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[How To] Enable All Tabs Preview In Firefox 4

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As Mozilla has made Firefox 4 Beta to be available publicly. My Firefox lovers have already downloaded it and managed to get a first look of what’s in store for the upcoming Firefox 4. Whie we still learn about all the major and minor features introduced in Firefox 4, we thought we would share this minor and handy feature that may interest you. This feature is called “All tabs preview”. It is similar to taskbar-tabs preview, but built right into the Firefox without needing to install additional add ons. By default this is not active in Firefox 4.0, but you can always activate it by following the steps briefed below:

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Steps:

1. Type “about:config” in your Firefox address bar and press enter.

2. Accept the warning that you get under “This might void your warranty”. Click on “I’ll be careful, I promise”.

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3. Now type “browser.allTabs.previews” and look for a entry with the same name (Preference Name).

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By default, this has been set to “false” which disables the All Tabs Preview feature in your Firefox 4. To enable this, double click on it or right-click and choose “Toggle”, change the value to “True”. Close the about:config window.

4. You can now spot a new “List All Tabs” icon at the top right hand side, just below the close icon of your window. click on the icon to see the preview of all the opened tabs of your Firefox.

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To disable this feature, go back to the third step and change the value of browser.allTabs.previews back to “false”.

Tip: Learn how you can run two different builds of Firefox on the same computer.

[Tip] Install Two Different Versions Of Firefox On The Same Computer

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Today I wanted to install and test the latest Firefox 4.0 Beta 1 version on my laptop where I had already installed Firefox 3.6. I didn’t want to loose all my customised addons and other preferences that I have been using in Firefox 3.6, at the same time I should also test the latest Firefox 4 beta version. The option to use portable version of Firefox, is obsolete here. So in short, my PC should have both the Firefox builds installed and should be able to run both independently. I looked for a possible solution, and I think I was successful in  accomplishing the task, hence I’m sharing it here:

Steps:

1. First download and install the new Firefox version (Firefox 4.0 Beta 1 in this case). Don’t worry Firefox will keep your old installation as such and will install Firefox 4.0 Beta 1 in a separate folder.

2.  Now go to run (by pressing Windows button + R) command, and click “Browse”.

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3. Locate the “firefox.exe” from the program files and click “Open”. It will show

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" [If you are not able to see backslashes “\”, see the image below:

Firefox.exe shortcut path

in the run command filed.

4. Just append “-p -no-remote” to it and click OK.

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It will open Profile Manager.

5. Under user profile manager, you will just find an entry called “default”. Rename it to something like Firefox3 or whatever version you are using.

Firefox User Profile Manager

6. Now create a new profile (something like “Firefox4”) through the “Create Profile" Wizard”.

7. So by now you will have two user profiles for Firefox.

choose user profile

8. Now create two separate shortcuts for both the versions on your desktop.

Firefox desktop shortcuts two different builds

Right-click on the shortcut for the older version and under shortcut target append the following line:

-p Firefox3 -no-remote

[ replace “Firefox3” with whatever your profile name that you had given].

So the shortcut will look like this after editing:

Firefox 3.6 shortcut profile name

Add the following line to the shortcut for the new version (Firefox 4.0 Beat 1 here):

-p Firefox4 -no-remote

[Replace “Firefox4” with whatever profile name that you have chosen]

The shortcut now appears as shown:

Firefox 4 Beta shortcut with profile name

Save the shortcuts and give them appropriate names so that you can distinguish them.

Now you can use these shortcuts to open either of the Firefox versions at ease. However, please be noted that you cannot run the two different versions/builds at the same time.

The trick involved here is all about using Firefox user profiles.Without using profiles, if you try to open the Firefox 3.6 version with Firefox 4.0 beta 1 also installed, then it’ll only going to launch Firefox 4 instead of the other.

Turn Off Your Laptop LCD Monitor Screen Manually With A Single Click

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As all of us are quite familiar with desktop computers, where we can turn-off the monitor just by pressing a button. But when it comes to a laptop, we know that you can always close the lid to turn off the LCD screen automatically. But wouldn’t life be simpler if we had a button to turn off the LCD screen of the laptop ?

