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firefox tips & tricks

Add Flip 3D In Firefox With FoxTab

FoxTab is a great firefox add on which lets you experience the same flip 3d like experience while switching to different tabs.

After installing FoxTab in firefox when you press ctrl+tab key to switch to other tabs you will see the FoxTab to come in action.

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You can again change the layout by selecting the layouts at the bottom right in the footer.

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firefox tips & tricks

FireFox – Open Favourite URL’s with Shortcut Keys

ShortcutKey2URL is a cool firefox add on which lets you open any website in firefox with a keyboard shortcut you specify.

The shortcut you specify to open the website URL will be of the syntax [ ctrl + Q + any key ] , just like in my case I tested ShortcutKey2URL and specified a keyword shortcut  as Ctrl + Q + E 

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Three kinds of methods can be specified for the method of opening URL, like opening it in current active tab, new tab or search the previously opened tab.

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useful software's

Clean – Delete Index.dat files on Windows

Index.dat files are windows system files on windows which records every web site you visit with internet explorer. These files are hidden on your computer that contain all of the Web sites that you have ever visited.

Every URL, and every Web page is listed there. Not only that but all of the email that has been sent or received through Outlook or Outlook Express is also being logged. Microsoft has not supplied an adequate explanation as to what these files are for or why they have been hidden so well.

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According to Microsoft, these index.dat files are used to store cache of visited sites to speed up the loading of sites in Internet Explorer. But this cannot be the case because when we delete the Temporary Internet Files the “index.dat” files remain behind.

Irrespective of what ever program you have been using to clean windows history they may clean but does not delete index.dat files on your computer as they protected in real time by windows operating system.

Let’s see how can you either clean or delete all the information stored inside these index.dat files on your windows computer

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Saver Starter – Start Screen Saver As Per Mouse Position On Desktop

Saver Starter is cool freeware which lets you start your computer screen saver according to your mouse cursor positions. So, you can simply instruct your computer to start the current screensaver by placing the mouse cursor to any corner of your screen which you have configured.

When you start Saver Starter a yellow coloured square will appear in your system tray

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When it turns red, it means that the Saver Starter has disabled the current screen saver and stopped it from running.

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If it turns green then it means that it is about to activate the current screen saver.

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internet hacks & tips

Download Videos From Youtube, DailyMotion, Metacafe and lot more other sites

Vdownloader is a FREE windows utility which lets you download videos from you favourite sites like youtube, google video and from other sites including.

Following list of sites are supported with Vdownloader from where you can download any video on these sites.

  • Youtube (in HD if available)
  • Google Video
  • DailyMotion
  • MySpace
  • Veoh
  • GoFish
  • Netlog
  • Blip TV
  • MyVideo.de
  • Porkolt
  • Metacafe
  • Break.com
  • 123 Video
  • Bolt
  • Vreel (Beta)
  • Clevver
  • Tudou
  • VSocial
  • Lulu TV
  • Guba
  • HideBehind
  • Dale al Play
  • Yahoo! Video
  • Tu.tv Hispavista
  • Vimeo

    Vdownloader supports a large number of video formats for the video to be downloaded and saved on your desktop.

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    useful software's

    Backup flickr account photos

    If for any reason you want to backup all the photos you had uploaded to flickr, there are lots of free tools available which lets you backup all your flickr uploaded photos easily.

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    When it comes to backup of flickr account it could be case when you are moving to a new computer, or may be you want to backup all the photos and then store them on cd/dvd

    Out of all the free tools available we have selected two of them which are best and easy to use out of all the tools. One of the tool is Downloadr and other one is Flickr Backup and both of them are free.

    Let’s discuss about these tools one by one and do a comparative review in between them.

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    Hide Start Button On Taskbar

    Start button is the most frequently clicked button in windows but on the other hand some windows users will agree that it takes some valuable desktop space which can be utilized otherwise.

    Today, We will tell you how can remove the start button form your desktop and make it invisible from your eyes with a free utility called Start Killer

    Taskbar with Start Button

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    Taskbar without Start Button

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    After removing start button from taskbar you will get more space on the taskbar to store more opened windows and applications.

    Let’s see how can you remove the start button from taskbar or in other words make start button invisible on the start menu.

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    vista hacks

    Get Windows Seven Like Start Menu on Vista and XP

    VSE7 is a FREE program which lets make your windows Vista or XP start menu look like windows seven. It lets you emulate all those effects of windows seven start menu on your windows vista and xp start menu.

    windows-seven-start-menu 

    VSE7 will provide some great features windows seven start menu like enhanced UI with better effects like blur, recent items list and pinning and application rating system.