Saturday, January 2, 2010

IE Shortcuts



To do the following
Press this

Go Back to the last page*
Alt+Left Arrow

Go Forward to the next page*
Alt+Right Arrow

Stop the page from loading**
Escape (Esc)

Refresh the page***
F5 or Ctrl+F5

Go to your Homepage
Alt+Home

Give focus to the Address Bar
Alt+D

Add “www.” and “.com” to what you typed
in the address bar before navigating****
Ctrl+Enter

Scroll down/up the web page
Spacebar / Shift+Spacebar

Close the window
Alt+F4

Immediately add this site to your favorites
Ctrl+D

Open your favorites in a folder window
Shift+Click on the “Organize Favorites”
menu item

Put focus on the Information Bar
Alt+N

Open a link in a new window
Shift+Click

Open the right click ‘context’ menu for the currently selected item
Shift+F10

Change the text size (will be Zoom in IE 7)
Ctrl+Mouse wheel Up/Down

Open links in a new tab in the background
Ctrl+Click

Open links in a new tab in the foreground
Ctrl+Shift+Click

Open a new tab in the foreground
Ctrl+T

Switch between tabs
Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+Shift+Tab

Close current tab (or current window when there are no open tabs)
Ctrl+W

Open a new tab in the foreground from the address bar
Alt+Enter

Switch to the n’th tab
Ctrl+n (n can be 1-8)

Switch to the last tab
Ctrl+9

Close other tabs
Ctrl+Alt+F4

Open quick tabs
Ctrl+Q

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Fix Windows Problems with a Click

Is your computer unable to recognize the CD or DVD drive? Has the recycle bin suddenly disappeared from your desktop? Are you unable to start programs like the Registry editor or the task manager when you yourself are the owner of the computer but unfortunately not the administrator?

These are some common issues faced by Windows users and luckily, the solutions to most of these tiny but annoying programs are hidden inside the Windows registry and can be found with a simple “google search”.


However, if you don’t like to fiddle directly with the registry and need something more simple, check out Fixwin.

This is a free utility for Windows that, as the name suggests, can repair a few dozen Windows annoyances and problems with a single click. It works on both 32-bit and 64-bit version of Windows Vista and Windows 7.

Fixwin weighs less than a MB and it requires no installation so you can carry it on a USB drive.

Google Chrome – Behind the Scenes

Google has made some delightful video ads in the past but nothing compares their latest and very artistic video campaign that they have done to market Google Chrome.

Video A: Why is Google Chrome fast?





Video B: How Tabs work in Google Chrome?




Video C: How Themes work inside Chrome?

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Hey! Ho! Let's Go!

Here at Google, we believe programming should be fast, productive, and most importantly, fun. That's why we're excited to open source an experimental new language called Go. Go combines the development speed of working in a dynamic language like Python with the performance and safety of a compiled language like C or C++. Typical builds feel instantaneous; even large binaries compile in just a few seconds. And the compiled code runs close to the speed of C. Go lets you move fast.

Go is a great language for systems programming with support for multi-processing, a fresh and lightweight take on object-oriented design, plus some cool features like true closures and reflection.

Want to write a server with thousands of communicating threads? Want to spend less time reading blogs while waiting for builds? Feel like whipping up a prototype of your latest idea? Go is the way to go! Check out the video for more information or visit golang.org.