About MatthewA
Matthew is a freelancer who has produced a variety of software articles for sites such as Bright Hub and Captured Snapshot. He has an A - Level in ICT, at grade C, and is proficient with a number of software packages. Matthew also has a golf blog http://amateurgolfer.blogspot.com/.
Check out his book at http://battlesofthepacificwar.blogspot.co.uk/. Battles of the Pacific War 1941 -1945 recalls where, when and how the Pacific War was won and lost within the battlefields of the Pacific.
Those who use both the Firefox and Chrome browsers should install the Open In Chrome extension. That’s an add-on with which you can migrate open Firefox tabs to Google Chrome. To quote the add-on’s page: “The intended ...
Browsers such as Chrome include a Duplicate option on the tab context menu. When you select that option a duplicate tab opens on the tab bar. However, Firefox does not have a duplicate option on the tab context menu. Nevertheless,...
LibreOffice is a freeware office suite that includes a word processor, spreadsheet and database application. The default LibreOffice file format is ODF. Unless you select an alternative from the file drop-down list on the Save as ...
Google Calendar is a free application that you can access if you have a Google Account such as Gmail. It has numerous customization options, and is comparable to desktop calendar applications such as Outlook. This is how you can a...
Previous articles have already covered the steps on how you can capture full-page snapshots of website pages with Google Chrome and Firefox extensions. However, those extensions aren’t available for Opera. To capture full-page sna...
If you’re looking for an extension with which to customize tab placement, consider adding SimpleTabOrder to your browser. That’s an extension available for both Opera and Google Chrome. We can customize the placement of new page t...
Larger software packages amounting to more than one GB might take more than an hour to download. Consequently, you can’t always wait around at the desktop for a long download to finish. You can instead schedule your desktop/...
Are you bored with the same Google Chrome New Tab page. If so you can add random animated GIFs with a comical touch. The Animated Tabs extension for Google Chrome displays alternative animated GIFs each time you click on the New T...
To resize windows in the Windows OS, you would usually select the Restore down option and then drag the borders. However, it’s better to resize windows with the mouse wheel, which is something you can’t do unless you h...
To expand thumbnail images in galleries, you usually have to click on them. However, with Hover Zoom we can expand thumbnails by hovering the mouse over them instead. The extension also has a variety of additional options and shor...
The Windows calculator is usually the best tool for converting units and currencies on website pages. However, there is now a better one for converting units and currencies to alternatives. That is the Converter add-on for Firefox...
This article told you about how to add a weather forecast to Google Chrome. However, that weather extension is limited to the Google Chrome toolbar. We can also add customizable weather forecasts, plus a clock, to the Google Chrom...
The Windows product key is a 25-digit code that comes with the operating system. It is required to activate Windows. As such, you cannot reinstall Windows without the product key. If you’ve lost your product key, this is how...
Some websites have login text boxes such as user name, email address and password. It would be great if browsers had options with which to paste email addresses, passwords, user names etc into login text boxes. At the moment Firef...
One thing that Firefox doesn’t include is an alarm clock that can provide notifications for you at specific times. However, the Simple Timer extension adds a customizable alarm clock to the Firefox toolbar. Then you can set the cl...