January, 2011 | TECHRENA dot Net

[How To] Enable The Details Pane In Windows 7 Explorer

January 3, 2011 by bharath

Unlike the earlier Windows versions, the Windows Explorer in Windows 7 has been revamped a bit to make it appealing to the users. Any Windows Explorer window in Windows 7 can have at least 3 panes i.e., Navigation Pane, Preview Pane and Details Pane. For Library folder, there would be an additional pane called Library Pane which would be displayed at the top just below the address bar.

For now, we are concerned about the Details Pane. It is the pane that appears at the bottom of the window and displays the important information about the file or folder selected. While it is enabled by default in Windows 7 and Vista, some may find it missing in their explorer windows. In case it is disabled, this is how you can enable the Details Pane again:

Steps:

1. Open any Windows Explorer window.

No navigation pane in Windows 7

2. Click on the Organize button and from the drop down menu, roll over to the “Layout” and select “Details pane”

Details pane in Windows 7 explorer settings

3. You should now see the Details Pane at the bottom of your Windows Explorer window as shown in the screenshot.

CTRL + Tab Tabs Preview Feature In Firefox

January 3, 2011 by bharath

Firefox has changed a lot since the inception of the Firefox 3.6. A lot of features have been added since then. One such feature is previewing the opened tabs. We have already discussed how to enable all tabs preview in Firefox 4. Now let’s see how to enable the other variant of tabs preview feature, the Ctrl + Tab tabs preview (similar to Windows 7’s Alt + Tab preview) in Firefox 3.6 or later versions. Ctrl + Tab preview is disabled by default and if you hit Ctrl + Tab without enabling this, you can just switch the tabs. With Ctrl + Tab preview enabled, you can actually see the preview of tabs which would be very much useful. Follow the steps to enable the same.

Steps:

1. Type about:config in the Firefox address bar and hit Enter.

2. Accept the warning message and proceed to the Firefox about:config page.

About:config Firefox warning

3. Type the following code in the filter and find the boolean key with the same name.

browser.ctrlTab.previews

ctrl-Tab preview firefox setting

4. By default, the value for this key would be set to “false”, meaning that the tabs preview feature has been disabled. As we want to enable this, just double click on the boolean entry to change its value to “true”.

That’s it! Just hit CTRL + Tab key to preview the thumbnails of all the tabs opened in a current Firefox page as shown in the first screenshot. Just change back the value to “false” in the step-4 to disable the tabs preview feature.

[How To] Add RSS Feed Autodiscovery To Your Site

January 2, 2011January 2, 2011 by bharath

Almost every website offers updates via RSS feeds these days. This is the fastest way to notify the readers about the updates in the site. When it comes to blogs, blogging platforms like Blogger, WordPress etc. enable RSS feeds by default and the RSS feed autodiscovery would also be enabled in most cases. But at times what can happen is the tiny code that enables the RSS autodiscovery may go missing and the RSS feed can’t be discovered automatically.

How to find whether RSS autodiscovery is enabled?

Just open your website or blog in the browser (Firefox or Internet Explorer).

Firefox:

If the RSS feed icon appears in the address bar, your site has RSS autodiscovery enabled.

If you don’t see the RSS feed icon, it means that RSS autodiscovery is disabled.

Internet Explorer:

The RSS feed button will be in bright color when your site has RSS autodiscovery:

The feed icon will be greyed out when feed autodiscovery is not enabled:

Clicking on the icon will show the available subscription options.

Enable RSS Autodiscovery:

Just add the following code to your site header to enable the RSS autodiscovery:

In general, if you are using Feedburner, the code would look like:

<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Feedburner Feed" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/feedburner-id" />

Replace “feedburner-id” with your Feedburner ID.

If you are using WordPress, add the following code to your header.php file.

<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS 2.0"href="<?php bloginfo(‘rss2_url’); ?>" />

Just refresh your site after adding the code and you should now see the RSS autodiscovery being enabled:

[Download] Skype 3.0 For iOS To Make Video Calls

January 2, 2011 by bharath

Skype has released a updated version of the popular VoIP app for the users if iOS. With the Skype 3.0 app on iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch or iPad, you can now make video calls to other Skye users on any client over 3G or Wi-Fi network. Video calling is going to be an exciting feature for the Skype app users on iOS, which was among the top 5 free iPhone apps downloaded according to Apple.

Skype iPhone app v3

New in Skype version 3.0:

– Skype to Skype video calls over 3G and Wi-Fi

– Cross platform calls between Skype users on different platforms (Windows, Mac OS X etc.)

– Video call receiving only for devices without camera like iPad and iPod touch (3rd gen)

– Video calls in portrait and landscape mode

If you are on iPhone and heavily rely on FaceTime feature to make video calls with other iPhone 4 users, you must checkout Skype which allows video calls between Skype users on virtually any client.

Download Skye 3.0.3.0 from iTunes App store (size 11.9 MB)