Fenriz

Member since: Jan 23rd, 2007

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Simple Windows Task Manager tips (Download Squad)

Jul 29th 2007 6:54PM Eh, do you really want to be limited to the lobotomized gloss of data the Task Manager gives you? If you're interested enough in your running processes, cpu usage, memory, etc. to leave the utility running all the time, the well-known and well-loved Process Explorer (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.mspx) is a universally better alternative. It will minimize to the tray and provide a usage meter, too, offers all the features of the Task Manager, plus *reams* of additional data the Task Manager does not. The only point anyone could make in favor of the TM over ProcExp is that it runs using about 1Mb less memory. But that's it. ProcExp still runs at only about 2.5Mb minimized. All-round excellent power user app. I feel uncomfortable running my machine without it.

Update Notifier - Firefox Add-on of the Day (Download Squad)

Feb 13th 2007 3:17AM Thanks kobewan, I did get something from your comment: Remove it Permanently. I've been using Adblock Plus to do that job, but that extension is huge and I don't really need the ad filtering (Outpost Firewall filters ads). So I'll give that one a try.

As far as what I use, lots of the good well-known ones, but I do use a few lesser-known as well. The couple not on Mozilla Add-ons I've linked, the others are all found there.

BBCodeXtra: BBCode, html, and xhtml tagging of your text via context menu. Very handy for naming urls and making image links.

[url=http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/keyconfig]keyconfig[/url], and separate but related "functions for keyconfig": change FF's keyboard shortcuts, and together with functions even create new functions to map shortcuts to. Awesome for keyboard junkies. Strangely, keyconfig isn't on Mozilla Add-ons, though functions, which needs keyconfig to work, is. Not mass-user extensions, but very handy in conjunction with...

Mouseless Browsing: Adds unique numbers to every link on a page, allowing you to select any link by typing the number in the numberpad. Also back/forward, scroll up/down by numpad. Together with keyconfig and functions, I open/close/switch tabs as well, as well as do pretty much everything and anything FF via keyboard. Sweet.

Myurlbar_a: adds auto dropdown menu to address bar that suggests matches to what you enter there from your bookmarks and history. If you take a little care in naming your bookmarks, you can effectively search bookmarks in a couple keystrokes via urlbar.

[url=http://perso.orange.fr/marc.boullet/ext/extensions-en.html]Scrollbar Anywhere[/url]: Also not on FF Add-ons, but it enables omnidirectional scrolling anywhere in the page. Awesome for large pictures, and also lets you scroll very quickly while still having full control over the page, as opposed to rapid scrolling extensions. Similar to Grab and Drag, but that extension is designed for tablet PC users and is overdone and doesn't work as well for mouse scrolling.

gBrain: Man, I love this one. Adds all pages you visit to your Google Bookmarks. It happens every couple days I remember some site I saw a while ago and want to revisit but didn't bookmark. Ctrl+K, "gbook" keyword search, and tada, there it is. Can toggle on/off and also build filters to exclude sites/domains from logging.

CookiCuller: So many cookie management extensions out there, and they all seem to miss the point, except CookieCuller. I don't want to monitor cookie activity while I surf. With this ext I just accept all cookies, and if I want to keep on permanently, I protect it. When I startup FF next, CC erases all unprotected cookies--I start each session with only my hand-picked cookies. Can set it to never again accept cookies from deleted sites, too. Simple.

Apple to charge $29 for Boot Camp? (Download Squad)

Jan 23rd 2007 1:24PM Yeah, that is kind of lame to ask $30 to add it to already $1000+ machines. I thought it was always the Mac experience to just drop a huge roll of dough on the machine (50% more than the same hardware setup would cost for a Windows machine), but in exchange you get *everything*. It seems more like a ploy to entice people to upgrade to Leopard rather than a profit earner.

Not that it's going to hurt Mac sales. Really, who was considering paying $1500 for a MacBook and an additional $100 for WindowsXP, but is scrapping the plans because of the extra $30? It's irritating, but I'd suck it up. Plus the $80 for Parallels.