April 15, 2009
This is a Firefox plug-in that might make you very happy! Close n’ Forget does one thing and it does it well. We all browse through websites that we might be embarrassed about. There are web searches you do that you would NEVER EVER want others to see. Yes that is why you learned about [...]
February 19, 2009
Have you ever opened one too many tabs in your Firefox browser before? I’ll be the first to say that I do this all the time. So if you’re anything like me you’re probably tired of having to shuffle through your tabs like a deck of cards trying to find the right one you’re searching [...]
October 1, 2008
The standard search box in Safari is pretty simple. Type in your search query and hit Enter. Boom! View the results from Google. Well, that’s only if you’re quite certain about what you’re searching for. What if you’re in that zone when you’re looking for something but you aren’t really sure what it’s called or [...]
September 16, 2008
If you work on Linux you’ll know that the command line is the way to go (in some cases at least). If you are in GUI mode than you can access the command line via the Terminal. Here are some applications/utilities that will transform your command line experience. Tilda and Guake If you’ve ever played [...]
August 23, 2008
Firefox is close to our hearts. In the past, we’ve reviewed a number of Firefox add-ons here on Make Use Of. Any guesses what this article is about? Yes, you’ve guessed it – it’s the ever popular Firefox add-ons list compilation. However this time, its a list with a difference. The add-ons in this list [...]
August 14, 2008
Up until recently, I was using numerous Greasemonkey scripts to add separate tabs in FriendFeed so that I could access sites like Ping.fm, Kwippy & Google Reader directly from my account. The disadvantage to using separate tags though was that there were only certain ones available for me to use. For example, there are tabs [...]
July 29, 2008
Windows Explorer does do its job, but there is a lot left to be desired. Xplorer2 Lite gives you a more powerful alternative that makes browsing those folders quick and easy. Xplorer2 Lite is the free version of Xplorer2, but don’t let that worry you. The free version has a good feature set that still [...]
July 23, 2008
I love Firefox and I love extensions! There I said it. I am an extension junkie! I did a clean install today on a new laptop and I decided to document some of my favorite Firefox extensions. But before we get into the list … I wanted to warn you that each additional extension you [...]
June 19, 2008
I have been a Windows user from the time I was a little tot. I am still a Windows user (and am perfectly happy with it), but sometimes I look over at a Mac and wish I had just a few of their features on my Windows machine. After doing some searching, I have been [...]
June 18, 2008
One thing that has always been a challenge in Windows XP is keeping track of multiple instances of a program or multiple windows. Even though I work on a high resolution screen which offers plenty of space and a wide taskbar, I often reach a limit upon which I (theoretically) need to scroll through the [...]
