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Mozilla Firefox – Plugins and Extensions – Double Click a Link to Open in a New Tab

01 Aug

With the DblClicker extension you can double-click links to open up new tabs, useful for search results pages.

When browsing a webpage in Firefox that contains a lot of links, such as a search engine results page, have you found yourself opening each link in a new tab so you can easily switch back to the results page instead of having to use the back button?

If so, you probably have either held down the Ctrl or Command (Mac) key while clicking on each link, or you have right-clicked on each link and selected “Open Link in New Tab”….

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Miscellaneous Software – Prevent Maximized Programs From Taking Up the Whole Screen

01 Aug

Stop hiding parts of the Desktop when maximizing applications by using the freeware MaxMax.

It seems counterintuitive, doesn’t it? When you maximize a program in Windows, by nature you want the window to take up the entire Desktop (except for the Taskbar in most cases) -right?

There may be instances where you don’t want maximized windows to be – well, maximized. Perhaps you have some Sidebar gadgets that you want to remain visible and not covering up part of the maximized window. Maybe you have a Desktop calendar and want to keep it shown. Or perhaps you have a window containing status information on part of the screen and don’t want it covered by other windows. For these cases, there’s the freeware MaxMax….

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[MODIFIED] Digital Urban and Cityscape Photography – Look Outside the Main Business / Financial District

01 Aug

Step outside of a city’s main district for some of the best skyline digital photos opportunities.

Instead of taking the usual cityscape photos while inside the main Financial or Business Districts, you may want to scout out areas outside of the main ‘hustle and bustle’ to take wide-angle skyline photos that showcase more of a city’s architecture.

In Chicago, instead of just taking Loop pictures from the Chicago River and other well-photographed vantage points, consider heading out to Navy Pier to take a cityscape photo on the lakefront. Or, another great photo opportunity is north at Lincoln Park; shoot south, towards the skyscrapers, and part of Lake Michigan will be in view….

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[MODIFIED] Clipboard Managers – Enhancers – Monitor the Clipboard and Create Permanent Clipboard Entries with ArsClip

01 Aug

ArsClip can monitor your Windows clipboard and lets you paste recently-copied items, plus you can define permanent items accessible via hotkeys.

ArsClip is a freeware clipboard enhancer for Windows XP and up. Arsclip remembers previous text and non-text items placed in the clipboard, accessible from most everywhere by pressing a Ctrl + Shift + Z hotkey.

When run, the software places an icon on the System Tray – right-click to select options or press the customizable hotkey. History items can be edited or removed. You can also create permanent history items accessible via other customizable hotkeys, allowing you to create hotkeys for, as examples, your name, web or blog address, Facebook page, and Twitter account….

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Microsoft Word 2010 – Remove Text Formatting, Highlighting, and Styles

01 Aug

A 3-part tip to removing all formatting, highlighting, and style from a selected block of text.

While editing a complex Microsoft Word 2010 document, you might have a section of text (or the entire document) that contains what you now feel are extraneous formatting (bold, fonts, underlines, etc), styles (such as headings), and highlights.

Removing all of these is a simple process:…

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[MODIFIED] Digital Camera Memory – Should You Buy a USB 3.0 Card Reader?

01 Aug

Advantages and disadvantages of a USB 3.0 memory card reader.

While most computers at the time this tip was written support USB 2.0, not all support USB 3.0, a higher-speed version of the USB standard. If you perform a lot of digital photo manipulation, copying gigabytes of photos between memory cards and various computers, upgrading to USB 3.0 may make sense in that it could save you time.

Unfortunately, if you are using older memory cards or memory cards geared towards average consumers instead of high-end hobbyists or professionals, you may find the purchase cost not worth the money. Medium or lower-range memory is rated at a lower transfer speed that may not take advantage of the benefits USB 3.0 offers. Also, transfer speeds between USB 3.0 readers vary, so the cheapest reader may not result in the best performance….

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[MODIFIED] Windows XP and DOS – Unix Du (Disk Usage Command)

01 Aug

This Windows XP – Windows 7 DOS replacement for the Unix du command determines the disk space used in various directories, and can output to CSV for import into Excel.

Most Unix operating systems come with a du command for users and system administrators to help determine which directories use the most space on a hard drive or other media. This is useful if file space is getting low and one needs to determine where to start looking for files to remove and/or archive.

The Sysinternals website, part of Microsoft TechNet, offers a free alternative to the disk usage command, and runs under Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 (not tested in Windows 8). Simply download the zip file du.zip, unzip the executable inside to your main Windows directory, and you can check disk usage via the command line:…

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[MODIFIED] General Computers – For Speed, CPU Speed Isn’t Everything

01 Aug

Plan on upgrading a computer or buying a new one? Look at more than just the CPU speed for faster performance.

Note that this tip is geared towards beginning computer users…

If you are in the market for a new computer or are considering upgrading an older machine, you might think that the CPU speed is the sole factor in determining how fast you will be able to work. You couldn’t be more wrong:…

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Windows Internet Explorer 9 – Always Start in Full Screen / Kiosk Mode from Windows 7 Taskbar

01 Aug

Need full screen web browsing via Internet Explorer 9, free of distractions? Force the Windows 7 Taskbar button to open Internet Explorer in full-screen / kiosk mode.

If you want more screen real estate dedicated to browsing web pages via Windows Internet Explorer 9, pressing F11 toggles a full-screen view that even hides your Windows taskbar.

However, what if you use this feature often and want Internet Explorer to always open in full-screen mode, let’s say from the Windows 7 Taskbar? And what if you don’t feel comfortable modifying the Windows 7 Registry?…

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[MODIFIED] Windows 7 – Disable Automatic Docking, Resizing, and Maximizing of Windows

01 Aug

Prevent Windows 7 from automatically docking, resizing, and maximizing windows when you drag them to the screen edges.

Windows 7 comes with a window management feature that is supposed to make it easier to lay out multiple windows on your Desktop. It does this by automatically maximizing or docking windows when you move them to the top or sides of the screen. Plus, as you resize windows and move your mouse pointer towards the screen edges, Windows 7 will resize the windows for you. You’ll notice these things happening by the appearance of an outlined rectangle during the move or resize operations.

While some people like this new feature, others would rather not have windows growing by themselves and want more precise control over window sizes. Thus it can be disabled:…

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