Category: Tips
New to Google Chrome Guide
In order to help Chrome users learn everything faster and with ease, today Google has released a “New to Google Chrome” guide which not only provides detailed information on various functions, but includes short video clips as well.
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Backup Web Browser Data with FavBackup 2.0
We are happy to announce the availability of FavBackup 2.0, software which backups web browser bookmarks, passwords, extensions and pretty much everything else.
The following release focuses on usability and optimizations.
Opera: Quick Tip
Click and hold the Back button and you’ll get a list of all visited pages for the current tab.
Via Twitter.
10 Great Opera Speed Dial Backgrounds
If you are using Opera and can’t find any good Speed Dial backgrounds, then check the following post, because it has some great ones (in good resolution).
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Speed Up Your FireFox with SpeedyFox
If you’ve been heavily using Firefox web browser and noticed decreasing performance, then maybe it’s time for you to try new tool called “SpeedyFox” (Windows only).
What can it do?
Boost Firefox startup in up to 3 times
Speed-up browsing history
Quicker operation with cookies
So how does it work? Continue Reading
Internet Explorer 8, 7 and 6 Spell-check
If you are using Internet Explorer web browser and can’t find any good spell checkers, try ieSpell. The following extensions spell-checks text-input boxes on a Web page.
However, it should be noted that ieSpell does not check text as you type (not inline spell checker).
If you are experiencing any issues with it (such as “Automation server can’t create object” error), consider IE7Pro add-on or Google Toolbar as well.
Play NES Games from Web Browser
Let’s have some fun. Shall we? Our reader Nox has stumbled upon a JavaScript NES emulator JSNES which allows you to play most popular NES games straight from your web browser.
Although it works with every web browser, script author (Ben Firshman) recommends using Chrome, as it’s best suited for such tasks.
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Weekly Browsers Recap, September 14th
- Install Internet Explorer on Linux with IEs4Linux
- Firefox adds Flash plug-in update protection
- Google Chrome Gets FTP, Extensions Tweaks
- 6 Unique Features That Make Opera 10 Stand Out
- Security Flaw Found in Safari for Windows
- WebKit adding support for GPU-accelerated 3D via WebGL
- 14 portable web browsers for Windows
- Maxthon 2.5.7 Released
- Mozilla’s Fennec Alpha 3 For Windows Mobile Is Out
Speed Up Firefox by Vacuuming SQLite Database
Jeremy Orem has posted an interesting tip on how to speed up Firefox web browser.
All you have to do is paste the following command (as single line) to your console bar (can be accessed via tools > error console):
Components.classes["@mozilla.org/browser/nav-history-service;1"].getService
(Components.interfaces.nsPIPlacesDatabase).DBConnection.executeSimpleSQL(“VACUUM”);
And hit enter (user interface might freeze for a moment).
As he says, it will vacuum Firefox’s sqllite database which will lead to better browser performance.
Via FirefoxFacts
