Some forums have smileys, or emoticons, that you can add to your posts. However, most chat boxes and forums probably don’t have those options. Nevertheless, with the Webmemes extension we can still add a variety of smileys t...
Flowcharts are planning tools that represent algorithms or processes, which you can add to documents with numerous software packages. This article covered how you can set up algorithms with MS Word, but that isn’t a freeware...
Wouldn’t it be great if you could add document and folder shortcuts to Open file windows? Then you could select to open documents from a favorite list instead of going through the folders. Well, you can do exactly that with ...
The freeware Paint.NET has a plethora of editing options, and you can add more with plug-ins! Among the plug-ins you can add to Paint.NET is TR’s Snow Flake Maker. That’s a plug-in that adds snow flake effects to pictu...
All browsers have toolbars at the top of the window. However, why not have them at bottom of the window instead? With the Bottom UI add-on for Firefox you can move the toolbars to the bottom of the browser’s window. Open thi...
Windows keeps various MRU (Most Recently Used) lists for documents and programs. For example, the Recent Items on the Start menu shows you recently opened documents. You can erase those lists with the freeware MRUClear utility. Yo...
Not all websites have especially effective background and text color combinations. If the colors on a page clash, the text might not be entirely clear. Browsers such as Firefox have native options to adjust website background and ...
A previous post told you how to add thumbnail previews to Firefox tabs. However, you cannot navigate the thumbnail’s content with that add-on. Tab Scope is a Firefox extension that adds tab thumbnails to the browser that you...
If you need regular access to Windows system details, consider adding BGInfo to your software library. That’s a program which adds a variety of system setting details to the Windows desktop. As such, then you can check your ...
MSCONFIG is one of the Windows system tools. However, it is not listed on the Start menu. As such, you will have to input the Run command msconfig to find this system tool. The Run command prompt is on the Windows 7 Start menu und...
To open documents in Opera, you would usually need a plugin such as Adobe Reader. However, the Documents extension for Opera is a better alternative. With that you can open a variety of supported documents when you click their lin...
Do you have a blog? If so you might be interested in Blog2Print. That’s a website from which you can turn your blog into a printed book! First, open the Blog2Print website shown in the shot below. On the home page select you...
In Windows 7, you can change the window icon positions on the taskbar by dragging them. However, you can’t drag the window tabs in Vista or XP. That is unless you install Taskix, with which you can also reorder the windows o...
You can find most document files in Windows Explorer with specific keywords. However, keywords might not always be enough to locate a specific document. If that is so consider entering a couple of Windows 7 Explorer search operato...
You can customize the Windows Media Center with a few add-ons/plug-ins. Among them is the Power Playlist available for both Windows 7 and Vista Media Centers. That adds a strip to Windows Media Center with five tiles that play aud...
