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Greasemonkey + Greased Lightbox = Cool

nospam@example.com (jumanjisama) — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 08:49:00 -0600

For you folks who never heard of Greasemonkey, well, it is a Firefox extension, more like an extension for developers. This is due to it's function which allows users to apply javascripts to web pages without even adding a code to the page. All you need is a premade javascript or a javascript that you have written on your own and then with Greasemonkey, apply it to any web pages you like. But, how is this thing useful for tech beginners or people who hell doesn't know how to code javascripts or even better, never heard to javascript at all. As i have mentioned above, all you need is a premade javascript code. Just follow this article as i show you how to use Greasemonkey and a particular javascript code to preview images in almost any webpages (Flickr, Google Images, deviantART etc ) without even requiring to reload the page. Ain't that cool or what? (if it is not, you really need to get your geeky gene checked up :) ) I have gave it a thought and i think it is best for you to try this on your own so that you could have the full experience :P .

Get Greasemonkey

Get Greased Lightbox

If the whole process was a success, upon clicking on an image, a lightbox will appear with the larger preview of the image (would not necessarily be the largest image size, but it would be the larger one). To learn more about the Greased Lightbox javascript, please click on this link to go to the page: Greased Lightbox ; there you should find more details about the lightbox and even a preview of the script in action.

Anti Phishing In Firefox

nospam@example.com (jumanjisama) — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:49:52 -0600

If you are currently using Firefox 2, you should know that one of it's main security feature is that it has a build in anti-phishing system or, by what they call at the Mozilla website, Phishing Protection. This feature is already activated by default, nothing special there. But did you know that there are 2 different list of blacklisted sites that are available to your Firefox? One is called the local list, the list from Mozilla and the other is the list from Google. By default, your Phishing Protection feature depends on the local list, but is there a different between these two lists? Actually there is. Last year, Mozilla did an experiment to compare whose anti-phishing technology is better, Firefox's or IE's . Other than that, they also made a comparison between using the local list and Google's list for Firefox, this experiment is the one that we are interested in. Below is the result of the experiment: From this result we can conclude that Firefox is better at detecting a possible phishing site when it is using the Google List, don't you agree with me? So, how can we change Firefox from using the local list to using the Google's list? It is pretty simple actually,you just need to click on Tools in Firefox's toolbar, then click on Options. After that a menu will pop up, click on the Security tab in this menu and you may change the list there. I have also prepared a short presentation, showing how to change the list from the pop up menu, please click on the link below to view the tutorial:

A simple presentation:Changing To Google's list

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Recommended Firefox Extension - Tab Effect

nospam@example.com (jumanjisama) — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:49:04 -0600

Once in a while, i will go the Firefox website and dig up some new extension and test them out. Sometimes i end up with a cool extension, but there are also times when the extension just gives me more problems than benefits. This time around i am kinda lucky, cause i found sort of a rare extension, an extension that provides style instead of function to Firefox. Ever thought about that? Usually you will find extension that adds functionality to your Firefox, that's the main criteria - styles are only for themes. This extension is called Tab Effect and as the name implies, it adds an effect to your Firefox browser whenever you switch between tabs. Personally, i found this really cool. Below is a preview of how the effect looks like, please click on it to view the larger version: Though some people complain that this effect causes some time delay between tab switching, but i don't seem to have a problem with that, of course there is a tiny meeny time lag. If previously you can immediately view the tab that you are switching to, but if you are using this extension, it will just add a fraction of a second to the transition and it is for a good reason, for the effect to run. Anyway enough of mumbling, i really recommend to you at least try this extension out, it may not be everyones cup of coffee, but who knows, you might just end up loving it like me :). To download please click on this link: Tab Effect to go to the extension's download page

Speakers + iTunes + Yahoo! Widget = Ultimate Alarm

nospam@example.com (jumanjisama) — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 00:37:00 -0600

