Hasta La Gadget!

This article was written on August 02, 2007 by CyberNet.

You need the Image Toolbar extension if you’re a Firefox user and find yourself saving or copying images all of the time. It’s actually a simple little thing that reminds me of something Internet Explorer does. With it installed hovering over an image presents you with some of the most common actions for an image: save, copy, print, and information.

The nice thing is that this has a lot of customizable options that put it one step ahead of what Internet Explorer offers. Here are some of the things that you can tweak:

• Pick the default image folder. Then choose whether you are prompted to enter in a filename, or if it should automatically save the image to that folder.
• Choose which buttons you want to appear on the toolbar (save, copy, print, info, or folder). You can also remove the text labels and have it use small icons, which I have shown in the screenshot above.
• Change the duration that you have to hover over the image before the toolbar will be displayed.
• Pick the minimum width and height of the images that the toolbar can be displayed for. This is nice so that it’s not constantly showing up if your just hovering over an avatar or something. Holding down the CTRL button will override this setting in case you do want the toolbar to be displayed.
• Pick the location of where the toolbar shows up. By default it will appear in the upper-left corner of the image your hovering over, but you can adjust it so that it is displayed where your mouse is.

Get the Image Toolbar for Firefox

Note: I did test this on a Firefox 3 nightly build and it makes the browser crash every time it starts. So only use this on Firefox 1.5 or 2.

Source: Ghacks

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This article was written on June 06, 2008 by CyberNet.

Opera announced today that they have partnered with Haute Secure to include top-notch threat protection in their next-generation browser. A new snapshot of Opera 9.5 was posted yesterday that was bundled with a new theme, but the integration with Haute does not appear to be in place yet.

This partnership is good news for Opera because Haute already has add-ons available for both the Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers on Windows, but Opera users were left out in the dark. And the integration of Haute in Opera 9.5 also means that it will be the first time Haute will be available on multiple platforms (Windows, Mac, and Linux).

Here’s what Opera had to say regarding the partnership:

Together, Opera and Haute Secure block Web sites known to distribute malware as well as protect Opera users from downloading software from links designed to trigger malicious attacks. The combination of the industry’s largest database of known malware distributors from Haute Secure and Opera’s Fraud Protection architecture enables Opera users to secure their entire computers proactively from malware that threatens the security of personal data.

Malware protection being built-in to the browser appears to be a growing trend. When Firefox 3 is released in the coming weeks it too will keep users safe from both phishing attacks and malware, but not using Haute’s technology. It will be interesting to put the two browsers up against each other to see which one is more effective at detecting malware on the web.

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This article was written on July 19, 2007 by CyberNet.

Tutorial Thursday

Have you ever wanted to create a cool panoramic image yourself? No, you don’t need an expensive camera to do it and you don’t need to purchase any software…instead you can do it all for free using AutoStitch.

A program like this can serve several purposes, but I use it the most for assembling photos of objects I can’t capture all at one time. The most common panoramic scenes that you see are probably of mountains because a much larger area can be covered, but it can be used on buildings or monuments as well. For example, let’s say that you want to take a picture of the Statue of Liberty, but you’re too close to get it all into one shot. What you can do is take a picture of the upper, middle, and lower portions of the statue and then use AutoStitch to put the different photos together.

AutoStitch is fairly straight-forward, and I’m sure you could figure out how to use it in no time at all, but there are some helpful tips that I can give to make using it extremely easy. Here’s how you do it:

Note: AutoStitch says that it is a demo version, but there is no limitation or trial period

1. Download and install the free AutoStitch program on your Windows computer. There is no installation required so it is a piece of cake to get running
2. Start AutoStitch, go to the File menu, and choose the Open option. Then Ctrl+Click on all of the images that you want AutoStitch to put together.
   
3. If AutoStitch was successful you should see a file named “pano.jpg” located in the folder you picked the images from. A preview of the image should also popup on your screen.

That’s all there really is to it. The program comes with some images that you can use to test the panoramic assembler with, but you should find that it has pretty good results. If it doesn’t you can mess with some of the settings, although many of them are pretty advanced (and the program won’t remember your settings after you close it):

So how about the tips on getting the best results? It’s all about redundancy! I had tried several different image compilations that I had done in the past, and the results that I had were a little mixed. The ones that I had the best results with were the ones that had a lot of overlapping portions. Here are four photos of a bridge that I had AutoStitch assemble for me:

As you can see in those images there are a lot of portions that are redundant from one photo to another. That’s a good thing because it gives AutoStitch a lot more area to match up. The resulting photo looked like this:

You’ll notice that there are some missing areas that are represented by black blocks, but I can easily crop the photo and remove those by using something like PhotoScape. My example is a very simple one, and if you want a more complex panoramic photo, checkout the 57-image “collage” on the AutoStitch homepage. It’s complete with before and after photos!

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This article was written on January 31, 2008 by CyberNet.

When reading emails in Gmail there are typically some ads and other things located alongside the email for quick access. There are plenty of scripts and tools available to remove those ads, but many don’t make use of the unusually large empty space that despairingly sits there.

The Gmail Sidebar Remover script for Greasemonkey is the perfect solution. Once enabled it will completely remove the sidebar, and the relevant buttons will be placed along the left-hand side of the screen. Don’t worry, these buttons do not show up when you’re viewing your Inbox.

One thing that would really be cool is if this script also grabbed other information that is displayed near the ads, such as package tracking or address mapping. This information only shows up when specific information is detected in emails, and it would be handy to still have it available.

Gmail Sidebar Remover will only work in Firefox with Greasemonkey installed, and is compatible with both the new and old versions of Gmail (and also Google Apps). An alternate script is the Gmail Full Width, but I prefer how Gmail Sidebar Remover moves the buttons to the left sidebar occupying very little extra space.

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This article was written on June 07, 2007 by CyberNet.

Big news comes today as LogMeIn releases a preview version of their application for the Mac OS. If you own more than one computer, LogMeIn is a must. It allows you to connect to any PC (or now Mac) computer located anywhere in the world using only your browser, and it’s free.

You do, however, have to install an application on the computer you’re wanting to control which is why this Mac client is important. Then you’ll be able to access that computer simply by pulling up your browser and going to the LogMeIn site where they’ll list all of the computers you have access to. There is no configuration needed for routers…it takes care of that for you.

This is something that I use on a daily basis for several different purposes. One reason I use it is to help my family out with their computer needs, because in an instant I can pull up their computer and help them out. Best of all is that they can actually see what I’m doing, whereas the Windows Remote Desktop will logout the person who is currently using the PC when I take control of it. That means that they can’t see what I’m doing when I’m controlling it, which makes it a lot easier to explain things.

Besides for that, I also use it around the house. I have a server PC that I don’t have hooked up to a monitor, and instead of using Remote Desktop I always use LogMeIn because it is faster in my opinion. You can adjust things like the color depth and screen resolution on-the-fly, but that’s often not needed since LogMeIn does a great job of picking the appropriate settings immediately when you connect.

Overall, I would have to say that LogMeIn is among my top-5 favorite applications of all-time because of the convenience that it puts at my fingertips. If you can’t tell, I highly recommend that you give it a shot.

LogMeIn Homepage

Source: LogMeIn [via Download Squad]

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