Dec 11

Wired News Presents The Top Firefox Extensions

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This article was written on December 17, 2005 by CyberNet.

Wired News has presented what they believe to be the BEST Firefox extensions. I use many of them so if you are a new Firefox user, this will be a good basis for you to start from. I have provided my own summary of the extensions with each extension Wired News nominated as the best.

  1. Del.icio.us – Manages your bookmarks and allows you to share them with others. This is a great feature if you need your bookmarks on more than one computer, but the only problem is that everyone can see your bookmarks. Del.icio.us was recently acquired by Yahoo.
  2. Greasemonkey – A wonderful extension to allow users to customize the appearance of web sites, such as customizing the appearance of Gmail. The scripts to do just about anything you want to a site can be found at userscripts.org which is a compilation of thousands of scripts made by users for users.
  3. DownThemAll – Have a whole page of PDF’s that you need to download for class, well, this will take care of any file on any page. You can download anything from songs to pictures.
  4. BugMeNot – This extension will allow you to login to those sites using “generic” logins created by other users. This way you do not have to create a login just to view that one news article.
  5. Adblock – Pretty obvious what this one does…takes care of those pesky ads!
  6. Nuke Anything Enhanced – Is there that one banner or picture that is always on a page that you hate. This will allow you to right-click on an object and have it remove the item from the page – Forever!
  7. Tab Mix Plus – This is the ultimate extension. You can not have Firefox without this extension. If you want to be able to configure your tabs to your every whim, then this is for you! This will allow you to do everything from adding an “X” close button on each tab all the way to controlling what happens when you click on a link. This is a must have!
  8. Viamatic foXpose – This recent newcomer prospered very quickly. With this extension you can view a thumbnail of every tab you have open. These thumbnails are shown on a single page so that you can visually select which site you want to view. Even if you don’t find it very useful, it is still fun to play with.
  9. SessionSaver – Did your browser just crash when you had 20 important tabs open? Not a problem because SessionSaver will remember where you left off, even in the event of a crash!
  10. StumbleUpon – This allows you to just “browse” the Internet. It is kind of like channel surfing for the Internet.

These extensions will all make your life a little easier, or at least more fun. Give them a shot, and if you don’t like them then just uninstall them. What do you have to lose?

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Dec 11

Video: Novell XGL In Action

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This article was written on June 22, 2006 by CyberNet.

Video: Novell XGL In Action

For those people interested in seeing the 3D effects that Novell has to offer then check out this video. It is a little lengthy (11+ minutes) but it demonstrates some of the coolest features that XGL has to offer.

The screenshot to the right demonstrates how windows can lock to the edge of the screen. When you try and pull the window away from the edge it will stretch until you have provided enough “strength” to completely remove it. I am very impressed with how smooth the animations are and I think I will get it installed on my Suse.

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Dec 11

Download Portable Firefox 1.5.0.5

Posted in: Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on July 26, 2006 by CyberNet.

Download Portable Firefox 1.5.0.5

Firefox has officially released version 1.5.0.5 which can be downloaded from the getfirefox.com site. If you want to download Portable Firefox 1.5.0.5 then just read through the simple instructions and you will be using it in no time.

For those people who want Portable Firefox it is simple. All you have to do is download the Portable Firefox 1.5.0.5 file below. Then you unzip the file and browse for the file PortableFirefox.exe. Just execute that file and you will be running Firefox 1.5.0.5! The profile is kept with the PortableFirefox folder so you don’t have to worry about messing up your other profile and the uninstallation process is simple…just delete the folder! Don’t forget to stick it on your USB drive and carry it with you wherever you go.

Download Portable Firefox 1.5.0.5 for Windows – 8.3 MB

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Nov 02

Maybe Foxit isn’t the Best PDF Reader?

Posted in: Features, Freeware, Newly Released, performance, Screenshots, Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on November 04, 2007 by CyberNet.

