The Google Chrome browser and its open source counterpart Chromium do not have options currently to configure default programs. Firefox, Opera and Internet Explorer offer configurations to set default programs for email, videos and other file types which is handy if the default system applications or those defined in the web browser are not the [...]
Bulk Youtube Video Downloader For Firefox
Most add-ons for Firefox that allow a user to download videos from the popular video hosting website offer to download one video at a time. This is most of the time the active video on the page. Some video downloaders even have the requirement to play the video for at least a second to recognize [...]
Display Symbolic Links With NTFS Links View
We have shown in a recent tutorial how Windows users can move large applications, files and folders to another hard drive without breaking anything in the progress. Think of large games like Dragon Age and Steam games or applications like Nero, Microsoft Office or Adobe Photoshop. The tutorial was also handy for users who were [...]
Display Email User Agent In Thunderbird
Thunderbird users can take a look at the email headers to find out lots of information about the email sender. This includes content types, dates and the servers the email was send from. Many Thunderbird users do not know that it is possible to add the user agent to the header display in the email [...]
How To Convert Videos With meGUI
My favorite program to convert video to DVD is XtoDVD. It is a commercial software but offers such a convenient way of burning videos to DVD. But there are times when a video does not have to be burned on DVD. It might for instance need to be converted to be played on a mobile [...]
Disable Install Missing Plugins Message In Firefox
One of the nuisances that one encounters after uninstalling Adobe Flash from the computer system is the constant reminder that websites make use of Adobe Flash to deliver contents. The Firefox web browser for instance displays the general message “Additional plugins are required to display all the media on this page”. That message is displayed [...]
Aspell: Command line spell check
Spell check is a “feature” we all take for granted. No matter where we are typing – in a document, on a blog, in an email…we all know our spell check will be there to take care of us. But what do we do about those files that are not created or edited in tools [...]
A Life Without PDF Readers
If you read yesterday’s article a life without flash you already know where this article is heading. The attacks using pdf documents have increased as have the vulnerabilities that have been found in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat, the two most popular software programs ti view pdf documents. Recently security vulnerabilities have also been found [...]
Record Media Streams With Streamrecorder.net
It is relatively easy to record media streams such as those offered by Internet Radio stations or video streams if the right program is selected to do the job. Both VLC and MPlayer offer all the tools to record both types of streams. The problem is that users have to use the command line to [...]