Tag: FEATURE

Those of you who use Google Chrome on a Mac will soon have a handy option added to your browser of choice. It's called 'confirm to quit', and it does exactly what you'd expect. Upon activating the confirmation, Chrome will display a prompt if you press Command+Q -- which you'll then need to hold for another second and a half to actually quit. It's handy for those times when you meant to tap ...

Google Chrome is a great browser, but it still has a few shortcomings -- one of which is the lack of a print preview screen. The plumbing for such a feature has existed in Chrome for a while now, and Print Preview even appears as an option in about:flags. Right now, enabling Preview has no effect on functionality. Flipping the switch does, however, provide a partial glimpse of how the feature ...

Many of our readers have been frustrated by having to add command line switches to Google Chrome in order to try out a new feature. In truth, it's really not a difficult procedure (though Windows and Linux users have it far easier than those on Mac) -- but wouldn't it be cool if you could just click something to turn them on? Starting soon, you just might be able to do that. Google OS spotted ...

Keeping your Windows computer virus-free doesn't have to cost you a lot of money. Heck, it doesn't need to cost you any money. There are plenty of good options available for those of you on the hunt for free antivirus software. Wait - free? Don't companies like Norton make a good business out of selling antivirus protection? Why would someone give it away? Developers of free antivirus solutions ...

Facebook just launched a new feature called People You May Know, which suggests -- get ready for the surprise -- people that you may now. Wow. It finds these people based on "your existing connections", but we don't know how it decides the order of the list. Our guess: the more people you both know, the higher on the list the person gets placed. We didn't recognize any of our first four ...

If you spend a lot of time in front of the computer, you probably collect dozens of little snippets of information each day: Web sites to visit later, documents you want to review some other time, contact info of people you want to catch up with next week, reminders about what to pack for your next trip. There are all kinds ways to track your stuff online (Del.ici.ous, Remember the Milk), but ...

Since Google Reader began reporting actual numbers of subscribers, we have since found out that it's actually one of the most popular web-based readers. That said, one of its least popular features has been its ability to email a feed item you're looking at. Reader would typically pop up a Gmail window, which in itself wasn't such a bad thing, but the message being sent was mostly mashed together ...

Digg just unleashed a major update, cranking out a number of new features geared towards more powerful management and customization of the user experience, as well as incorporating multimedia in a big way. Kevin Rose posted an overview of the new features at Digg the Blog, complete with a short video and narration of all the cool new stuff. The first big new feature is an upgraded UI with a focus ...

OSNews writer Adam Scheinberg has written a review of two popular photo sharing services, Flickr and Picasa Web Albums, on his blog. Apparently, enough of the OSNews readers liked the review so much that they pressured him into posting it to OSNews, which made me think there just might be something to it. To be honest, I think he does a good job of reviewing both services objectively, so I don't ...

Google has added a 'Saved Locations' feature to Google Maps, complete with labels and auto-completion. Once signed into Google Maps, the service will begin auto-saving all addresses you type in (this is toggle-able from preferences). Clicking the Saved Locations option in the upper right of Google Maps takes you to your list of addresses where you can begin entering your own, including a label for ...

Thunderbird has gone alpha, boys and girls, with quite a few major new features and updates, including: Message Tags Folder Views including favorite folders Improved New Mail Notification Alerts New Windows installer based on Nullsoft Scriptable Install System Find As You Type in the message pane New combined and improved Add-ons manager for extensions and themes Updates to ...

Rejoice, fellow Backpack users, for 37Signals today added a much-requested new feature for paid users: a calendar. As you may come to expect from the traditional KISS approach of 37Signals, the calendar is incredibly easy to use and enter appointments into. It's also 'smart', as it can figure out what events like "January 7 Catherine's birthday" and "6:30pm Dinner" mean, and it will place them ...

Here's an odd little feature I never knew was in Notepad, Microsoft's otherwise featureless text editor: It can be used to make log files. Give it a shot: Open Notepad and type .LOG on the first line, then save the file as whatever you want. Now every time you open the file the current date and time will be appended to it, which make it super-quick to create simple texty log files for whatever you ...

Mike Sego posted on the Google Blog yesterday that a slick new 'reply by chat' feature has been added to Gmail. Now, if you want to reply to a message and the original sender is online, a 'reply by chat' button will be right next to the now old 'n busted regular reply button. To top things off, the chat history will be saved right in line with the conversation. Awesome. ...

It looks like Google is testing new features in their search results age. As you can see in the screenshot, there is a blue arrow that appears next to results now that, when twirled down, can reveal new information such as images, related links and even the ability to search the site - all before you actually click to visit it (could this possibly be a result of those Ask.com commercials with ...