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Fix the Firefox 4 “Files Open as Text” Error

Master — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:15:21 +0000

Firefox 4 is the latest release of the popular web browser. Experienced in beta testing, some users reported that the browser opened up files – especially music files – as text rather than launching them in the browser or in an external application such as Windows Media Player. The fault of the error actually lies Post from: Fix the Firefox 4 “Files Open as Text” Error

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Fix the Firefox 4 “Files Open as Text” Error

PrePrint: Is the Browser the Side for Templating?

admin — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:57:25 +0000

This article examines the feasibility of Browser Side Templating (BST) as valid alternative for Web development, even when it comes to building accessible applications. With BST, templates are processed in the browser using a JavaScript coded engine, thus providing significant performance improvements and making the model-view separation a reality

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PrePrint: Is the Browser the Side for Templating?

Record and Replay Mouse and Keyboard Actions

admin — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:14:18 +0000

Many of our computer tasks are repetitive. We start our computers, open our browser, surf to a specific Web site, open our email client, usually all in the same way, every day.

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Record and Replay Mouse and Keyboard Actions

Move the Reload, Stop, and Home Buttons on the Firefox 4 Toolbar

Master — Thu, 19 May 2011 12:13:54 +0000

Firefox 4 added some evolutionary features to the web browser that are sure to delight and frustrate long-time users.

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Move the Reload, Stop, and Home Buttons on the Firefox 4 Toolbar

Share Web Links Between Chrome and iPhone

Master — Tue, 10 May 2011 11:06:31 +0000

Sharing Web links between a home computer and iPhone is tricky. For the most part, we email links to ourselves from either iPhone or a computer, then open them on the opposite device as needed.

Manage Add-ons in Firefox 4

admin — Sun, 08 May 2011 11:20:17 +0000

Firefox 4 has several new features that weren’t available in previous versions of the browser. The new Add-ons Manager makes it faster and easier to find and install add-ons in Firefox 4.

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Manage Add-ons in Firefox 4

Save Your Favorite Articles, Tweets and Links in One Place

Master — Wed, 04 May 2011 11:50:49 +0000

Between Twitter, Facebook, Delicious and numerous RSS feeds, it is no wonder our online lives feel chaotic. Finding a single article you just know you saved somewhere can be dizzying. Faveous connects to our favorite social networks and RSS feeds to keep all of our marked favorites in a single place, making them easy to find when needed.

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Save Your Favorite Articles, Tweets and Links in One Place

Firefox 4 Tips: Using App Tabs

admin — Sun, 01 May 2011 11:08:52 +0000

Mozilla created Firefox 4 with an extremely useful feature – App Tabs. The purpose of App Tabs is to place any website in permanent tab from at the top of your Firefox window

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Firefox 4 Tips: Using App Tabs

How to use Google Chrome’s Latest Tab Features

Master — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:32:32 +0000

One of the problems with so many vendors coming out with new and improved versions of their browsers all the time is it gets rather hard to keep up with all the new features; Google Chrome is just one case in point.

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How to use Google Chrome’s Latest Tab Features

Check Websites for Security Threats Using Internet Explorer 9′s SmartScreen Filter

Master — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:16:48 +0000

As more users worldwide have connected to the Internet, more and more security threats have surfaced on websites. As web use continues to grow, this trend is likely to increase as well

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Check Websites for Security Threats Using Internet Explorer 9′s SmartScreen Filter

How to Use Live External Web Data in Excel 2010

Master — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:10:24 +0000

Oftentimes, users of Excel find they’d like to be able to import data from an external source such as a web page, this is particularly true of web sites that list stock information. What many people don’t know is that Excel does have a facility for doing just this.

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How to Use Live External Web Data in Excel 2010

Report an Unsafe Website to Microsoft in Internet Explorer 9

Master — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:52:21 +0000

The Internet is full of websites that are phishing for your private information or contain malicious code that can jeopardize the security of your PC. Using a safety feature built in to IE9, you can inform Microsoft when you think you’ve found an unsafe website.

