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Google Chrome's New Tab Page Video Tutorial

Jayant — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:50:42 +0000

Google Chrome shows some interesting details when you open the New Tab Page. It shows you the recently visited Sites, Recent Bookmarks, Recently closed Tabs, Ability to search your History and Show full history.

However not most of us use it to the full advantage. Here is a quick tutorial to show you how Google New Tab Page works and how you can use it to work more faster. Interestingly, did you know that by looking at the recent thumbnails you can easily spot if someone else has used your computer? Pretty kiddish and no need to go to History page to see that. Anyways, here is the video, go watch.

Do share with us your experiences on Google Chrome. Have a nice Day..!!

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6 Cool Google Chrome Icon Project Videos

Jayant — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:45:36 +0000

Google launched Chrome Icon Project to invite users share their love and creativity towards Google Chrome by making a video depicting the same. Here are six cool Chrome Icon project example entries made by the Google Chrome Team.

Submit your Entries to the Google Chrome Icon Project Contest. Have a nice day..!!

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Google Chrome Omnibox – Little more than an Address Bar

Jayant — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:29:15 +0000

Google Chrome comes with Omnibox, which integrates Address Suggestions with Google Search and Bookmarking, all at one place. However most of the time, all its features are not used. Here is a short video tutorial to get started with.

Take full advantage of the Omnibox. Find more explanation at the following link:

Google Chrome Help – Address Bar

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Opera Unite: A cloud based Technology to "Reinvent the Web"

Jayant — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:48:32 +0000

Opera 10 will feature alongside Turbo mode a cloud based Technology called "Opera Unite" which gives you features of Web Server within a Web Browser

Opera will bundle a new technology with its latest version of Browser Opera 10 called "Opera Unite". Opera Unite as the Company claims will "Reinvent the Web for you". A tall claim indeed. But by the wide range of features it is providing, it surely worth another look.

Opera Unite would basically be a Web Server integrated into your Web Browser. So what does that means? It emans that you would eb able to use a wide array of Services for which now you have to depend on other Web Services. For example, here are few Services which Opera is currently giving, with more to come:

Media Center: Access your complete media library from anywhere
File Sharing: Share files store on your Computer
Photo Sharing: Share images with friends without uploading them
Lounge: Start chatting with your friends right from the Browser itself
Website: Host websites right from your Computer

I would be checking it out in detail and share my experiences. In the meantime watch this promotional Video describing the Service.

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Google releases Page Speed Optimization Firefox Plugin

Jayant — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:12:18 +0000

Google released a Firefox Plugin called Page Speed. The plug in is quite detailed and focuses on analyzing web pages and optimizing them for faster load times.

Google is known for keeping things simple. All their services have the trademark simple, clean layout and colors. All Google sites load quickly and without any delay. Now Google wants the same from you. Google have released a new Firefox/Firebug extension to help Website Owners and Web Administrators analyze their web pages and decrease their site load times. By doing so, you are giving your visitors a nice experience especially those who are on a slow connections.

Here is a partial screenshot of Page Speed evaluating Google.com. As expected all the test are passed with no critical or medium warnings. You can use this to inspect your Website and know about various factrs that is slowing your site down like:

Gzip Compression to drastically reduce file size while transferring
Cache Optimization
Image Optimization
CSS/Java Scripts Optimization
Minimizing Request Size/ Payload Size etc.

Download Link: http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/

How to install and use: http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/docs/using.html

Help topics about Fire Speed: http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/docs/rules_intro.html

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10 Applications I can't live without as a Blogger

Jayant — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:01:27 +0000

Working with smart tools help. Over time you get accustom to them and soon they become indispensable. Here are a few applications I use on a day to day basis as a Blogger.

Windows Live Writer

Thanks Microsoft for coming out with such a nice little utility. Windows Live Writer is undoubtedly the best Offline Blogging Software. It supports a large type of blogs, but more importantly it supports WordPress. It also auto detects your Categories, Post Slug field, Tags etc. It also gives an option to save a draft online and post later. Cool isn’t it..!!

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FileZilla FTP Utility

Filezilla is a nice free FTP client. Its supports FTP, FTP o/v SSL, SFTP etc. and runs on both Windows and Linux. Although I have never fully utilized it apart from transferring files from local hard drive to server, it does a very good job of transferring files and I am much happier with it compare to other FTP Clients. It also have a free server version incase if you want to set up a FTP Server.

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Wamp Server

Wamp server helps you create, test and run applications using PHP, Apache and MySQL. It also has PHPMyAdmin and SQLiteManager to easily manage your databases. I used it to test my WordPresss Theme designs for my client, by running them on a localhost using WAMP. It’s much faster than running it on a live host.

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Notepad++

Notepad++ is the most powerful text editor you can lay your hand on (Text Editor not rich Text Editor). First of all it’s free. Secondly, it provides Syntax highlighting for a whole bunch of programming languages. Provides a tabbed interface, remembers and auto loads open files, provide auto intended for better code visibility etc. The features go on and on and on. Simply the Best out there.

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Win HTTrack

Win HTTrack is a very powerful offline browser. Now why would I use it? The reason is very simple. There are tonnes of beautiful sites out there, but my data plan for internet connection provides zero cost for night surfing. Also mostly I am on the move with a CDMA USB modem, which hardly gives any speed, just keep your connection alive. To quench my thirst of reading nice tutorials and great blogs, I rather download them and store them on a pendrive. That’s where Win HTTrack comes into the picture.

Win HTTrack allow you to download website and view them offline. You can change most of the options like The relative path you want to set, what types of files you want to download and what type of files you want to skip, other validation rules etc. It is the best offline website downloader out there.

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Windows 7 Paint Tool

I am running a Windows 7 Beta Build version 7000. I must say it’s a very stable OS and leaps ahead compare to Vista. It have some Glitches here and there but surprisingly it’s better than Vista even in the Beta Version. Windows 7 presents with a revamp Paint Utility. Finally the ribbon interface debuts in MS Paint and I loved it. You can do pretty much same basic file editing and drawing. You can save files in PNG Format also.

Windows 7 Snipping Tool

Another nice addition to Windows 7 is a Snipping Tool. It lets you snip of cut selective portions of your screens and save them as a JPG, GIF or PNG image file. Very useful for taking screenshots.

Firefox Portable

Firefox is undoubtedly the best Browser out there at the moment with speed, security and tonnes of features and addons. What more interesting is, it also has a portable version available. Why do I need a portable version? Simple. I can take all my bookmarks, User Preferences, Addons, Local Bookmarks etc with me while I am on the move. I just have to install the Portable Version on the Pendrive and launch it from there on any computer and continue surfing from where I left last time.

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Google Chrome Portable

Google Chrome is still not mature yet. But the good thing about this light weight Browser is that, first its fast and secondly it provides a fresh breath of air compare to other Memory hogging Browser applications. Another good feature of Google Chrome is that it runs as a separate process for each tab. Why this is important? If you open a faulty site or a tab becomes non-responding, you can kill it without losing all your open applications. Another important thing, Chrome comes preloaded with Gears. Great to use for applications like WordPress Turbo Mode and Google Reader Offline.

Microsoft Excel 2007

Finally the last utility in the list and the only utility you have to pay to get – Microsoft Office Excel 2007. The most powerful Spreadsheet application on the planet. I use it t store and manage important details of my all projects and Websites. It is a handy utility to manage keywords, keep a list etc. Other features of this application needs no introduction. The Ribbon Interface rocks. (Had to say that)

So, what are the most important applications you use while Blogging? Share with other readers. Have a nice Day..!!

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