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This article was written on November 16, 2006 by CyberNet.

Tutorial Thursday

Back in July (my how the time flies) we demonstrated a way that would keep your Spam folder clear in Gmail. Every time Google labeled an email as “Spam” it would be sent straight to your trash. That is a good solution for some people but sometimes it is nice to go flip through the messages before you dump them to make sure you haven’t missed the $1,000,000 you’ve inherited from your second cousin’s aunt’s nephew-in-law who lives in Norway. Yes, you know those emails.

Firefox users can optionally hide the Spam count by installing the CustomizeGoogle extension but there isn’t anything else that I really use in that extension so it isn’t worth me installing it. This fix can easily be applied to both Opera and Firefox though without installing a single thing.

Firefox users:

1. Locate and open the userContent.css in your Firefox profile directory. The file is in the  Chrome folder inside your profile. If the file does not exist you will have to make it (see here for more details). Another alternative would be to download and use the Stylish Firefox extension which makes it easy to add custom CSS for websites.
2. Copy the following text and paste it into the userContent.css file:
   @-moz-document url-prefix(http://mail.google.com),url-prefix(https://mail.google.com)
{#ds_spam b {visibility: hidden;}
#ds_spam b::before {content: "Spam"font-weight: normal;visibility: visible;}}
3. Save that file and pull up Gmail in Firefox…the Spam counter is all gone!

Opera users:

1. Right-click and save this file to your computer.
2. Press F12 and choose “Edit site preferences” from the context menu.
3. Select the Display tab and in the “My style sheet” section choose the file that you just saved.
4. Press OK to save your changes and reload Gmail to see that your Spam counter is all gone!

That is one thing I have always loved about Opera and that is how you can easily add custom stylesheets for websites without having to install anything. There is so much that you can do with creating your own stylesheets to make your web browsing experience a lot better. Hopefully this will just tip the iceberg for you and maybe you’ll start to think up some of your own stylesheets that you can create or maybe you’ll find some nifty ones at userstyles.org.

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Imagine if you will that you’ve got an idea for a program/website that you’re working on, but you’re trying to play around with a bunch of different layouts to see which ones would look the best. What tool do you use to create your mockup? Photoshop? Some expensive program that costs hundreds of dollars? How about a free Firefox extension?

That’s exactly what the Pencil extension was designed for. It has many of the tools needed for fast prototyping of websites, applications, and much more. I for one was shocked at just how much stuff it included:

• Built-in stencils for diagraming and prototyping
• Multi-page document with background page
• On-screen text editing with rich-text supports
• PNG rasterizing
• Undo/redo supports
• Installing user-defined stencils
• Standard drawing operations: aligning, z-ordering, scaling, rotating…
• Cross-platforms
• Adding external objects

Once you launch the Pencil extension after getting it installed the configuration screen will open in a new window. From there it feels like an entirely separate application from Firefox, but it’s really not:

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I’m sure this type of extension won’t appeal to everyone, but something as simple as this can sure beat trying to tinker with heavy graphics applications for jobs that should normally be simple. And how can you beat the price? Free!

Pencil Firefox Extension [via Digital Inspiration]

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It has been announced that Google just bought YouTube for a measly $1.65 billion. That’s not really that much money, right?

There are several big questions that are in my mind now. The first being whether Google is going to keep the two services separate or not. In my opinion they should promote each individually just because of brand recognition. Despite the name Google being all over the place I think YouTube is synonymous with videos. Not only is it recognized all over the world but YouTube also has less syllables than Google Video…so it is easier to say. I know that isn’t very scientific but those are enough of a reason to keep them separate for me.

Apparently Yahoo! was also in the bidding but they were no match for Google’s checkbook. Does that mean all of Google’s competitors like MSN and Yahoo! are going to try and sweep up other online video services to gain some of the market share back? Probably but MSN hasn’t even opened their video service to the public yet so they are already way behind.

Despite Google recently saying that they weren’t going to develop any new services for a little while I guess that doesn’t exclude them from purchasing companies.

Thanks for the tip Curtiss!

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Oracle’s damage claim against Google in it’s battle over Java patents keeps inching downwards, but not nearly quick enough to please either Big G or Judge William Alsup. The Redwood Shores-based company initially sought $6.1 billion, but eventually lowered that to $2.6 billion. The judge responded by suggesting a far more modest $100 million starting point for a settlement and sent Oracle back to the drawing board. Well, the company amended its complaint, and is now asking for only $2 billion. Judge Alsup has grown noticeably more impatient with both sides as the suit has progressed towards trial, which is still scheduled for October. We can’t wait to see what sort of outburst Oracle’s latest move inspires in his honor — we’re expecting a flying gavel or two.

Oracle amends complaint against Google to $2 billion, risks the wrath of Judge Alsup originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Okay, we’ll totally admit that we’ve got something of a phone crush on LG’s successor to the Optimus One lineup. Sure, it hasn’t debuted in the States, and its specs already look a bit tired, but there’s tons of goodwill attached to this family of devices. Should LG properly execute, the handset promises to be an iterative improvement for all smartphone buyers that need to save some coin. Now this sexy creation is making its way though the FCC, and while it’s difficult to tell whether this is an international model or is bound for our domestic shores, it’s easy to realize that we’re one step closer to its much anticipated release. After a bit of digging, we can tell you the phone supports the 1900 and 850MHz bands, which is common to networks such as AT&T, Bell, Telus and Rogers. With all the names being tossed around, it’ll be interesting to see how the individual carriers choose to brand these devices, but it seems that we won’t have to wait much longer for those details.

LG Optimus Hub (aka Univa / Optimus Two) earns its stripes at the FCC originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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