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Report an Unsafe Website to Microsoft in Internet Explorer 9

Customize the New Tab Feature in Google Chrome

Master — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 11:15:27 +0000

With all the browsers out there now, it’s difficult to figure out which one to pick and use; what’s worse, is once you pick one, you have to figure out all of its features.

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Customize the New Tab Feature in Google Chrome

Watch YouTube Videos in Windows Media Player

Master — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 11:09:04 +0000

If you’ve tried to play YouTube videos or other online videos in Windows Media Player, you may have received an error that it doesn’t support the file type or the codec used to compress it.

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Watch YouTube Videos in Windows Media Player

How to Access and Use Google Body Browser

admin — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:59:25 +0000

Google, the omnipresent search provider, launched, with very little fanfare, something called, Google Body Browser in December 2010; and has maintained its presence on the web, though has not updated it as yet, as promised. The Google Body Browser is to the human body what Google Earth is, well, to planet Earth

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How to Access and Use Google Body Browser

How to Use Internet Explorer 9′s New Tabs Features

Master — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:31:08 +0000

With the release of IE9, Microsoft has clearly upped its game as competition from Google, Firefox, Safari, Opera and others have prompted it to completely revamp its browser.

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How to Use Internet Explorer 9′s New Tabs Features

Have Google Chrome Load a Custom URL when Opening a New Tab

Master — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:03:00 +0000

One of the more annoying things about Google Chrome, even with the recent update, is the lack of a place to tell your browser that you would like to simply load a web page when you click the New tab, rather than have to wait for the default page to load; locate the one you’re after, than load it.

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Have Google Chrome Load a Custom URL when Opening a New Tab

Configure the Menu Bars in Internet Explorer 9 (RC)

Master — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:47:36 +0000

Version 9 of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has been moved from “Beta” to “Platform Preview 8” to “Public Release Candidate” over the past few months, which means it should be released very soon.

Location-Based Search with Poynt for Blackberry

Master — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:59:50 +0000

Even though your Blackberry makes finding things a lot easier when you’re on the go, it still takes a bit of effort to find exactly what you want. You usually need to pull up the browser and search for the location you are looking for by zip code to get the right information. No matter what device you have, pinpointing locations will be time consuming at the very least.

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Location-Based Search with Poynt for Blackberry

Receive Google Chat Messages in Chrome

Master — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 11:22:52 +0000

One of the biggest complaints about Google’s chat interface is that it if the Gmail window is minimized, incoming chat messages are not displayed.

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Receive Google Chat Messages in Chrome

Download Flash Movies and Games in Firefox

Master — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:33:02 +0000

We have written about many ways to download and save YouTube videos, but we have rarely approached the idea of downloading and saving all flash files—including games and videos from other Web sites.

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Download Flash Movies and Games in Firefox

How to Use Your KeePass Database on Your Blackberry

Master — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:26:39 +0000

KeePass is one of the best password manager applications out there, and we’ve written about it before . It is packed with useful functionality even though it is a free product, and it helps you to generate, save, and organize your passwords.

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How to Use Your KeePass Database on Your Blackberry

Turn on Caret Browsing in Internet Explorer

admin — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 11:41:01 +0000

Caret browsing is an accessibility option found in most popular web browsers that allows you to control your browser using a keyboard. Although intended for people with special needs, caret browsing is an efficient method for navigating the web without a mouse.

Send Web Links and Text to Your Phone the Easy Way

admin — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 11:53:00 +0000

The communication link between our computers and our phones is complicated. Sure, we can use a sync cable to transfer songs, pictures and data, but instantly transferring Web links and other quick information is just not sync-cable worthy

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Send Web Links and Text to Your Phone the Easy Way

View Your Favorite Web Sites Offline

Master — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:07:10 +0000

Even in today’s ultra-wired society, there are still places with no 3G signal and no WiFi.

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View Your Favorite Web Sites Offline