A friend of mine recently asked me if I could write a best of post at the beginning of every month. He mainly asked that because he did not have time to check my website every day which could mean that he missed interesting articles. I’m interested in your opinion as well.
A total of 199 articles have been posted on Ghacks in January 2011. That’s roughly six per day. Posts have been contributed by me, Mike Halsey and Jack Wallen. The month was rather uneventful. We have seen two new Firefox betas, the Opera 11.01 release and new Internet Explorer 9 footage.
Best of Windows
This section lists interesting Windows articles that have been posted in January 2011. It is a personal selection sorted alphabetically.
Find Out How Much Power USB Devices Need
Google webMail Filer For Thunderbird
Heatmapper, Visualize Wireless Coverage Of Wi-Fi Networks
Microsoft Mathematics Now Free, Perfect Tool For Math, Science Buffs
MiniBin, Windows Recycle Bin In System Tray
Switch To High Contrast Themes In Windows
TorChat, Decentral Anonymous Instant Messenger
Use Miro To Play, Download Youtube Videos
Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Download
Windows Startup Programs Manager Toplist
WinSorter, Sort Highlighted Text In Windows
Best of Linux
My personal selection of Linux articles that have been posted in January 2011.
Add serious web content control with WebContentControl in Linux
Convert your ebooks and files to various formats with Calibre
Create and join VPN networks on your Linux machine with Hamachi
Create videos with OpenShot Video Editor
Best of Browser
This section covers browser related tips and tricks, add-ons and other news. For development news scroll down to Best of Development.
Bypass The Microsoft SmartScreen Filter
Firefox 4 Essentials: What You Need To Know Before Making The Switch
Firefox Play Link, Load Media, Links In External Programs
Get More Space For Tabs In Internet Explorer 9
Leaked Internet Explorer 9 Screenshots Show Progress
Master Password+ Improves Firefox’s Master Password Feature
MultiPartTube, Play All Youtube Video Parts Without Interruption [Google Chrome]
Oh No, Mozilla Plans To Accelerate Development Cycle
The Difference Between Google Chrome Extensions And Web Apps
Zombie Keys, Write Foreign Language Special Characters In Firefox, Thunderbird
Best of Announcements, Development News, Updates
Covers web browser, operating system and software updates.
Firefox On Windows To Get Faster Startup Times
Firefox Panorama Gets Another Shortkey Change
Firefox Profile Manager To Be Removed Soon
Google Ditches H.264 Support In Google Chrome
Microsoft: Windows 7 SP1 RTM Ready, IE9 RC Modifications
OpenOffice, LibreOffice 3.3 Final Released
Skype Toolbar Blocked In Firefox By Mozilla
Windows 8 Release Date: January 7, 2013?
Best of Privacy and Security
Updates and news about security and privacy related topics.
“Instant Personalisation” Arrives at Facebook. Be Afraid! Be Very Afraid!
Microsoft Security Bulletin Overview January 2011
The Weird, Leftovers
Everything that does not fit into another category.
Please let me know what you think of these best of articles. Should I change anything? Reduce the number of links? Add more? Let me know in the comments. You can subscribe to the best of RSS feed at the following url: http://www.ghacks.net/category/best-of/feed/rss/
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Good idea – I actually found several articles that interest me and that somehow I managed to miss.
I’m currently thinking of adding best of articles for previous months, at least for the last year or so.
Indeed, a Best Of for previous month (an index in this case, rather) and one (truly “Best of”) for “All times” seems interesting, but what should the criteria be ?
EDIT my previous post – A Best Of, not an index, sorry : a selection of all articles indeed.
A monthly Ghacks Best of – what a wonderful idea.
RSS tech feed junkies can get way behind esp when life “intervenes” for a while and this will keep me up to date with my favorite of the dozens I subscribe to.
The “criteria” should be whichever articles/posts ring Martin’s bell the most that month (+ feedback of course). Why would that even be a question?
Well, both is answer :)
Good idea indeed, and you selected first Sunday of the month to post it!. I also agree with SubgeniusD’s view in selecting articles.
Good idea, just in case someone missed anything. Maybe you can add a clickable 5-star system to each post. Then, at the end of the month you can easily see what posts got the most stars by your readers.