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December 11, 2009

Google Chrome: Auto Pin Tab

One of the Firefox extension that I really like is FaviconizeTab, it allows you to shrink any tab down to only a web site's favicon to save precious tab bar real estate. You can also set certain URLs to automatically launched in Faviconize state every time you launch Firefox.

In Google Chrome, this can be done without any extensions. 'Pin Tab' feature is already built into Google Chrome. To enable this feature, all you need to do is, right click on the tab and select “Pin Tab” from the bottom. However, to make Google Chrome open with permanently Pinned Tabs, you will need to add some commands to the shortcut.
  1. Locate the shortcut for Google Chrome depending on where you usually launch Google Chrome. (Start menu or Task Bar)
  2. Hold 'Shift' and right click on shortcut for Google Chrome. Select 'Properties'


  3. In the address area for 'Target:' you will need to add the following command to the end of the target path. Leave a single space in between the final quote mark and the "pinned tab count command". Enter the number of permanent pinned tabs that you would like to have in place of the "x".

    --pinned-tab-count=3 

  4. Then, you will need to add the URL for each website that you would like to have as a permanently pinned tab after the "pinned tab count command". Leave a single space in between each URL and the "pinned tab count command" as shown below.

    "C:\Users\Bobby Leong\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --pinned-tab-count=3 https://mail.google.com https://www.google.com/calendar http://www.facebook.com

  5. Once you have that finished, click "Apply", then "OK".
Once you start Chrome (and each time thereafter) you will have a very nice set of permanently pinned tabs ready to go.

 

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December 9, 2009

Google Chrome: Extensions now available!

Finally, after a year of waiting, extensions are currently available on Google Chrome Beta for Windows and Linux, and on the Dev channel build for Mac. The extensions gallery includes 371 extensions.  Most of the extensions are lightweight, simple and minimalistic interface and few of them are customizable. There's a Gmail extension that displays the number of unread messages from your inbox, an extension that lets you subscribe to feeds, a Google Reader notifier, a Google News button, an ad-blocker, a Google Tasks button, Twitter and Facebook. So far there is no complex extensions such as, toolbars, download managers and etc.

Here's a list of Chrome extensions that I'm current using:
  1. Xmarks for Chrome Beta

    I use Xmarks to synchronize all my bookmarks on my desktop, laptop and the cloud. It's also able to synchronize between Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, and across multiple profiles, if needed.

  2. Send from Gmail (by Google)

    This extension will open a Compose window in Gmail when you click any email address on a webpage. It also provides a button that will create a Gmail message when clicked, using the page title as the subject and selected page text and link address as the message. It makes forwarding a link or contents to your friends as easy as 1-2-3.

  3. Aviary Screen Capture

    Aviary Quick Screen Capture addon will perform a screen capture of the visible portion of any webpage and then open the capture INSTANTLY in a basic image editor where you can do markup (draw arrows and rectangles), edit (crop, rotate and resize) and get the exact pixel colors of the image. Must have avid bloggers and designers alike!


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November 26, 2009

I'm starting to love Posterous!

Seriously! After using Posterous in the last few days more frequently, I feel that I getting to love it for it's simplicity. Before Posterous, I found myself have no time to update my blog, all the logging in, creating new articles, sizing of images are wearing me out.

One of the greatest feature of Posterous is working directly from the email - exceptionally well with Gmail. With Gmail's offline support, I can write a blog post anytime, anywhere I like even without internet connections. Once there is internet access, Gmail will automatically send the email to Posterous for posting.

In addition, I don’t have to be bothered with editing or customization process like resizing images, upload media files and embed them to my own blog. Posterous handles all emails sent properly. I sent multiple images, they will be displayed as a gallery-like entry. I send an audio files, it will have an embed audio player. For videos sent, they will be displayed in a video player. I sent a YouTube link, it will be trans-coded into an embedded player.

So, it’s like send and forget, no more cumbersome login and forms!

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November 25, 2009

Gmail: Send attachments while offline

via gmailblog.blogspot.com

For all Gmail users, Offline Gmail now supports attachments sending whether you are online or offline.You’ll be able to attach all types of files except inline images, which are images in the body of the email. When you have Offline Gmail enabled, Google says that mail now goes through the outbox when you’re online or offline, allowing Gmail to capture all attachments regardless of internet connections.

If you haven't tried Offline Gmail, visit Gmail Labs tab Gmail Labs on the top right corner of your screen follow these instructions to get started:

  1. Select Enable next to Offline Gmail.
  2. Click Save Changes.
  3. After your browser reloads, you'll see a new "Offline" link in the upper righthand corner of the Gmail page, next to your username. Click this link to start the offline set up process and download Gears if you don't already have it.

If you are not using Gmail, whatcha waiting for? Go grab one now!

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