Every web browser offers some form of blocking advertisements or commercials from being shown when loading websites. Firefox users have adblock plus or Noscript, Opera users have a built in option to block elements or BlockIt, Google Chrome users have also the choice between multiple ad blockers and Internet Explorer users can either use a [...]
Google Chrome Note Taking Extension Chromepad
Computer users have several choices when they need to take notes. They can write the notes down on paper, try to remember them, use a text editor, use a specialized note taking software, use a gadget that sits on the computer desktop, post the note in an email, text field or use a web browser [...]
Explore A Website’s History With WaybackFox
Webmasters and researchers sometimes need to take a look at a website’s history. This is for instance essential when buying a website to make sure that the seller has been running the website for the time claimed and not snatched a dropped domain to make a quick buck. The Wayback Machine at archive.org is the [...]
Opera Backup
Backups should be an important part of every computer user’s disaster recovery strategy so that important data can be recovered after hardware crashes, virus attacks or accidentally deletions. Backup tools can be divided into general backup software that backup all files and folders that a user wants to backup and specialized backup programs that backup [...]
Firefox About:Support Helps In Troubleshooting Browser Problems
One of the most interesting additions in Firefox 3.6 is a new support page called about:support which can help the Firefox user and technicians in troubleshooting web browser problems. The support page lists important application, extension and modified configuration settings that can be used to troubleshoot problems.
All Firefox 3.6 users can enter about:support in the [...]
Google Translate Integrated In Google Chrome 5
Google Translate is a service offered by Google to translate text or complete websites from one language to another. Support for many languages and its ease of use make Google Translate a popular choice for users who need translation.
Users who have installed the developer release of Google Chrome might already have noticed that Google [...]
Google Chrome Content Settings
The debut of Google Chrome 5 a few days ago brought a new Content Settings menu that promised to deliver better content control to Chrome users. Back then the settings where not selectable which caused some confusion. The latest Google Chrome dev channel release however has filled those content settings with live.
The Content Settings [...]