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Archive for August, 2011

Aug 31

Easily Create Svelte HTML Based User Forms With Forms Builder

Whether you are a small business owner that runs a professional website for your company, or a blogger that likes to rattle off your ideas in a public forum, utilizing forms can be a substantive aspect of your online experience, and can be used for myriad functions, e.g., collecting user feedback or running a survey.

While it is possible to create such a form on your own, from scratch, there are fast and easy alternatives available that make form creation a painless process. Read more

Aug 29

What To Do Before You Sell Your Mobile Device

For many fortunate people, mobile devices are now commodity items that are often sold to allow an upgrade to the next, more powerful model. Since these devices contain personally identifiable information, it is wise to take certain precautions before handing off your gadget to another party.

Usually, this entails doing a full wipe of your device. Read more

Aug 26

Expunge Apps From Windows Context Menu With Menu Uninstaller

Some people love applications. Whenever a new one comes along that looks remotely interesting, they need to install it and check it out.

After the crushing disappointment that usually accompanies such rash decisions, you still need to uninstall the app, meaning it’s time for a trip to the Programs section in your Control Panel.

Menu Uninstaller for Windows can help you avoid this nettlesome step. Read more

Aug 24

How To Selectively Display Your Facebook Information

Although Facebook is a great way to share your thoughts and experiences with friends and family, your number of connections can quickly get out-of-hand, and you may desire a way to selectively display information with certain groups of people. If you are a Facebook neophyte, you may want to learn how to organize your friends into lists. Read more

Aug 22

Back To Basics: Getting To Know Your Web Browser

This is the second entry in a multi-part series. Part 1

Now that we have gone over the importance of the web browser and how to customize it to your preferences, it is time to explore some of the features that make them powerful research and information organization tools.

We’re going to focus on three key areas:
1. The browser interface
2. Bookmarks
3. Search functionality Read more

Aug 19

Add A Tabbed View To Microsoft Office With Office Tabs

Windows only: Tabbed browsing, whether in a web browser or in an operating system’s file navigator, enhances your ability to attend to and shift between multiple tasks. After spending some time with it, it is hard to go back to applications that lack this useful feature.

If you use Microsoft Office for Windows and you’ve either had a clandestine desire for tab implementation, or you’re simply looking for a novel way to get things done in your favorite productivity suite, you might want to check out Office Tabs. Read more

Aug 17

Easily Share Large Files With Fyels

Due to stringent file size restrictions, sharing large files with people over the Internet can be a pain. In addition, many services require you to set up an account, or worse, pay a subscription fee to utilize their service. If you are looking for a free, no hassle solution for sharing your content, you should give Fyels a try. Read more

Aug 15

Create A Convenient Menubar Task List For Google Tasks

Mac only: If you’re a Gmail fan, you probably appreciate the numerous gadgets that Google is continually adding to its already stellar product. One such addition is Google Tasks.

This convenient little pop-up menu gives you the ability to manage multiple lists, add due dates or notes, link back to important email messages, and it integrates well with other Google products, such as Calendar and iGoogle.

Although it is a great product, you are still limited to using it in a web browser. Mac OS X Hints has an excellent tip for creating an OS X Menubar application that syncs with your Google Tasks list. Read more

Aug 12

Open New Tabs In Chrome By Dragging Text Or Links To The Tab Bar

If it is not obvious by now, I kind of have a crush on Chrome. Continually, I find useful tips and tricks that enhance my browsing experience or, quite frankly, make me smile because of their clever implementation.

You may already be familiar with tabbed browsing, but this is one tip you might not have come across before. Read more

Aug 10

Access System Preferences In Your Menu Bar With MenuPrefs

Mac only: System Preferences is an important resource that enables you to configure numerous, critical functions of OS X. If you find that you frequently change these settings and desire an easier way to access them, you may want to check out MenuPrefs. Read more

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