Here is a simple program that can be used on windows based systems (including Windows 7 and Windows Vista) to manually turn off your laptop’s LCD screen.

This is pretty much useful when you want to just listen to the music on your laptop keeping its lid open. This also saves some energy, knowing which some manufactures do offer this kind of option on the laptop while most of the others don’t. (Sadly, my HP Pavilion notebook also lacks this feature).

A million thanks to Taimur Asad of Redmond Pie, who has developed this simple program called “Turn Off LCD” based on his experience with HP DV2799 Special Edition notebook that he owns. He wrote this application in C# with Microsoft Visual Basic 2008. It makes use of a DLL (User32.dll) file from Windows using System.Runtime.InteropServices namespace which then calls the required function.[ More tech info at Redmond Pie post]

Turn Off LCD shortcut

Just download the zip file from the following link and run the Turn Off LCD.exe (85 KB in size). That’s all you need to do, you can now observe your laptop’s LCD screen being turned off. Just hover the mouse or press any key to turn on the LCD screen again. If you have liked this, then you might want to add similar shutdown shortcut to your notebook also.

Download Turn Off LCD (v1.01, 68.5 KB)

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Counter Strike: Source For Mac Released, On Sale For $6.80

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Like we have posted earlier about the Counter-Strike: Source for Mac release, it’s now official. Counter Strike: Source for Mac is now on made available for sale today at a price of $6.80 (it’s two- thirds of the usual price) for the next two days. This is now available with an additional “major update” (both for Windows and Mac).

The new updates brings features like new game summary, start screens, and 140 additional achievements. The update also adds an end-round MVP and a death cam as well as updated Stream and standard game feature enhancements.

If you just buy a one copy of Counter Strike: Source, you will automatically given access to that particular Valve and Steam title (here Counter-Strike: Source) on both the operating systems Windows and Mac, and Mac users can play with Windows users and vice-versa (cross-platform play).

Download / Buy Counter-Strike: Source for Mac online

Detect And Download Missing And Outdated Drivers Automatically With Driver Easy

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Back in April, we had posted about a software called “Device Doctor” which automatically searches your PC for outdated drivers and downloads them automatically. But it can’t find the missing drivers in your system automatically.

It is very essential to install all the drivers from the resource CD that you have got from your PC manufacturer to make your system run smoothly without problems. But in case you loose the CD, it’s going to be very difficult to search and find each and every driver from the “Device Manager” in Control panel and download the corresponding drivers. In such situations, here is the software called “DriverEasy” that comes to rescue for us.

Just download (yeah, it’s free) the DriverEasy software from the link given below this post, install and run it on your system. It then performs the driver search on your PC and shows you the number of outdated drivers and the number of missing drivers found.

Driver Easy scan summary

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You can now either choose to download each of the missing or outdated drivers or you may also download all the drivers at once click.

Download DriverEasy (1.20 MB)

Counter Strike Source For Mac Coming This Week

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The Mac OS X version of popular FPS Counter-Strike: Source is set to be available this week according to the developer Valve.

The Mac version of the Counter Strike should be identical to the Windows version. Like Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike will also allow Mac and Windows users to play on the same servers.

The company has missed out a new Mac game release last week due to their representation at E3, otherwise the company has committed to a new Mac game release each week.

Tip: Install the Steam for Mac client and head over to the Mac Beta page to start playing the game right away even if you don’t have access to the closed beta.

WordPress 3.0 Available For Free Download

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WordPress developers has today officially released the latest version of their popular Blogging and CMS(Content Management System) platform WordPress 3.0 (code name ‘Thelonious’).

WordPress 3.0 is the thirteenth major release of WordPress software and and is also the first major release of WordPress since the version 2.9.

The following are the major updates in WordPress 3.0.

1. Admin Username during the installation:

WordPress 3.0 allows you to give your own Username instead of default “admin” during the installation of WordPress.

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2. New look:

The Dashboard has been made a little lighter in color for better appearance.