I have been having problems waking up early lately, missing all the morning classes for weeks - and i just hate it. Whenever i miss a class, i have to borrow my friend's notes, and if you are doing that almost every other day, it starts to bring out the red flag. Usually i will be using the alarm function in my handphone to wake me up, but it seems that my body has found a way to totally ignore the alarm. Everytime the alarm in my phone goes off, i will unconciously wake up and shut the phone, and the best thing is, i don't remember at all doing that, all i know, when i wake up,its already 3 hours late for the first class. This need to end, i need to find the solution for an ultimate alarm system, it has to fulfill these requirements: # Need to be damn loud # It should require quite an effort to shut it off While i was looking for some kind of solution, i found the Yahoo! Widget for iTunes which will act as an alarm in combination with iTunes. So i started thinking, this may be some blessing from the sky. I am already using iTunes and implementing the combination in the title, now i have my own ultimate alarm. I hope you've got it by now,since these past two days my PC has an additional function, other than helping me to have fun, it is now helping me to wake up, wake up with style and music :-) Simple Steps If you are also interested to use your PC to wake you up, the you need to do the following: 1. Download iTunes, then install it - it would be great if you are using iTunes in the first place 2. Download Yahoo! Widget Engine,then install it 3. Download the necessary widget, place it in the widget' folder, then double click to use it. There are more than one option of widget which could be used an alarm with iTunes, but as for now, i am using iTunes Alarm Clock. It has no fancy functions, just some simple settings. What i like about it is that it plays the current song in my playlist, and , as suggested by the developer, i could make my own alarm playlist, a list of ultra loud songs that will make your ears bleed (not literally mates). There are also other widgets for you to choose from, just click on this link to view them: Other Options The Price to Pay To implement all of this is free alright, as long as you already have a PC and a set of speakers. What i meant by the 'Price' here is that, you need to leave your PC on for this Ultimate Alarm solution to function. For some, this maybe a bit insane, to leave the PC on all night. But for people like me, i rarely off my PC, since i bought it about 10 months ago, it is countable how many times have i shut my PC down. So for you guys out there who are damn stubborn to wake up early, then maybe this is what you need. Try it out, who knows, it may work for you too :)

Learn How To Add RSS Feed To Your Firefox

nospam@example.com (jumanjisama) — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:30:43 -0600

I have written a similar tutorial before, but it will soon be obsolete because the tutorial was based on Firefox 1.5, which in turn has a different style compared to Firefox 2, so it won't be very useful for newbies which are currently using Firefox 2. Other than that, i also had taken a different approach to make this tutorial. This time, the tutorial is somehow in a presentation/video style, which i believe to be very beneficial to people who dislike to read my long articles (damn lasy people :-P ) . Other than being straight forward, it is also easier to be understood, well, that is just my opinion. Don't take my word for it, view it yourself. To view the tutorial, please click on the link below to initiate it. But just as a friendly warning, the presentation/video is approximately 1MB in size, so for you guys who have a slow internet connection, you kinda need to wait for a while, so that it can take the time to load :-). Anyway, please proceed to the tutorial:

Tutorial: Adding Feed To Your Firefox Live Bookmarks (or any other feed reader)

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AllPeers - Share Files Using Firefox

nospam@example.com (jumanjisama) — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:49:32 -0600

I have always envied the flock users, flock seems like some application 2.0 thing, looks so cool. But the coolest thing about it, in my opinion, is the ability to share files with your buddies who also uses flock - i was wishing ever since that firefox could do the same. And finally, my wishes has been fulfilled with the appearance of this totally incredible extension. AllPeers is an extension that (after being installed) allows Firefox users to share files no matter how big it is, through the p2p network, given that all parties has AllPeers installed. Personally i find that AllPeers is totally cool (excuse me for this, i am totally awed by AllPeers). Some of its features are as below (this features are only available between Firefox users who has installed AllPeers: Free As most of the things that i have written about in my blog, AllPeers is also free, which adds more points to it's appeal :-) Create Buddy list You can make a list of your buddies which has installed AllPeers, this makes it easier for you to share files with them. Other than that, you may also invite your friends to install AllPeers, so you may expand your buddy network :-) Chat Since you have buddies feature in AllPeers, it would also be cool if you could chat with them, and this is totally possible with AllPeers. You may chat using AllPeers while browsing or sharing the files, just like a normal Instant Messenger, really cool and genius. Share Files Well, this is the main feature of AllPeers, it is what that makes it cool and great. AllPeers allows Firefox users to share any type and any size of files that you want. You are also given the option to control which files can be shared with which buddy, really nice. Other than that, you may also share web pages, this really enhances the web surfing experience. Now not only could you visit cool websites, but also share them in real time, within the browser itself - while still browsing :-). Drag n Drop The AllPeers developers just know their thing - AllPeers supports drag and drop - wanna share something, just drag and drop it to the buddy or buddies that you wanna share it with - brilliant. There are plenty other features that are bundled in AllPeers (the biggest extension i ever seen, 4++ MB) - but above are the most outstanding once. Though AllPeers is still in beta stage, but it has a really promising future. Damn, i really like this thing :-) To download it, please click on this link to go to AllPeers' Firefox Extension download page: Get AllPeers If you wanna get a short tour of AllPeers, you may view this video at the AllPeers website: Watch AllPeers Video