I’ve always been pretty big on the Foxit Reader because it’s not only free, but it takes under 3 seconds to open up. When you’re trying to read a PDF the last thing you want to do is wait forever for it to load, and that’s why Adobe Acrobat is the last thing that I recommend for people to use.

I do realize that some of you have had troubles with printing in Foxit, and today I want to introduce you to a different PDF reader that will hopefully solve your problems. PDF-XChange Viewer has all of the features you would expect from the even the best PDF reader, plus it has a few things that you can only find in a purchased copy of Foxit!

I’m sure you’re wondering what this could possibly do that your copy of Foxit doesn’t include. Have you ever tried to add a sticky note or type some text on an existing PDF in Foxit? If you have you’ll see a warning that says an “evaluation mark” will be added to the document to signal that you haven’t purchased the program. With PDF-XChange Viewer you can draw, add notes, type text, and do all kinds of things with no unwanted marks being placed on your document:

PDF-XChange Viewer
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But then there’s the speed issue, right? After all, we ditched Acrobat because of how darn slow the thing was. Don’t worry, you’re not sacrificing speed for features this time around. In my tests it opened just as fast as Foxit, or in the worst case it took one second longer. One thing that I didn’t like was the splash screen, but you can disable that in the options. Doing so also appears to make the program load faster.

The tabbed interface is also really nice for when you have multiple documents open. PDF-XChange Viewer has a feature like Internet Explorer 7 where you can view all of the open documents in a grid-like fashion. It will show a thumbnail for each of them, which is often much easier to distinguish between than just file names.

Did I say how good this program looks, too? They’ve definitely got a leg up Foxit when it comes to graphics, and I think that’s apparent just by looking at how nice the preferences screen looks:

PDF-XChange Viewer Preferences
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For the time being I’m going to be switching away from Foxit because I really like this program better. It looks nicer, has more features, and is the same performance-wise as Foxit. I’ll let you be your own judge, but I think you’ll agree with me that this is currently the best pdf reader.

PDF-XChange Viewer [via Digital Alchemy]

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Nov 02

Nokia Maps to be available for all Windows Phone handsets, sans voice navigation

Posted in: app, download, free, maps, mobilepostmini, navigation, nokia, Software, Today's Chili, windows phone, windows phone 7, WindowsPhone, WindowsPhone7, Wp7

Just because you don’t have a new Lumia handset doesn’t mean you won’t be able to use Nokia Maps — or most of it, anyway. According to ZDNet, Windows Phone users should expect to see Nokia Maps pop up as a free app on the Windows Phone Marketplace “within the next couple of weeks,” though offline voice navigation feature will remain restricted to the Lumia 710 and 800, in the form of Nokia Drive. No word yet on when the app will officially hit the market, but we’ll definitely keep a close eye on it.

Nokia Maps to be available for all Windows Phone handsets, sans voice navigation originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Nov 2011 07:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nov 02

Firefox 3.1 Introduces More Address Bar Improvements

Posted in: Firefox 3, Freeware, Pre-Release, Reviews, Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on July 28, 2008 by CyberNet.

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Mozilla is working hard on Firefox 3.1 which is slated for release later this year, and with it will come several improvements. For starters it will include a Control+Tab replacement that makes switching between tabs a bit more fancy. It will also come packed with numerous improvements to the address bar to help please those of you who don’t like how it currently handles itself.

What they’ve added in the current nightly releases is a way to restrict what kind of results are shown in the address bar by using customizable characters. I’ve highlighted the corresponding options in the about:config that I’m about to talk about:

firefox 3 urlbar config.png

So what do these five new options do for you? I’ve got several screenshots below that show exactly how they work, but here is an overview of what each one does:

  • browser.urlbar.match.title: Returns results that match the text in the title.
  • browser.urlbar.match.url: Returns results that match the text in the URL.
  • browser.urlbar.restrict.bookmark: Returns only results that are from the bookmarks.
  • browser.urlbar.restrict.history: Returns only results that are from the browser’s history.
  • browser.urlbar.restrict.tag: Returns only results that have been tagged.