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3. Bulk Updates:

You can now upgrade multiple WordPress plugins simultaneously.

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4. Twenty Ten Theme:

A new sexy Twenty Ten theme replaces the classical Kubric theme which WordPress had for years

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5. Custom Backgrounds:

change background in WordPress 3.0

Change the background color or upload a new image for background
6. Custom Headers:

You  customize the header by uploading your own images
7. Custom Menus:

You can now add menus to your blog..as easy as 1 2 3..You can choose the order/hierarchy in which they should appear. This is very good for SEO prospective.

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8. Custom Post Types:

You can now choose custom post types for your blog like if you manage a big organization, you can have custom post types like “Products”, “Contacts”, “Employees”, “Newsletters” etc.

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9. Shortlink Support (Built-in):

WordPress now supports a default in-built URL shortener (shortlink generator) right from the post editor itself.

Shortlink WordPress 3 post

10. MU + WP = 3.0:

Now you can run a millions (virtually !) of blogs with a single WordPress installation.

Installing WordPress 3.0 In Your Blog:

You can either download WordPress 3.0 Zip file or you can use the Upgrade from your dashboard to upgrade the WordPress automatically to  WordPress 3.0.

Try The New YouTube Online Video Editor

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YouTube has launched a new free online video editor for those videos that you upload to the YouTube.

This is on-par with the most of the offline video editor softwares like Windows Movie Maker or iMovie. This online video editor tool allows you to do various action on the videos like combine multiple videos, trimming the beginning or ending of the video, adding soundtracks from AudioSwap library, you can even created new videos directly in the YouTube without worrying about the file formats or uploading problems.

This feature has been launched under TestTube, where YouTube tests whole lot of new upcoming features (like Real-Time comments search etc.).

Watch the funny video below to know more about it:

Link: Access YouTube online video editor

Run Multiple Versions of Firefox On Your PC

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“How I can run two (or multiple) versions of Firefox on my computer?”

This is the common questions asked by many of the Firefox, especially web developers who need to test their applications in various versions of Firefox.

It also might be a case that you liked an earlier version of Firefox and just want to run it as the secondary version (it’s always recommended to run the latest updated version to avoid any security risks).

While this question has no absolute solution, I’m posting a tip that at least gives us a chance to run two different versions of Firefox (but still won’t serve the purpose fully).

Update: Read How To Run Two Different Versions Of Firefox On The Same Computer, the updated version

One way we can two different versions of Firefox is to install and use a Portable Edition of the Firefox. Just install the version of the Firefox that you want to use on portable device, install it on your USB flash drive. Plug it in and start using the portable version. However you please note that you cannot run these two versions simultaneously. Supposing that you have installed a new Firefox v3.6 on your PC and a portable version 2.0.0.20 on your USB disk, if you are running Firefox v 2.0.0.20 from your USB and you click on the Firefox icon shortcut to open a new window, you will be surprised to see that it’s the v2.0.0.20 that runs and not v3.6 and vice-versa.

Download Firefox Portable Edition

Kaspersky Antivirus 2011 & Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 Final [Downloads]

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Kaspersky has released the final versions of the Kaspersky Anti-virus 2011 (KAV 2001) and Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 (KIS 2011).

You can purchase the license keys at $59.95 and $39.95 for KIS 2011 and KAV 2011 respectively.

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KIS 2011 new features:

New Safe Surf feature for your online security

System Watcher technology; monitors each and every system event for any dangerous behaviour.

Easy-Access Desktop gadget

Kaspersky Internet Security 2011

KAV 2011 new features:

Scanning of websites and email for malicious code

Easy-access Desktop gadget

Free Upgrade:

All the existing users of Kapsersky products can upgrade their products to the latest 2011 build for free provided they have a valid license key. Free upgrade is possible only between the similar products like from KAV 2010 to KAV 2011 or from KIS 2009 to KIS 2011 etc.

Direct download links:

Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 (98.81 MB , KIS 2011 v 11.0.0.232)

Kaspersky Anti-virus 2011 (98.83 MB, KAV 2011 v11.0.0.232)