Bitcomet's New Official Release - Version 0.76

nospam@example.com (jumanjisama) — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:03:14 -0600

No, this is not the current stable version, but it is the latest official release though. I am not sure if the BitComet development team has just hired some new guy, but they are making quite a number of releases in a short period of time with some cool features added or re-added. If they continue going at this pace, i am pretty sure more people will shift to it from other bittorent client :) or i hope To download, click this link: Get BitComet 0.76 From the release note: 1. added Scheduler setting page in preferences dialog to adjust bandwidth depending time 2. added max/min upload rate per task settings in BT task page of preferences dialog 3. added New HTTP/FTP download button in toolbar 4. the total task number and selected task number are displayed in status bar of main window 5. fixed the bug that the BitComet main window is not activated sometimes when download URL from IE 6. fixed the bug that the function of avoid system entering suspend mode still works even when no task is running 7. improved memory allocation strategy, avoid huge physical memory usage when program running for a long time 8. fixed the bug that in 0.75 sometimes the file is not downloaded entirely when task finish Key Improvement - I Think As you can see, they have added the max/min upload rate per task that they have removed from the previous version. I was really pissed when this feature was missing in their previous official release. But now it's back !!! Other than that, they even have a Bandwidth Scheduler option right now, just like utorrent, that's something nice. Looks like they are trying to copy some of the cool features other bittorrent client offers. Well, as long it makes me happy, i am okay with it :) Lastly, it says there that they have improved the memory allocation thing, but i have tested this feature, it don't seem to be functioning in my PC. I am not sure why, but i don't seem to notice any improvement there. I personally think, the main problem that BitComet has is it's memory leak characteristic. Unless this is overcome soon, more and more people will see it as less appealing. Overall, i personally think that the improvements made for this version is satisfying, though BitComet still have problem with memory usage, but this version shows that the developers are taking steps to solve it, just hope that it will be soon :) To download, click this link: Get BitComet 0.76

Featured Download - IZArc Archiver

nospam@example.com (jumanjisama) — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:41:08 -0600

Well, in my previous article, i have written about IZArc, a multifunction archiver (you use it to compress or decompress files). At that time, IZArc was still in it's beta version, but recently, about 2 weeks ago, the developers of IZArc has released their newest build and it ain't beta anymore. I find it really cool that there is finally a stable version of IZArc because i am not much a fan of beta versions :) Anyway, get your own IZArc version 3.6 right away: Download IZArc. And if you are interested to know all of the features that IZArc has to offer, then head here: IZArc's Features. There are a lot of cool features that IZArc has, but just as i have mentioned in my previous article, my personal favorite is the Virus Scan feature. As most people know, the easiest way to attach a malware to file is by attaching it with a compressed file. So IZArc's Developers did good by introducing this function into their product. If you don't have a file archiver (compressor and decompressor), then i would really suggest for you to get this one, it is free but it can do more than most,if not all, of it's commercial counterparts: Download IZArc

Mozilla To Discontinue Updates For Firefox 1.5.0.X

nospam@example.com (jumanjisama) — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:36:34 -0600

Hailing to all Firefox 1.5.0.X users, please update your Firefox to the latest build, Firefox 2. Though there was a recent update to Firefox 1.5.0.8, but Mozilla has posted in it's website that it would halt updates for this version in April 2007. Quoted from Mozilla.com:

Firefox 1.5.0.x will be maintained with security and stability updates until April 24, 2007. All users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to Firefox 2.