How do these work? It’s actually pretty simple. Just include the character anywhere in the address bar (separated by spaces) to have it restrict what results are displayed. Here’s an example of using the asterisk to only return results that are bookmarks:

firefox 3 restrict bookmarks.png

Including a pound sign in the address bar will only have it scan the titles of results, thereby ignoring the URL when searching:

firefox 3 restrict titles.png

Mix and match baby! This example will only search the titles of your bookmarks for matches since I’ve included both the pound sign and asterisk:

firefox 3 restrict title bookmark.png

How does all of this benefit those of you who hate bookmarks/tags showing up in the results? Hop on over to the about:config, find the browser.urlbar.restrict.history value, and delete the character that is assigned to the value. What that does is tell Firefox to only return history results when no special character is recognized. Then delete the browser.urlbar.match.url character while you’re at it if you don’t want the page titles being searched (meaning only URL’s will be scanned). You might have to give the browser time for the changes to take affect since some of your searches get cached due to performance reasons.

Hopefully this will make you a bit more fond of the address bar introduced in Firefox 3. Don’t forget to grab CyberSearch to supercharge the address bar even more, and the latest release of the extension adds Firefox 3.1 compatibility.

P.S. We’ve got a rather big update for CyberSearch coming up in the next few days. A HUGE thanks goes out to everyone that has been giving CyberSearch stellar reviews! Our extension currently has a 4.60/5.00 rating from 33 reviews. That’s awesome!

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Nov 01

Get WinRAR For Free…Again!

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This article was written on August 04, 2006 by CyberNet.

WinRAR For Free...Again!I guess WinRAR must have felt bad that their servers were so overloaded last Sunday when they were offering their software for free, so they are letting you download it again! The bad part is that they changed the whole process so that you can’t just enter in a URL but this time you have to register.

After registering they will provide you with an email which gives you the link you need to download the registration key. Then you use the key to register WinRAR:

The download contains a RAR archive, including your license key. Please SAVE this archive to your disk. By opening it with double click on it’s icon, WinRAR registers your version automatically and you get the information:

“Correct registration: Thank you for support”.

Hopefully this time their site will stay afloat!

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Nov 01

Apple brings GarageBand to iPod touch and iPhone users, because rocking out shouldn’t require a tablet

Posted in: app, Apple, application, AppStore, audio, ipad, ipod, ipod touch, IpodTouch, minipost, Music, now available, NowAvailable, Software, Today's Chili

Lookie here — an iPad app just got miniaturized. It’s not too often we see the progress work in reverse, but one of Apple’s flagship iPad programs has just been converted for use on the iPhone and iPod touch. It doesn’t seem as if too much is changing — outside of the shrunken display options, of course. You can still plug your electric guitar into either of Apple’s more bantam iOS devices in order to record through classic amps and stompbox effects, or record your voice or any acoustic sound using the built-in microphone. The app enables users to record and mix up to eight tracks and then share the finished product with friends or send it to your Mac to keep working on it in GarageBand (the “real one”) or Logic Pro. It’ll run new users $4.99, but if you already purchased the iPad build, it’s a free update to get the new ports. Oh, and if you’re curious, the app now runs on iPad, iPad 2, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S and iPod touch (third and fourth generation). Tap the iTunes link below to snag your own copy.

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Oct 31

gPodder – A Full Featured Podcast Client for Linux

Posted in: Features, Freeware, ipod, Linux, Software, Today's Chili, ubuntu

This article was written on October 09, 2007 by CyberNet.

