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Reducing Firefox memory usage
If you're a power user, you may be the type of person that ends up with 70 tabs open in your browser(s). Here's a tip for massively reducing memory usage.
Filter Google Results by Date
Recently enough Google has changed their default search behaviour to include a "Show Options" button which brings up a sidebar to narrow your search results by a variety of parameters such as type, time, previously visited pages and so on. However they haven't extended this functionality to their Google Custom Search results - read on to find out how.
Microsoft Silverlight doesn’t support Chrome
One of my infrequent browsing sessions with Google's Chrome resulted in me discovering that, strangely, Microsoft don't deem Chrome worthy of Silverlight support.
WordPress get it right (again)
Automattic have acquired After the Deadline and integrated its excellent spell-checking functionality into WordPress.com as well as releasing a plugin for self-hosted blogs.
Mozilla Labs announce Ubiquity 0.5
Well done to Aza Raskin and co for getting the latest version of Ubiquity out the door. You need to manually update and note that some of your old commands might break. Also, you'll need to be on Firefox 3.5 for this to work. Today Mozilla Labs is happy to announce the release a major… Continue reading Mozilla Labs announce Ubiquity 0.5
WordPress Super Cache
Super Cache adds super fast caching ability to WordPress and helps speed up your page load times and reduce your server load. If you're not using it you should be!
WordPress Improve Plugins Search
Huge huzzah for any improvement on WordPress plugin search - it's always baffled me how it can be so random at times. It was so bad that I ended up creating my own Google Custom Search, which I just use instead of the one on WordPress.org. One of the biggest problems and most frequent complaints… Continue reading WordPress Improve Plugins Search
Profilactic Offline
Not exactly a very exciting post this one, but in case you are a user of Profilactic, a social networking aggregation tool, it appears to be offline at the moment. This means that my "Elsewhere" section is currently dead in the water, as it runs off a plugin which integrates profilactic updates onto a page… Continue reading Profilactic Offline
The 24 hour job that is web design
A bit of a random waffle about updating clients websites, and how unsociable the hours are that a web designer must keep - at least my main job isn't server admin, that can be calls any time night or day..
Re-styling your favourite websites
Ever found yourself always thinking that some part of a website style was irritating? Always wished they'd just remove that ghastly colour that offends your eyes? Well now you can, all you need is a firefox extension, a little know how.
Photo Galleries!
Part of my plan for this blog is to construct a one-stop-shop for various places that I publish things to around the web. Today I've linked this blog into my Picasa Web Albums so that you can easily see photos that I've uploaded there.
PicLens – King of Firefox extensions?
Well, it might not be king, based on how much usage I get from it, but PicLens is definitely a beauty to play around with, and it's functional too. I've written a full write-up on my business blog, so I won't repeat it verbatim here, but if you're interested in my ramblings, check out: http://www.pixelapes.com/2008/03/11/pic-lens-best-browser-extension/… Continue reading PicLens – King of Firefox extensions?
Simple Hit Tail Plugin For Word Press
TailHitter Options Screen Chaos Laboratory have released a useful plugin for Word Press which allows you to quickly and without any coding knowledge add Hit Tail tracking code to your Word Press blog. The plugin is called Tailhitter, and it's currently at version 0.4 (Beta), but don't let the low version number and "beta" tagline… Continue reading Simple Hit Tail Plugin For Word Press
Google Gears
Google Gears Out of the blue Google have announced a new beta product that could make their web application suite absolutely killer.Google Gears is just out and you can get it here: http://gears.google.com/Gears is browser extension which will allow you offline functionality for web applications. What's more is that you can see this in action… Continue reading Google Gears
Better Gmail
Better Gmail options windows I read Java Jane's post about using greasemonkey for Firefox to tidy up Gmail's interface and add some extra functionality, and only then did I realise that I've already been using most of the things she mentioned by installing the "Better Gmail" extension.The Better Gmail extension has been created by the… Continue reading Better Gmail
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