Finally things are getting smaller
In a world of bloatware, its refreshing to see developers looking to squeeze technology back into a small space. Today I went to make a backup copy of my new edition Microsoft Exchange 2007. First I made the mistake of trying to copy a CD, it was a DVD, next my laptop took ages to copy an image to my hard drive in preparation for the ‘burn’ to DVD. Finally with an image ready it asked for the all important ‘blank’ media. Placing a DVD -R in the drive I prepared for the smooth production of my backup copy,.. uh ah, it wasn’t to be. I was told my mere 4.3GB blank...
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Alright you know I recommend you run Firefox as your browser. But wait there’s more. If you want the ‘best’ experience here is my secret family recipe of add-ons. OK, guys it you want the perfect Firefox install here is my list of recommendations from; https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ FoxClocks Add world times to your browser. I recommend you change setting in ‘Positions and Display’ to FoxClocks icon ForecastFox Local and international weather in your status bar I get my Brisbane 3day forecast DownThemAll (aka DTA) Great built in mass and high speed...
Read MoreFirefox Skype Extension
Have just been taking time to upgrade my new laptop with my usual suite of software. The changover to Windows Vista Ultimate is so far entertaining, nervously exciting and yet familiar. At least most of my favourite keyboard short-cuts return the results I need to manage my way around. What was disappointing is that on loading Firefox and the Skype, I was missing my favourite Skype extension. Now someone will need to explain, but so far the Skype extension is not available at the mozilla.com / firefox.com website. At this point it is built into the Skype install. Sadly that went wrong, the...
Read MoreVideo Downloader
Talking to my son Corey he recommended the program UnPlug as an add-on to Firefox. Corey reckons it works really well and the review says it will guess the location of the source file if it can’t scan the page for it. Check it out at https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2254/
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