Many users of Notepad++, a popular Windows Notepad replacement, do not know that the program ships with a plugin system that allows them to extend its functionality. I will explain briefly how to find and use Notepad++’s plugin manager before I point you in the direction of some of the useful plugins found within. You [...]

Categories: Software

When I look under plugins in the Firefox add-on manager I notice many plugins there that I never use. Among them illustrious plugins like Google Update, iTunes Application detector, Microsoft Office 2010, Windows Activation Technology or Windows Live Photo Gallery. To be honest, I sometimes do not even know what purpose they have. Google Update [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

Big news today for the Google Chrome crowd. A post on the Google System blog outlines a recent change in the browser that affects the Java and Quicktime plugin, and maybe even other lesser known plugins. Probably the easiest way to demonstrate what has been changed is it show you a screenshot of Apple’s popular [...]

Categories: Browsing, Google Chrome

I do not have a problem opening websites without JavaScript or plugins enabled in Firefox with the excellent NoScript add-on running. In fact, NoScript blocks those scripts on all pages by default. There is not an equivalent of NoScript for Google Chrome, even NotScript, which comes closest to the functionality does not offer the features [...]

Categories: Browsing, Google Chrome

Regular readers know that I consider the Firefox NoScript add-on invaluable for security and bandwidth preserving reasons. One of the lesser know features of the add-on is an option to activate scripts by clicking on them on the website they were initially blocked on. This very practical feature allows the user to load scripts easily [...]

Categories: Google Chrome

Let’s face it, although most operating systems don’t install Java by default, there are many applications that rely on this tool. The reasons for OSes to not install Java are many (mostly of the licensing flavor) and, at least with Linux, the installation process can be confusing (at best) or painful (at worse). To begin [...]

Categories: Firefox, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Tutorials Advanced

The Mozilla developers introduced the Mozilla Plugin Check back in October 2009 as a way to inform users of the Firefox web browser about outdated plugins. Plugins that are not up to date can pose both a security and stability risk. The plugin check would analyse the plugins of the web browser and compare their [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera

A few years ago when the name WordPress was mentioned, most people would not know what it was. But thanks to the popularity of blogging and “the new media” WordPress has become a well known name in the internet community. Other then the small blogs which use it, WordPress is also used on major sites [...]

Categories: The Web

Notepad++ is one of the most popular Notepad replacements that is constantly developed by its developers. It offers the same performance and comes with a multitude of features that range from syntax highlighting over multi-document support and auto-completion. What makes the text editor stand out a little bit more than comparable Notepad replacements is the [...]

Categories: Software, Windows