We gave gPodder a quick mention a while ago, but it has improved greatly over the last couple of months. Here’s a quick rundown of gPodder’s most important features.

gpodder

Channel browser
newitemYou can quickly navigate through your channels by using the channel browser on the left side of the screen. When new episodes are available for download, the number of new episodes will be shown next to the channel’s name. You can also set a channel cover for each RSS feed, either by letting gPodder fetch it or by pointing the application to an image on your hard disk.

synchronizationMP3 player and iPod synchronization
gPodder is among the first Linux applications that fully supports podcast synchronization with iPods (except for the new ones, read this article for details). People with directory-based MP3 players can use gPodder’s synchronization functionality too though.

Bandwidth throttling
throttling I for one like to do other stuff on the internet while gPodder is taking care of my podcasts. If you’re like me, you might want to limit the number of simultaneous downloads and the download rate in Preferences so that it doesn’t consume all your bandwidth.

BitTorrent feed support
If you’re one of the few people who has heard of BitTorrent feeds, you’ll be happy to know that gPodder can handle BitTorrent feeds to some extent. I haven’t tried it, but it’s there.

Drawbacks
Although gPodder is among the best Linux podcast clients I’ve ever seen, it does have some drawbacks. The biggest drawback is that if you delete a podcast in gPodder, it doesn’t remove it from your iPod during the next synchronization. This means that you’ll have to do it manually using a tool such as gtkpod. The developer of gPodder is aware of this issue, but a fix for this annoyance has yet to be released.

Windows version?
A Windows port(?) of gPodder is in the works. Unlike the Linux version, it doesn’t support iPod synchronization because the piece of software it relies on to synchronize podcasts to your iPod is currently only available for Linux. There’s no word yet on when and if gPodder for Windows will ever get out of testing phase. You can read this post on the developer’s blog for more details.

How to install
Ubuntu users can download version 0.9.4 (which is not the current version) from the Ubuntu repositories by going to Applications > Add/Remove. If you’re not an Ubuntu user, check out the download page for instructions. The latest greatest gPodder version can be installed from its source. Just extract the package, open a terminal, navigate to the directory where you extracted the package (using ‘cd /path/to/the/directory‘) and finally execute ‘sudo make install‘. If you’re going to install gPodder from its source, make sure that all dependencies have been installed on your system.

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Oct 31

Use ImgBurn to Change Book Type (Bitsetting) to DVD-ROM

Posted in: Freeware, Software, Today's Chili, Windows

This article was written on August 11, 2010 by CyberNet.

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The book type setting is something I haven’t had to worry about much, but that is largely because I don’t burn DVD’s very much anymore. The last time I did have to burn one, however, it was a DVD+R DL (dual layer) that didn’t want to work in the particular DVD player that I was trying it in. After some searching around I found out that not all DVD players recognize the DVD+R DL book type/bitsetting, and that it may be necessary to change it to DVD-ROM when burning.

Nero reportedly has an option that will let you do this, but I wanted to use something free. To my surprise I didn’t even realize that I had an app on my computer that was able to change the book type of the DVD… the program I’m talking about is ImgBurn.

Once you fire up ImgBurn you can go ahead and select one of the options related to burning a disc (e.g. “Write image file to disc”). Then right-click on the Destination drop-down menu (I know, it doesn’t seem like you should be able to right-click on a drop-down menu). That’s where you’ll see the option to change the book type:

imgburn change book type menu.png

Now you should be presented with a bunch of tabs that represent the different drive manufacturers. As long as you have one of the supported manufacturers (BenQ, LG, LITE-ON, NEC, Nu Tech, Plextor, RICOH, and Samsung) you should be able to change the book type:

imgburn change book type.png

The settings available depend on the manufacturer. For example, with LITE-ON you can change the book type setting so that it only takes affect on the next DVD that you burn, whereas with LG you have to make the setting default for the entire drive (although you can always change it back).

Once I burned the DVD using the DVD-ROM book type I was able to play the dual-layer DVD in my player without any troubles. I recommend giving ImgBurn a try if you’ve had similar compatibility troubles with your DVD+R or DVD+R DL media.

ImgBurn Homepage (Windows only; Freeware)

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