Please join us in the future, and leave the past behind: Get Firefox 2 Some new features in Firefox 2 are anti-phishing protection,auto complete searches when using the build in Firefox quick search bar and a better tab browsing capability.

Featured Download - Clipmark

nospam@example.com (jumanjisama) — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 15:38:38 -0600

Clipmark is a bookmarking tool extension for our dearly Firefox. But Clipmark has a different approach to bookmarking which is rather cool in my opinion. Using Clipmark, you could bookmark only the important parts of a web page, such as a couple of paragraph from a text or some beautiful images that you found in someone's online Photo Album. Unfortunately, Clipmark doesn't support bookmarking videos, though it would be better if it does. Below is a video showing a demo of Clipmark in action:

As mentioned in the video, you may view all the clipmarks made by other people in Clipmark's website: Go To Clipmark's Website You probably could have guessed by now that Clipmark is kind of a social bookmarking tool like Del.icio.us , so, it requires registration :) Install Clipmark to your Firefox right away: Get Clipmark

Featured Download - Tab Catalog

nospam@example.com (jumanjisama) — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 13:18:42 -0600

IE 7 has one feature that really amazed me, with IE 7 you could see all the tabs that are opened in a screen (the tabs will be shown as thumbnails). I was furious initially when i found out that Firefox doesn't have the same feature by default, but then, there are always extensions :) . Tab Catalog is a Firefox Extension which offer the same feature as i mentioned above. With Tab Catalog, you could view all of your currently opened tabs in one screen and also decide which of the tabs that you actually wanna leave open, and close the tabs that you don't need. This can be really useful when you are browsing through webs and looking for something. All you need is to open all of the links in tabs then use Tab Catalog to decide which one the the tabs that you wanna go to. Below is a snapshot of me using Tab Catalog: Only so much could be said, you need to try it for yourself to decide whether it is the extension that you are looking for, get it here : Get Tab Catalog

Miranda, Universal IM for Windows

nospam@example.com (jumanjisama) — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 07:34:21 -0600

Previous to Miranda, i have also written an article about Gaim, another cool universal IM. But, Miranda is a bit different compared to Gaim. First of all, it is only for Windows users, it doesn't support other OSes, for all that are using Linux and Mac OS, sorry guys. But despite of that, Miranda has one really outstanding feature, it is really really customizable. You will be really impressed with all that you could do with Miranda. How customizable is Miranda you ask? Well, it has more than 500 addons which includes themes,skins,plugins and more. The vast addons that Miranda has to offer makes it possible for you to customize Miranda to be the way you want it too(i purposely included the 'possible' there). Supported IMs For a Universal IM, Miranda has to support various IMs, the IMs that Miranda currently supports are as below: # ICQ # AIM # MSN # Jabber # Yahoo # IRC # Gadu-Gadu # Tlen # Netsend # Lotus Sametime - with plugin # Bonjour - with plugin # Skype - with plugin and Skype must be installed # QQ - with plugin Theme Below is an image that i copied from Wikipedia, click on it to view a larger image This image is an example of a Miranda which has gone through some extensive makeover. I have to admit, the default appearance of Miranda is a bit less appealing, but this image shows what you could achieve with Miranda, a totally good looking IM which your friends will envy :). But be warned, Miranda is not by default skinnable. What i mean by that is, Miranda requires other addons to make it skinnable. Plus, there is no way for you to make one theme fit for all in Miranda, translation: the chatting window, the buddy list pane and the setting window will need different addons to skin it. To learn more on themes and skinning for Miranda, please go here : Theme And Skinning Plugins Miranda has a large collection of cool plugins. The one that i love the most is tabsrmm. With this plugin, you could have all of your chat windows gathered in one, just like Firefox. It will not only saves a lot of space but also time moving from on window to the other. Tabsrmm is only one the the plugins that Miranda has, there are plenty more from where it came from. There are plugins to show user details, birthday reminder and more. Please click on this link to learn more about installing a plugin in Miranda : Installing Plugins Great Wiki I could go on and on explaining about how cool Miranda is, but i think i better not :-), it is best for you to check it for yourself. The last great feature of Miranda is it's great wiki. I feel all of my questions are answered in the wiki, i just need to search for it, that's all. Everything from installing Miranda, adding plugins, adding themes and even more details about the plugins are in the Wiki. As i said, all you need to do is search, there is a search bar, don't worry. Finally, i just wanna make this clear, by default, i mean, right from the box, Miranda will look really unappealing, too simple and almost like i am telling you a big joke about it. But believe me, the greatest feature that Miranda has is it's customizability. If you customize it, you could make it the best IM you ever had :)

