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Firebug is one of those firefox extension which is pretty much unreplaceable and a tool that you simply can’t find a good substitute for in Internet Explorer, Safari or Opera. Developer tools do exist for these browsers, but firebug simply stand out in the pack.
Well, the meat of this post is about Internet Explorer and here’s the debugger tool named debugbar that is built with the attention to mimic what firebug is able to do in Firefox. [Read more…]
.HXS are compiled help files made by Microsoft and are mostly found within Microsfot’s Visual Studio and MSDN installation and help files. However, as they are “compiled”, you can’t view them with any usual text editors such as Notepad or Word.
The freeware H2Viewer can help you to view HXS file easily.
A table of the keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Outlook. [Read more…]
Depending on how you or your adminstrator had setup Windows, you may not be able to view the file extension of a file by default. It’s a matter of preference where some people won’t bother about it, while some people prefer to see the extension type so it make things a bit clearer on what they are working with.
For example, take a look at the 4 files which have the same name on the left. It can be a bit ambigious and misleading to some people and wonder how on earth can 4 files of the same name exist at the same place at the same time. The reason is because they are different file types (and thus have different file extensions). You can have the same name for different file types but no more than 1 name of the same extension type can exist at the same place/folder. The pic on the right is what you will see if you tell windows to show you the file extensions.
1. Goto My Computer.
2. Under the Tools menu, select folder options…
3. Under the view tab, untick the checkbox “Hide extensions for known file types”
That’s it. Have fun.
Download these screensaver pack that includes Vista Screensaver ported to XP. These screensavers are found only in Vista by default but you can now run them on XP. [Read more…]
A tech blog at Neowin.net has reported that the latest and final service pack for Windows XP will be released to original equipment manufacturers and to Microsoft’s MSDN and TechNet subscribers on April 21st. XP SP3 will be generally released to Windows XP users through Microsoft’s online Windows Update service on April 29. [Read more…]
KML, a popular filetype format made popular by Google Earth, has been officially accepted as a new standard by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). [Read more…]
Windows 7 (previously codenamed as Blackcomb and then Vienna) is the Microsoft’s new operating system after Windows Vista that is rumored to be released by 2010.
Frnak has created an unofficial version of Windows 7 wallpapers over at deviantart, which is available in widescreen and regular resolutions. It’s probably not how the official Windows 7 will look like when it comes out in the future, but at least your desktop wallpaper can stay updated. [Read more…]
Microsoft is currently in the planning stages for Windows 7 and development is scoped to three years from Windows Vista consumer general availability
Windows Vista was released to consumers in late January 2007. That means Windows 7 would not be released until January 2010, according to Microsoft’s statement.
That all sounds good to me. Some people are even looking for ways to downgrade vista to XP!
Are you a happy Vista user? Are you not upgrading to Vista due to its lack of love from public and media?
Maybe Windows 7 can be the answer in the near future. We’ll just have to wait. Meanwhile, if you are a loyal windows user, you will always have XP and well… Vista.
Update:
Windows 7 arrived earlier then expected and was available for consumers since October 22, 2009. You can also refer to a guide I’ve written about upgrading Windows XP/Vista to Windows 7.
The Adobe AIR runtime lets developers use proven web technologies to build rich Internet applications that deploy to the desktop and run across different operating systems such as Mac, Linux and Windows.
Thanks to Adobe Air, you can now get Google Analytics data directly onto your desktop. Google Analytics AIR supports most of the functions of the web version and it’s prettier to look at too! [Read more…]