Firefox cannot be minimized to the Windows system tray, at least not without add-ons or third party tools that add the functionality to the web browser. One of those add-ons is the newly released TrayHotKey extension which, unlike related extensions, has a few aces up its sleeve. Firefox users who have installed the extension and [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

Many Windows users have at least some files on the computer desktop. I for instance like to place temporary text files on it for fast access. Other users may place program shortcuts on the desktop or other files that they access regularly. The shortcuts and files become inaccessible if a window is on top of [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

With KDE 4.5 came a lot of updates and changes. From the bottom to the top, nothing was immune from an update or two. One tool that received a nice overhaul is the Notification Area. Not only did the Notification Area get a face lift, it also received a streamlining of the notification system. Although [...]

Categories: Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source

Since today is the birthday of both myself and the US President I thought it apropos to cover a birthday reminder tool for the Linux operating system. There are a few of these tools but only one of them really is worth discussing at any length. That tool? GBirthday. GBirthday is a tool that lives in [...]

Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Software, Tutorials Basic

If you have been running Windows 7 for some time you might notice eventually that some of the notification icons that are displayed in the customize dialog are those of programs that are no longer installed on the computer system. Neither the software program nor the Windows operating system seem to remove those old notification [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Windows users have several options to launch programs on their computer system. They can use the start menu or program shortcuts to do so. Windows 7 has added the new pin to taskbar option to the list which can be used to quickly launch programs by clicking on their permanent taskbar icon. Third party tools [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Have you ever asked yourself to which software program a specific system tray icon belongs? While it is usually easy to tell by left- or right-clicking on the system tray icon it sometimes can be more difficulty. Inexperienced users might prefer an easier solution to identifying system tray applications. The system tray manager System Tray [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Windows does seem to have the habit of changing the default browser back to Internet Explorer from time to time. Many web browsers do also ask the user during installation if he wants to change the default browser. The difference between the default web browser and an installed browser is that the default browser is [...]

Categories: Browsing, Software, Windows

Minime (via Lifehacker) is an AutoIt application that can be used to put any open window – be it program or folder – into the Windows System Tray. While that is not really something new it comes with a feature that might be interesting to users who run many applications and folders. Minime bundles the [...]

Categories: Software, Windows