Really Tiny Bittorrent Client - Utorrent

nospam@example.com (jumanjisama) — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:46:02 -0600

Before this, i have written a few articles about Bitcomet, another bittorent client which i am really fond of. But i have been using utorrent for almost a week now, and i have to say, i am really impressed with it. Despite it's size, it offers most of the essential features a bittorrent client should have.If you don't know what bittorrent is, please click on this link to read more about it: Intro To Bittorrent. Utorrent comes in a 170kb package, which is amazingly small compared to the other bittorrent clients (bitcomet 0.70 = 2,648KB), but small doesn't necessarily means less. With utorrent you could still download multiple torrents, set a global upload/download limits,create torrents and much more. But there are few features which i think makes utorrent stands out. Portable One of the advantage of being small is to be portable, this also applies to utorrent. Utorrent doesn't require any installation, you just need to click on it every time you wanna use it. Portability means that, you could load utorrent in your portable hard drive and resume your download from any PC that you could find, isn't that cool. Plus, in computers which doesn't gives you the privilege to install softwares, you could still use utorrent, that is one great advantage. Low On Resource Another thing that i am really impressed with utorrent is the amount of memory that it consumes. I have been running it for 3 days straight, and when i went to check how much of my RAM did it use, it was under 10MB!!!. How great is that?!. This feature makes utorrent totally suitable for PCs which are low on RAMs. You could run your utorrent and don't have to worry of a decrease in performance of your PC. Scheduler With the scheduler feature, you could set your utorrent to have a limited download/upload speed,which you could also set yourself, or to run at full speed or simply shutdown at certain hour(s) of the day. This feature is beneficial for people who are sharing an internet connection in a network. Sometimes, there are parts of the day that you would prefer the Internet speed not to be compromised by utorrent's activity, with scheduler, you could set utorrent to limit it's upload/download speed or shut it down during that specific time of the day, nice huh?! These three are my best reasons why utorrent is cool. Only so much could be said, but the best way to judge this awesome software is to try it for yourself. And did i mentioned it is free. Yeah, just like all other softwares that i have suggested , utorrent is free to download and use. Download a copy for yourself now : Get Utorrent

Re: Tab Mix Plus for Firefox 2

nospam@example.com (jumanjisama) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 06:16:42 -0600

Yesterday i made a post about the Tab Mix Plus extension for Firefox 2 that i found, but it wasn't complete because i didn't include the download link with it. Luckily for you guys, today, you have two options to download the extension from. Update: Tab Mix Plus is now ready for Firefox 2 and above, go to this link: Get TMP The download pages are: Option 1: Technovice Option 2: mscha.net Option 1 For the first option, you will need to save the .xpi file, the extension file, in your PC. Then open the file using Firefox by going to File->Open File... or press CTRL+O and browse for the file location. Option 2 The second option was suggested by the author of TMP, for this option, the extension will attempt to self install when you try to download it. Firefox will of course block this attempt. So, what you need to do is, upon clicking to download the extension, a yellow horizontal box will appear above the page, informing you that Firefox has prevented the extension from being installed directly to Firefox.Click the 'Edit Option..' button at the end of the horizontal box and add mscha.net to the exception list by clicking the button 'Allow'. After that, try clicking on the download button again, simple ! :) update: i have changed the second option to another download site(initially was stashbox), thanks cypherhackz :)