Keytweak is a keyword remapper that is compatible with all NT based versions of the Windows operating system including Windows XP, Windows Vista and even the soon to be released Windows 7. The main difference between Keytweak and Sharp Keys, the remap keyboard tool that we reviewed a week ago, is mainly the graphical user [...]
Windows 7
We have not written many articles about Windows 7 here at Ghacks in the past. This was mainly because of the fact that virtually any other website on the planet did post every tidbit of news that they could get their hands on. Today however is an important date as Microsoft will publish a public [...]
Mount Remote FTP And Webdav Servers
NetDrive is a software to mount remote ftp and webdav servers that somehow has never been mentioned at Ghacks before. That’s a rare occurrence especially if the software is well designed and free. A large portion of webmasters have to connect to remote ftp servers regularly to update files on the website. There are obviously [...]
Using The GIMP With Fewer Windows
After only a couple of articles about The GIMP it is clear there are many users that are still unhappy with the interface. With that in mind I thought I would help users see how simple it is to clean up the interface to make usage even easier. One of the easiest ways to simplify [...]
Web Development: How does PHP work?
When someone starts learning web development they usually start with HTML and CSS, and many people get stuck there without ever experiencing the wonderful workd of server side scripting like PHP or ASP. I’ll be talking about PHP here, but the basic rules for ASP and others are the same though. The most important thing [...]
Rip DVD Movies
Oh noes, not another software program to rip DVD movies. Yes, there are mini different applications that can rip DVD movies. Some do not work with copy protected DVD movies while others make use of a complex interface. Your Free DVD Ripper is a one-click solution to rip DVD movies. Well, it’s actually a few [...]
Firefox Automatic Extension Updates
Firefox users will be automatically notified if an update to an installed extension or theme is available for public download. The add-on can be downloaded directly from within the web browser’s interface. It will be installed and the browser restarted afterwards. Several problems with this procedure exist which can be exemplified by looking at the [...]
Audio Analyzer For Lossless Audio Formats
Lossless audio formats like flac or ape are different from mp3 or aac files. The latter have been compressed with a lossy compression which usually produces data that is different from the original (uncompressed) file. Lossless audio formats on the other hand can reconstruct the original data from the compressed data which is why music [...]
Getting to Know The GIMP Interface
For many people, the biggest hurdle to using The GIMP is the user interface. When The GIMP began it started out with a very different UI than any other application. That UI was sustained, pretty much as-is, until The GIMP 2.6. With the adoption of 2.6 the user interface took a turn towards being more [...]