary but a handful of simple useful apps that solve common web problems: slow website loads, 404 errors, tab overloads, never ending signups, phishing, etc. Enjoy! (1) OpenDNS – A quick way to add [...]
September 17, 2007
As a big fan of “Show and Tell” at school, I thought I would continue the tradition by showing you some web-based applications that I use on a regular basis along with my favourite features, shortcuts, tricks and so on. We’ll start with Mozilla Firefox. Every newbie Firefox user gets carried away and installs 50 [...]
September 4, 2007
Posted by makeuseof guest-writer Mark O’Neill I am on a quest. A quest to completely abandon the mouse and do all of my computer tasks solely using Firefox keyboard shortcuts. Using the mouse has always felt kind of awkward for me and it kind of abruptly interrupts the flow of my work when I am [...]
July 27, 2007
It’s been four months since our first Gmail Roundup. And Gmail being as popular as it is, it’s time for a major update. So here you go, over 80 Gmail tools and tips, including Firefox extensions, Greasemonkey scripts, Desktop programs, Web applications and all-purpose ‘HowTo’ guides. Firefox EXTENSIONS Gmail Manager – manage multiple Gmail accounts, [...]
June 20, 2007
Google Reader is an extremely fast, uncluttered, easy-to-use, and probably the best web-based FeedReader. It incorporates several desired features: ‘feed tagging’ letting you tag and store desired items for future reference, ‘item starring’ to star important items on-the-go, and perfectly implemented ‘sharing’ feature that lets you share items with friends not only via email but [...]
March 18, 2007
All for Gmail: handy Firefox extensions, best Greasemonkey scripts, some desktop tools and lots of useful tips. Take this Gmail thingie to another level. Enjoy FIREFOX EXTENSIONS Gspace – multi-platform firefox addon that turns your gmail account into powerful online storage tool Gmail Search Extension – search your gmail account directly from the firefox search [...]
October 11, 2006
Phrase Express is an excellent Text Autocomplete Manager program created by people from Bartles Media. With Phrase Express users can avoid repetitive typing and autocomplete frequently used text phrases or even email messages and then use them within any program, i.e Outook, Intrnet Explorer, Firefox, Word, Excel etc. It is ideal for letter templates, signatures, [...]
October 7, 2006
www.qliner.com hotkeys is an interesting application which was built on ‘Windows shortcut keys’ concept, however this application more user focused. Windows shortcut keys (Windows specific shortcuts) were developed to help user manage Windows applications easily. Qliner hotkeys went further and enabled user to add a shortcut to almost anything on PC. It gives user a [...]
