Tag: STATUS BAR

Google has just made another addition to the already feature-rich Gmail iOS Web app. You can now see a pop-up connection bar, that shows you what the Web app is doing, when you last checked for new mail, whether your email was sent successfully and whether you're working online or offline, plus an indicator to show you if you've got any email left in your outbox. The connection bar disappears when ...

Clearly, the status bar's days are numbered. Even Internet Explorer 9 has removed the bottom-dwelling bar in favor of inline tooltips. Now, in the latest updates to Firefox 4, Mozilla's browser has moved status bar link previews to the right-hand side of the Awesome Bar. Hover a link, and the destination URL appears in soft, gray text. Sure, it looks OK when you're currently viewing a page ...

When it comes to paring a browser's UI down to the smallest possible size, the discussion always seems to focus on Firefox. Granted, Firefox is a very customizable browser, and with the right extensions cleverly applied, you can minimize its UI. But as John Holdun notes, often overlooked in this regard is the fact that Safari is very capable of being pared down to almost nothing, and you don't ...

Recently we complained that the number of Firefox add-ons we use were causing grief with pop-up windows. We recommended ResizeIT to ensure that everything in the a pop-up window is visible. Now, we've found a different solution: StatusBars. Stackable status bars add a ton of flexibility to the way you work. If you're in a Google mood, you can have a Google status bar that contains things such as ...

It seems like every Firefox extension thinks it deserves a spot on my status bar, and most have no option to get rid of their little widget on the status bar. Organize Status Bar is an extension that gives you back control of Firefox's status bar. It lets you permanently move or remove any item from your cluttered status bar. ...